Windows 7

How to Find Your Computer Name in Windows

How To Find Your Computer Name

Did you know that your computer has a name? If you were unaware of this detail, now is the time to give your computer the virtual hand shake and introduce yourself. Every computer that deals with a network has a name and an IP address….

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SOLIDWORKS System Problem? Try creating a new Windows User Account

New Windows User Account

You are likely reading this blog article because of inexplicable problems with SOLIDWORKS performance or stability.  Nothing else you have tried has helped, such as you found on the Javelin blog, or trying a SOLIDWORKS registry reset.  You may even notice degraded performance in other…

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Showing the Descriptions of SOLIDWORKS files in Windows Explorer [VIDEO]

If you are using SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM, one very nice feature is that the vault view can be customized to display any of your SolidWorks custom properties in the detail view as you browse your files.  However if you are just storing your files in Windows…

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Windows Aero Themes and SolidWorks Performance

Starting with the release of Windows Vista and continuing with Windows 7, Microsoft has included Aero themes with the several editions of the operating system, from Home Premium up to Ultimate.  The Aero themes are intended to provide a more aesthetically pleasing interface (apparently Aero…

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Windows Start Short Cut key

One of my favorite features in Windows 7 is the ability to find files, launch programs and access Windows tools from the Windows Start Menu. By pressing ctrl-esc on my keyboard I can quickly access “Search programs & files” without always having to click on the…

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Restoring SOLIDWORKS File Associations in Windows

When you double-click SOLIDWORKS files within Windows Explorer do they open up in a new, separate instance of SOLIDWORKS? If they do, then this is one of the symptoms that something is wrong with the SOLIDWORKS file associations in your Windows OS. You can probably fix this by performing…

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SolidWorks and Windows 7 x64

You may have noticed that Windows 7 x64 is now the recommended operating system for SolidWorks 2010 and 2011 (http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html).  In a recent poll, Windows 7 x64 was reported as the most common operating system that SolidWorks users have chosen to install on. What makes Windows 7 x64 and SolidWorks such a good combination?

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A Note of Caution: SolidWorks and Windows 7 SP1

Windows 7 SP1 was recently released by Microsoft. If you consider upgrading your machine in the next couple of months, please read this article first: SolidWorks and Windows 7 SP1

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Step it up a notch – Use the Resource Monitor in Windows 7

Typical computer power users, including us gaming geeks, CAD engineers/designers, and the like, need to know what is happening when our computer decides to punish us unexpectedly with a process hanging, or running out of RAM. To troubleshoot these issues, we instinctively open task manager,…

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