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Windows 7: How To Enable the Numberic Key Pad on the Onscreen Keyboard

Contributed by shamanstears on November 7, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

By default, Window 7’s Onscreen Keyboard has the numeric key pad disabled. If you use numbers a lot, you will want to enable the key pad to make it easier to input numbers.

Windows 7: Enable Print Screen for Media Center’s Full Screen Mode

Contributed by shamanstears on November 2, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

If you are running Media Center in full screen mode, the Print Screen key’s output will only be a black screen. To enable print screen functionality while in the Full Screen Mode in Media Center, follow these steps.

How to Enable the Preview of PDF Files in 64-bit Windows 7

Contributed by shamanstears on under Microsoft Windows 7

If you are running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 (or Vista), you will find that your PDF files do not preview in Windows Explorer as they do in the 32-bit versions. Instead, all you see is a message stating that This file can’t be previewed. To enable this functionality on your 64-bit operating system, follow these steps.

Windows 7: How To Disable Live Preview for Taskbar Thumbnails

Contributed by shamanstears on October 25, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

When you place your mouse cursor over the taskbar button of a running application, a small thumbnail of the application will appear. By placing your cursor over this thumbnail, you will see a live preview of the running application and all other applications that are running will become transparent. If you find this feature to be annoying, you can disable it by following these steps.

Windows 7: How To Change the Live Preview Delay Time for Taskbar Thumbnails

Contributed by shamanstears on October 24, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

When you place your mouse cursor over the taskbar button of a running application, a small thumbnail of the application will appear. By placing your cursor over this thumbnail, you will see a live preview of the running application and all other applications that are running will become transparent. You can change the delay time for these live previews to better meet your liking by following these steps.

Windows 7: How To Change Aero Peek Delay Time

Contributed by shamanstears on October 23, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

By placing your cursor over the Show Desktop button (the small rectangle) at the end of the Taskbar, Aero Peek will show the Desktop. It does this by hiding any open windows and showing the outline of where they were. You can change the delay time for Aero Peek to better meet your liking by following these steps.

The Tech-Recipes Quick Guide to Customizing Windows 7

Contributed by shamanstears on October 22, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft’s latest operating system is a bit different than Windows versions of the past, and with these differences come more things to customize and tweak. Here’s a compilation of tutorials put together by the Tech-Recipes authors for customizing the interface and for tweaking the system to make it quicker.

Windows 7: How to Enable or Disable the Hidden Administrator Account

Contributed by shamanstears on October 14, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

If you need to work as administrator on your system without having to deal with the UAC, you can enable the built-in administrator account. This account is disabled by default, but can be enabled by following these instructions.