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How To Rotate Windows 7 Logon Background Screen

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Microsoft's Windows Vista and XP have no support for changing the default logon screen, but  in Windows 7 you can use the Logon Screen Rotator tool to  rotate the logon screen during every logon. Now, there is no need to play with the registry settings, you can easily change the logon screen of your Windows in a couple of clicks only. Once you have installed the application, you will be able to select up to 10 images which you would like to use as your logon screen backgrounds and then those images are rotated each time you logon giving a cooler look to your Window 7. Read More

Windows 7 ClearType Text Tuner Makes Text Appear More Sharp And Clear

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ClearType Text Tuner tool lets you ensure that the text on your computer screen is crisp and sharp. With ClearType Text Turner, the words on your computer's screen appears as sharp and clear as those printed on the paper. It is aimed to increase the readability of words on the computer screen. Lets explore how we can achieve text tuning in Windows 7. Read More

Tweak Your Windows 7 with EnhanceMySe7en

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Windows 7 is overall quite satisfying but still if you need to tweak your system for better performance and stability there is always 3rd party tweaking tools. EnhanceMySe7en is a free tool which takes care of the Windows registry, disk clean up, disk defragmentation, start up management , and all other such sort of things related to system’s health. Lets explore how we can install and use it in Windows 7. Read More

Measure Performance Of Your Hardware With Windows Experience Index In Windows 7

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It is very important that you must have good analysis of your system and that you should run only those applications which suit your hardware specifications. Windows Experience Index is one the most popular tool which lets you measure performance of the key hardware components like processor, memory, graphics chip, primary hard disk, etc. It rates your computer's hardware on a numbered scale and thus, on the basis of this information, you need to pair your system with the software that will run best on your machine. It was originally introduced in Windows Vista but has been enhanced to a lot of extent in Windows 7. The range of the score has been increased from 1.0-7.9 because of the the improvements made in various hardware components. Read More

Exploring Windows 7 Font Manager

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Almost all releases of Microsoft's Windows don't have any remarkable utility to manage fonts and people have to rely mostly on third party utilities to work with fonts. Microsoft's upcoming windows 7 has introduced a very cool font management interface. The new Windows 7 Font manager will include the ability to group, install, uninstall, preview and hide fonts. Now you can easily play with fonts and installing/uninstalling new fonts is the piece-of-cake. Lets explore this feature in more details. Read More

Exploring Windows 7 Parental Controls

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What Is Parental Controls

Parental Controls let parents restrict which games their children can play, which programs they can use, and which websites they can visit ,etc. This feature was originally introduced in Microsoft Windows Vista but was limited to website-filtering capabilities and some other basic features, but the upcoming Windows 7 has added many enhanced features to it. Now, you can easily control and monitor applications, games, emails and instant messaging,  etc. Lets explore how we can use it in Windows 7. Read More

What Is Windows 7 Libraries And How To Use It

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What Is Windows 7 Libraries

The upcoming windows 7 has introduced the concept of Libraries which lets you organize your data in a more professional way. Libraries are actually the collection of folders on the computer system. As you know that many users do not save their documents, images and other files in one place and mostly you will find them scattered all over the hard disk, so the Windows 7 Libraries concept has provided an easy way to access all the files in one place. In other words, a library organizes all your files together in one place regardless of where it is stored. Read More

Windows 7 Disk Defragmentation

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The defragmentation process searches your disk partitions and makes sure that the stored files are in one contiguous piece which results in better system performance. If you want to maintain your file system then the easiest and perhaps the most important way is that you should routinely defrag your drives. The windows 7 has improved disk defragmentation utility which gives users more control over defragmentation tasks. The most important features of Windows 7 defragmenter is that it lets you safely terminate the defrag process any time without any adverse effect and can defrag multiple volumes at the same time. Read More

Use AppLocker To Stop Unauthorized Programs From Running In Windows 7

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It is a common security tip that you should run only trusted software, if you are running an unauthorized app then your system might be on risk and can get infected anytime. The upcoming Windows 7 is more conscious about your system security.  AppLocker tool lets you specify which programs to run in your system. You can use  this feature of Windows 7 to prevent unauthorized software from running and thus results in better system security and performance. Read More

How To Open A Folder In New Process In Windows 7

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In order to save system's resources, the upcoming Windows 7 opens all folders in the single process, i.e. all open folders are being controlled by single explorer.exe process. But there is a huge problem, if  one open folder crashes then all your open folders will get closed too. The solution to this problem is to open any particular folder in separate process. But please note if you will use this feature frequently then your systems overall performance might get reduced. Read More

Create/Attach Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) In Windows 7

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Virtaul Hard Disk (VHD) is basically a file format  that contains complete structure of a hard disk. It is a virtual machine hard disk that can reside on a native host file system encapsulated within a single file. It is used to store virtual operating systems,  their related program files and it acts like a proper hard disk.  Now, you won't need any third party tools to create and attach VHD, Windows 7’s Disk Management comes with an option to create, attach and detach the Virtual Hard Disks instantly. Read More

Disable Windows 7 Smart Window Arrangement

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Windows 7 lets you arrange your windows in an intelligent way with the help of Smart Window Arrangement.  For example, it lets you maximize the window by dragging it to the top and minimize the window by dragging it to the bottom to the taskbar. Although it is very useful feature but if you find it distracting then it is not a big deal to disable it. Read More

Desktop Background Slideshow In Windows 7

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Windows 7 comes with various attractive wallpapers that will make you thinking as to which one to choose for your desktop. Now you can put all your favorite desktop background images by using Desktop Slideshow feature. Once you have set the Desktop Slideshow, it will begin cycling the selected desktop background image files at any given duration. Read More

Windows 7 Screen Magnifier

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Even through Magnifier is present in Vista, Windows 7 has a much improved version of it. It helps visually impaired people use Windows and can also come handy while giving a presentation where you want the audience to better see a portion of the screen. It can enlarge the screen to any specific zoom value. It has three modes Full-screen, Lens, and Docked. Read More

Create System Repair Disc In Windows 7 To Solve Boot Problem

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Upcoming Windows 7 is being said to be the most secure and reliable as compared with other versions of Windows, but you can still run into problem, the worst case being when your Windows stops booting. Windows 7 has a solution to this problem, create System Repair Disc. Once you run into this problem,  you can boot your system with it and it will give you access to System Recovery tools which will let you diagnose and correct errors within Windows 7. It is very easy to create a System Repair disk since no special disk burning software is required. Read More

Protect Your Drives With BitLocker Drive Encryption In Windows 7

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There are so many ways in which you can stop unauthorized access to your computer but what if some one steals your hard drive? Windows 7 has a solution to this problem. BitLocker is a full disk encryption utility which was originally introduced in Windows Vista Enterprise edition and now it has been implemented in Windows 7 with some enhanced options like  USB drive encryption. It has now become very easy to protect your drives and even in case of stolen or lost disk your data will not be accessible to the unauthorized person. Read More

How To Schedule Media Center Downloads In Windows 7

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Windows Media Center lets you enjoy videos, music, photos, TV, and much more. You can easily access the latest online videos, movie trailers, sports clips, etc through Windows Media Center on your PC. Now the upcoming version of Windows 7 Media Center will offer many more enhanced feature. You can now schedule Windows 7 Media Center to start downloading data at any specified/preferred time,  thus in this way you can prevent it sapping your bandwidth for the rest of the day. Read More