50 Essential Windows 7 Tips (PCWorld Superguides)

Book excerpt: From the Editors of PCWorld, learn to Master Windows 7 with our curated list of tips, tricks, and secret utilities. Learn how to save time closing your apps, stream media to other PCs, download more themes, take control of Windows Update, and many more useful tasks. The 50 essential tips you’ll find in this Superguide will help you work faster and eliminate little daily annoyances. Frustrated by Windows tendency to resize Windows without asking? The guide tells you how to disable that arrangement. Having trouble with your Internet connection? Find out about little-known utilities that keep tabs on your connection. PCWorlds Superguide will also tell you how to add fly-out menus to the Start Menu, remove shovelware, stream media to other PCs, or whip up a system repair disc.