Windows 7 Shortcuts Icons Disappear from Desktop

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If you create desktop shortcuts to removable storage places such as NAS the icons will disappear from time to time because Windows 7 has a built in task schedule to clean up broken and unused links. 1)  To prevent the task from running you need to disable the task in the task schedular: start-programs-accessories-system tools-task scheduler 2)  Expand the tree in the left hand pane until you get to Task Scheduler Library-Microsoft-Windows-Diagnosis. 3)  In the right hand pane, right click the task named Scheduled and click Disable.   Original Article:  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/desktop-shortcuts-to-items-on-network-drives/94eddb27-342b-40fc-9ad4-677ff4ee8ebe...
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About Subnetting

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  Welcome to the subnetting.net subnetting tutorial. This training session will teach you everything you need to know to pass any exam that requires TCP/IP knowledge. In addition, the methods you will learn here will allow you to not only solve subnetting questions, it will help you increase your speed and master TCP/IP concepts. For many entry-level to intermediate computer networking exams, the need to quickly solve subnet based questions is apparent. In addition, the mastery of these concepts will give you a major advantage when you sit for the exam. For example, I would estimate that the CCNA exam has around 40% subnetting questions. When you are done with this tutorial, these questions will be no harder than simple addition or subtraction. To put this is real life terms, the CCNA exam is 50 questions and most people get around 20 subnetting questions. When you learn to subnet, you should expect to ace these 20 questions. In...
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How to Change the Start Screen Background in Windows 8

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Find and Compare the Best Tech Products By Jose Vilches on November 13, 2012 Read user comments (12) Windows 8’s new Start screen has been hotly debated since the operating system launched in preview mode earlier this year. Acknowledged by some as a bold step into the tablet market, and criticized by many others who prefer the familiar desktop experience, the new 'Modern UI Style' home is here to stay. But beyond not offering a way to bypass this screen (not without the help of third-party utilities), surprisingly Microsoft is also limiting your options when it comes to customizing the Start screen's appearance. You can choose from a couple color schemes and 10 stock background images, but that's about it. We've seen some workarounds before but they require firing up the HEX editor to modify system files, and you are still limited to 256-color background images in a handful of specific sizes. That’s more work than...
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Americans could lose the right to resell their own possessions

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By Shawn Knight On October 11, 2012, 9:30 AM EST This fall, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could drastically affect your ability to resell everyday items like artwork, books, CDs / DVDs, electronics and even furniture. If a certain book publisher has their way, American consumers would be required to obtain permission to resell anything they own that was made overseas. It all started when Supap Kirtsaenge, a native of Thailand, moved to the US to attend Cornell University. During his time there, he discovered that the same textbooks he was buying in America sold for significantly less in his home country. The enterprising young man had friends and family buy books for him in Thailand and ship them abroad. From there, Kirtsaenge started an eBay business that brought in nearly $1.2 million, according to court documents. Wiley, the book publisher in question, admits they sell textbooks for...
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Inside Intel’s Haswell CPU: Better performance, all-day battery

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  By Loyd Case, PCWorld Sep 13, 2012 6:00 AM print PC users on the go require long battery life, but don’t want to sacrifice performance. Balancing these contradictory requirements are at the heart of Intel's new CPU architecture, code-named Haswell, which is expected to appear in shipping tablets, ultrabooks and other computers in 2013. At the 2012 Intel Developer Forum earlier this week, Intel dove deeper into what makes Haswell tick. Or maybe "tock" would be a better word, as Haswell represents the "tock" in Intel's CPU development program. Intel uses “tick-tock” to denote its CPU development strategy. A “tick” is represented by an existing CPU design that's tweaked only a bit, but enjoys all the efficiencies of a new manufacturing process. Ivy Bridge represents a tick, incrementally improving on Sandy Bridge, but moving to 22nm. New architectures like Haswell, meanwhile, are always built...
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20 must-know Windows 8 tips and tricks

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Jon Phillips @jonphillipssf Alex Cocilova @TheBrowncoat88 Loyd Case @loydcase Nov 2, 2012 3:31 AM print Windows 8 is rife with features and behaviors that conspire to perplex even the most experienced PC users. Not all of them are bad, per se, but few of them are immediately intuitive. Making matters worse, the OS was primarily designed for touch control, and as a result, many mouse and keyboard commands feel like tacked-on afterthoughts. But help is on the way. We've assembled a list of our favorite Windows 8 shortcuts, tricks, and workarounds. Many focus on making the most of the OS on a traditional desktop PC, so if you're interested in touch gestures, please check out our article that focuses directly on the Windows 8 touch experience. Now let's start our journey of discovery with a look at easy-to-use (though often...
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SSD [solid state drive] Flash Chip Type (TLC, MLC, SLC)

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[Click here to print] When deciding what type of flash to use for an application, it is important to understand the differences between flash technologies. The following document explains the pros and cons of the three types of flash, SLC, MLC and TLC. SLC- Single Layer Cell High performance Lower power consumption Faster write speeds 100,000 program/erase cycles per cell Higher cost A good fit for industrial grade devices, embedded systems, critical applications. MLC- Multi Layer Cell Lower endurance limit than SLC 10,000 program/erase cycles per cell Lower cost A good fit for consumer products. Not suggested for applications which require frequent update of data. TLC- Three Layer Cell ...
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Google’s Chrome Browser Now Contains A Disruptive New Communications Framework

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After months of beta testing, Google today quietly released a new version of Chrome that contains WebRTC, a collection of real-time communications protocols that includes everything you need to turn the browser into a high-end communications system. If other browser vendors follow suit and adopt WebRTC, any device with a web browser will be able to make voice and video calls, as well as easily share data. Unlike the often fuzzy voice quality of today’s mobile phones, browser-based calls will be crystal clear thanks to built-in high-definition audio codecs. This could lead to a whole new generation of communications applications, as every business process that once involved someone picking up a phone and making a call is transformed into a click. It could also accelerate the move to Internet-based calling and away from the public switched telephone network, as people increasingly connect with each other by exchanging online presence information, rather than by exchanging phone numbers. A...
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Windows 7 to Windows 8: The system’s biggest improvements

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Ian Paul @ianpaul Oct 23, 2012 3:30 AM print The most talked-about issue in the lead-up to Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 is the new Start screen, featuring the Modern UI. But Windows 8 has much more to offer than just a revamped interface. The operating system includes fundamental enhancements, such as better multiple-monitor setups, an overhauled Windows Explorer, cloud-based account syncing, and new ways to personalize your desktop. Here are 15 improvements to Windows that you'll want to check out in Microsoft's latest OS, including some new tools in the Modern UI. Some of these improvements have no corresponding feature in Windows 7. If they do, we'll show you what they look like in Windows 7 and (for comparison) provide a screenshot showing how they are enhanced in Windows 8. Let’s dive in.   Account sync Where to get...
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