The Win + R shortcut opens Run. That’s a window with which you can, well, run software. You can use Run to launch pretty much anything… but it can often be a hassle if you want to run anything other than built-in Windo...
The My Computer — or simply Computer, as it is referred to as in later versions of Windows — window is the one that includes shortcuts to all your drives. Ever wanted to know how to add your own shortcut to My Computer...
Finding subtitles for movies and/or TV shows that you download online is not necessarily a painful task, provided you know where to look. And in most cases, you are likely to be able to find what you’re looking for at sites ...
Windows 7 includes a variety of customization options with which you can tweak its windows. With its options you can change the window fonts to various alternatives. This is how you can customize the Window 7 active window title a...
It’s easy for things to get cluttered, and sometimes you just want to set everything back the way it was to start over. The Windows 8 Start screen is not exempt from getting messy. With this quick guide, you’ll learn h...
Are you looking for a Windows 7 Media Center option that removes, or hides, its menu strips? If so you’re not going to find any options that will do that in the media center. However, there’s other software that will do the trick....
Windows has various system resources such as RAM and CPU which are among the most notable. That’s why they are a key system specification listed on software packages. Their usage varies depending on the amount of software you have...
Windows Media Center on Windows 7 and up has a variety of multimedia options. For photographs it includes photo slideshow options. However, few might have guessed that it can also be an effective image editing tool, with options f...
As it seems the list of features removed in Windows 8 is never ending. One of features Microsoft removed was the ability to be notified of new updates from the taskbar. In previous versions of Windows we had a small icon appear to...
If you right-click the Windows 7, 8, 8.1 Recycle Bin on the desktop, you won’t find any Pin to Taskbar option as you would with other shortcuts. However, you can still pin the Recycle Bin to the Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 taskbar. This...
Windows 7 includes variety of wallpapers and themes for you to choose on the Personalize window. However, there’s a much wider variety of international themes and wallpapers that you can add to the Windows 7 desktop. Only your own...
The Windows 7 Start orb isn’t one that you can readily customize. Windows 7 doesn’t include any options with which you can switch to alternative Start menu orbs. However, you can change the Windows 7 Start orb to other alternative...
This article is part of our ongoing series aimed at teaching the everyday Windows users about Linux, providing reasons to switch, and helping people making the switch. It has been awhile since I have written an article dotTech and...
The Windows 7 logon background is the wallpaper behind your Windows 7 user account password box. Windows 7 does not include any direct options to change the logon wallpaper in the same way as the desktop. However, with suitable so...
The Command Prompt is the antiquated DOS in a window. You can open the Command Prompt from Run. Open Run and then input Command Prompt to open its window. From there you can input DOS command to open software and documents. Comman...
