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Because my laptop fan was spinning up for no reason, I had a look at the CPU usage and I see  svchost with 12.5% CPU, which is basically a full core. Now, … Windows 7 – Finding CPU usage of a serviceRead more

So I have a Windows 7 home machine with 2 user accounts.  One is a standard user account and one is an administrator account.  Now this is going to be put in … Windows 7 – Hide account from login screen but can be used in UACRead more

I have a Lenovo W520 laptop with two graphics cards: I think Windows 7 (64 bit) is using my Intel graphics card ₃ which I think is integrated — because I have … Windows 7 – How can I determine and set my primary graphics card?Read more

I would like to disable the “Open File Security Warning” that says “Do you want to run this file?” whenever I double click on an .exe I download. I have Windows 7 … Windows 7 – How can I disable the “Open File Security Warning” when I want to run downloaded executable files?Read more

I would like to know exact instructions for moving the page file from 1 disk location to another disk in Windows 7. I.e. from an SSD to a non-SSD drive. I’ve spent … Windows 7 – How can I move the page file to another physical disk location?Read more

I have a new nVidia GTX 560 based card and an older GTX 260 card.  I have a single 2560×1600 monitor on the 560 (center of my desk) and two 2560×1600 monitors … Windows 7 – How can I play games on a triple monitor setup using my Nvidia graphics card?Read more

Our computers have been upgraded to HP EliteBook 8570p machines and while they’re very nice machines, they are also very large — so large that the left Ctrl key is too far … Windows 7 – How can I swap Ctrl and Fn keys on a corporate computer?Read more

I want to be able to profile my startups and see how long each program takes to startup. I’m running windows 7. Solution: Soluto does exactly what you are looking for.   … Windows 7 – How can I time my startups and see what processes are taking the longest?Read more

I’d like to use SSD as ReadyBoost cache disk. However, ReadyBoost can work with pluggable USB drives only (AFAIK). Is there any way to avoid this limitation? Solution: On Windows 7 you … Windows 7 – How can I use my SSD as a readyboost cache disk?Read more

After deploying a Windows 7 image to Stand alone machines we run into the following problem.   If we set autologon to off then we have to log in manually and activate … Windows 7 – How do I change automatic logon via Script or Command Line?Read more