Comments on: 11 Hidden Windows 7 Features You Probably Don’t Know About

By: fdrgski

fdrgski — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:51:57 +0000

Thanks for the hidden features.
Windows has always been DOS based! From the cmd line: ‘msconfig’ and ‘ipconfig’ are most useful for System & Internet parameters such as startup programs (via the System popup window), IP addresses, and Router data.

By: Ed Raket

Ed Raket — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:52:15 +0000

you need administrator rights to open power-report.html, or move it to your desktop.

By: joe6966

joe6966 — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:44:53 +0000

I’ve used most of these as they were written about in PCMech. One that you didn’t mention that is useful is the calculator. It will do conversions.
I tried the Power Efficiency Report; it generated a file called power-report.html in the System 32 folder, however, it doesn’t open.

By: Luis R

Luis R — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:32:03 +0000

Remote Assistance has been around since at least Windows XP. I remember assisting someone else using it under Windows XP. I did not work anymore when the other person went to Windows Vista and was incompatible with mine still in XP. We went to Team Viewer since then. But Remote Assistance works nicely.

By: Nathan Hunstad

Nathan Hunstad — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:28:45 +0000

The Snipping Tool is worth the cost of Windows 7 itself IMO.