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Windows 7’s best kept secret: Libraries
I’m willing to bet you haven’t heard of Libraries. No, I’m not talking about a library of dusty books, rather the Libraries feature in Windows 7. If you have heard of Libraries, I’m sure you don’t know much about it or what it does. Or even how to use it!
Libraries is probably one of the most underhyped, misunderstood,and ignored features of Windows 7. With Libraries, you can keep all of your scattered data files from many different locations, and bring them together in one folder, all without duplicating data and wasting your precious hard drive or solid state drive space. It is one of the best built-in tools you can use to organize your data. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look. First, to access Libraries, either click the pinned Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar or type ‘Libraries’ in the Windows 7 Start Menu search box.
Bored with your login? Hack it!
Do you ever get bored of the same old logon screen every single time you boot your computer?
Windows 7 Default Logon Screen
Today, the Super User Blog is going to show you four ways to customize your logon screen in Windows 7.
What is “Flashing the BIOS”?
From time to time in the technology blogosphere and on Super User, I would hear the term “flashing the BIOS”. I always wondered what that meant, because I have been in and used the BIOS many times, and thought I knew most everything about it. So I decided to post a question on Super User, so I could understand exactly what flashing the BIOS means. I also asked what the benefits there are to flashing and whether or not it should be done from inside or outside of the operating system.
What is the BIOS?
User ongle said:
There is a chip in your computer that has bootup instructions (The Basic Input Output System). It tells your computer how to do very basic things, interact with some hardware, load the operating system, etc.
When you first turn on your computer, you see the BIOS starting to load the computer. This process is called POST, “Power On Self-Test”. During POST, the BIOS finds and verifies the system memory, activates and checks system devices, and locates boot devices, and then passes control to the operating system once these tests have passed. The BIOS also offers configuration settings such as te boot order, power-on password, and CPU settings.
