Sunday, March 14, 2010

Archive for the ‘Windows Tips’ Category

Automatically Attach VHD Images [Windows 7]

The Windows 7 operating system comes with the option to create virtual hard drive [vhd] images that can be mounted in the operating system after creation. This works pretty much the same way that iso images and other disk images can be mounted in an operating system. VHD images are automatically attached after their creation but never again automatically after the computer system has been rebooted.

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Automatically Attach VHD Images [Windows 7]

Clear Recent Items In Windows 7 Jumplists

Microsoft has introduced so called jumplists in Windows 7 . These jumplists are part of the Windows 7 taskbar and appear when the user right-clicks an item in the taskbar

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Clear Recent Items In Windows 7 Jumplists

Create A Windows Search Shortcut

Users who want to perform a search in Windows usually do so from the Windows start menu where the search link (Windows XP) or search form (Windows Vista and Windows 7 ) is available. An alternative – and often faster – way of accessing the search interface in Windows is to create a search shortcut on the computer desktop or in another location that is directly accessible by the user.

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Create A Windows Search Shortcut

Windows Explorer: Quickly Jump To Files

Windows Explorer is not one of the most sophisticated file explorers available for the Windows operating system.

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Windows Explorer: Quickly Jump To Files