Category Archives: Windows Tips

The key to Windows is the Windows key

Note: Win = Windows Key 🙂 Win+Space operates as a keyboard shortcut for Aero Peek. Win+Up and Win+Down are new shortcuts for Maximize and Restore/Minimize. Win+Shift+Up vertically maximizes the current window Win+Left and Win+Right snap the current window to the left or right half of the current display; successive key presses will move the window to other monitors… Read More »

Windows Search Indexing: Kind of a drag

Windows Vista’s / Windows 7’s “Search Indexing” is continuously checking all files on your computer and indexing them so that their information available for quick searching. This can speed up the Windows search feature, but it also slows system performance substantially. Since most of us don’t use Windows Search very often, you can speed up Vista and Windows 7… Read More »

Fix an unresponsive computer without rebooting

Wanna know a little trick you can use to save yourself when you’re in a situation that seems to have only one solution? You know, when your computer completely freezes up and the only thing left to do is to resort to shutting off your computer at the switch and turning it back on. Lots of things wrong… Read More »