Windows 7

Turning off System Restore in Windows 7

You should turn off System Restore before you try to clean computer of a virus, to avoid reinfecting it once you’ve removed a virus. To turn System Restore off, follow these steps:

Open System by clicking the Start button , right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties.
In the left pane, click System Protection. If you’re prompted [...]

Analyze your power efficiency in Windows 7

Do you ever wonder if your computer is hogging more power than it needs to?
Windows 7 has a built in tool to determine this.
Open the command prompt, as an administrator, then type powercfg -energy.  It will run for about 60 seconds and then tell you the location of the results.  Navigate to the file to [...]