To enable Office 2003 and older, to use data files from Office 2007, install MS Office Compatibility Pack.

By default, dragging a window to the edge of the screen in Windows 7, will auto expand it to full screen. Turn off this feature via

Control Panel / Ease of Access /  Ease of Access Center / Make the mouse easier to use

and tick "Prevent windows..."

Tom's Hardware article. LINK

Tom's Hardware article. LINK

Here is a very usful article on the subject of optimum configurations for using SSD's with Windows, W7 in particular.

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Click Start, Run and type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2, and click Ok. Select the user account from the list (the account to which you want to automatically logon). Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer option, and click Ok. Type the user account password and complete the process.

For Windows XP Home, don't try to auto-login as the built-in Administrator, as you'll receive an error message.

These are the Firefox add-ins that we use and swear by.

To auto install to a different drive,

URL: about:config

• network.http.pipelining = TRUE
• network.http.proxy.pipelining = TRUE
• network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 8
• network.http.max-connections = 96
• network.http.max-connections-per-server = 32
• security.dialog_enable_delay = 0
• layout.spellcheckDefault = 2
• browser.search.openintab: Change this to true.