Run commands for Windowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/run-commands-for-windows.html

05 July 2011 This is an article intended for IT Support. It is a list of the system tools available in the Microsoft Windows OS that can be run from the "Start > Run" option. How? To Access…Run Command Accessibility Controls access.cpl Accessibility Wizardaccwiz Add...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Windows 7 Aero Featureshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-7-aero-features.html

27 April 2010 here as a lot of my clients and friends are all surprised by the Aero features and weren't aware that these existed in Windows Vista (and originally from Linux variants). Sometimes you may only have partial Aero effects. This can be because Windows may...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Windows 10: Shortcut Apps to Settingshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-10-shortcut-apps-to-settings.html

30 July 2020 To: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro v10.0.18362 What? This is a list of apps that if run via the run command, or used in a desktop shortcut, or that you want to include in automation software such as AutoHotkey, opens any specific Windows OS settings page....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

AutoHotkey - MS Windows 10 - Open Apps on Multiple Monitors and Desktopshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/autohotkey-ms-windows-10-open-apps-on-multiple-monitors-and-desktops.html

18 July 2019 to: Microsoft Windows 10 AutoHotkey 1.1.30 What? Yay for Microsoft Windows 10 in joining the rest of the Operating Systems in implementing multiple desktops. So if you have a Mac or Linux system, you will know of a feature where you can have another...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AutoHotkey
• Language: en-GB

VBScript to retrieve Windows Product Keyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/vbscript-to-retrieve-windows-product-key.html

23 September 2015 A quick article with the code to retrieve your product key in Windows 7 with a small VB script file. There are other articles on the web about this but the ones I found returned errors such as WshShell not valid. This article has a working example...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Print Directory Contents to a Filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/print-directory-contents-to-a-file.html

19 July 2012 A friend asked me if there was a quick way to simply right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer and it would generate a text file with the contents of the directory he right-clicked. What? We can do this by adding an entry to the context menu (when you...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

PC Build 2022: 5 Monitors connected to 1 PC using 1 GPUhttps://www.joellipman.com/pc-build-2022-5-monitors-connected-to-1-pc-using-1-gpu.html

12 March 2022 Fusion Black 430Dell OptiPlex 9020 Micro Form Factor CPUi3 4th Geni7 4th Gen RAM4Gb8Gb GPUNvidia Geforce GT 610??? O/SMS Windows 7 Pro (32-bit)MS Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) Here's a photo of my previous setup (when Lockdown due to COVID-19 first happened)....

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Articles
• Language: *

Hide a Drive per User in Windows 7https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/hide-a-drive-per-user-in-windows-7.html

28 March 2014 to: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional What? Looking at ways of displaying different drives per user on a single computer. This one is by modifying the system registry, so if you aren't familiar with the system registry in MS Windows, you may need to find...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x8DE00005https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-live-mail-error-id-0x8de00005.html

14 December 2016 to: Windows Live Mail 2012 What? A quick article on how to update the Microsoft Live Server URL for Hotmail using Windows Live Mail. Well how to deactivate an account and set up a new one in Windows Live Mail. If you used IMAP all along then the new...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Windows 7: System Clock is constantly going out of synchttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-7-system-clock-is-constantly-going-out-of-sync.html

28 January 2010 Issue People have reported that although they have manually set the date/time on their computer, this gets changed by the windows time server (time.windows.com) when connected to the Internet and for some reason it doesn't display the right date/time....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/remove-write-protect-from-pen-in-windows.html

13 April 2010 don't use the "remove device safely" rubbish as my old pen never did and it was fine for over a year. The default setup in windows XP is that it doesn't need it. Bulletproof, waterproof, fireproof, shockproof BUT NOT joe-proof!... I'm using windows 7...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 as standaloneshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/running-internet-explorer-6-7-8-as-standalones.html

18 May 2010 done this before IE7 (so a long time since). My office workstation setup for this is: HP CMT DC7900 E5300 @ 2.60Ghz 2Gb RAM Windows XP Professional SP2 Internet Explorer 7 As you can tell, not the most up-to-date but unfortunately I need to stay near to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Batch Process to rename multiple files using Windows DOShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/ms-dos/batch-process-to-rename-multiple-files-using-windows-dos.html

09 August 2014 to: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Ms-DOS Command Prompt (6.1.7601) What? A quick article on how to rename multiple files using the command prompt and a bit of string manipulation. This example will rename files which contain the string " (Copy)" and...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MS-DOS
• Language: en-GB

Joes FREE Website Thumbnailer (JWT)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-free-website-thumbnailer.html?catid=40

28 June 2011 Tested on: Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 (both 32-bit) Tested with: MS Internet Explorer 7 libraries System Requirements: Used ~55Mb RAM on 1.6Ghz PC Free Disk space to store your pictures Installed MS Internet Explorer (only uses libraries) Program Size:...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Product Documentation
• Language: *

Windows Live Messenger: Error 80048820https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-live-messenger-error-80048820.html

08 March 2010 This is an issue relating to the Time Server Synchronization error. Basically you start up windows live messenger and get the following error: {rokbox title=|Messenger Error 80048820|}/images/screenshots/windows_live_error_80048820.png{/rokbox}...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Basic Webpage Controls with JavaScript / COMhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/basic-webpage-controls-with-javascript-com.html

05 July 2011 webpages. My goal is to provide methods for controlling webpages, similar to how the AHK Control Commands can control Windows Applications. This tutorial is going to be high level, but will provide links to those who want to dig deeper into these...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AutoHotkey
• Language: *

Set up Desktop SlideShow in Windows 7https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/set-up-desktop-slideshow-in-windows-7.html

22 January 2013 Applies to Windows 7. Requires a Vogonian environment of red tape and bureaucracy. This is an article to describe an alternative method then "right-clicking on the desktop", "selecting Personalize", "clicking on Desktop Background", "browsing to the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

AutoHotkey: Check Windows Folder Sizeshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/autohotkey-check-windows-folder-sizes.html

28 January 2019 So I needed to clear space on a workstation's C drive. There are other programs about and even some built-in to MS Windows that could potentially be used. This is a quick article on how to write an AutoHotkey program to simply return the folders in the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AutoHotkey
• Language: en-GB

Windows 7 and Google Chrome incognito mode by defaulthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/windows-7-and-google-chrome-incognito-mode-by-default.html

24 March 2010 this article is just how to switch the quick launch shortcut (next to your start button). All the articles I googled were windows vista so I thought I'd share one for windows 7 here. I'm actually only saving you a click as you can just right-click on...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Google
• Language: en-GB

Proposed Budget i3 PC under £200https://www.joellipman.com/hardware/proposed-budget-i3-pc-under-200.html

26 January 2013 workstation upgrade running Windows 7 So another year gone and our workstations running Windows 7 are somewhat lagging when opening too many apps. The recent release of Windows 8 has led to a review of our developer's equipment and the verdict is that...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: IT Support
• Language: *