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If you find webpage transition animations annoying when browsing the web with Internet Explorer 8, disable them.
Internet Explorer 8 supports page transition animations that some web developers may apply when entering or exiting a page. These include wipes, blends, and dissolves.
While some may find these animations enjoyable, others may place them in the same class as the blink tag - extremely annoying. Thus if you frequently browse sites that use this feature, the following disables transitions:...
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Internet Explorer 8 supports page transition animations that some web developers may apply when entering or exiting a page. These include wipes, blends, and dissolves.
While some may find these animations enjoyable, others may place them in the same class as the blink tag - extremely annoying. Thus if you frequently browse sites that use this feature, the following disables transitions:...
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Date Published: Oct 12, 2009 - 1:48 pm
Clean up the display of icons on your Windows 7 Desktop - remove the labels of the easily-identifiable Computer and Recycle Bin icons.
If desired, to clean up the Desktop of your Windows 7 machine, you can remove the labels of the Computer and Recycle Bin icons:
1. Right-click one of the aforementioned icons and choose "Rename"....
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If desired, to clean up the Desktop of your Windows 7 machine, you can remove the labels of the Computer and Recycle Bin icons:
1. Right-click one of the aforementioned icons and choose "Rename"....
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Date Published: Sep 25, 2009 - 2:23 pm
Query the Truveo video search engine from Internet Explorer 8, complete with search suggestions and video snapshots.
Looking for even more video when browsing the web with Internet Explorer 8? You can add a search provider to directly access the Truveo search engine, allowing you to access video from CBS, Discovery, ESPN, FOX News, and a variety of other sources.
First visit the following page from Internet Explorer:...
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Looking for even more video when browsing the web with Internet Explorer 8? You can add a search provider to directly access the Truveo search engine, allowing you to access video from CBS, Discovery, ESPN, FOX News, and a variety of other sources.
First visit the following page from Internet Explorer:...
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Date Published: Sep 25, 2009 - 10:23 am
Determine which processes should get the most attention in your Windows 7 system.
Is a particular program or process running too slow on your Windows 7 system? If another program or process is less essential yet taking too much of your CPU time, you can lower its priority and optionally raise the priority of the more essential process.
1. Right-click on an empty area of the Windows 7 Taskbar....
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Is a particular program or process running too slow on your Windows 7 system? If another program or process is less essential yet taking too much of your CPU time, you can lower its priority and optionally raise the priority of the more essential process.
1. Right-click on an empty area of the Windows 7 Taskbar....
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Date Published: Sep 24, 2009 - 7:58 am
Listen to the Blues, Country, Soft Rock, Talk Radio, and more from Windows Media Player 12.
Tired of your CD and MP3 collections, and looking for more variety of music? Instead of downloading third-party applications or visiting music websites, you can listen to radio stations directly from Windows Media Player 12.
1. In the "Library" view, either press Alt+V, then select "Online Stores" - "Media Guide", or click the "Media Guide" button at the bottom-left of the player. If that button does not show "Media Guide", click the down-pointed arrow to open a popup menu and select "Media Guide" from there....
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Tired of your CD and MP3 collections, and looking for more variety of music? Instead of downloading third-party applications or visiting music websites, you can listen to radio stations directly from Windows Media Player 12.
1. In the "Library" view, either press Alt+V, then select "Online Stores" - "Media Guide", or click the "Media Guide" button at the bottom-left of the player. If that button does not show "Media Guide", click the down-pointed arrow to open a popup menu and select "Media Guide" from there....
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Date Published: Sep 22, 2009 - 11:54 am
If Windows 7 fails with a Blue Screen, prevent the system from automatically restarting so you can view debug information.
If Windows 7 fails and displays a Blue Screen (possibly due to a driver error), this includes some debug information. More detail in a kernel memory dump is written to the system hard drive, and then the machine reboots.
While servers for the most part need to automatically reboot upon system failure so they can more quickly restart and handle requests, desktop computer users may not need this functionality. By reading the on-screen debug data and using search engines or posting it to forums, the cause of the critical restart may be found and in some cases fixed. ...
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If Windows 7 fails and displays a Blue Screen (possibly due to a driver error), this includes some debug information. More detail in a kernel memory dump is written to the system hard drive, and then the machine reboots.
While servers for the most part need to automatically reboot upon system failure so they can more quickly restart and handle requests, desktop computer users may not need this functionality. By reading the on-screen debug data and using search engines or posting it to forums, the cause of the critical restart may be found and in some cases fixed. ...
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Date Published: Sep 22, 2009 - 9:34 am
When creating selection rectangles on the Windows 7 Desktop, configure whether to show a dotted or translucent selection rectangle.
Depending on your configuration, when you select multiple icons on the Windows 7 Desktop by creating a selection rectangle, such as to copy or move multiple icons to a folder, the rectangle appears translucent. Some people may find this easier to see than the old style selection rectangle that just appears as a dotted outline.
Depending on your graphics drivers, system configuration, or personal preference, you may wish to toggle between viewing the translucent rectangle or the dotted rectangle. You can make the change by doing the following:...
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Depending on your configuration, when you select multiple icons on the Windows 7 Desktop by creating a selection rectangle, such as to copy or move multiple icons to a folder, the rectangle appears translucent. Some people may find this easier to see than the old style selection rectangle that just appears as a dotted outline.
Depending on your graphics drivers, system configuration, or personal preference, you may wish to toggle between viewing the translucent rectangle or the dotted rectangle. You can make the change by doing the following:...
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Date Published: Sep 21, 2009 - 12:02 pm
Add the time, date, or even your name to printed web page headers and footers from Internet Explorer 8.
By default, when printing webpages from Internet Explorer 8, the hard copies have a header containing the page title and page # of total pages. Footers containing the web address URL and date in a short format are printed as well.
If you print many pages, you may want more information on the printouts including the time. If you share a network printer, perhaps you may want to label printouts with your name in the header or footer as well. To make these changes, do the following:...
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By default, when printing webpages from Internet Explorer 8, the hard copies have a header containing the page title and page # of total pages. Footers containing the web address URL and date in a short format are printed as well.
If you print many pages, you may want more information on the printouts including the time. If you share a network printer, perhaps you may want to label printouts with your name in the header or footer as well. To make these changes, do the following:...
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Date Published: Sep 17, 2009 - 12:19 pm
Prevent Windows 7 from animating the taskbar thumbnail previews. This will also disable other Start Menu and Taskbar animations.
Depending on your configuration, when you hover your mouse pointer over active icons in Windows 7's Taskbar, thumbnail previews of folders / applications appear, and they do so with animation. For various reasons such as computer speed, graphics card speed, or personal preference, you might rather have these previews display quicker without the animation "eye candy".
1. Click the "Start" button, selecting "Control Panel"....
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Depending on your configuration, when you hover your mouse pointer over active icons in Windows 7's Taskbar, thumbnail previews of folders / applications appear, and they do so with animation. For various reasons such as computer speed, graphics card speed, or personal preference, you might rather have these previews display quicker without the animation "eye candy".
1. Click the "Start" button, selecting "Control Panel"....
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Date Published: Sep 15, 2009 - 10:06 am
Internet Explorer 8 labels "selective" buttons in the Command Bar. Configure to display labels for all buttons or none of them instead.
By default, Internet Explorer 8's Command Bar has labels for "Selective" buttons. So while the Home, Feeds, Mail, and Print buttons are shown as icons, the buttons for "Page", "Safety", and "Tools" are shown with text.
Many users would benefit from having all buttons labeled. Conversely, expert users might rather only see Command Bar buttons with no labels. To make either change:...
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By default, Internet Explorer 8's Command Bar has labels for "Selective" buttons. So while the Home, Feeds, Mail, and Print buttons are shown as icons, the buttons for "Page", "Safety", and "Tools" are shown with text.
Many users would benefit from having all buttons labeled. Conversely, expert users might rather only see Command Bar buttons with no labels. To make either change:...
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Date Published: Sep 14, 2009 - 10:19 am
Expand the Task Manager display in Windows 7 so the graphs or processes take up more of the window. Plus switch between tabs in the expanded display with keyboard shortcuts.
While the Windows 7 task manager is useful to manage processes, check the CPU and networking usage, monitor services, etc., have you ever wanted the display to appear larger without the menu bar and tabs?
Just double-click a blank area of the "Windows Task Manager" window near the bottom and the display will expand, hiding the tabs, menu bar, and status bar. In some views, textual information disappears, allowing the graph to take up most of the window....
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While the Windows 7 task manager is useful to manage processes, check the CPU and networking usage, monitor services, etc., have you ever wanted the display to appear larger without the menu bar and tabs?
Just double-click a blank area of the "Windows Task Manager" window near the bottom and the display will expand, hiding the tabs, menu bar, and status bar. In some views, textual information disappears, allowing the graph to take up most of the window....
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Date Published: Sep 13, 2009 - 11:44 am
Post or e-mail webpages viewed from Internet Explorer 8 to a variety of services with a right-click Accelerator.
While browsing the web in Internet Explorer 8, ever come across a webpage that you would like to tell the world about not only via Digg, FaceBook, and Twitter, but also via Delicious, MySpace, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and other services?
The "Sharing, E-mail, Bookmark Tool" Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator from Shareaholic allows you to do just that. Right-click a webpage to post or e-mail a link to a variety of services without having to install multiple toolbars....
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While browsing the web in Internet Explorer 8, ever come across a webpage that you would like to tell the world about not only via Digg, FaceBook, and Twitter, but also via Delicious, MySpace, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and other services?
The "Sharing, E-mail, Bookmark Tool" Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator from Shareaholic allows you to do just that. Right-click a webpage to post or e-mail a link to a variety of services without having to install multiple toolbars....
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Date Published: Sep 07, 2009 - 3:48 pm
Instead of placing music ripped from CDs via Windows Media Player 12 in your main "Music" folder, choose another location.
By default, when using Windows Media Player 12 to rip music CDs, audio files are placed in your "Music" folder, which in Windows 7 is C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\Music
If you would like to change this default directory, do the following:...
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By default, when using Windows Media Player 12 to rip music CDs, audio files are placed in your "Music" folder, which in Windows 7 is C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\Music
If you would like to change this default directory, do the following:...
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Date Published: Sep 02, 2009 - 3:01 pm
In Windows 7, you can make the power and sleep buttons on your keyboard / computer perform different actions instead of putting the computer to sleep. Or, make them do nothing at all.
Depending on your Windows 7 configuration, when you press the power or sleep button on your keyboard / computer, your machine goes to sleep.
While this default configuration may be useful for most people, others would prefer the power button actually shut down the computer. Some may want the sleep button (if one exists) to hibernate the machine instead of just put it to sleep. And others may want to disable one or both of these buttons to prevent actions from occurring if they are pressed accidentally....
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Depending on your Windows 7 configuration, when you press the power or sleep button on your keyboard / computer, your machine goes to sleep.
While this default configuration may be useful for most people, others would prefer the power button actually shut down the computer. Some may want the sleep button (if one exists) to hibernate the machine instead of just put it to sleep. And others may want to disable one or both of these buttons to prevent actions from occurring if they are pressed accidentally....
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Date Published: Sep 02, 2009 - 8:23 am
Keep up with a company's stock by placing a link on Internet Explorer 8's Favorites Bar.
Want to keep up with the price of a particular stock, but don't want to open up a financial website as a new tab and constantly jump back and forth? With Internet Explorer 8 you can view stock quotes directly via the Favorites Bar by adding a Web Slice via the Bing search engine.
1. Perform a Bing search for a stock quote. Note that for the web slice to work, you can only search for one stock at a time, but you can add multiple web slices to the Favorites Bar....
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Want to keep up with the price of a particular stock, but don't want to open up a financial website as a new tab and constantly jump back and forth? With Internet Explorer 8 you can view stock quotes directly via the Favorites Bar by adding a Web Slice via the Bing search engine.
1. Perform a Bing search for a stock quote. Note that for the web slice to work, you can only search for one stock at a time, but you can add multiple web slices to the Favorites Bar....
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Date Published: Sep 01, 2009 - 10:28 am
