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February 7th, 2009If you have installed Windows 7, or are thinking about it, this cheetsheet should come in handy. Microsoft developer brandon has posted a list of the new hotkey shortcuts for Windows 7:
Ask Computer Jim - 27th December 2008
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Ask Computer Jim - 13th December 2008
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Ask Computer Jim - 06th December 2008
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Ask Computer Jim - 15th November 2008
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Save More Battery Life With Windows Vista Battery Saver
November 5th, 2008The Windows Vista Battery Saver utility will turn off Aero and/or the Windows Sidebar when on battery, or only when battery life is low. The author claims it saves 30% of your battery life, but the Windows Vista Blog says only 1-4%, so your mileage may vary.
Once installed, there’s a small icon in the system tray that will bring up the following settings dialog:
If you are wondering why the screenshot is so blurry, it’s because the fonts on the dialog were actually blurry on my screen for some reason. (no idea why).
Personally, this utility seems like it would be useful only for using the “Deactivate when battery level is less then …” Once your battery life is down to critical levels, it’s probably helpful to turn off anything that could cause extra processor cycles, and the sidebar is a good candidate for that.