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My Personal Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

January 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Windows

Drag and drop notification icons between the overflow and the visible tray to set them to always show or always hide (if you want to reset an icon to the default auto-hide option, you need to use the “Customize…” dialog still).

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OpenSearch Google in Windows 7

January 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Programming, Website, Windows

I just hacked together a neat little PHP script that allows me to Google search right from Windows Explorer in Windows 7.  I was inspired by this guy.  I don’t wait around for Google, I’ll do it myself.

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Windows 7 Tip: Superbar Shortcuts

January 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Windows

Shift+Click a superbar button to launch a new instance of that program (even if one is already open). Ctrl+Shift+Click to launch a new instance as administrator.  Great for Command Prompt or a Task Manager replacement. That is all.

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Superbar stuck on top? Nope.

January 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Windows

In Windows 7, the new Superbar is awesome IMO.  However the Taskbar Properties Control Panel has removed the “Keep the taskbar on top of other windows” option and made it on by default.  This also results in maximized windows not being able to cover the taskbar.  If you prefer to use the Win key to [...]

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New Programs!

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Programming, Windows

First we have SoundSchemeManager (download), which aims to make it easier to make and share sound schemes online through standard .REG files.  Any changes made should take effect as soon as you click Save to Registry.

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New EasyScreenshot.NET Release

December 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Programming, Windows

I have released v1.5.0 of my screenshot tool, EasyScreenshot.NET.

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Display the Path in the Command Prompt Title Bar

August 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Windows

Well I messed around a bit and came up with a rather nice solution. This emulates a feature of Linux’s gnome-terminal where you can set the titlebar to always reflect the terminal’s current directory.

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Remote Desktop Server on Windows XP Home

May 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Windows

First, I should mention that Remote Desktop Server is intended byMicrosoft to only be used as a part of the more expensive XP Pro and itis not intended to be used in XP Home. Despite this, all the filesrequired to use it seem to be included in Home. The downloadable termserv.dll mentioned below is normally [...]

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Animated GIFs

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Windows

Someone just asked me (well that asked me on Dec. 12th but I didn’t spot their forum PM until today… oops) how I make my animated GIFs so i might as well share with everyone!

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Playing Pinball with Post Topics

January 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Windows

Well I should probably start blogging again.  I’ve gotten the ScribeFire extension for Firefox which seems to be better than the last time I used it, although I lacks a “more” insert which of course allows me to put a “More…” link there which links to the individual post page with the complete post.  I [...]

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