Category Archive: Tips, Tricks and Tweaks

Want to know how to make the most out of your Windows 7 system? Here we share the things we have learned for what to do (and what not to do) to make Windows 7 perform at its best.

Get the iPhone/Pad/Pod (iOS) Windrivers without installing iTunes

The initial run screen requires you to agree to the licensing terms.

I’ve got numerous PCs around here and there — I can see two desktops and two laptops as I sit here in my office, and there are two more laptops and one SFF desktop elsewhere in our domicile at this moment; I’ve also got four laptops out on loan right now to various friends and relations. My wife …

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USB 3.0 SandForce Flash Drives: True Value or False Economy?

I’m in a bit of a quandary on an interesting subject. I just purchased a 128 GB USB 2.0 Flash drive — a Centon DataStick Sport — that I picked up on special from TigerDirect for about $65 (as I write this blog, you can pick them up at Amazon for about $80). It seemed …

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Goodbye Gadgets, Goodbye!

Since the introduction of Windows Vista in 2006, Windows Gadgets have made colorful and useful additions to Windows desktops everywhere. At this moment, Windows Gadgets work on Windows 8 as well as on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. But a planned discussion of profound security vulnerabilities in the Gadget architecture at the upcoming Black Hat …

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Use SP Cleanup Tool to Pare Down Winsxs folder, Reduce Windows Footprint

If your Windows 7 install has been around long enough, it will pick up various bits and pieces of leftover install information. The Windows Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool includes a plethora of command line options that work on a running operating system (in addition to its more common use in setting up …

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Disk2VHD Is Just What the Doctor Ordered for Machine Upgrades and Migrations

The opening screen lets you pick which drives to pack into Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) form

Anybody who’s followed my Windows experiences and commentary already knows I think the Sysinternals guys (Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, primarily, but also a host of others over the years) hung the moon when it comes to great tools and utilities. I was recently pondering how to get over the “What did I forget?” hump in …

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