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Windows 7 - Rotate Photos with the Keyboard

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Stop switching between the mouse and keyboard in Windows 7 - adjust photo orientation using these keyboard shortcuts.

After copying a selection of photos to your Windows 7 machine over from a memory stick or digital camera, you might find that you need to rotate some photographs that were taken in portrait view into a landscape view orientation, and vice-versa.

One way to do this is to right-click a photo in Explorer and choose "Rotate clockwise" or "Rotate counterclockwise" as desired, as shown below:...

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Windows 7 - Disable Automatic Error / Problem Reporting

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Prevent Windows 7 from automatically contacting Microsoft or prompting you to contact Microsoft whenever a software / hardware / operating system error or problem is detected.

Depending on your Windows 7 configuration, whenever a problem or error is detected in software, hardware, or the operating system, a problem report may be sent to Microsoft. This way, if solutions are later available such as an updated hardware driver, you will be notified and possibly provided a download link.

For various reasons including privacy concerns, you may not wish this automatic or prompted sending of information to occur. To disable automatic checking for solutions:...

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[MODIFIED] Windows 7 - "Remove" the Labels of Computer and Recycle Bin Desktop Icons

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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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Windows 7 - See Which Services Are Related to a Process

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If a svchost.exe image is using a lot of memory or CPU time, view its related services to help diagnose problems.

The Windows 7 Task Manager is useful to manage processes and services, check the CPU and networking usage, and shut down stuck programs that don't want to end. While using this tool, you may have noted many svchost.exe processes that act as Host Process for Windows Services. Curious about which services are related to which processes, especially if one is running amok, taking a lot of memory and/or CPU time?

1. In the "Processes" tab of the "Windows Task Manager", right-click a svchost.exe process....

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Windows 7 - Display a Seemingly Hidden or Off Screen Window or Application

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Several ways you can make a seemingly-hidden or off-screen Windows 7 application or window appear in view.

In Windows 7, have you ever opened an application or window, seen it appear in the Taskbar, yet the window or application is not visible on the Desktop?

Due to a mis-configuration, switching of screen resolutions, or switching back and forth between using multiple monitors, it is possible for a window / application to appear at a location not currently visible on your Desktop. In Windows XP, right-clicking on a window's Taskbar icon opened a menu that you could use to move it back. However, in Windows 7, right-clicking on these Taskbar icons do not pull up such menus. Thus, how can you make the windows / applications visible again?...

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Windows 7 - Launch a Folder or All Folders as a Separate Process

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To prevent a crash in one Explorer folder from taking down other folders and the Desktop, open folders in a separate process in Windows 7.

Normally when you open folders in Windows 7 via Windows Explorer, the folders are all opened in the same explorer.exe process. While this reduces memory usage, if one folder causes a crash or if Explorer hangs and you have to manually kill the process, all folders will crash and close. Plus, you may lose your desktop icons and the Taskbar. Though this should not normally occur, using many context-menu extensions, memory or hard drive problems, and other issues may cause crashes, and they may occur seemingly-randomly.

Having this all close simultaneously can be a nuisance. Thus you can open folders in a new explorer.exe process on a case-by-case basis (useful if opening a particular folder always causes a crash), or force all folders to open as a new process. ...

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - See What's Hot on About.Com from the Favorites Bar

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View links to "articles from the About.com network on buzz-worthy topics" from Internet Explorer 8's Favorites Bar.

If you frequently visit the About.com network of websites and check out the "See What's Hot Now" link, you may find it easier to add a link directly to these news items from Internet Explorer 8's Favorites Bar. To install this Web Slice:

1. Either visit the following site from Internet Explorer, then click the "Add to Internet Explorer" button:...

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - Show Amazon's Daily Gold Box Deal from the Favorites Bar

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Display Amazon's daily "Gold Box" deal from Internet Explorer 8's Favorites Bar.

If you frequently visit the Amazon e-commerce site you may know about its daily "Gold Box" deal. This may be a discount on a DVD set, toy, exercise equipment, or other item. Normally you have to visit Amazon every day to see the current deal, but with an Internet Explorer 8 Web Slice, you can view this directly from the Favorites Bar.

First visit the following website with Internet Explorer:...

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - Prevent Page Transition Animations from Appearing

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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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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - Search Video Site Truveo Directly from the Browser

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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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Windows 7 - Change Process Priorities to Tune Your System

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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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Windows Media Player 12 - Listen to Online Radio

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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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Windows 7 - Prevent the System from Automatically Restarting after a Failure

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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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Windows 7 - Toggle Translucent Selection Rectangle on the Desktop

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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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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - Change Headers and Footers when Printing Web Pages

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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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