From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Open a hidden control panel in Windows 7

January 27, 2010
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I have been hearing lots of chatter about this hidden feature in Windows 7. Everyone is calling it “God Mode” You will see why it is called that in a minute, but essentially it is a hidden control panel that gives you easy access to just about every setting in Windows 7. To get to [...]

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Open a commonly used folder – fast

January 21, 2010
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Here is a simple tip that I just started using myself. Do you have a folder that you constantly need to open throughout the day? Well, I do. While developing software I always need to get to the distribution folder to check on files and make sure our daily compiles are running smoothly. Here is [...]

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Find drivers for an unknown device

January 13, 2010
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The worst thing about a format and reload is that sometimes, it is impossible to find all of your drivers. Usually I have lost the driver disks. If it is a “White Box Special” that I built from NewEgg…well I will have no idea what components I put into it. I have found an excellent [...]

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Get notified when a service fails

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No matter what company I have worked for, there is always a Windows service that crashes once in a while – like clock work. The problem: The service that crashes is important, does real time processing, and must always be active. I came up with a quick and easy way of getting notified when your [...]

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