10 Tips For Working In And Around Windows 7

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ALT+PRT SCRN Doesn't work when you are Remote Desktop'd into another machine.

But for some reason, CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+PRTSCRN works in that scenario, so you don't have to make that short stop in MSPaint to clean things up before sticking the screenshot in your documentation/email.
 
[citation][nom]kato128[/nom]@godnodog: Dude, seriously, windows takes up 15gb. Given that 1tb and larger hard drives are available for really cheap these days, do you really miss a gig or 2?[/citation]
Dude, seriously, I don't think he was refering to disk space. He was refering to features...
[citation][nom]kato128[/nom]...For example to get the calculator u hit start on ur kb and type calc and hit enter and ur there. Try doing it quicker with the mouse in XP... [/citation]
Try doing is faster with a mouse in Win7! Win7 is no better than XP. In XP use Windows Logo+R, type calc and BOOM! there is the calculator, or any other app I choose to run.

Don't get me wrong - Win7 is nice, but it still is not THAT much improved over XP in many, many ways. =)
 
*YAWN* Hope about listing tips that are exclusive to Windows 7? the shell:sendto, the Print Screen, shutdown and a few others have been in windows for many versions. Try picking NEW ones next time.
 
Windows 7 is just Vista 6.1. As long as it uses the winsxs folder I will continue to be disappointed.

finding things like the TCPIP properties page is a huge undertaking compared to XP.

Bottom line if XP x64 had support for DX10/11, and trim. There would be no reason for me to use vista/7.
 
All the XP love really amazes me... That said, there are definitely a few things that I'm not huge on in 7. I don't like the new system tray, for instance. The "snap feature" is just plain annoying to me. But you couldn't convince me to step all the way back to XP.

As a side note, I think it's hilarious that Windows is now (or as of vista, even) promoting the use of a keyboard to open programs. The Linux desktop community has been preaching "clicking takes too long" to windows users for years.
 
2 other small tips that might be useful to know.

1) Many people know this, but more than you'd think aren't aware. If you have a program open, you can open another copy by middle-clicking it on the taskbar.

2) You can drag the taskbar to the side or top of the screen (make sure "Lock the taskbar" isn't checked when right clicking. Having it at the side is pretty useful for widescreen monitors.
 
Wow TY to all the Microsoft employees giving thumbs down to normal problems the we have had with (Win7 Hell) .

XP is like a normal car where Win7 is like South park UniCycle except much slower and 14gb too big. UniCycle is not my kind of fun.

Even with all this tips and trick Win7 is just not as user friendly and usable as XP / XP64.

Just like 10.3 OSX was useful and 10.6 OSX is annoying the same with torture Vista and cactus plant up my "where the sun don't shine" Win7.

Every one including Apple Microsoft and KDE jumped onto the Linux eye candy Dektop bandwagon that ruined stuff like useful Itunes now torturetunes, KDE3 was good KDE4 is horrible and Vista win7 desktop user appearance.

I do not want waist my time with irritate me features in a operating system. I want to get in get done and go enjoy what is left of my day.

I want 10 secs from boot menu to start using the internet or doing what I need with all rubbish finished loading that I would likely never use and so have to disable and uninstall. OEM pre-installed spam.

Yes I have to fix several Microsoft certified technicians Win7 pc's / laptops daily as they have given up fixing it and I do not enjoy it at all.
 
I hate that they force me to use c:\program files and c:\users. I want to use a different partition for each.

Till they create Tweakui for Win7 I'll stay with XP.
 
[citation][nom]WarraWarra[/nom]Wow TY to all the Microsoft employees giving thumbs down to normal problems the we have had with (Win7 Hell) .XP is like a normal car where Win7 is like South park UniCycle except much slower and 14gb too big. UniCycle is not my kind of fun.Even with all this tips and trick Win7 is just not as user friendly and usable as XP / XP64.Just like 10.3 OSX was useful and 10.6 OSX is annoying the same with torture Vista and cactus plant up my "where the sun don't shine" Win7.Every one including Apple Microsoft and KDE jumped onto the Linux eye candy Dektop bandwagon that ruined stuff like useful Itunes now torturetunes, KDE3 was good KDE4 is horrible and Vista win7 desktop user appearance.I do not want waist my time with irritate me features in a operating system. I want to get in get done and go enjoy what is left of my day.I want 10 secs from boot menu to start using the internet or doing what I need with all rubbish finished loading that I would likely never use and so have to disable and uninstall. OEM pre-installed spam.Yes I have to fix several Microsoft certified technicians Win7 pc's / laptops daily as they have given up fixing it and I do not enjoy it at all.[/citation]

boo

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[citation][nom]kelemvor4[/nom]LOL on the shutdown instructions. That's not a "win7" feature; shutdown has been available since NT 4.0. Possibly NT 3.5, I just never used it.[/citation]

I use the same shutdown command every day in my windows xp.
 
WarraWarra :
20 click to get to networking static ip setup.

I just counted. as low as 7 clicks if you use the network icon on in the tray, if you go through the control panel its 8. Windows XP is 7 clicks via the control panel and 6 via the tray. dear god, how dare they add one extra click...
 
Hmm try finding more than one file at a time with the new windows search function what ever happened to (,) to separate names!! Still better than Vista though..
 
@ godnodog...to access folder options simply press the alt key. it pops up the old style file, edit, view, etc tool bar. Its still there, just hidden by default.
 
So i tried creating the godmode thing on a vista desktop... caused a endless crash restart of the OS upon chaning the name....

After about 40min of trouble shooting in dos, because even dos couldnt delete the file.
My solution came with changing the name, thus allowing me to boot without crashing after logging in, and then deleted the folder
 
My Win7 Pro x64 install on my 32Gb SSDs in R0 took a whopping 6.7Gb. Yours is 16Gb? Try a custom install.

When I turn services off, they stay off. If yours are turning back on, try antivirus.

If you click your way to the TCPIP settings, read that link to windows.com in the article and make yourself a shortcut.

If your start menu button doesn't work on your keyboard click troubleshooting and update your driver. (Many people hack drivers to DISABLE to the start menu button for gaming, so careful what you wish for..)

I would like to see a way to default program installs to a under defined directory instead of c:\program files for friends and family too lazy to define that parameter during install. For now, Ill stick to assigning windows to the 'ol floppy drive. a:\ ftw.
 
Dude, seriously... :) We've been able to open calc by simply hitting the "windows" key, cursor to RUN and typing calc for years (even before XP). Same is true for any program in the "path" variable, which even includes Winword, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I like 7. But I don't like that it thinks it knows what I want more than I do.

[citation][nom]kato128[/nom]@godnodog: Dude, seriously... The search function on the vista and win 7 start menu blows XP out of the water for speed of finding and opening stuff. For example to get the calculator u hit start on ur kb and type calc and hit enter and ur there. Try doing it quicker with the mouse in XP. The bottom line there is that it doesn't matter how nested the start menu gets, I can quickly and easily type in what I want and windows serves it up rather than me wading thru 10 million nested start menu folders.[/citation]
 
[citation][nom]godnodog[/nom]to access folder options, they should be accessed by the folder»tools»folder options line in XP, I´m only able to use them by going to Help and search for folder otions- [/citation]

To access folder options in win 7, just click on "Organize>Folder and search option" in the folder window upper corner, left hand side.

No need to search or press ALT or anything.
 
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