Unable to Pin Programs to Taskbar in Windows 7?

Unable to Pin Programs to Taskbar in Windows 7? You may have accidentally deleted something So I ran into an interesting problem the other day when I tried to pin a program to the Windows 7 taskbar. Usually, I just right-click on the open application and sayPin this program to the taskbar: Unfortunately, something happened, or I did something wrong and this option disappeared! So I tried to drag the icon to the taskbar, thinking that would work, but it didn’t either!...

June 8, 2012 · 3 min · 635 words · Michael Conley

Uninstall and Reinstall IE in Windows 7

Uninstall and Reinstall IE in Windows 7 Sometimes it’s the wisest thing to do Internet Explorer was recently having some strange issues on my Windows 7 machine and instead of spending hours trying to figure out what was causing the problem, I decided I would just reinstall the whole thing! Well, it fixed my problem and that’s why I’m writing about it. Method 1 – Windows Features Depending on your version of Windows 7, you can have IE 8, IE 9, IE 10 or IE 11 installed by default!...

June 6, 2012 · 3 min · 441 words · John Stevens

Force Windows 7 to Use Wired Connection over Wireless

Force Windows 7 to Use Wired Connection over Wireless You would think it would do it automatically So here’s an interesting situation I ran into when using Windows 7 connected to both my Ethernet network and my wireless network at home: whenever I would transfer data between my NAS and my machine, Windows 7 would tend to use the wireless network instead of the Ethernet connection! This was annoying because the speed of the transfers was much slower over the wireless connection for obvious reasons....

June 4, 2012 · 4 min · 673 words · Jacqueline Davis

How to Trace Dependents in Excel

How to Trace Dependents in Excel Find out which cell values are connected If you work with formulas a lot in Excel, you know that the value of a single cell can be used in a formula in many different cells. In fact, cells on a different sheet may reference that value also. This means that those cells are dependent on the other cell. Trace Dependents in Excel If you change the value of that single cell, it will change the value of any other cell that happens to reference that cell in a formula....

June 3, 2012 · 3 min · 567 words · Justin Hernandez PhD

Windows 7 Screensaver and Power Options Not Working?

Windows 7 Screensaver and Power Options Not Working? It could be because of several different things I’ve had my share of problems with Windows 7, but I still use it regularly along with my MacBook Pro. One new problem that creeped up recently has to do with the screensaver and power options. I set my screensaver to start after 10 minutes, but nothing happened! I also set my PC to go to sleep after 1 hour and turn off the display after 30 minutes....

June 2, 2012 · 5 min · 945 words · Anthony Miller
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