How to speed up Farm Ville in windows 7- Series 1

Have you ever felt that your Farm Ville game runs slow? If the answer to this question is yes, then this article is for you. The heart of the problem lies with two resources  your Farm Ville animals and the fact that they are script programs that run through java script and your computer. The bottom of the story is that the java script enables your Farm Ville animals to be animated and move. Unfortunately when you have numerous animals the...

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How to Change the Windows 7 Startup Sound

InformationThis will show you how to change the Windows 7 start-up sound, not the Windows logon sound, to any WAV file of your choice...

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How to Boot to the System Recovery Options in Windows 7

InformationThis article will show you how to boot to the System Recovery Options screen to select the Start-up Repair, System Restore, Complete PC Restore, Memory Diagnostic Tool, or Command Prompt option to use on Windows 7...

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How to Automatically Log On a User Account at Windows 7 Startup

InformationThis article will show you how to select or change a user account to have Windows 7 automatically log on to at startup...

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How to Unlock a Locked Out User Account in Windows 7

InformationNormally the account lockout duration security setting determines the number of minutes a locked out account remains locked out before automatically becoming unlocked. If the account lockout duration is set to 0 minutes, then a locked out user account will be locked out until an administrator manually unlocks that locked out user account. This article will show you how to manually unlock a user account that was locked out when it reached...

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How to See a List of Devices that are able to Wake Up your Computer

InformationThis article will show you how to see a list of devices installed on your computer that are configured to be able to wake up your computer from sleep. This process may or may not work on windows XP....

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How to Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 7

InformationThis article will show you how to enable or disable Windows 7 Hibernate by restoring or deleting the Hibernation File. When disabled, the Hibernate option is missing from the Start Menu, Shut down Windows, and the Advanced Power Plan Options....

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How to Install, Enable, and Disable Windows Virtual PC Integration Features

InformationThe Integration Components package contains integration features, which improve the interactions between the virtual machine (guest) and the physical computer (host). This article will show you how to install, enable, and disable them in Windows Virtual PC. Once you have installed the integration components in a virtual machine, you will be able to enable or disable the integration features at will...

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How to Open Windows PowerShell in Windows 7

InformationWindows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting environment program included in Windows 7 that brings the power of the .NET Framework to command-line users and script writers to help IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows. It introduces a number of powerful new concepts that enables you to...

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How to Repair Windows 7 System Files with System File Checker

InformationThe sfc /scannow command (System File Checker) scans the integrity of all protected Windows 7 system files and replaces incorrect corrupted, changed, or damaged versions with the correct versions if possible...

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How to Rebuild the Windows 7 Index

InformationIf the Windows 7 index cannot find a file in its search results that you know exists or not exists in an indexed location, then this will show you how to manually rebuild and update the index to have accurate search results from changes to the included locations since the last rebuild or update...

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How to Setup and Use ReadyBoost in Windows 7

InformationThis article will show you how to setup and use ReadyBoost in Windows 7 with USB flash drives and flash memory cards to help speed up your computer....

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How to Change the Product Key Number in Windows 7

  InformationThis article will show you how to change the product key number in Windows 7 so that you can use another product key number to activate your Windows 7. This can be helpful if you have entered the incorrect or no product key number during installation, or you just wanted to use a different product key . This process may or may not work on Windows Xp....

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How to Create a Task that will shut down the PC Automatically

INFORMATIONThis article will show a very easy way to create a task in the Task Scheduler that will shut down the PC whenever you like.  This will work for Windows 7 and Windows Vista but not on Windows XP...

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How to Restore the Default Windows 7 Gadgets

InformationThis article will show you how to restore the desktop gadgets that come pre-installed with Windows 7....

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How to Import Windows Calendar from Vista into Windows 7

InformationThis article will show you how to import Windows Calendar from Vista into Windows 7, and to enable using Windows Calendar from the toolbar button in Windows Mail in Windows 7 if you also imported it. There is no Windows Calendar feature included in Windows 7 by default....

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How to Map a Network Drive in Windows 7

InformationThis will show you how to map or unmap a shared folder on your computer or shared network folder from a computer on your network to create a shortcut of it as a drive with a drive letter in the Computer window for easier access. Note:You will need to be connected to your network to be able to map a shared network folder as a drive from it. You will be able to map a shared folder on your computer as...

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How to Turn ClickLock On or Off in Windows 7

InformationIn this tutorial you will learn about the usage of mouse ClickLock to easily select multiple objects....

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How to Manually Sync Your Offline Files in Windows 7

InformationWhen you make a network file, or all files in a network folder, available offline, Windows creates a copy of the file or folder on your computer. This is called an offline file. The next time you disconnect from the network, you'll still be able to open, modify, and save the file the same way you would if you were still connected. And when you do connect to the network again, Windows will automatically...

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How to Import and Export Internet Explorer Pop-up Blocker Settings

InformationBy default, Windows 7 Internet Explorer displays pop-ups that appear as a result of you clicking a link or button. Pop-up Blocker, when turned on, blocks pop-ups that are displayed automatically (without you clicking a link or button). This article will show you how to import and export all of your personal Pop-up Blocker settings in Internet Explorer in Windows 7 and Vist...

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How to Change the Windows Media Center Parental Controls Access Code

InformationThis will show you how to change your access code for the Windows Media Center Parental Controls after you already have Parental Controls setup...

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How to Reset Windows Media Center Parental Controls to Default

InformationThis will show you how to reset Windows Media Center Parental Controls back to default to remove the access code and disable all restrictions. Windows Media Center is not available in the Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions...

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How to Setup and Use Windows Media Center Parental Controls

InformationYou can use Parental Controls in Windows Media Center to prevent children or users from watching objectionable TV shows and movies. This article will show you how to setup and use Media Center Parental Controls.Parental Controls aren't available in some countries or regions.Media Center uses the ratings from the TV broadcast signal to determine which shows to block. In rare cases, the Guide rating...

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How to find out if Windows 7 is a 32-bit or 64-bit System Type

InformationThis article will show you how to tell if you have a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) Windows 7 version...

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How to Convert a FAT or FAT32 Volume to NTFS in Windows 7

InformationThis article will show you how to convert a drive or partition volume with a FAT (FAT16) or FAT32 file system to a NTFS file system in Windows 7 without having to format the volume and lose your data on it...

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How to Backup and Restore the Windows 7 Registry

InformationThis will show you a few options on how to export the registry as a .reg file backup, and how to import the .reg file to restore to the registry in Windows 7. You can select to backup and restore all or part of the registry....

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Speed Up the Shut Down Time in Windows 7

Information:This article will show you how to set the Wait to Kill time Windows 7 waits for programs to save data and close before shutting down. This process is applicable to Windows Xp and Windows Vista as well ...

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How to Rebuild the Icon Cache in Windows 7

InformationIf one or more of your icons are not displaying correctly, or that your icon cache is corrupted, then you might consider rebuilding the icon cache to reset and reload the icon images into the icon cache. This  article is also applicable for Windows Xp and Windows Vista ...

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Bootmgr is missing - Fix

You may get this error while booting your computer. InformationThis problem is not hardware related and can be fixed with a Windows 7 DVD OR a system repair disc...

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How to Change the Default Operating System to Start in Windows 7

InformationIf you dual boot with one or more operating systems installed other than Windows 7, then this will show you how to change the default operating system to start in the Windows Boot Manager...

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How to Enable/Disable Fast User Switching In Windows 7

Computer's are often shared between multiple users, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 makes it easier for users to share a computer using the Fast User Switching feature enabled, it allows more than one user to log on simultaneously at a single computer, if you are currently logged onto a computer, another user can log on to watch movies or play games, without you having to close your open programs and log off. Once the user is finished,...

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How to Speed Up the Shut Down Time in Windows 7

InformationThis article will show you how to set the Wait to Kill time Windows 7 waits for programs to save data and close before shutting down. This process can be performed on Windows Xp and Vista as well...

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How to Enable or Disable Windows Media Center

Information This article will show you how to enable or disable Windows Media Center from being able to run by all users in Windows 7...

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How to Enable or Disable Autorun for Removable Media in Windows 7

InformationThis tutorial will show you how to enable the AutoRun feature of AutoPlay in Windows 7, which is disabled by default, for external drive...

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How to Use System Restore to Change your User Account Password

If you are not able to log on to Windows 7 / Vista for any of the following reasons:You set a new password for the Administrator account and no longer remember it.You enter the correct password but because of system corruption it is not accepted.You delete a protected Administrator account and are no longer able to log on to another account.You change a protected Administrator account to a standard user account and are unable to log on to another...

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How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc

InformationThis article will show you how to create a Windows 7 system repair disc to use to boot to the system recovery options if you don't have a Windows installation disc, can't find your Windows installation disc, or can't access the recovery options provided by your computer manufacture...

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