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A Real-Life Review of the Microsoft Touch Mouse

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
28.03.2012

I have read plenty of reviews but none of them seemed to offer details about the real experience of using the Microsoft Touch mouse - the latest mouse launched by Microsoft. Luck has it that I got my hands on

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How Security Products Are Made - A Discussion with Bitdefender

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
23.03.2012

One of the topics of interest at 7 Tutorials is security. Not only we write articles and tutorials about how to have a safe computing experience but we also review security products on a regular basis. One of the things

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Windows 8 Apps Don’t Connect to Your Google/Gmail Account?

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
09.03.2012

Do you have troubles with any of these Windows 8 apps: People, Messaging, Calendar or Mail? You can't get them to connect to your Google account and access your contacts, email or calendar? This tutorial will help you solve this

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How to Stop the Shut Down Procedure from Completing

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
08.03.2012

Does it happen that sometimes, you remember that you need to do one more thing, just as soon as you hit the shut down button? Would you like to find a way to stop the shutdown procedure from completing? Luckily,

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Reviewing the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
25.02.2012

We would like to start our series of reviews of Windows oriented gadgets with a very good looking device: the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. Even though this product has been launched at the end of 2010, it is still one

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How to Backup and Restore Windows Vault Passwords

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
15.02.2012

One way to use the Credential Manager is to export your Windows credentials to another Windows computer, or to back them up and import them after you reinstall Windows, so that you don't have to manually type them again. This

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The Book Steve Jobs Would Not Have Approved: The Biography of Steve Jobs

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
20.12.2011

Reading the title of this book review - I'm sure you have an ironic smile on your face. Why would a blog about Windows, for Windows users, review a book about Steve Jobs? Because no matter how much he berated

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Roundup of Software Uninstallers - Reviewing IObit vs Ashampoo vs Revo

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
10.11.2011

Today you can find lots of software which helps remove programs and clean up leftover files, folders and registry settings. In theory this is a good thing, as it helps eliminate some of the bloat on your Windows computer. But

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How & Why to Purchase Network Your Computers & Devices Step by Step

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
30.10.2011

We are very proud to have published our first book: Network Your Computers & Devices Step by Step. Our publisher is the prestigious Microsoft Press and the book is distributed by O'Reilly Media. If you would like to know how

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12 Reasons why Windows Explorer in Windows 8 Rocks

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
07.10.2011

Windows Explorer has been a weak-spot of both Windows Vista and Windows 7. Many users complained about it being inferior to the version used in Windows XP and a lot more frustrating to work with. Luckily, with Windows 8 things

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Password Security - Turn Your Dumb Habits Into Geek Habits

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
20.09.2011

When it comes to computing habits, people are always bad at security and passwords. We keep reusing the same password(s) over and over again and we don't realize how easy we make it for the bad guys to steal our

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Troubleshoot Wireless Network Connection Problems by Yourself

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
26.08.2011

Lots of people have issues with wireless network connections and they don't know how to fix them. If you have access to an Internet connection, at least you can Google things and find some help. But what do you do

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The Geeky Way of Personalizing Windows Themes

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
16.07.2011

Did you know that, beyond the basic personalisation of Windows themes, there's a slightly more hidden but more powerful way to customize visual settings? With the help of the Window Color and Appearance window, you can change the background color

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Configure the Windows Explorer Viewing Templates for Libraries

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
09.05.2011

In previous articles, we've shown how to edit a viewing template and how to apply it to any folder and its sub-folders. To complete the picture, we will show how to edit and change the viewing template used for any

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Book Review - Network Your Computers & Devices, Step By Step

Marte Brengle
02.03.2011

There's an old joke that goes: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. For many people, setting up a home network is truly the elephant in the room. It's nowhere near as difficult as it used

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How to Play Videos and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

Jack Busch
04.06.2010

Windows Media Player 12 plays video clips and DVDs as well as it does audio files. Video clips in your library will automatically be organized for you and can be played easily with a click of a button. In this

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How to Customize File Types, AutoPlay & Default Programs Settings

Florina Muntenescu
31.05.2010

One of the things that became obvious after publishing our series on how to set default programs, associate file types and set up AutoPlay settings, is that Windows 7 has limited capabilities for setting all these things. Fortunately for us,

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The Network Map - Access Your Network Computers in a Fun Way

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
12.02.2010

One of the less known features of Windows 7 is the network map. This feature does what its name implies: it shows you a complete map of all the computers connected to your network at a specific point in time.

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How to Burn CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

Jack Busch
28.01.2010

Windows Media Player 12 allows computers with built-in CD and/or DVD burners to quickly and easily create audio CDs, data CDs and Data DVDs. This functionality makes creating mix CDs and copying audio CDs for playback in car stereos and

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Will Austin About His Trip to the Desktop of Millions

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
24.08.2009

One of the great things about Windows 7 is the fact that it has a very strong visual personality. It includes a very diverse set of wallpapers from a long list of visual artists. The funny thing is, the wallpapers

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