Category Archives: Windows 7

Turning off User Account Control, or You’re Damned Right I’m an Expert

Posted on December 29, 2009 by jeffharbert

My biggest gripe about Windows 7 is the impact User Account Control has on the command line. Unless you turn UAC completely off, every time you run something on the command line that Microsoft has deemed requiring your password – … Continue reading →

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Handy New Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcut

Posted on December 11, 2009 by jeffharbert

By holding down the Windows key and then tapping the left or right cursor control keys you can move a window to fill the left or right half of your monitor.  If you have multiple monitors as I do you … Continue reading →

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Going back to Windows XP for a bit

Posted on December 4, 2009 by jeffharbert

I like Windows 7 quite a lot.  I’ve been running it for a month now, but I haven’t entered my CD key to activate it yet.  There area couple of issues I want to resolve first. Win7 dumped the Quick … Continue reading →

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