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Windows 8 Task Manager For Windows 7

Posted May 9, 2013 – 7:40 pm in: Windows 7 Guides

Despite the fact that Task Manager is part of Windows operating system for close to two decades, it’s used by a small percentage of Windows users. The Task Manager is generally used to check system status, view and kill applications, stop services, and processes that aren’t responding or can’t be stopped from the desktop. The [...]

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How To Integrate Internet Explorer 10 Into Windows 7 DVD Using DISM

Posted April 17, 2013 – 4:26 pm in: Windows 7 Guides

A couple of weeks back, Microsoft rolled out the final version of its Internet Explorer 10 to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Internet Explorer 10, which was originally available only in Windows 8 and Server 2012, comes with some new features and significant performance improvements. Windows 7 users who frequently reinstall [...]

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How To Install Themes In Windows 7 Starter And Home Basic Editions

Posted April 8, 2013 – 7:49 pm in: Windows 7 Guides

As you may know, Windows 7 is available in six different editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. Of all these editions, Starter and Home Basic editions lack many features as well as personalization options. If you’ve spent any significant amount of time with Home Basic or Starter edition of Windows 7, [...]

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How To Install Deskthemepack File In Windows 7

Posted April 4, 2013 – 7:46 pm in: Windows 7 Guides

Desktop themes were first introduced with Windows 7 operating system and are part of Windows 7’s successor, Windows 8 as well. Computer users who have upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 probably aware of the panoramic desktop themes support as well. If you ever tried to install Windows 8’s panoramic themes in Windows 7, [...]

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How To Change Windows Photo Viewer Background Color

Posted September 12, 2012 – 9:28 am in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 Guides

The beauty of Windows operating system is that we have plenty of tools to tweak and customize every department to our desire. Hundreds of free tweaking and customization tools out there for Windows 7 and Windows 8. In the past, we have covered free tools to change Windows Media Player library background, Start screen background, [...]

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Fix: Missing Drives In Windows Explorer

Posted July 24, 2012 – 6:44 pm in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 Guides

This morning, after resuming my notebook (powered by Windows 8) from hibernation I noticed that some drives are missing from Windows Explorer. Two of my five drives were not seen in Windows Explorer but were visible in Disk Management.   Computer users who have been using or used Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating [...]

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How To Backup Data Without Booting Into Windows (The Easy Way)

Posted May 23, 2012 – 7:08 pm in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 Guides

At times, we come across Windows boot issues that prevent us from booting into Windows. Sure, one can use Windows recovery tools to fix most of startup related issues but there are some errors that can’t be fixed through recovery environment.   If you’re having boot problems on your Windows PC and can’t fix them [...]

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How To Automatically Set Bing Homepage Wallpaper As Windows 7 Logon Background

Posted May 21, 2012 – 8:33 am in: Windows 7 Guides

Do you love Bing homepage wallpapers and already using them as your desktop background? Do you use Synergy or Input Director software to make a single mouse/keyboard work with multiple computers? Then, here is good freeware from Microsoft Garage named Mouse Without Borders that  allows you control multiple computers with a single mouse and keyboard [...]

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How To Automatically Run Command Prompt As Administrator

Posted May 17, 2012 – 10:06 pm in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 Guides

In Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems, executing a command in elevated prompt is essential to perform advanced tasks such as enabling Hibernation mode and creating bootable Windows USB flash drive and repairing Windows system files.   While it’s possible to launch the Command Prompt as administrator by entering CMD in Start menu [...]

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Hotkey To Next Desktop Background In Windows 7/Windows 8

Posted May 15, 2012 – 4:12 pm in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 Guides

Microsoft introduced Desktop Slideshow feature with Windows 7 OS and the feature is present in Windows 8 as well. As all of you know, Desktop Slideshow lets you have a slide show of your favorite wallpapers. The feature supports changing of the desktop wallpaper at intervals ranging from 10 seconds to 1 day.   Hundreds [...]

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