While the vast majority of our clients have us (Ward Computers) perform monthly maintenance on their computers, a few clients still only use us for “break-fix” issues. This is fine with us, yet it does put some responsibility on you the end user / business.
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Do you have a Technology Question and don’t know who to ask?
Jump on over to Ward Computers LinkedIn account, follow us and ask away!
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ward-computers?trk=nmp_rec_act_company_name
If you have a Windows 7 program that starts from a different PC or the server you will be asked to “run” or “Cancel” (or in some cases “ok”) the program every time you boot. Sometimes this does not appear until after you have opened another program causing you and your software confusion. I deal with this a lot in the Dental and Medical community.
Basically this is how to tell Windows 7 to trust a particular network location.
This is a “Trust” issue between Windows 7 and the other computer / server that host the program. Continue reading
If you don’t use the Sidebar or Desktop gadgets in Windows 7 or if you want to turn them on, you can easily get add or remove them to reclaim some desktop space. All it takes is a simple configuration change.
1. Open the Control Panel by clicking on the “Start” menu icon then “Control Panel”.
2. In the Search box, type “features”.
3. Click the “Turn Windows features on or off” link.
4. Remove the check beside the “Windows Gadget Platform” option.
5. Click OK.
If your computer is a little slow, one optimization tip is to remove the check-mark next to “Indexing Service”.