M.A.S. Electronics' Blog

Microsoft Windows includes several very beneficial accessibility options that are critically important to those users who need them. However, some of those accessibility features can be a minor annoyance to users who do not need them. For example, in Windows 7, press the left-Shift key five times in quick succession. You should see a dialog blog like the one shown in Figure A. Figure A           Open the Sticky Keys dialog box. For some, the ability…

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Takeaway: Share these tips with Windows 7 newbies to reduce initial confusion and help them get up to speed quickly. The Windows 7 environment will spook some XP users at first. It isn’t an extension of XP; it’s an entirely new interface. Although the underlying file structure is the same, there’s less to file management. The truth is, storing and accessing files in XP and earlier versions required some knowledge of the file structure. Windows 7 doesn’t require that knowledge…

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