You all know there are millions of malware infections out there today. It seems as if there are tons of new infections that pop up everyday. In the past, I’ve written about how antivirus software and anti-spyware software don’t always find all of the infections on your computer. After writing that article, I received several [...]

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If you lose your mouse functionality while working on your computer, you should try to save your work [Ctrl + S] and shut the computer down.
You can usually save your work with your keyboard by holding the [Ctrl] button down while pressing [S]. You should first try to shut down your computer by pressing the [...]

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If you want to change the display currently selected, just press the Windows key and P to flip between the displays plugged into your system. This works similarly to Alt and Tab for open programs.
To make the most of your display, Windows 7 also provides a Display Colour Calibration Wizard. This helps you to set [...]

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One of our favourite little enhancements to Windows 7 is the shake to minimise feature. If your desktop is cluttered with windows, it can be a time-consuming process to minimise them all to your taskbar. Now you don’t need to.
Just grab hold of the title bar of the window you still want to use with [...]

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Go to C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Application DataDelete IconCache.db
Reboot
Windows 9x
Go to c:\windows
Delete ShellIconCache
Reboot.
If the problem persist, increase the icon cache size[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
MaxCachedIcons=4096
then delete ShellIconCache.

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Windows 7 now combines taskbar buttons in a way that saves space, but also makes it more difficult to tell at a glance whether an icon represents a running application or a shortcut. If you prefer a more traditional approach, then right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and set Taskbar Buttons to “Combine [...]

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Using the mouse, you can drag-‘n-dock windows to either side of the screen, or drag it to the top to maximize it. These keyboard shortcuts are even faster:

Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock the window to the left and right side of the screen
Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximize and restore/minimize
Win+M [...]

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