Advanced Computer Tips and Tricks.

Advanced Computer
Tips and Tricks.
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Advanced Computers Tips and tricks.
Advanced Computer Tips and Tricks
1) Tip : Windows 7 Cool Feature - Problem Steps Recorder
Windows 7 ships with a utility named PSR (Problem Steps Recorder) that records the
steps you’ve taken on the computer automatically including mouse clicks. You can use
these recordings to speed up issues when you’re dealing with tech support.
Problem Steps Recorder can be used to automatically capture the steps performed by a
user on a computer, including a text description of where they clicked and a picture of
the screen during each click. This capture is then automatically saved to a file that can be
used by a support professional to help the user troubleshoot the issue or understand
what steps were taken by the user.
Steps :
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Click Start  Click Run or (Win + R) to open Run Command.
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Type PSR and Press Enter.
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Problem Steps Recorder toolbar will appear.
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To Start the capture simply press on the “Start Record” button:
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Now whatever you do on your computer it will be recorded in snaps as well
as text.
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To Stop recording simply press “Stop Record” button.
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You will be prompted to save the resulting ZIP file:
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Write the name of the file and save it on the desktop or any location.
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Now extract the compressed file by right click extract all option.
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A Problem.mht file will be there in the extracted folder.
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Now open the file in internet explorer.
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Snaps including text and timings of all events will be there in that file.
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By default, PSR will record only 25 screenshots, but this can be changed to
any number. Click on the small down-arrow next to the help icon, and then
select Settings
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In any case, PSR is more than just a screenshot capturing tool. Besides
automating the capturing of what’s going on the screen, it will also highlight
the user’s mouse clicks, and, most importantly, will provide a detailed textual
metadata with a description of what the user is doing.
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Enjoy.
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2) Tip : Shutdown Timer trick in Windows 7.
Steps :
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Click Start type CMD in the search box. Right click and click open to run
Command line.
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Type shutdown /s /t 3600 and Enter.
Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down.
So , 60secs*60mins=3600secs Means 1 Hour.
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Windows will display message about shutting down in 60 minutes.
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TO ABORT: type shutdown /a To make an abort and stop the shutdown timer.
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A message will be prompted to you that the scheduled shutdown has been cancelled.
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Enjoy.
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3) Tip : Adding Additional Clocks
By using this trick we can see clocks for different cities. To make this work on Windows
7, click the clock icon in your system tray. Choose Additional Clocks in the windows that
pops up and add the additional cities you want. Unfortunately, the additional times don’t
exactly get displayed in your tray — you need to hover over the clock.
Steps :
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Click on the clock icon present in the system tray.
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Click on Change date and time Settings. . . option.
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Click on Additional Clocks Tab.
The clocks for different cities will appear.
Enjoy.
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4) Tip : Get a power efficiency report
If you have a laptop, you can use the efficiency calculator to get Windows 7 to generate
loads of useful information about its power consumption. Used in the right way, this can
help you make huge gains in terms of battery life and performance.
Steps :
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Open a command prompt as an administrator by typing 'CMD' in Start Search,
and when the cmd icon appears, right-click it and choose Run as administrator.
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Then at the command line, just type in powercfg -energy and hit Enter, Windows 7 will
scan your system looking for ways to improve power efficiency.
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It will then publish the results in an HTML file, usually in the System32 folder. Just
follow the path it gives you to find your report.
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In the given location you will find the energy-report.html file. Now open that file in
internet explorer.
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Enjoy.
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5) Tip : Don't Like the MS Office Ribbon? Bring Back Proper Menus.
Many people think that the new ribbon interface that Microsoft introduced with Office
2007 was a definite change for the better. But lots of people, including myself, disagree.
We spent years learning our way around the traditional menu structure, which merely
resulted in frustration when Microsoft decided to "improve" things.
If you use Office 2007 or 2010 and you want the old menus back, there are a handful of
programs and add-ins that can achieve this for you. One of the better-known offerings is
Ubit Menu. You can get it from
http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages
it works in both Office 2007 and 2010. It's a tiny download, at less than 400 KB.
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6) Tip :
Monitor Your Performance with Resource Monitor
Windows 7 is usually incredibly quick if yours is acting out, here is a quick little tool buried
in Win 7 to help you diagnose the issue. This tool provides you with an indepth look at what
is eating your CPU cycles, memory and network.
Steps :
5) Click Start type resmon in the search box to launch the Resource Monitor.
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7. Tip : Take control
Tired of the kids installing dubious software or running applications you'd rather they
left alone? AppLocker is a new Windows 7 feature that ensures users can only run the
programs you specify. Don't worry, that's easier to set up than it sounds: you can create
a rule to allow everything signed by a particular publisher, so choose Microsoft, say, and
that one rule will let you run all signed Microsoft applications. Launch GPEDIT.MSC and
go to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Application
Control Policies > AppLocker to get a feel for how this works.
8. Tip : Calibrate your screen
The colours you see on your screen will vary depending on your monitor, graphics cards
settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default Windows colour
profile. And that means a digital photo you think looks perfect might appear very poor to
everybody else. Fortunately Windows 7 now provides a Display Colour Calibration
Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and colour settings, and
a ClearType tuner to ensure text is crisp and sharp. Click Start, type DCCW and press
Enter to give it a try.
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