As many of you may know from my last post (which was really forever ago), I've been using Win 7 now at work and at home. Its been exciting to explore Win 7 and look for things to improve performance and squeeze every inch of power out of my box. One gem of wisdom that I wanted to pass on was how to turn off the User Account Control system on your Win 7 box. If your not sure what they is, it is the "Cancel or Allow" feature of your Win 7 system. Every time you want to change or install a program you get a window pop up that asks you if your "SURE" you want do to that. And you think to yourself "Well of course I do, that why I click on it...Duh!". Well I have awesome news for all you out there who have been wishing you could just turn that feature off. YOU CAN!
From the bottom of the screen select the start menu icon. Then when it opens lick on your user icon in the upper right hand corner of the start menu. This will take you to the User Accounts page. On the right side at the bottom is a link to access the User Account Control Settings. Click once on that link and it will prompt you what to do. You'll see a slider on the left hand side, just slide it all the way to the bottom and click OK.
In a last act of desperation the computer will ask you if your sure you want to do that. Just select yes and then restart your computer. You will never be asked from that silly User Account Control again. If your some reason after you've turned it off you decide you just can't live without it. I suggest a brain scan.....but a more simple task would be to just follow the above steps and instead of sliding the slider to the bottom slide it to the top to activate the User Account Control.
I hope that helps some of you ease the pain of using Win 7 although it really is pretty painless already.
Also this post I wanted to discuss Office 2010. I just recently upgraded and let me tell you I like what I see. Office 2010 version is finally 64-bit compatible. It about time huh? And even the database software is also 64-bit which means faster queries in Access and more available cell processing in Excel. I haven't been able to thoroughly test the software but from what I've seen so far I like the new look and I like some of the new features. If you can I would highly suggest an upgrade. In today's world there is absolutely no reason for a small business to be running office 95. Bite the bullet and spend some of that hard earned cash on a new office upgrade. You'll be glad you did. And as a side comment to that note I think it's very important to always stay up to date with the latest software. It IS an investment and you should treat it as such, your company only stands to gain from being on the forefront of technology and digital know how.
That's all for now, hope to post again soon on the joys of Smart Phones. Till then - happy computing.
