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Photo Friday: Monitor Calibration Tool. How to open God Mode on Windows 7 & Vista. Create a “Switch Between Windows” Shortcut in Windows 7. The Aero Desktop introduced in Windows Vista and now part of Windows 7 made amazing visual enhancements to an otherwise static desktop found in previous versions of the operating system. One useful feature is the ability to cycle through open windows and programs using a three-dimensional interface. Unfortunately, Microsoft made access to this feature a bit complicated for some people. By holding down the Windows key on the keyboard and continually tapping the Tab key, you can cycle through your open windows in three dimensions.

Given that this feature is difficult to access, most people resort to the taskbar to switch between windows. Create a Switch Between Windows Icon To create your Switch Between Windows shortcut, begin by right clicking on the desktop and selecting New and then Shortcut. Windows will then ask you for the location of the item. C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe DwmApi #105 Notice that there is a space between exe and DwmApi and another space between DwmApi and #105. Vacuum your Firefox databases for better performance - Mozilla L. Since Firefox 3.0, bookmarks, history and most storage is kept in SQLite databases. Also, the default history time span was raised from 9 to 90 days as it became more discoverable and useful thanks to the awesome bar, so depending on your browsing habits it could represent some pretty large databases. Aas any other database, SQLite databases become fragmented over time and empty spaces appear all around.

But, since there are no managing processes checking and optimizing the database, these factors eventually result in a performance hit. So, a good way to improve startup and some other bookmarks and history related tasks is to defragment and trim unused space from these databases. To do this: Step 1: get sqlite3, a single file command line SQLite database manager, for your platform (available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X). Step 2: Copy the downloaded binary to your profile folder where all your .sqlite files reside. Step 3: Close Firefox. sqlite3 [SQLite database] VACUUM.

SAMSUNG Flexible AM OLED. Home Tab Firefox - Winter Challenge 09. Computer Nerd Acronyms Quiz. Alternative Windows software. 2403 ranked apps and software based on opinions from 1592 users. Hard Drive Size Barriers, In Depth. Hard Drive Size Limitations and BarriersIn Depth If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there's no menu to the left click here! In the first segment, Hard Drive Size Limitations and Barriers - The Basics, we covered the basics of hard drive size barriers and limitations, how it began and what you might expect when upgrading to larger hard drives, especially in older (legacy) equipment.

In this segment, we will cover some of those same limitations and barriers in greater depth along with all of the recently documented barriers. Bear in mind that as computer systems grow faster and drive technologies develop, new barriers will surface. As they do, we will update this area accordingly. If you find, after reviewing this material, that we have overlooked a particular barrier or limitation, or one surfaces that doesn't appear here, please write us and we will document the circumstances. Early Size Barriers and LimitationsA Refresher Current Size Barriers and Limitations. Electronic circuit diagram database.