pc magazine - top ten secrets of windows 7

8/6/2019 PC Magazine - Top Ten Secrets of Windows 7

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40 PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION Nmb 2010

erased; the space they took up is siply

arked as availale for use, which allows

the files to e recoverale until theyreoverwritten with new data.

There is a utility uilt into Windows (even

XP Pro and ista) that will overwrite all the

free space on a hard drive, insuring any les

youve deleted stay dead. Launch a co-

and propt and type cipher /w:X(X is

the letter of the drive or partition you want

to wipe). be patient; the process can take a

long tie if you have a lot of free space.

9.VIrTuAL WI-FI

If you check out the network connections of

ost Wi-Fi-equipped Windows 7 systes

(except those with Starter dition), youll

notice an adapter called microsoft irtual

WiFi miniport adapter. This adapter acts as a

software-ased access point, taking a wired

or wireless network connection and aking

it availale via a separate wireless network.

This lets you create your own hotspot fro

whatever network youre connected to

handy when, say, you want to connect ulti-

ple devices to a Wi-Fi network that charges

for access. To do this, youll need a copy of

the free Connectify software.)

10.hOTkEy A WINDOW bETWEEN MONITOrS

Want an easy and ouse-free way to ove

windows around a display or, etter yet,

etween ultiple onitors? When you

press the Windows key along with the left or

right arrow key, the active window will ove

fro its original position and anchor itself

to the edge of the screen in the direction

of the arrow, and it will do so across every

onitor you have. Siilarly, if you press the

Windows, SHIFT, and the left or right arrow

keys at the sae tie, the active window

will jup over to the sae position on the

adjacent onitor.


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