Vista offered the option of restoring that "classic" Start Menu, but Windows 7, inexplicably, doesn't. Fortunately, there are at least two ways to accomplish this: one, a simple Registry tweak; the other, a shareware utility.
Showing posts with label Window 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Window 7. Show all posts
Show More Icons in the Windows 7 System Tray
The Windows System Tray is something of a necessary evil. It shows status icons for various system elements (like volume and network connections) and programs running in the background (like MozyHome and your anti-virus software).
Until Windows 7 came along, it was challenging at best to control what did and didn't appear in the System Tray. It wasn't uncommon to see a dozen or more icons littered down there. Now, however, Microsoft has finally made it easy to choose what you see. Here's how.
Until Windows 7 came along, it was challenging at best to control what did and didn't appear in the System Tray. It wasn't uncommon to see a dozen or more icons littered down there. Now, however, Microsoft has finally made it easy to choose what you see. Here's how.
Top Free Backup Programs for Windows 7
Here you find the best free backup programs for Windows 7 including Windows 7 Backup and Restore as well as FBackup, and on our candidate watch list for top free Windows 7 backup program we have Comodo BackUp, GFI Backup, Drive Backup Free Edition, TrueSafe PE as well as AceBackup for example.
Introduction
Windows 7 ships with an integrated backup solution which can be found Control Panel, yet one size doesn’t fit all. We have been looking for the ten best free Windows 7 backup programs based on what’s around for Windows Vista, yet few vendors apart from Microsoft officially declare their backup software as compatible with Windows 7. Therefore, the majority of entries in our top ten free backup programs Windows 7 list are candidates. Our list of free Windows 7 backup programs currently comprises (random order):
How to use Windows 7's Built-in Backup
Microsoft has a history of bundling really bad backup programs with their operating systems. The company has been accused of a lot of monopolistic behavior, but their backup programs often seemed designed to not threaten the market for third-party competitors.
So I wasn't prepared to like Windows 7's Backup and Restore. But much to my amazement, I kind of do. It does image backups for system protection and file backups for regular data protection--and does both for the Home Premium as well as the Business and Ultimate editions. For file backups, it defaults to backing up exactly what you should be backing up (libraries, appdata, and a few other important folders), and lets you tell it to back up any other folders you want to protect.
Backup and Restore can backup files incrementally, saving only those created and changed since the last backup. And it does versioning--if several versions of a file have been backed up, you can pick which you want to restore. It defaults to restoring the most recent backup, and generally avoids the confusion that versioning causes in some people.
And it's all very easy and direct.
So I wasn't prepared to like Windows 7's Backup and Restore. But much to my amazement, I kind of do. It does image backups for system protection and file backups for regular data protection--and does both for the Home Premium as well as the Business and Ultimate editions. For file backups, it defaults to backing up exactly what you should be backing up (libraries, appdata, and a few other important folders), and lets you tell it to back up any other folders you want to protect.Backup and Restore can backup files incrementally, saving only those created and changed since the last backup. And it does versioning--if several versions of a file have been backed up, you can pick which you want to restore. It defaults to restoring the most recent backup, and generally avoids the confusion that versioning causes in some people.
And it's all very easy and direct.
Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts List
Keyboard shortcuts are most important for power computer users. If you want to increase your productivity then you must know all windows keyboard shortcut which is required to carry out your day to day computing activity. Windows Vista and XP have almost same keyboard shortcuts but microsoft latest operating system windows 7 has got many new keyboard shortcuts.
Add 100,000-plus Internet Radio Stations to Windows Media Center
It's a little-known fact that Windows Media Center can tune in local FM radio stations--provided, that is, you have an FM tuner connected to your PC (some internal TV tuner cards include one) and a good antenna.
Hey, this is the Internet age, right? Why mess around with 80-year-old technology that pulls in maybe two dozen stations (if you're lucky) when you can stream over 100,000 radio stations from across the planet?
How to Change to XP Classic Logon Screen on Windows 7 or Vista
Windows 7 and Windows Vista includes a Welcome screen as the default logon screen, which will be displayed on boot up for system where the individual user has its user account password-protected, or system with multiple local or network user accounts. In Welcome screen, the list of user account names or IDs or the user name of last logged in account is displayed for easy selection.
For users who prefer the Windows XP-style or Windows 2000/NT-style classic logon screen, where all user accounts are hidden from the Welcome screen, where no last logged on user name is displayed, and where both username and password is required to be typed to log on, just make use of the same trick which makes Windows does not display last logged in user name on logon screen, as detailed below.
Method 1: Via Registry Setting
- Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).
- Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
- In the right pane, double click on DontDisplayLastName registry key value, and set its value data to 1.
Method 2: Via Group Policy
- Click on Start button, and type secpol.msc into Start Search box, and hit Enter to open the Local Security Policy Editor.
- Navigate to Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options.
- In the right pane, double click on Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name.
- Select and set the radio button of Enabled.
How to fix the Windows Clock So It Syncs Properly
Windows 7 may be the best Windows yet, but it suffers from the same annoying problem that plagued Vista and even XP: Its clock doesn't keep good time.
That's because the default time server Windows uses to fetch the current time, well, bites. I don't know if this is because of server overload or what (obviously there are a lot of Windows systems out there, all looking for a clock fix), but I'm tired of getting the same cryptic error when I try to sync manually.
Ah, but there's a fix. If you're trying to get your system to keep better time, try this:
Ah, but there's a fix. If you're trying to get your system to keep better time, try this:
How to rip CD music with Windows Media Player in Windows 7
Windows Media Player 12, developed by Microsoft, is the release of Windows Media Player, superseding Windows Media Player 11. It has been released as part of the Windows 7 operating system. Different from the old version Windows Media Player 12 has added with many video, audio decorder so that it will play H.264, Xvid and DivX video codecs, AAC audio and 3GP, MP4 and MOV container formats. Moreover, Windows Media Player 12 not only will play CD music, and also it could rip CD music for you.
