The Favorites bar in Windows Explorer is a great way to have quick and easy access to your most used folders. Windows puts a few folders into the Favorites by default, but with the exception of the Desktop, these may not the ones you use most often.
So, to customize your Favorites and make them a little more user friendly, follow these simple tips...
Ok, truth be told right off the bat this is a keyboard shortcut, not an actual setting you can change to enable the snap feature in Windows 7. By clicking and holding down the Microsoft "Windows Key" and then pressing the right or left Arrow Keys on your keyboard, you can get individual windows to dock themselves to the sides on a dual monitor setup.
In previous versions of Windows, burning an .iso to disc often required one or more third party applications. Now with Windows 7, you can very easily burn an .iso file to CD or DVD with the built in Windows Disc Image Burner.
A great way to protect against a lost or forgotten password in Windows 7 is to create a Password Reset Disc. This disc will allow you to reset your password should you ever forget it. This is the type of thing most people never think about it until they need it, and by that time, it's too late.
To create a Password recovery disc, you'll need a USB flash drive or a floppy disc. And yes, I said floppy disc... they are still supported for this feature. A word of caution though, I really would suggest using a USB flash drive. Floppy drives weren't exactly ultra-reliable storage back when they were cutting edge technology.
So grab yourself a USB flash drive and let's get crackin'. It only creates a little userkey.psw file that'll be about 2 KB in size. So, it essentially takes up no space on your drive.
Check out these Windows 7 Upgrade hacks from Tinkernut. He shows you some little .ini edits and registry hacks that will allow you to upgrade to versions of Windows 7 that Microsoft doesn't normally allow. These include upgrading from a Release Candidte to Windows 7 and upgrading Windows Vistas Ultimate to Windows 7 professional.
Sometimes you may be running an application or have a setup that requires you to assign a static IP address (one that will never change) to your computer. Assigning a static IP address in Windows 7 is not terribly different than in previous versions of Windows.
Windows 7 comes with the built-in ability of being able to create an “image” of your hard drive. A system image, or hard drive image, is an exact “snapshot” of your system, including all drivers, files, settings, and installed software.
Previously you needed a third party commercial application like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to create a hard drive, or system image.
If you have created a Windows 7 system image for your computer on another drive or DVDs, you can use this image to restore your computer at any time should the need arise.
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