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Over on the XDA Developers Forum I came across a posting Awesome WP7 Tips & Tricks and thought it worthwhile to share and add some more with them:
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Windows Phone 7 is being made available, and sure enough, can tips and tricks be far away? Microsoft has published a set of some basic tips and tricks for Windows Phone 7 which will help users get used to this …more >>>
By default, Internet Explorer 9 shows 2 rows of your oft-visited sites on the about:tabs homepage, with each row having 5 thumbnails. However, if you wish, you can customize IE9 to make it show more rows with a simple registry …more >>>
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Microsoft has released a Internet Explorer 8 Performance Whitepaper and is now available for download. This download shows some tips & tricks on how to optimize browser performance for Internet Explorer 8.
WinTricks is one of the largest and most up-to-date programs for Windows tips, tricks, and secrets available today! WinTricks includes tips/tricks for all versions of Windows, plus the Registry, Desktop, AOL, Laptop, Internet, and more.
If you would like some programs to always Run as Administrator, you can configure them so. To do so, right the program icon or the shortcut of the application and open the Properties box.
By default, Windows Live Messenger, comes with its Aero border enabled. But if you want, you may also disable this aero frame, to give it a clean look.
Every time you run an application in your PC, a Prefetch file which contains information about the files loaded by the application is created by Windows operating system. The information in the Prefetch file is used for optimizing the loading …more >>>
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Just for the heck of it, you can make your windows minimize & maximize in slow motion in Windows 7 & Vista.
You can, if you wish to, display your favorite file or its shortcuts directly in the (My) Computer folder of Windows 7 & Vista.
Windows Running Applications Protector, or WinRAP, is a small portable freeware utility which allows you to hide windows application, and hide programs which are running on your screen.
An interesting way to shutdown or restart your Windows 7 computer without using the mouse cursor; but by using keyboard keys only.
If you have registered for the Windows 7 Meetup, you may have downloaded the excellent Windows 7 FAQ & Tips Word document from Microsoft. If you haven’t, you can always download it from the link mentioned at the end of …more >>>
On occasions it may have happened that the title bar of your open explorer window may have moved off screen, ie. your window slides off the desktop, as a result of which you are unable to move the window with …more >>>
Fonts in Windows 7 are located in the C:\Windows\Fonts folder. Windows 7 features over 40 new fonts. However if you would still like to install new fonts in Windows 7, the process to do so now is simplified. Install and …more >>>
Robocopy in Windows is a robust, flexible, configurable tool, with over 80 switches. It can handle any batch or synchronous copy you have in mind.
Unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 no longer supports modifying the registry, to allow display of the special Internet Explorer 8 icon on the Windows 7 desktop.
