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Windows Live Mail: How to Change the Location of Your Message Store

Contributed by shamanstears on November 13, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

By default, Windows Live Mail places all downloaded items (email messages, calendars, etc.) in the Application Data folder in the current user’s folder. If you want to put this in an easier place to remember (like your Documents folder) or on a larger drive, you can do so by following these steps.

Windows Live Mail: Automatically Spell Check All Email Before Sending

Contributed by shamanstears on November 12, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

You can make Windows Live Mail automatically spell check all outgoing e-mails before sending. The following option will force this to occur before you send out composed messages and help avoid embarrassing spelling mistakes.

WMP 12: How to Listen to Internet Radio

Contributed by shamanstears on November 10, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

You don’t have to just rely on ripped music files or CD’s to listen to some good music. If you’ve got a good internet connection, you can use Windows Media Player to listen to internet radio and enjoy all kinds of music anytime you wish to.

WMP 12: How to Change the Default Location for Storing Ripped Music Files

Contributed by shamanstears on November 9, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

By default, Windows Media Player 12 stores the music you rip from CDs to your Music folder. You may want to store these in another folder on a larger drive. To change the default location, follow these steps.

Windows 7: How To Remove the My Bluetooth Places Icon from the Desktop

Contributed by shamanstears on under Microsoft Windows 7

If you are tired of having to deal with the My Bluetooth Places icon resting on your otherwise perfect desktop, you can get rid of it by following these steps.

Windows 7: How To Change a Library Icon

Contributed by shamanstears on November 8, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

Windows 7 allows you to create your own Libraries, but changing the icon is not a straight forward process. The GUI doesn’t allow for changing the icon and the desktop.ini file isn’t used. To change the icon, you just need to have the desired icon and a little help from our friend, Notepad.

Windows 7: How To Enable the Numeric 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.