How to Configure UAC to Require a Password for Administrator

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While the UAC prompts seen when using a standard account may require a password, this is not the case while using an admin account.

Once logged into the Admin account, a user can change anything only by clicking Yes on a user account control box. Some security measure. By requiring a password on each UAC prompt you can add security to your administrator account(s).

This article works for Windows 7 and Windows Vista but is not applicable for Windows XP.

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How to Restore the Windows 7 MBR (Master Boot Record)

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If you have been dual booting with Linux, then you probably know one of the Linux boot managers like Grub or LILO has been installed in the MBR of your hard drive. What can you do when you no longer want Linux on that hard drive?

This tutorial will show you how to use your 7 DVD and BOOTSECT.EXE to restore the "bootsector code" of the MBR and allow you to begin booting to Windows 7 again.

This article works for Windows 7 and Windows Vista but will not work for Windows XP.

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How to Use Private Character Editor in Windows 7

The Private Character Editor is the lesser-known companion to Character Map. The program allows you to insert characters of your own design into text that you write. They can be linked to all fonts, a selected number of fonts, or just a single font.

This article is applicable to Windows 7 and may or may not work for Windows XP.

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BitLocker feature in Windows 7

           

 

        If you've got information on your PC that you need to protect, you can help prevent theft or loss by using BitLocker data encryption to put a virtual lock on your files.

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How to Setup Media Center Movie Library in Windows 7

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This tutorial will show how to manage your movie library in Media Center, including poster images & full synopsis information.

This Article will work on Windows 7 and Vista but not on Windows XP.

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How to Reset the Windows Experience Index (WEI) in Windows 7

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This article will show you how to reset the Windows Experience Index (WEI) as unrated in Windows 7 or Vista. This way you can rate your computer WEI score again with a clean slate.

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How to Delete a Partition or Volume in Windows 7

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This article will show you how to delete a hard disk partition or volume using Disk Management or Diskpart in Windows 7 to create empty unallocated space that you can use to create new partitions with.

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How to Transfer your Complete Windows 7 Installation to a New Computer

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Windows 7 System Preparation Tool is a powerful, native Windows tool. When for instance used in Audit Mode, it lets you to freely configure Windows 7 to be then deployed to other computers as hardware independent image.

In this tutorial we use System Preparation Tool (sysprep) to prepare your Windows 7 installation to be moved to a new computer, keeping all your installed applications, program settings and user profiles intact. You can use this method when you buy a new PC and want to transfer your existing setup completely, without the need to reinstall everything, or when you want to make major hardware changes like change the motherboard or GPU, which would usually cause Windows to stop booting normally.

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How to Turn Windows 7 Features On or Off

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Some programs and features included with Windows 7 must be turned on before you can use them. Certain other features are turned on by default. This will show you how to turn the features you select on or off.

This process can be used on Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP. 

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How to Change the Default Program a File Type Opens With in Windows 7

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A default program is the program that Windows 7 uses when you open a particular type of file extension. This will show you how to change a file type to open with a different default program for just this one time or always using the context menu in Windows 7.

This process may or may not work on Windows Xp or Vista.

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How to Enable or Disable Windows 7 Program Compatibility Assistant

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The Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) runs in the background and monitors user initiated programs for known compatibility issues at run time. Whenever a potential issue with an application is detected, the PCA will prompt the user with pointers to recommended solutions.

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How to Turn the Windows 7 Backup Files Schedule On or Off

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This article will show you how to turn the Windows 7 automatic backup files schedule on or off for an existing or new backup configuration.

This article is not applicable to Windows XP.

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How to Turn System Protection On or Off in Windows 7

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System Restore regularly tracks changes to your computer's system files, and uses a feature called System Protection to create restore points of selected hard disks in your computer. System Protection is turned on by default for the Windows 7 hard disk or partition on your computer.

This will show you how to turn System Protection On or Off for creating System Restore Points for system settings and previous versions of files in Windows 7. By default, System Protection is turned on for the hard disk or partition that Windows 7 is installed on. You could also use previous versions to restore older copies of files and folders.

You can select which disks have System Protection turned on for.

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How to speed up Farm Ville in windows 7- Series 2

Welcome back, as promised here is the second part of the optimization tricks

For people who missed out on the first chapter of this series, here’s the link:

Chapter 1

There are a few browser optimization tips that can be helpful:

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How to Enable or Disable Windows 7 Password History Enforcement

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Password history determines the number of unique new passwords that have to be associated with and used by a user before an old password can be reused again. This enables administrators to enhance security by ensuring that old passwords are not reused continually.

By default, there is 24 remembered on domains, and 0 remembered on stand-alone computers. This will show you how to enable or disable enforcing password history, and set how many passwords will be remembered before users can reuse a password.

These procedures can also be applied on Windows Vista and Windows XP.

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How to Export and Import Power Plans in Windows 7

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This will show you how to export and import power plans (schemes) and in Windows 7 to make it easier to reuse them on another computer or restore on your computer with all settings intact.

This process can be used on Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP.

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How to Rename a Power Plan Name in Windows 7

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This article will show you how to rename power plans (schemes) in Windows 7 to have any name you would like.

This tutorial will also work on Windows Vista and Windows XP

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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 java script applications bog-down your browser and slow down the speed at which the applications on the web-page or website will function, and that is why the Farm Ville game goes so slow.

We are going to provide a series of articles/posts on Speeding up Farmville. This is the 1st one of the series.

In this article we will only talk about the first part of the story that being the animals and the decorations on Farm ville itself.

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How to Change the Windows 7 Startup Sound

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This 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

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This 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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