You can use the Clear Type Tuner to adjust how Windows displays text for the best look on your LCD monitor or laptop screen.
Run “˜cttune.exe‘ from the Start Menu search box, or go to the Control Panel Display applet, and select Adjust ClearType Text from the left.
You can rearrange icons on the taskbar as you wish and start new (or switch to running) instances of the first ten taskbar programs using Win+1, Win+2, and so on. What you may not realise is that you can also rearrange system tray icons in the same way. Reorder them on the tray or move them outside or back in the tray. It’s an easy way to control what you want to always keep an eye on, and from which apps you want notifications.
This tip has appeared in a number of places including here and here. The basic idea being that this gives you access to many (but not all) of Windows 7 tools, utilities, etc in one ‘global’ control panel.
Simply create a new folder anywhere you want, then rename that folder to:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
As soon as you do that you will see the folder icon disappear to be replaced with the following icon:
And that’s it … browse the contents to your hearts desire.
I thought I’d share some of the useful keyboard shortcuts available for working in Windows 7. By no means do I use them all myself but there’s a handful that I do remember and use daily.
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