6 cool features of Windows 7, which you do not know

Flagship products to Microsoft, such as Office applications Word, Excel and, of course, the Windows operating system, conceal a considerable number of useful suggestions. Sometimes they are not so easy to find purposefully or accidentally stumble upon them. That is why, in practice, each of us use only a small part of the functions inherent in the hundreds of megabytes of code. This article discusses a few little-known features of the popular Windows 7, of which you probably never heard of.

open windows management

Many of the features of Windows 7 detected an educated bet. Probably the first innovation that caught you in the eye when meeting with OSes, - enhanced taskbar features. Point to the icon of any application or open a window, you will see a small thumbnail of it.

Pop sketches make it much easier to find the right windows among many of his relatives. The taskbar also supports some interesting keyboard shortcuts, which are known not all users:

• hold down ShiftBefore clicking on the program icon. Thus, you will copy the selected application.
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• The same, but with a combination of Shift + Ctrl, Opens a new instance is already an administrator.
• Clicking on an application icon while holding the key Ctrl It allows you to switch within a group of open windows.
• Combination Win + 1... 9 open (switch) program from the task bar at the specified number.

Chances are you know how to maximize the window to the entire area of ​​the screen or a window to fill half of your desktop, by resorting to the mouse. These same steps can be performed using just the keyboard:

• Press simultaneously Win and the up arrow to expand the window to full screen. Combination Win and the down arrow will return the initial window size.
• holding key WinPress left or right arrow to stick the window to the appropriate side of the screen.

Advanced search through the "Explorer"

«Explorer» Windows has a built-in file search tool and your entire computer documents. But did you know that the "Explorer" can be pumped so that the search was carried out and of web sources? To do this, you must download and install the search connector for any server that is compatible with the OpenSearch standard. Go to page Federated Search Connector Gallery and download the file with the extension OSDX.

You will be asked for permission to install the search connector.

Search Connector will be displayed in the left navigation pane, Windows window. Click on the connector, and your searches will be carried out with its help.

Do not forget to include the preview "Explorer" option, so you will be clear whether or not to pass on the proposed link.

share issue

Have you encountered a variety of problems in the application in a Windows environment? Of course yes! But it is very difficult to explain on the fingers of the essence of their claims or to understand someone else's lengthy complaint without having the entire picture before my eyes. Rescue may come a variety of network resources or software to ensure that transmission of the screen on the remote computer. But you probably did not know that Windows itself provides such an opportunity.

Open the "Start" menu, and type "Write steps for playback errors».

This opens a simple tool that captures every user step.

Record, save it into a universal ZIP archive and send specialist. An administrator or a skilled person will see a report containing the sequence of your actions.

Very clearly and simply, because all manipulations are recorded and gradually complemented screenshots.

God 'mode

No kidding. You can become a complete master of Windows. Create a new folder and give it a name:

GodMode. {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

It offers 270 customizable options appear.

One swipe of the proposed options would take a fair amount of time. Here is where carousing!

History of work stability

System Reliability The Journal allows you personally to evaluate the existing problems with the equipment and software for a specific time period.

The journal contains a list of application failures, Windows errors, warnings, and various problems, mixed by in a visual timeline.

Go on dates and familiarize with the technical data of each problem. With the operating system using the log, you will simply be compared with the deterioration of the day, when you have installed from the Internet unimaginably steep drivers, for example.

Clear data

We received an anonymous letter that you visit are sent to the FSB? Do not waste time searching for and downloading special software, reliable cleaning your sensitive data. Windows has standard tools for these purposes.

Let us remind ourselves that the removal of files or folders, leads only to clean up disk space occupied by the data. Location is released and becomes available for further use. Specialized programs for work with low-level access to your Winchester able to recover "deleted" data.

Cipher utility overwrites free space in order to prevent file recovery.

Start a command prompt and enter the request as follows:

cipher / w: driveletter: \ folder name

The processing time depends on the size of rewritable data. Therefore, you may still have some time to keep the defense.

conclusion

Chances are that the consideration of the possibility introduced in the youngest brother of the Windows family - his eighth edition. If so, let me know in the comments, please.

And what little-known features of Windows can lead you?