How to Launch Web Pages From the Taskbar in Windows 7

Do you use your computers for more than a couple of hours daily? Then you probably have a lot of windows open at the same time because you would tend to click on the browser’s launch icon to enter a URL to visit a website. It’s not really a cumbersome task but what if there’s a way to make it easier for you?

With Windows 7, you can install a miniature address bar in your taskbar. To go to a website, all you need to do is click anywhere inside the miniature address bar and type the web address. It will then launch a browser and go straight to the site that you need.

To activate the address bar in your taskbar,

How to Access your Desktop Without Minimizing Anything

If you are a user who normally keeps files, folders and shortcut icons on your desktop (like I do), this tip will be really handy especially if you are a Windows 7 user. Almost all of my work and personal folders have a shortcut on my desktop because for me, it is the fastest way to open them in a single click. You too can get a quick access to your own folders saved on your desktops without even having to minimize your open windows.

Just follow the steps below:

How to Fix Photo Viewer of Windows 7

The Windows 7 Photo Viewer is a convenient feature for viewing full photos instead of just thumbnails. The Photo Viewer of Windows 7 allows for basic image editing tools like rotating the photos and zooming in/out for more preview detail. However, a small “bug” can slow down the performance of Photo Viewer. It causes the very slow loading an display of pictures – even those that are low resolution and file size. This bug that causes the slowdown of Photo Viewer is easy to fix.

Photos below show the slow performance of Windows 7 Photo Viewer when attempting to open a jpg wallpaper




It normally does not take 2-3 seconds for the second loading notice to appear and stay on the screen before the actual image is displayed.

Customize Windows 7 Action Center Alerts

The Microsoft website describes the “Action Center as a central place to view alerts and take actions that can help keep Windows running smoothly”. While this is indeed true and informative for beginning Windows 7 users, in time the alerts can become annoyance. This article aims to explain the Action Center – how to customize the alerts, and even how to completely remove the action center flag from occupying another icon space in the busy task bar 


Click on the flag icon to view the alert details.