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Windows ‘seven Tips – Add Internet Explorer Favorites to Start Menu

June 17, 2010

If you are a frequent Internet Explorer user and want get to your favorites it is handy to make it easy to access them by following the steps below. Favorites are important because you are not able to remember so many favorite and regularly used websites. I have about 3,000 websites on my favorites list [...]

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How to put a run command window shortcut on your vista start menu

June 4, 2010

By default, in Windows vista the run command window shortcut does not appear in the start menu. To get it to come up you need to type the word run into the Search bar at the bottom of the Windows Vista start menu. This is annoying, considering that it was available the Windows XP start [...]

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Change the Windows Vista Start menu to a classic menu that looks like Windows XP

June 2, 2010

Over the past few years, most regular computer users have become used to a Windows Xp style menu. I am not sure if we have just learnt to use it well or is it just simply easier. Either way, it made using the Windows Vista start menu a shock to the system. Sometimes it seems [...]

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How to customize the taskbar and start menu

June 1, 2010

Your taskbar and the the start menu are one of the most important features in Windows. Both the taskbar and start menu give you easy access to installed programs on your computer. In this article I will show you how to customize your taskbar and start menu settings. There are so many options for customizing [...]

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Windows Seven Tips – Add Administrative Tools to the Start Menu

May 31, 2010

Windows 7 operating system comes with several in-built Administrative tools for managing hard drive partitions, adjusting firewall settings, managing schedules tasks, starting and stopping system services and so on. The default way to access these tools is through a link present in the “System and Security” section of the Control Panel. Another way to access [...]

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Restore the Run Command Window to the Start Menu

May 26, 2010

Computer users are often faced with the dilemma of a missing run command window in the Windows XP start menu and need to restore the run command to it’s usual place. This is also a common problem in Windows Vista as the run command has to be added to the start menu manually as it [...]

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Remove the My Documents link from the start menu

May 26, 2010

If for some reason you would like to remove the documents link from your Windows start menu, then look no further. We all know that there are default links that are stuck to the start menu that sometimes we wish we could hide. Well we can. And this whole process is so easy, you can [...]

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How to pin a shortcut to a program in the start menu

May 26, 2010

When you want to find a program in your Windows start menu it can sometimes be hard to see what you want in amongst all the clutter. To open a simple program through the start menu can be a nightmare, depending on how many programs you have on your computer. If you have a lot [...]

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How to delete folder items from the recently viewed list in the start menu

May 26, 2010

The recent items folder in Windows Vista stores a record of all the files you have recently viewed on your computer. You might have created a document or saved a picture, and it will all be there for anyone to view on the list. The recent items folder traces every move you make when it [...]

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