Tag Archives: Windows 7

Symbolic links in Windows Vista / 7

Posted on September 22, 2011 by evozong

All you advanced *nix users must have at one point in your life used symbolic links to maintain relationships between folders. But I’ve always found it sad that Windows couldn’t do the same. From Windows Vista onwards, now you can … Continue reading →

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Win 7 Tip: Abstracting User Data from OS data

Posted on August 28, 2011 by evozong

Windows 7 (and Vista and XP) users: Where do you store your documents? Music? Videos? Photos? If I had to make a guess, I’d say it’s most likely in these directories: C:\Users\<your username>\My Documents C:\Users\<your username>\My Music C:\Users\<your username>\My Pictures … Continue reading →

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Fix: Windows 7 Chinese characters showing up as squares

Posted on July 12, 2011 by evozong

One of the things I really like about Windows 7 is its ability to recognise and show me my Chinese stuff properly without me manually installing the Asian language pack that I had to install in Windows XP to properly … Continue reading →

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Installing Windows 7 from USB instead of DVD

Posted on July 8, 2011 by evozong

Sounds incredible? Not to most tech wizards I guess. But for the rest of you muggles, this means that you don’t need to use a DVD drive in order to install Windows 7. Instead, just plug in a USB Thumbdrive, … Continue reading →

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