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View and Recover Windows 7 Product Key

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If you’re looking for an easy way to view and recover your Windows 7 Product Key, look no further than WinGuggle. This little freeware for Windows 7 is just around 300 KB and can be used to retrieve your Windows 7 Product key quickly.

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May 25th, 2009 at 8:15 am

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Make Firefox Leverage Windows 7′s Jumplists

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Windows 7 has a neat jumplist feature that allows programs to create links to application-specific tasks from the right click menu that appears when you click on the minimized window button in the taskbar.

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May 21st, 2009 at 8:01 pm

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Get the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7

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If you love the Classic Start Menu in Windows XP and have been using it in Vista, chances are you’ll probably be disappointed by the lack of an option to enable classic Start menu in Windows 7. Microsoft hasn’t provided a way to turn on classic start menu in Windows 7, but users who are already missing it have started finding workarounds to enable it.
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May 20th, 2009 at 8:12 am

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Remove the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ Icon in Windows 7 Permanently

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Earlier, we showed you how to remove the Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows XP or Windows Vista. This time around, let’s see how you can hide that often-popping up Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 7.

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May 17th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

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Check Out Our Bag of Windows 7 How-Tos

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Windows 7 RC candidate was out recently for everyone to download and it appears like a lot of people like it.

Here on Killer Tech Tips, a series of how-to guides were published on Windows 7. You might want to check them out in case you’ve missed them.

Make Windows 7 Taskbar Smaller like XP’s

Clear Explorer Search History in Windows 7

Disable Windows 7 Features like IE 8, Search Indexing, etc.

Resize Partitions in Windows 7 using inbuilt features

Show hidden menu bar in Windows Explorer in Windows 7

Disable Driver Signing in Windows 7 or install unsigned drivers after changing the group policy editor settings

Enable Remote Desktop in Windows 7

Burn .iso files to CDs natively in Windows 7

Change or edit OEM information in Windows 7

In Internet Explorer 8, you can login to multiple email accounts simultaneously

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May 9th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

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Change OEM Logo and Information in Windows 7

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If you want a tool to edit and modify OEM information in the system properties dialog in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, look no further than WinBubbles Lite.

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May 9th, 2009 at 10:21 am

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Burn .ISO files in Windows 7

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Windows 7 supports burning .iso files to CD/DVD out of the box. In earlier versions of Windows, you had to use a third party tool to burn .iso files to CD disks. You no longer have to, because burning .iso files in Windows 7 is a piece of cake, thanks to the inbuilt disc image burning tool.
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May 7th, 2009 at 11:20 am

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Enable Remote Desktop in Windows 7

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The Remote Desktop feature in Windows 7 can be used to connect remotely to other computers, so that you can control one computer from another pretty easily. Remote Desktops in Windows 7 have Aero and multi monitor support, and other enhancements you’ll love.

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May 6th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

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Clear Explorer Search History in Windows 7

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If you search for something in Windows Explorer, Windows 7 stores the search query in its history. If you go back at a later time interval, you’ll find your previous searches listed there.

Clear Windows 7 Explorer Search History
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May 6th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

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Disable Driver Signing in Windows 7 Using Group Policy Editor

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Yesterday, this article told you how to disable driver signing in Windows 7 using the command line. It turns out that Windows provides options to disable driver signing in the group policy editor itself.

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May 6th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

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