Archive: ‘Windows 7’ Category

How-to: Add Control Panel to the Windows 7 jumplist

Windows 7 October 17th, 2011

Like any program, the Control Panel has a jumplist. On right-clicking the Control Panel icon in the taskbar, its jumplist shows the last used Control Panel components. Would you like to add additional elements to the jumplist and pin them permanently?

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 released

Windows 7 February 22nd, 2011

The first major update for Microsoft’s successful Windows 7 has been released. Besides new features, it contains all previous updates and hotfixes published for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

How-to: Reduce hard disk access in Windows 7

Windows 7 February 3rd, 2011

Once per minute, Windows 7 writes a timestamp to disk. This enables diagnostic tools to check whether and when Windows has been shut down unexpectedly. For home usage, you can safely disable the timestamp. This reduces write access to your hard disk.

How-to: Increase your Internet Speed

Windows 7 February 3rd, 2011

In this tutorial I’m going to show you a quick way to eliminate bandwidth restrictions. Windows OS come to us with a lot of unknown restrictions and limitations.

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is done

Windows 7 January 15th, 2011

Microsoft has finished the development of the first major update to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Service Pack 1 does not have any visible changes to the system, but bundles all previously published security and stability updates for Windows 7.

How-to: Enable the telnet command in Windows 7

Windows 7 January 13th, 2011

Using the telnet command, tech-savvy ones can remote control other computers or check HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and more plain-text connections over the web, by using the telnet command. Though, apparently this command has been removed in Windows 7. It has not.

How-to: Hide Windows 7 libraries

Windows 7 December 28th, 2010

In Windows 7, “My Documents” have been replaced by “Libraries”. However, not everybody uses the new folder structure.

How-to: Change your Windows 7 logon screen

Appearance, Windows 7 November 28th, 2010

No matter which desktop background you set in Windows 7: while starting, you will always see the blue default background. You want to style this background as well? Here are the necessary steps to customize the Windows logon screen.

How-to: Block Windows 7 SP1 from installing

Windows 7 November 12th, 2010

Microsoft has provided the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool for Administrators. With this tool, you can block Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from getting installed automatically through Windows Update.

How-to: Minimize windows with keyboard in Windows 7

Windows 7 October 3rd, 2010

You like using your keyboard for managing everything in Windows? In Windows 7, minimizing and maximizing windows got easier.