Adding My Computer to Toolbar: Windows 7

                         In this article we are going to learn how to add MY computer location has new tool bar in Windows 7. 

you like to have the quickest access possible to folders on my desktop, which usually means putting something onto the taskbar if possible. You can add the Computer menu as a folder on the taskbar for the easiest access to your drives. You could also use this tip for any folder you want.

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Changing Library icon: Windows 7

             In this article we are going to learn how to change your windows 7 library icons with easiest way possible. This article gives you steps to change library icons and these steps are easy and simple to perform on our own.

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Disabling system tray: Windows 7

             In this article we are going to see how to disable the system tray completely  If you are the type of person that never uses any applications in the system tray, you might be interested in this registry tweak to turn it off entirely. I can’t imagine using my own system this way, but we’re all about providing information.

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Managing Action center : Windows 7

                    In Windows 7 it can get annoying seeing the Action Center icon pop up notifications every time you turn on your computer.  Today we will look at changing the messages that it displays and even completely disabling it.

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Media center Live TV setup: Windows 7

If you’re moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, one of the new features you might be interested in is Media Center. In this article we’ll walk through the process of setting up Live TV 

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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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Conhost.exe In windows 7

What is conhost.exe and Why Is It Running?

You might be wondering what is this process and why is it running in windows 7?

Well, we have an answer.

What Is It?

The conhost.exe process fixes a fundamental problem in the way previous versions of Windows handled console windows, which broke drag & drop in Vista.

It’s a completely legitimate executable as long as it’s running from the system32 folder, and is signed by Microsoft. Scanning your computer for viruses is never a bad idea, though. 

Why Do I Need It?

There was a problem with the way the console process works on previous versions of Windows—they are all hosted under the csrss.exe (Client Server Runtime Process) service. This process runs as a system privileged account.

Checking out in Process Explorer under Windows 7 shows that the conhost.exe process is running underneath the csrss.exe process.

The conhost.exe process sitting in the middle between CSRSS and cmd.exe allows Windows 7 to fix both of the problems in previous versions of Windows not only do the scrollbars draw correctly, but you can actually drag and drop a file from Explorer straight into the command prompt

If you really want to be sure, check out the file properties for the conhost.exe executable, and you’ll see that the description says Console Window Host

If you look at the details of the process from within Process Explorer, you’ll notice that the ComSpec is set to cmd.exe, a clear indication that it’s hosting the command prompt. 

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Cascade Multiple Windows in Windows 7

                       If you’ve got loads of windows open, and would like to tile or cascade just a couple of those windows, it’s a pain to minimize them, then unminimize the windows you want to tile, and then choose Tile from the taskbar context menu… but there’s a better way!

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Windows 7: Quick Network connections list

                     One of the annoyances in Windows 7 or Vista is that you can’t immediately open the Network Connections list to see the list of adapters like you could in Windows XP.

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Extend Windows 7 Trail Period

Did you know that you can install Windows 7 without any license key and use it for 30 days? What you might not know is that you can also extend that trial mode to 120 days, without requiring a key.

The basic way this works is that at the end of the 30 days, you’ll need to run a small command and reboot your computer, at which point you’ll have 30 more days, up to a maximum of 120 days. This trick should work regardless of where you got your copy of Windows 7 from.

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