Installing and updating drivers in 7

This guide is broken up into a number of parts:

Intro to drivers

Driver guidelines

Finding & updating drivers

Using Driver Sweeper

Device Manger updates

INTRO:

Drivers instruct Windows exactly what hardware you have and what it does, along with any specific features. Manufacturers usually release new drivers frequently to keep their products updated and add new features. Performance is also usually improved, so it is absolutely vital to keep all your drivers updated. Use a driver sweeper for some drivers too.

 

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How to Lock a Folder with a Password without Any Software in Windows 7

This Article will help you in locking any folder without any third party software which will also prevent any virus infection due to third party software's. This can also be used on Windows XP, windows Vista, Windows 7

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No sound in Windows 7

Introduction

This tutorial is designed to help you identify and fix common sound problems in Windows, including no sound coming from your speakers or headphones. This tutorial doesn't cover sound problems related to specific programs. Sound problems can be caused by cables that aren't connected properly, corrupt drivers, incompatible drivers, sound settings, missing updates, and problems with your sound card.

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How to Change the Windows 7 Homegroup Password

Information

This article will show you how to change the password for your Windows 7 homegroup.

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How to Create a Homegroup in Windows 7

HomeGroup makes your job easy to share pictures, music, documents, videos, and printers with other people on your home network. This article will show you how to create a homegroup in Windows 7.

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Customize Windows 7 Search Settings

Customizing What and How to Search


You can find all the Search settings for Windows Search on the "Folder 
and Search Options" window in Windows Explorer. Follow these steps to cus-
tomize where Windows Search looks for files/folders:

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How do I configure System Restore in Windows 7?

System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an point back in time. It helps you undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal data. It is worthy to note that System restore affects Windows system files, programs, registry values, scripts, batch files, and other types of executables. System Restore in Windows 7 and Vista works a bit differently than it does in Windows XP in that it uses the Shadow Copy feature in which it creates a snapshot of your drive at a certain point of time.

The System Restore in Windows 7 needs a minimum of 300 MB of the drive space of the hard drive, by a general rule. In Windows XP however, the minimum size required is 200 MB. Depending on the size of the partition it is usually a good idea to either increase or decrease the allocated space for system restore. Here is how this is done:

To access System Restore Configuration, Click on Start and then right click on Computer and then select Properties from the context menu. 

Then click on System Protection to display the System Restore configuration menu.

From here, you can control the way System Restore will work or behave in Windows 7. It will furthermore display the drives that are currently configured to use System Restore and those that are not. 


You can select a drive or partition and click on the Configure button to get detailed configuration information about it. This includes the percentage that is currently allocated for System Restore in MBs along with the current usage.

It is possible to change the percentage that Windows can allocate for system protection to free up disk space for other data, simply by dragging the slider above. By default it is 4% in Windows 7. It is also possible to delete previous system restore points and to change the restore settings. 


By default System Restore can save system settings and previous versions of files. You can however choose to restore only the previous versions of files as shown in the figure above.


You can also selectively turn System Restore off for a specific drive or partition. This was also possible in Windows XP

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