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  • Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcut: Snap Current Window to Left or Right

    01:00 on December 31, 2009 | 0 Comments Tweet This! | Digg This!
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    A new feature in Windows 7 is the ability to “snap” a window to the left or right of the screen, for side by side viewing.

    You can, of course, just drag the window to the side you want, but what if you don’t want to use the mouse?  Well, there’s a keyboard shortcut for that!

    Windows Key + Left Arrow
    Windows Key + Right Arrow

    By pressing the Windows Key with either the left arrow or right arrow, the current window will snap to whichever side you select!
    If you keep pressing the same keyboard combination, it will go round in a circle.  So, if you keep going left, it’ll snap to left, then right, then back to normal again.  If you’re lucky enough to have a multiple monitor setup, it’ll cycle through all of the monitors in turn.

     
  • No E-Mail Client in Windows 7? Where’s Windows Mail or Outlook Express?

    10:05 on December 30, 2009 | 0 Comments Tweet This! | Digg This!
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    So, you’ve just installed Windows 7 and go to add your e-mail account. You go to Start, and look for Mail – it’s not there. You look in All Programs – same story, it’s not there, it’s “missing” – so, what do you do?

    Microsoft have removed the default e-mail client found in Vista, Windows Mail, from Windows 7 – no longer is it installed by default. But what if you need to check that POP3 or IMAP account? Well, you have to install a client manually.

    If you’ve been used to Outlook Express in Windows XP or Windows Mail in Vista, you’ll probably be most comfortable with “Windows Live Mail“. This application is part of the Microsoft Live set of applications, which also includes Messenger. You can download Windows Live Mail here:

    http://download.live.com/wlmail

    Once you download the package, select the applications you want, and let them install. After a short while of downloading and installing, you’ll now have Windows Live Mail installed, ready for your e-mail account!

     
  • Official Microsoft Windows 7 Themes, Wallpapers, and Gadgets

    23:05 on December 29, 2009 | 0 Comments Tweet This! | Digg This!
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    Microsoft have a growing collection of themes, wallpapers, and gadgets for Windows 7, available as free downloads from microsoft.com.

    Personalise your desktop today at:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/personalize