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Windows 7: Disable Sleep mode

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 28, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

By default, Windows 7 puts your computer to sleep mode after a period of inactive time. Although it is a very useful feature, there may be times that you need to keep your computer awake to do tasks like downloading big files. This tutorial will show you how to disable the sleep mode.

Windows 7: Show or hide the Language bar

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 27, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

The Language Bar provides a quick way to switch between language inputs or keyboard layouts in Windows 7. Usually, it will appear automatically when you add text services. However, if this is not the case, you can manually show it after following this tutorial. This also includes ways to hide the Language Bar if you do not use it often.

Skype: Remove the Skype icon from the Taskbar in Windows 7

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 25, 2011 under Internet, Microsoft Windows 7

By default, when you close the Skype window in Windows 7, its icon will still appear in your Taskbar. If you find this unnecessary, you can follow this tutorial to remove it, and keep your Taskbar clean.

Microsoft Security Essentials: Limit CPU usage

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 22, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

Usually, when your computer does heavy tasks with Microsoft Security Essentials scanning for viruses in the background, it may face performance issues. This is because, be default, MSE uses up to 50% of your CPU usage. If you need more resources for heavier tasks, you can change the CPU usage of MSE to a smaller number. Here is how.

Windows 7: Hide Control Panel items

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 21, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

The Windows 7 control panel contains many items that allow you to tweak most of the system’s settings. However, most of the users may not use all of these items. To use the control panel effectively, it is a good idea to hide the items that you do not use to reduce clutter.

Windows 7: How to Map Box.net Folders as Mapped Drives

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 19, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

With Box.net giving iOS users 50GB of space, their service is definitely worth checking out. If you want to use it, mapping drives to your Box.net folders will make transferring files much simpler.

Windows 7: Restore a Power Plan to default settings

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 18, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

When tweaking the Power plan in Windows 7 to suit the working condition, many users may end up with unexpected behaviors by the computer. When you are facing strange problems that you think may relate to the Power plan settings, it is a good idea to reset the plan and start reconfiguring it.

Windows 7: Prevent the Sound Scheme from being changed

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 7, 2011 under Microsoft Windows 7

The Sound Scheme in Windows 7 contains several audio files that will be played when certain events occur on your computer. It can help you recognize the events easily by just hearing the sound. This setting can be changed easily so problem may arise when other users on the computer change the scheme. To avoid confusion when hearing the sounds, it is a good idea to disable changing this setting.

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