Tag Archives: Windows7

Is that program running as administrator?

Using Process Explorer to view process integrity levels
A friend asked me how to open a Control Panel applet As Administrator. In Windows Vista, when you see a little shield icon as part of a button or shortcut, that would indicate that you would get prompted by the User Account Control (UAC) facility to elevate the [...]

Changing Boot drive with BCDBoot

Scott Hanselman is a consistently good source of useful info and commentary. Recently, he needed to change which drive his computer used as its System drive, which is to say the drive containing the boot loader and configuration.
( N.B. For some reason, the “System Drive” contains the boot info, and the “Boot Drive” contains [...]

Pandora Windows Gadget

If you enjoy Pandora’s online music service, and you’re using Vista or Windows 7, you might enjoy the Pandora Gadget. I find it convenient because I don’t accidently close the browser window and stop the music.