other:win7config
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| ====== Basic Windows 7 Configuration ====== | ====== Basic Windows 7 Configuration ====== | ||
| + | ===== Using keyboard shortcuts ===== | ||
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| + | You can save some time by learning | ||
| + | [[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts|Windows keyboard shortcuts]] | ||
| ===== Creating folder shortcuts on the desktop ===== | ===== Creating folder shortcuts on the desktop ===== | ||
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| ===== Moving the data directories of Thunderbird and Firefox ===== | ===== Moving the data directories of Thunderbird and Firefox ===== | ||
| - | You should follow the steps described in [[other:thunderbird]] and [[other:firefox]] to move the TB and FF directories to a place that you can easily find and backup | + | You **should** follow the steps described in the [[other:thunderbird]] and [[other:firefox]] pages to move the TB and FF directories to a place that you can easily find, backup and move to a new computer |
| ===== Configuring Firefox ===== | ===== Configuring Firefox ===== | ||
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| If you have a NVIDIA card, you can righ-click on the desktop and use NView Desktop Manager to activate multiple virtual desktops (and keyboard shortcuts to navigate between the desktops) | If you have a NVIDIA card, you can righ-click on the desktop and use NView Desktop Manager to activate multiple virtual desktops (and keyboard shortcuts to navigate between the desktops) | ||
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| + | ===== Dealing with the slow Safely Remove Hardware for USB devices ===== | ||
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| + | This maybe linked to the use of network printers, or to some devices that take time to be listed. The delay problem can be reproduced by opening //Start => Devices and Printers// : once devices and printers are displayed, there is no more delay in ejecting the USB devices! | ||
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| + | Check the following links: | ||
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| + | * http://sebthom.de/163-solved-windows-7-safely-remove-hardware-popup-menu-horrendously-slow/ | ||
| + | * https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/quot-Safely-remove-hardware-and-eject-media-quot-is-very-slow/td-p/236407 | ||
| + | * http://blog.notfaqs.com/2009/10/win7-safely-remove-hardware-and-eject.html | ||
| ===== Dealing with audiodg.exe high CPU usage ===== | ===== Dealing with audiodg.exe high CPU usage ===== | ||
other/win7config.txt · Last modified: 2020/01/08 09:45 by jypeter
