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12Nov/092

Windows 7 How to: Dock Windows

This was a new feature added to Windows 7. You can dock images onto three different spots on the screen and they will resize: You can dock the window to the top so it will maximize fully or you can dock them left or right to the screen to make them tile vertically in the middle of the screen.

To do this just grab a window and move it all the way to the top/left/right and let the mouse go again. Making working a lot easier and faster!

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8Nov/094

Windows 7 How to: Disable UAC (User Accesss Control)

It is basically the same as in Vista but this time Windows 7 has a GUI for it to make things easier and for a higher level of control.

Press WindowsKey + R (or go to Start->Run) and type in "msconfig" (without quotes). Hit Enter.

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Go to the Tools Tab, choose "Change UAC Settings" and hit Start.

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A new GUI will open. Slide the slider all the way down to disable UAC completely and hit OK.

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Done!

2Nov/091

Windows 7 How To: Filter Specific File Types In Explorer Window

Everyone knows this scenario: You want to open a file in the File Browser Dialog but the filter is set for a variety of filetypes (e.g. all image formats) but you only want to see the JPEG-Images.

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Here is the solution: type (without the quotes) "*.jpg" into  "Filename" textbox and hit "Enter". Done!

Explanation: the "*" stands for any name so you want to filter any file name with the file type ".jpg".

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Enjoy!

22Oct/092

How To Fix: “A Disk Read Error Occurred” – “Error Loading Operating System”

"A Disk Read Error Occurred. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart"

or

"Error Loading Operating System"
This is only one solution because this problem can be caused many reasons.

My symptoms were that I had to restart my computer multiple times after Post-Bios until I could finally start into Windows. Inside Windows, it sometimes locked up when the Hard Drive was under heavy use. I exchanged the cables but it did nothing. Now today I unplugged the Slave Drive and it worked! My Primary Hard Drive (Master) hosts the Operating System and the Secondary Hard Drive (Slave) as a file reservoir. It seems that the Secondary Hard Drive (since they share one cable) did not properly pass the data through the cable from my Primary Hard Drive to the Motherboard. Try it out for yourself!

   
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