Prevent Changing Wallpaper Using a Registry Hack
Sometimes you might not want users to have the ability to change Wallpaper on Windows 7 workstations. Today we look at how to prevent them from changi...
Microsoft : Windows 7
Start using your PC the way you want — with less waiting, less clicking and fewer hassles. Experience it yourself. Windows 7 is an Operating System of Microsoft Windows, produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Prevent Changing the Wallpaper in Windows 7
Sometimes you might not want users to have the ability to change Wallpaper on Windows 7 workstations. Today we look at how to prevent them from changi...
Windows 7 Tips
Disable Search History Display in Windows 7
The new search feature in Windows 7 has been enhanced greatly in this version of Windows, and by default it saves recent searches. If you’re annoyed by this and want to turn it off, we will show you how using Group Policy Edit...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Remove Programs from the Open With Menu in Explorer
Would you like to clean up the Open with menu in Windows Explorer? Here’s how you can remove program entries you don’t want in this menu on any version of Window...
Windows 7 Tips
Remove the Lock Icon from a Folder in Windows 7
If you’ve been playing around with folder sharing or security options, then you might have ended up with an unsightly lock icon on a folder. We’ll show you how to get rid of that icon without over-sharing ...
Windows 7 Tips
Restore Previous Versions of Files in Every Edition of Windows 7
Have you ever accidentally deleted a file, or removed a crucial part of a document only to realize it no longer makes sense? Windows 7 is smart enough to protect you from yourself, and here we’ll see how you can restore files in any edition of Windows...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Windows 7 Features
Restrict Access to Programs with AppLocker in Windows 7
If you share a computer and don’t want other users accessing certain applications, there is a new feature in Windows 7 that allows you to block them. Today we take a quick look at restricting what programs other users can access using AppLock...
Windows 7 Tips
Schedule Updates for Windows Media Center
If you use Windows Media Center in Vista or Windows 7, it can sometimes be annoying when it decides to download updates and waste bandwidth while you’re working on other things. Here we take a look at scheduling the updates for a specific ti...
Windows 7 Tips
Set the Windows Explorer Startup Folder in Windows 7
When you open Windows Explorer from the Taskbar in Windows 7, it defaults to the Libraries view. Today we take a look at changing the target path to allow you to customize which location opens by defau...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Show the Classic “All Programs” Menu in the Start Menu in Windows 7
There are a lot of new users to Windows 7 who are not happy with the new Start Menu and wish they could revert to the Classic menu. Here is how to at least get back the Classic “All Programs” Me...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Windows 7 Volume Mixer Enables Quick Access to Sound Settings
Windows 7 does more than just add big, shiny new features—it also has loads of little tiny tweaks that just add a really nice touch to the overall usability of the operating system. Let’s take a quick look at one of those tweaks in the volume mix...
Windows 7 Tips
Change the Length of Time When Users Need to Change their Login Password
If you’re the administrator of a shared computer or a few in the office, you probably want to have the users change their password periodically for enhanced security. Here’s how to do it in Windows...
Windows 7 Tips
Using Local Users and Groups to Manage User Passwords in Windows 7
If you have multiple user on your local machine or manage workstations in an office, you might want to enable or disable their password protection for added security. Today we take a look at how to do it in Windows...
Windows 7 Tips
What Are the $INPLACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q Folders?
So you’ve upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 and you’re wondering what those new hidden folders are doing in the root of your system drive, wasting 1+ GB of space. They are system protected, so should you really delete th...
Windows 7 Features
Setting Up Two New Drives as Mirrored
If you have two new equal-sized drives, you can format them to be mirrored copies of each other from the get-g...
Windows 7 Tips
Stop Your Mouse from Waking Up Your Windows 7 Computer
If you use Sleep Mode on your PC, have you ever noticed that moving your mouse will wake the computer from sleep mode? If you would prefer to only have the PC wake up when you hit a key instead, there’s a simple twe...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Windows 7 Features
Use Drive Mirroring for Instant Backup in Windows 7
Even with the best backup solution, a hard drive crash means you’ll lose a few hours of work. By enabling drive mirroring in Windows 7, you’ll always have an up-to-date copy of your data. ...
Windows 7 Features
Troubleshoot Computer Problems with Reliability Monitor in Windows 7
Windows Vista introduced us to the Reliability and Performance Monitor utility to help keep track of hardware and software crashes. It’s now a stand alone utility in Windows 7 and we will take a look at how to access and use i...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Using ClearType Tuner in Windows 7
Back in Windows XP there was an important Power toy created to enable ClearType for users of LCD screens. Now it’s standard in Windows 7, but you may not know about it. So let’s take a lo...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Add Internet Search to Start Menu
The new Search feature in Windows 7 has greatly improved for navigating your PC. But how neat would it be to search the Internet from the Start Menu? Here we show you how to do i...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Create Administrator Mode Shortcuts Without UAC Prompts in Windows 7 or Vista
Create the Scheduled Task Item
Open up Task Scheduler through the start menu search box (usually you can just type task), and then on the right-hand side click the “Create Task” lin...
Windows 7 Tips
Create a Shortcut to Troubleshoot Windows 7 Using System Maintenance
There might be times when Windows 7 seems to not be working correctly and one way to help troubleshoot is use System Maintenance. Rather than going through several menus to access it, we’ll create a shortcut to it...
Windows 7 Tips
Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Open Task Manager’s "All Users" View in Windows 7
Create the Task Manager Shortcut
Right-click on the desktop or elsewhere, and then choose New \ Shortcut from the men...
Windows7 Tips
Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Switch Power Plans
Have you ever wanted to be able to just hit a hotkey that tells Windows to switch from High Performance down to Power Saver? Sure, you can use the tray icon, but since we like to customize things there’s always another wa...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Windows7 Tips
Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Eject the CD/DVD Drive
Create a Shortcut to Eject the CD/DVD Drive
Right-click on the desktop or elsewhere and choose New \ Shortcut....
Windows7 Tips
Create Icons to Start the Screensaver on Windows 7
Create Screensaver Icon
Right-click on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut from the menu....
Windows 7 Tips
Create a Shortcut to Put Your Windows Computer into Hibernation
Putting your Windows computer into Hibernation Mode allows you to save power, and quickly access your desktop again when you need it. Here we show how to create a shortcut to put your PC in Hibernation Mode quickl...
Windows 7 Tips
Create a Shortcut To Group Policy Editor in Windows 7
If you’re a system administrator and find yourself making changes in Group Policy Editor, you might want to make a shortcut to it. Here we look at creating a shortcut, pinning it to the Taskbar, and adding it to Control Pane...
Windows 7 Tips
Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Mute the System Volume in Windows
Have you ever had music playing loudly on your speakers when the phone rings and then you fumble for the speaker switch or the pause button on your music playing application while trying to answer the phone? Instead of bothering with that, I’ve always simply created a shortcut to mute the system volume instantly with the press of a ke...
Monday, April 11, 2011
CityVille Guide - Experience (XP)
CityVille Guide – Experience (XP)
XP, which stands for Experience Points, is earned by completing all the various tasks, quests and activities in the game. As you earn more and more XP, you’ll advance in levels. Besides looking cool, you’ll unlock access to many new buildings and decorations in the game as you reach the higher level...
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Energy Resources in Cityville
Energy Resources in Cityville
City ville Beginners GuideAs we promised we have put together the guide of Energy for Cityville .Energy is the most essential and indispensable part of the game to build houses, to collect rent or to harvest crops. Without energy points, the player will be able only to seed plots or to dispatch goods to the business building...
Windows 7 Tips
Create a Shortcut or Hotkey for the Safely Remove Hardware Dialog
If you often use removable USB devices like a flash drive, you are probably already familiar with the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon that sits in the system tray. The problem for many people is that the icon is tiny, and clicking it just right to bring up the menu is a pain. Can’t we just make a shortcut to bring up the dialo...
Windows 7 Tips
Remove "Shortcut" Text From New Shortcuts in Windows 7
A source of annoyance for many Windows users is the ” – Shortcut” text that is added to the name of newly created shortcuts, and every time you have to manually edit the shortcut and remove that text. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a registry hack for thi...
Windows 7 Tips
Remove Gadgets and Screen Resolution on Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu
One of the first things you might notice in Windows 7 is the addition of the new Gadgets and Screen Resolution items to the context menu. The only problem is that you might not really want them there—so we’ll explain how to get rid of the...
Friday, April 8, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Change Monitor Timeout From Command Line
It drives me crazy when my monitors turn off while I’m watching a movie. If you want to quickly change the monitor timeout using the command line, it’s actually pretty simple.
The powercfg utility can be used on the command line to change power configuration settings, including the monitor timeout, which is what we’ll use here.
The command syntax:
powercfg -Change -monitor-timeout-ac 120
This will change...
Windows 7 Tips
Allow Only Certain Items or Hide them All
The method below works well for removing certain items from the Control Panel. But if you only want to show a few items, you don’t want to type them all in. So instead select Show only specified Control Panel item...
Windows 7 Tips
Turn Off Games in Windows 7
If you’re happy with the features in Windows 7, but find no use for the games included by default, they can be turned off. In this quick tip we show you how it’s don...
Windows 7 Tips
Prevent Windows Asking for a Password on Wake Up from Sleep/Standby
If you’ve configured Windows to automatically log you in rather than having to enter a password, you might find it annoying that you still need to enter a password when your PC comes out of sleep mode. Here’s the quick fi...
Windows 7 Tips
Hide Items in Control Panel Using the Registry
For some items you won’t be able to easily delete the CPL file if it’s a Windows system file or in use. You could use a program like Unlocker, but we can tweak the Registry to hide items in Control Pane...
Windows 7 Tips
Hide Control Panel Items Through Group Policy
Sometimes you might want to hide an item in the Control Panel permanently or for a short period of time. Here we take a look at hiding them through Local Group Policy Edito...
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Windows 7 Tips
Remove Unwanted Items From the Control Panel in Windows 7
Have you ever opened the Control Panel in Windows 7 and thought there is no reason to have some of the icons listed? Today we take a look at how to remove unwanted or unneeded items from Control Panel in Windows ...
Windows 7 Tips
Remove Shutdown and Restart Buttons In Windows 7
Sometimes you might have a shared computer where you don’t want the users to be able to do a Shutdown or Restart. Today we take a look at using Local Group Policy Editor to remove those buttons from the Start Menu in Windows 7.
Note: This process uses Local Group Policy Editor which is not available in Starter or Home versions of Windows 7.
Disable Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate Buttons
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Windows 7 Tips
Manage the Delete Confirmation Dialog box in Windows 7
The confirmation dialog box that pops up when you want to delete a file or folder is meant to prevent accidental deletion of data. It can be a great thing in some situations, and very annoying in others. Let’s take a look at managing the messages and how to prevent users from turning it of...
