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Windows only: Cross-platform note-      shortcuts to the enscript.exe
taking application Evernote             scripting interface included in
doesn't have any sort of Windows 7      your Evernote installation folder
integration, but you can hack your      to create quick access to your
own with StandaloneStack and some       notes directly from the Windows 7
special shortcuts for much easier       taskbar—though you could do
access to saved searches and            the same with regular shortcuts if 

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If you've ever forgotten your           you've done that, you can boot
password or been asked to assist        back up into Windows until you get
somebody else in resetting their        to the login prompt, press the
password, there's a lot of              Shift key 5 times, and you'll see
different ways to accomplish it.        a command prompt where you can use
Here's how to do it by hacking the      the net user command to reset the
Sticky Keys feature.                    password.                          

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Windows 7: Everybody knows that         administrator. We've pointed out
you can right-click any                 this trick before in our power
application to launch it as             user's guide to the Windows 7
administrator, but what you might       taskbar—since you can use
not know is there's an even             this trick for pinned applications
quicker way you can trigger             or taskbar buttons—but it
administrator mode.                     should actually work anywhere in   

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Windows only: Bootloader tweaking       tools that will let you backup,
utility EasyBCD makes dual booting      restore, and repair your
between Windows, Linux, and even        bootloader, and even change your
OS X an easy task, and the latest       boot drive.
version updates with support for        The new 2.0 release of the
Windows 7 and newer Ubuntu              application comes with a slew of
versions with grub2.                    changes, the most notable          

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Sometimes it's the tiniest things       certain that your wallpaper is the
that can bug you about a user           same dimensions as your desktop.
interface like the color of your        This won't work very well
taskbar changing as your wallpaper      otherwise.
cycles. This simple but clever          The easiest way to put a stripe at
hack will keep your Aero                the bottom of the image is to use
transparency on but your taskbar        the Canvas Size feature to chop    

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Windows 7 only: 7LogonChanger           searching online for images to
browses and sets selected Flickr        customize your computer,
and Picasa photos as your               7LogonChanger makes it a breeze.
wallpaper or Windows 7 login            Right-clicking on an image brings
screen easily.                          up both options, and the program
You can change Windows 7 login          makes it easy to return to your
screen with a custom image from         default login screen.              

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It's frustrating that Media Center      Microsoft.MediaCenter.Shell.dll,
only displays seven television          right-click on the file, and click
channels in the program guide at a      'Take Ownership.' Copy Microsoft.
time, especially if it's part of a      MediaCenter.Shell.dll to a
home theater setup. This hack adds      temporary directory and put this
more channels to the program guide      patch in the same directory.Run
for easier living-room browsing.        the patch. You may need to take    

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Windows 7's useful taskbar is           Now navigate to
great, but if you don't like            HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosof
waiting for the thumbnails to show      tWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerA
up when you hover your mouse over       dvanced and right-click to create
it a taskbar item, a simple             a new DWORD. Name it
registry hack will speed things up.     ExtendedUIHoverTime.
Tech blog How-To Geek highlights        Now double-click on                

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If you're planning on buying or         application, for the most part.
upgrading more than one Microsoft       But that's actually 100 (yes, 100)
product in a year's time, consider      installs for each Windows 7
a TechNet Standard subscription.        product edition, because you can
For $200, you get, essentially,         activate each key 10 times. So you
100 installations of Windows,           get 100 installs of Windows 7
Office, and other Microsoft apps.       Ultimate, 100 installs of Windows  

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Windows only: Preme is a Windows 7      particularly user-friendly, with
shortcut utility that adds new and      screenshots and interactive demos
unique keyboard and mouse               designed to explain how each
shortcuts, including a handful of       shortcut works, but in the end
useful ways to interact with            it's all a bit confusing. That
windows using your mouse's scroll       said, the inventive shortcuts it
wheel.                                  adds are worth a look,             

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