By default, Windows 7 displays icons only on the Taskbar. This means that there are no labels for any open files or applications. Some people may find it difficult to know what is what just based on the icon. If so, you can configure Windows 7 to display a button label, the same as previous [...]
You may not realize it but a chunk of hard drive space is consumed by a hibernation file which is used when your computer hibernates or sleeps. I personally never put my computer to sleep. If I’m not using it, I shut it down. By disabling hibernation mode, I can reclaim that hard drive space [...]
By default, Windows 7 displays the Shut Down button on the Start menu. If you frequently restart your computer, it may be more useful if the power boot option on the Start menu is changed to Restart, instead of Shut Down.
To change the Start menu’s power button in Windows 7:
Right click the Start button.
Click Properties.
Set [...]
Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows 7 lets you easily customize the Windows log-on screen. By editing a single registry value, you can change the current Windows log-on background image. The only caveat is that the new image must be less than 256KB in size.
To change the Windows log-on screen in Windows 7:
Open the Registry [...]
Windows 7 lets you customize the notification area by adding or removing icons. Take for example, the volume icon. If you don’t use the volume icon in the notification area, why not just remove it?
To remove the volume icon from the notification area in Windows 7:
Right click an empty space on the taskbar and click [...]
If you have XP applications, you don’t have to worry about the applications not working under Windows 7. Any of those XP applications that don’t run under Windows 7 can be run in an emulated XP environment using Windows XP Mode.
Windows XP Mode is a virtual PC image of Windows XP Service Pack 3 that [...]
Experience learning made easy and quickly teach yourself the essentials of working with Windows 7. With Windows 7 Step by Step, you set the pace building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!
Learn to manage windows and folders, sort and filter files, create an efficient Windows working environment, and safely access [...]
Process Lasso is a free and unique new technology that will, amongst other things, improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability.
Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without restraint — leading to freezes and hangs. Process Lasso’s ProBalance technology intelligently adjusts the priority of running programs so that badly behaved programs won’t interfere with [...]
You can configure Windows 7 to require all users to press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on. When users press CTRL+ALT+DEL they are prompted to provide a valid username and password in order to access the computer.
One of the ways you can configure this is through Advanced User Accounts, as described below.
Open the Start Menu.
Type netplwiz within [...]
If you regularly take screen shots, you will be happy to know that the Snipping Tool is back in Windows 7 and makes screen capturing much easier. The tool lets you take screenshots of your desktop, including full screen snip, free-form snip, rectangular snip and a window snip. Once you take a screenshot, you can [...]
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