Windows 7 Tips

How To Disable Search In Windows 7

The new search feature in Windows 7 has been greatly improved, however, some users may not want to use it and are using a third party utility instead. If that is the case, you might want to completely get rid of the search feature and we’ll show you how.

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Windows 7 Tips

Disable Control Panel with a Registry Tweak

You can also tweak the Registry to disable Control Panel. This will work with all versions of Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Making changes in the Registry is not recommended for beginners and you should create a Restore Point, or backup the Registry before making any changes.

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Share Windows 7 With Windows XP Wireless Laptops

How to Share Windows 7 With Windows XP Wireless Laptops

If you want to share files, folders or even entire hard drives stored on your Windows 7 computer with a wireless Windows XP laptop computer, you can do so natively within your operating system. Sharing these files can be completed by altering the properties of the file or directory, which will immediately make them available to not just your Windows XP wireless laptop but all computers that are connected to the same wireless network.

1). Right-click on the file or folder on your Windows 7 laptop that you want to share with your Windows XP laptop.

2). Click "Share With."

3). Click "Specific People."

4). Click "Add." Select the computer name of the Windows XP laptop that you want to share your selected file or folder with.

5). Click the "Share" button to share your content between your Windows 7 laptop and your Windows XP laptop.

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Change Startup Programs in Windows 7

When Windows starts up, it automatically loads a number of programs, many of which you may not need. As you install more and more programs, this list can continue to grow.

The following guide can help you improve your computer's startup times by decreasing the number of startup programs. This will be done be disabling certain programs from running as windows starts up.

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How to Add a Volume Device In Windows 7

By default, Microsoft Windows 7 displays several icons in the lower right corner of the PC desktop (also called the "System Tray"), including the Volume Control icon. However -- especially at first boot up of the Windows 7 operating system -- you may find that one or all icons are missing from the "System Tray." Use the Registry Editor utility in Windows 7 to quickly resolve issue and enable the Volume device icon to appear in the "System Tray."

1). Log in to the Windows 7 computer, using the credentials of an Administrator account on the computer. Click the "Start" button, then click "Search" and enter "regedit" in the "Search" box and press the "Enter" key.

2). Navigate to the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify" directory in the "Registry Editor" window that appears. Click the "IconStreams" item once to highlight it and then click the "Edit" menu at the top of the "Registry Editor" window. Click "Delete" in the menu that appears and click "Yes" to confirm deletion.

3). Click the "PastIconsStream" item once to highlight the item and then click the ""Edit" menu at the top of the "Registry Editor" window, click "Delete" in the menu that appears and click "Yes" to confirm and delete the item. Click the red "X" at the top right of the "Registry Editor" window to close the window.

4). Right-click the Task Bar and click "Task Manager" in the menu that appears. Click the "Processes" tab in the "Task Manager" window that appears. Find the "explorer.exe" process in the list of processes and click on it once and then click the "End Process" button. Click "End Process" again to shut down the "explorer.exe" process. Click "File" in the "Task Manager" window and click "Run" in the menu that appears. Type "explorer" in the "Run" box and press the "Enter" key. Click the "File" menu in the "Task Manager" window and then click "Exit Task Manager."

5). Click the "Start" button on the PC desktop and click the "Search" box and type "Customize icons" in the "Search" box and tap the "Enter" key. Click the "Customize icons on the task bar" item that appears and click "Turn system icons on or off" and then set the "Volume" to "On." Click the "OK" button and then click "OK" to save the settings.

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Add Disk CleanUp to Right Click on a Drive

Disk Clean up is a utility that helps us in cleaning unwanted items on a disk or hard drive volume.  Now we shall see how to add this utility to the right click menu when we right on a particular drive in windows 7.

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Show menus by Default in IE9

IE9 is an application that requires windows 7 as the operating system requirements. So it can be installed only on windows 7. So now we are going to see how do we get the menus in IE9 Beta. We need to create a registry key to enable the menus on IE9 Beta by default.

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Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

In Windows 7, we’ve uncovered several new sets of essential time-saving shortcuts that will make your mouse jealous with neglect.

Alt + P

In Windows Explorer, activate an additional file preview pane to the right side of the window with this new shortcut. This panel is great for previewing images in your photos directory.

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Address Toolbar in Taskbar

Access Web Sites or Folders via Taskbar with an Address Toolbar

SUMMARY: Visit a web site or navigate to a folder via the Windows 7 Taskbar by adding a Toolbar.

In Windows 7, you can click the Start button and type in the name of a web address or folder to open up your web browser or Explorer. However, if you perform these tasks often you may want another way to do so.

 

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Media center sleep timer: Windows 7

  

                     Do you make it a habit of falling asleep at night while watching Windows Media Center? we are going to take a look at the Media center 7 Sleep Timer for Windows 7 Media Center. This simple little plugin allows you to schedule an automatic shutdown time in Media Center.

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Windows 7: Assign a Static IP Address

                   When organizing your home network it’s easier to assign each computer it’s own IP address than using DHCP. We can assign static IP address in any operating systems like Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

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Sharing and Permissions-Windows 7

 

Sharing and Permissions-Windows 7

Information

If you want to share files between other computers on your network and you are having issues accessing those files. You most likely are having a permissions issue.

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Configure Multi Router Network-Windows 7

How to Set Up a Network Using 2 (or more) Routers

Note

Before attempting this tutorial, please be familiar with the following terms:

DCHP, LAN, NAT, Switch, Gateway.

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Adding folder to Favorites: Windows 7

                  When you open Explorer in Windows 7 you’ll see a list of Favorites in the Navigation Pane. Microsoft has already put some there, but today we show you how to remove them and add your own favorite folders including Search Connectors.

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Add/Remove Network Connection to Network Bridge

How to Remove or Add a Network Connection to a Network Bridge

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If you have two or more networks connected by a network bridge, then this will show you how to remove or add a network connection to the bridge.

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