The Windows Calculator is a nifty tool designed for doing all kinds of quick calculations. Windows Calculator is not like the calculator in the previous versions of Windows. It has many modes like standard, scientific, programmer and statistics.
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Disable taskbar thumbnail preview in Windows 7
Windows 7 (and Vista) show a preview window thumbnail when you hover your mouse over a minimized or hidden window icon in the taskbar. This is useful feature but it can become resource hungry if you open many windows at the same time. You can disable this feature if you do not like it.
Read moreLock a program using AppLocker in Windows 7
If you do not want a program to run, you can lock it down using the AppLock feature in Windows 7. This is very useful if you have children in your home using your PC and you do not want them to open a browser to surf internet etc.
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When you type something in a form (text box) on a web site, Firefox automatically performs the spell check using an in built dictionary. When you type a wrong word, it underlines the mis-spelled word with a wavy red underline. You can right-click on such a word and use one of the suggestions as shown…
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If you visit some web sites regularly, hoping to find the newly added content and searching through different sections of the sites, then Google Reader is for you. You can subscribe to your favorite sites RSS (really simple syndication) feed in the Google Reader and Google Reader will show you all the latest content inside it.
Read moreCheck if an email address is valid
Sometimes, a friend gives you an email address but when you send the email to this email address, it fails. You get confused if the email address is valid or the mail server is working or not ? Now you can verify if an email address is valid or not.
Read moreHow to use Google as a Calculator
Google is the number one search engine in the whole world. Everybody uses it to search information and web sites etc. But very few people can use it as a calculator.
Read moreOpen command prompt in any folder
In the previous versions, you had to install registry hacks to add the Open command prompt here to the right click context menu. But you do not have to do this in Windows 7. It already supports opening the command prompt pointing to any folder.
Read moreAlways run a program in administrator mode
If you have not disabled the UAC (user access control) and you want to run a program in the administrator mode, then you have to right-click on a program (or its shortcut) and select Run as administrator. But in Windows 7, you can set a program to always run in the administrator mode, without the need of right clicking on it.
Read moreAdd credentials to Credentials Manager in Windows 7
Credential Manager allows you to store credentials, such as user names and passwords that you use to log on to websites or other computers on a network. If you want to add a new credentials (user name and password for a network or website) to the Credential Manager, follow these steps.
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