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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...

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...

How to Turn Off Recent Search entries display in Windows 7 By default Windows 7 will remember your PC search queries, and display the most recent examples when searching in Windows Explorer. If you're sharing a PC and don't want everyone to see your searches, then you can hide your search...

Encrypting Drives with Bitlocker in Windows 7 USB flash drives are convenient, portable, and very easy to use. But if they are carrying sensitive data then it is important to protect it. Fortunately Windows 7 has the solution: encrypt your documents with an extension of Microsoft's BitLocker...

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...

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...

Calibrate your screen in Windows 7 The colours you see on your screen varies depending on your monitor, graphics cards settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default Windows colour profile. And that means a picture you think looks perfect on your display device might appear...

Automatic PC clean up in Windows 7 If inexperienced PC users sometimes access your system then you'll know that this can cause problems. If they use for too long, they'll mess up your settings, install dubious programs, delete important files and cause all kinds of need less activities. But...

Enhanced calculating options in Windows 7 At first glance the Windows 7 calculator looks just like Vista's version, but explore the Mode menu and you'll see powerful new Statistics and Programmer views. Click the Programmer views and the calculator will look like as below: Clicking on...

Problem Steps Recorder in Windows 7 Generally when your computer starts behaving abnormally , probably you used to ask your friends and family for help, but having no idea how to clearly describe what's going wrong with the computer. It's really frustrating, but Windows 7 provides you a very...

Multi-Touch Integration in Windows 7 The biggest "feature" is the touch and multi-touch integration, which takes many of its roots from Microsoft's Surface Table, and will be available as an interface options for other apps. There will be a OSX-like dock. Multi-touch gestures in...

How to restore Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7 Quick launch toolbar allows you to quickly start applications and access folders. Windows 7 new taskbar is like a quick launch bar on steroids but there are some things it can’t do. For example, a folder or a drive shortcut can’t be pinned...

Creating a System Repair/Recovery Disc in Windows 7 Windows 7 allows you to create a system repair CD that helps you to recover your computer from serious errors & failures. It can be used as a bootable disc when your computer does not start normally. The recovery disc is based on Windows PE...

How to Disable Taskbar Jump List in Windows 7 Windows 7 provides you a new Taskbar with Jump List facility. As in the previous Windows versions Taskbar shows the current opened files and programs, in Windows 7 taskbar also shows a Jump list of recently opened files. You may not always require...

How to switch display in Windows 7 A very exiting feature of Windows 7 is Switching display to another Monitor or a Projector. You can do this very easily. To do this just follow the steps below: Using Windows interface: Just press Win+P. and choose the display you want to use. OR...

Taskbar Previews and Modifying Mouse Hover Time in Windows 7 In Windows 7, a new feature Taskbar Preview provides a new functionality. Using the Taskbar Preview icon, you can view or close a window and can also view or close all the opened files belonging to a particular window. But the Taskbar...

How to launch Windows Explorer directly in Drive View in Windows 7 Windows explorer is a place from where you can access all the data on your computer weather it is in the drives or folders. Some people mostly use it to access data, copy paste files and folders using drag & drop method from...