Windows 7 includes a hidden built-in tool that will examine your laptop’s energy use and make recommendations on how to improve it. To use it: 1. Run a command prompt as an administrator. To do this, ...

The command prompt can give you a pretty detailed and technical readout of the battery health of your laptop (or tablet). Type “powercfg /batteryreport” and hit ...

Just got your hands on Windows 7 and want to bend it to your will? No problem. We’ve got plenty of tips, hacks and secrets to keep you busy for a long time, including automatically opening Windows ...

Lost your Windows license key again? If it’s not printed on your computer case or on any documentation, then you can find it by typing “wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey” ...