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• Fixing Windows 7 Help and Support

  For the past few months I noticed that Windows 7 Help and Support feature wasn’t working correctly.  Pressing WIN+F1 or choosing “Help and Support” from the Start menu would open a window, but the help contents weren’t there.  Searching for... Posted Apr 08 2010, 04:26 PM by ChuckOp with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Windows 7

• Windows Media Player not adding albums to media library

  Have been moving my music collection around and noticed that nearly half of the files didn't get added to the media library when monitoring the folder, or manually scanning it. After investigating for awhile, I discovered that folders marked with the... Posted Mar 18 2005, 12:05 PM by ChuckOp with | with 74 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip

• Windows Server 2003 SP1 notes

  I just installed the new Release Candidate for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 . Superfically, it appears to have most of the security features from Windows XP Service Pack 2. So far no problems with the install or interaction with anything I previous... Posted Dec 08 2004, 08:25 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Hardware

• Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Connection

  Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 include a new client for Terminal Services. The long name is “ Remote Desktop Connection ”. Instead of looking for it through the menus however, to quickly connect to another Windows machines that have Remote Desktop... Posted Oct 08 2004, 03:39 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip

• Handy Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

  Here are keyboard shortcuts for use with Internet Explorer. Most work on all versions since 4.01. Not an exhustive list, just those that I use often. Space This scrolls downward a page at a time. Note that oftentimes a form control or a ActiveX object... Posted May 06 2004, 01:42 PM by ChuckOp with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, UI

• More taskbar/tray keyboard access

  Apparently, the shell team at Microsoft threw in another keyboard shortcut to get focus to the tray notification area. This is the section of the taskbar that contains the clock and various status icons. For example, if updates are available on Windows... Posted Feb 02 2004, 06:36 PM by ChuckOp with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, UI