A lot of you activated the newly uncovered “GodMode” earlier this week. How about another 16 of them for your troubles?

After revealing GodMode to the blogosphere, CNet snagged an interview with Windows division president, Steven Sinofsky. The Microsoft executive gave a little insight into why GodMode exists, explained the name and even revealed more undocutmented features for Windows 7.

According to CNet, Sofinsky said several similar developer features provide direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors. Sinofsky also clarified that GodMode is a term coined by bloggers. Also interesting to note that Microsoft says it has yet to encounter the problem so many of you had trying this little trick with Vista. Some of you using 64-bit Vista say activating GodMode caused your machine to crash. Sinofsky says the folks at MS have yet to replicate this problem. Read More…

These extensions at the end of a file name refer to the type of file it is. This information is used by your operating system to launch an appropriate program when you click on the file name. Example: file.txt is a text file and can be opened by a text editor program. Read More…

1.    A quick way to jump into PowerPoint’s Master views (97/98/2000)

If you want to change to one of the Master views without using the menu options, there’s a simple way to do it. Simply hold down the [Shift] key and click one of the slide view buttons in the lower-left portion of your screen. Depending on which button you click, PowerPoint switches to that Master view. For example, if you hold down the [Shift] key and click the Slide View button, PowerPoint switches to Slide Master view.

2.  Applying the same animation effects in PowerPoint (97/98/2000)

If you want to apply the same animation effect to several different objects, you don’t need to select each object and change the effect individually. Instead, you can select all the objects at once and apply the same effect to all of them. To do this, first open an existing presentation with several unanimated objects on one of the slides. Next, choose Slide Show | Custom Animation to open the Custom Animation dialog box. Click on the Order & Timing tab and select the check box next to each object you want to animate. Read More…