Windows Vista and Windows 7 can be installed via a bootable USB drive as well.And the installation would be much easier and faster than installation via DVD.Windows Server 2008 & Windows Server 2008 R2 also can be installed via USB drive except installation of Windows 7 & Windows Vista .Initially […]
Prevent Windows 7 from Automatically Rebooting after Installing Windows Updates
Published on :Windows updates force the OS to shut down after they install.This can be troublesome many a times when you dont want to restart your PC because of some work which is ongoing.So here is how to get rid of Reboot of Windows after Windows update Installation.To prevent Rebooting a registry […]
Windows Application Compatibility Mode
Published on :Windows Vista onwards Compatibility mode is provided in applications. Compatibility mode allows a older application compatible for an earlier versions of Windows to possibly run in Windows 7.It runs the program using settings from a previous version of Windows.Changing the compatibility mode solves the problem most of the time which […]
Windows 7: Jump lists Customization
Published on :Windows 7 comes with a very handy feature called Jumplist. This feature shows a list of related tasks & Recent documents of a process or shortcut icon which is in taskbar. You can view & customize it easily. 1. Right click on any icon in the taskbar. 2. It will […]
Windows 7: Start Menu Customization
Published on :Start Menu in Windows 7 can be customized according to user’s need. All the items in Start menu can either be set as display link or set as menu. Apart from it there are several more things to configure. Steps are here: 1. Right click on Start Button or taskbar […]
Windows 7 RTM New User Account Pictures
Published on :You can find new User Account pictures in Windows 7 RTM.Here is the link to access them and also given the screenshot which shows all of the New Pictures added. You can copy these in Vista here : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures to have them in your Windows Vista User […]
User Account pictures in Windows 7
Published on :You can find the default pictures of Windows 7 user Account in a hidden folder,path given below.Also you can find Admin & guest account picture here. The default Pictures are located in the hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures folder. The default Standard and administrator account picture is the hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User […]
Pop Up message when Windows Boots
Published on :When a user gets logon You might want to have a message pop up to display a Welcome message. This can be used to display Instructions,Company Policy,User related information,any alert,warning or anything you wish to do . Here is the procedure .Open registry by typing regedit in the Run box.Now […]
Set Bing Background as Wallpaper & Rotate it
Published on :Daily homepage photos of Bing can be downloaded and used as a wallpaper for your computer that refreshes as soon as it refreshes over Bing.By using the code below, you can create a live daily updating bing theme.Long Zheng from www.istartedsomething.com & makeuseof.com helped get the code which can make […]
Get Vista like taskbar in Windows 7
Published on :New to windows 7? Aint able to go along with it smoothly?Well here is an option that you can follow to get the Taskbar icons asthe same we had in Vista.In Vista when ever we minimized anapplication (folder,word etc) it is accessed by a tab @ taskbar whichdescribes about process […]