How to Turn OFF or Turn ON User Access Control (UAC) in Windows 7

To Turn OFF or Turn ON User Access Control (UAC) in Windows 7 follow these steps:

1.  Open Control Panel

2.  Click User Accounts

3.  Click User Accounts (one more time)

4.  Click Change User Account Control settings

5.  To Turn OFF UAC move the bar all the way to the bottom, and to Turn ON, move the bar all the way to the top. See the screenshots below:

 

 

 

 

6. Restart the computer.

How to enable "Run..." command in Start Menu in Windows 7

Unlike Windows XP, "Run.." command doesn't show up automatically in Windows 7. To enable it, follow the steps below:

1) Right-Click START

2)  Click Properies

3)  Click Start Menu

4)  Click Customize...  button

5) Check "Run command"

Open START Menu in Windows using Keyboard

There are two ways you can open START Menu in Windows using Keyboard

1) Press "Windows Button" on the Keyboard

2) Press CTRL + Esc (Hold on the Control Key and then press Esc Key)

Shortcut to open Microsoft Office programs

Here is the shortcut to open your Microsoft Office programs:

Start --> Run, and type one of the following and then press Enter:

excel       (to open Excel)
msaccess (to open Access)
msword  (to open Word)
outlook   (to open Outlook)
powerpnt (to open PowerPoint)

A quick way to check how much RAM you have in your computer

In Windows XP:

Go To Start --> Run ---> Enter "WINVER" and click OK button.
In the About Windows dialog box, you should see "Physical Memory Available to Windows: xxxxx KB"


In Windows 7
Go To Start --> All Programs --> Right Click "My Computer" --> Click Properties
You should see: "Installed Memory (RAM): XXXX GB