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Hi there, I am an avid user of Windows 7 OS. Since last week I am not able to boot my Windows 7 OS partition due to a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I have a separate partition on which Win 8 is installed. I logged on to Win 8 to recover my files that were on the Win 7 partition but was unable to...

If you are looking for how to uninstall a programme, this tutorial is for you. 1. Visit to the control panel of your system. 2. Clicks on uninstall a program 3. Check the list and find the program you want to remove. 4. Select the program. Click on uninstall...

hi guys., from yesterday i m very very upset as my system doesnt copy and paste cut too doesnt work, i tries ctrl+c , v, then right click and select copy.. nothing worked,, for my urgent i used dos prompt to copy the files yesterday, but its definitely hurting my work speed.. any...

Start button search in Windows 7 The Start button search facility introduced with Windows 7 is a genuine timesaver. Instead of merely hunting for exact filename and application matches, the search is more intelligent. Search for "disk" for example, and not only do applications such as Disk...

Top Reasons-Why Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista Windows 7 is coming soon. We take a look at five things that will make Windows 7 better than Vista. 1. Less annoying User Account Control: Windows Vista was constantly warning you of impending danger. Phrases such as "Are you sure you...

Schedule Media Centre downloads in Windows 7 You can now configure Windows Media Centre settings to download data at a specific time, perhaps overnight, a useful way to prevent it sapping your bandwidth for the rest of the day. To change the Windows Media Center settings: 1. To launch Media...

Block annoying alerts in Windows 7 Just like Vista, Windows 7 will display a suitably stern warning if it thinks your antivirus, firewall or other security settings are incorrect. But unlike Vista, if you disagree then you can now turn off alerts on individual topics. If you no longer want to...

An Alt+Tab alternative in Windows7 In the previous Windows versions, Alt+Tab is used to select your desired program among the many running programs. This functionality is same in Windows 7. But when you want to access one of the five Explorer windows you have opened, but there are so many other...

New Keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 Windows 7 supports several useful new keyboard shortcuts. Alt+P : Display/ hide the Explorer preview pane Windows Logo+G: Display gadgets in front of other windows Windows Logo++ (plus key): Zoom in, where appropriate Windows Logo+- (minus key): Zoom...

Find bottlenecks in Windows 7 We've seen so far Windows 7 is already performing better than Vista, but if your PC seems sluggish then it's now much easier to uncover the bottleneck. Windows 7 Resource Monitor provides you many ways to find out the source of your problem. To open Resource...

Using Sticky Notes in Windows 7 Windows 7 provides you with a facility to create and save notes called Sticky Notes. Sticky Notes can be used to write a to-do list, note down a phone number, or anything else that you'd use a pad of paper for. Sticky Notes can be used with either a Tablet PC...

Features no longer available in Windows 7 While Windows 7 contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were present in Windows Vista are no longer part of Windows 7 or have changed, resulting in the removal of certain functionality. The following is a list of...

How to Customise UAC in Windows 7 Windows Vista's User Account Control raises too many alerts. It was a good idea in practice, but poor implementation, many people don't find it interesting to be notified at every step. They may find it distracting too. Fortunately Windows 7 displays less...

How to get Empty Drives back in Windows 7 Click Computer in Windows 7 and you might see a strange lack of drives, but don't panic, it's just Microsoft trying to be helpful: drives like memory card readers are not displayed if they're empty. Microsoft thinks it's an improvement, but if you...

How to Disable Smart Window Arrangement in Windows 7 Windows 7 features interesting new ways to intelligently arrange your windows called Smart Window Arrangement. For example if you drag a window to the top of the screen then it will get maximized. If you drag the window to the bottom of the...

Custom power switch in Windows 7 By default, Windows 7 displays a plain text 'Shut down' button on the Start menu, but it only takes a moment to change this action to something else. If you reboot your PC a few times every day then it might make more sense to make it a default action...

Pin a Program Icon to Taskbar in Windows 7 The new Windows 7 taskbar acts as one big quick launch toolbar that can hold whatever program shortcuts you like (just right-click one and select Pin To Taskbar). For eg. if you want Paint program to appear in the taskbar. Right-Click Paint and select...

Desktop slideshow in Windows 7 Windows 7 comes with some very attractive new wallpapers, and it's not always easy to decide which one you like the best. So why not you choose a few, and let Windows display them all in a desktop slideshow? Doing this is very simple. Right-click an empty part...

How Windows 7 is different from earlier versions of Windows At first glance Windows 7 resembles to Vista, but there's an easy way to spot differences with just right-clicking things. For example: Right-click an empty part of the desktop and you'll find a menu entry to set your screen...

System Restore in Windows 7 In previous Windows versions, using System Restore has been something very uncertain. There's no way of telling which applications or drivers it might affect. But in Windows 7 this is not the case. To Restore System in Windows 7 follow steps: Right-click Computer...