How To Show “Sort Header” In All Views In Windows 7 Explorer
Posted February 22, 2012 – 7:54 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesSort header or column header is a handy feature introduced with Windows Vista and lets you quickly soft files and folders just with a click. As some of you have noticed, in Windows 7, this soft header appears only in details view. That is, when you are browsing a folder in content, tiles, list, small [...]
No Comments | Tags: Classic Shell, Customize Windows 7, Windows 7 ExplorerWindows 8 Charms Bar For Windows 7
Posted February 19, 2012 – 10:26 pm in: Themes, Windows 7 GuidesWe’ve mentioned before about the all new Charms Bar present in the latest version of Windows and how to get this beautiful Charms Bar in Windows 7 as well. Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Beta), which is just a week away from the public release, will include a number of new features and also an improved [...]
No Comments | Tags: Charm Bar, Customize Windows 7How To Add Mac OS X’s “New Folder With Selection” Like Feature To Windows Context Menu
Posted February 14, 2012 – 10:31 pm in: Freeware, Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 GuidesThis morning, I got an opportunity to play with a brand new MacBook Pro loaded with the latest Lion operating system. While using it, I came across a nice feature which lets the user create a new folder with selected items. That is, when you select multiple files and do a right-click, it shows New [...]
No Comments | Tags: Context Menu, Customize Windows, Files 2 FolderFree Windows 7 Step By Step And Office 2010 Step By Step Video Guides From Microsoft Press
Posted February 9, 2012 – 5:40 pm in: Microsoft Office, Windows 7 GuidesWe know, most of you are eagerly waiting for Windows 8 Consumer Preview and have already been using Office 2010 on your Windows 7 or Windows 8 Developer Preview PC. But if you are new to Windows 7 or Office 2010 and want to better understand one of these products, we have some good news [...]
No Comments | Tags: Training Videos, Video GuidesHow To Quickly Empty Recycle Bin From All User Accounts
Posted January 26, 2012 – 5:06 pm in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 GuidesOn one of my test computers I run Windows 7 Ultimate edition and have created three user accounts to easily share that PC with my family. Except my user account, rest two accounts do not have a password. So, I can easily access other accounts, if required. Recently I noticed that the “C” [...]
No Comments | Tags: Command Prompt, Recycle BinHow To Include New Gadgets, Themes, Wallpapers, And Screensavers In Windows 7 Setup ISO File
Posted January 25, 2012 – 7:26 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesWe have already written guides to include drivers in Windows 7 installation ISO, create un-attended Windows 7 installation setup, and to slipstream Service Pack in Windows 7 DVD or ISO. Today, in this guide, we are going to show you how to include new gadgets, themes, wallpapers, logon screens, screensavers and more in the bootable [...]
No Comments | Tags: Bootable ISO, Customize Windows 7Trick To Shutdown Windows By Skipping Windows Update Installation
Posted January 23, 2012 – 10:45 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesRecently, I rebuilt my three-year-old computer with a Kingston 32 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) and installed Windows 7 Home Premium edition on it. After installing my favorite applications and games I had just 6 GB of free space left on the disk. So, to gain some disk space I disabled the useful hibernation feature [...]
3 Comments | Tags: Shutdown, Windows UpdateSimple 8 Theme: Another Beautiful Visual Style For Windows 7
Posted January 16, 2012 – 5:32 pm in: Themes, Windows 7 GuidesWhen it comes to customization, Windows 7 users have a number of options. One can install third-party themes (visual styles), icon packs, transformation packs, new logon screens, and third-party customization software. Among all these, installing a new visual style is the most popular one. Users who are bored with the default Windows 7 [...]
3 Comments | Tags: Customize Windows 7, Visual StylesHow To Open Hidden System Reserved Partition In Windows 7
Posted December 27, 2011 – 9:25 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesUsers who have performed a clean install of Windows 7 on a empty or new hard disk would know that Windows 7 setup creates a 100 MB reserved partition before installing Windows 7 on a new hard disk. The partition contains boot files and Windows Recovery Environment files, and doesn’t allow you delete this partition, [...]
1 Comment | Tags: Freeware for Windows 7, PartitionFix: Hide Protected Operating System Files Option Missing In Folder Options
Posted December 27, 2011 – 6:27 pm in: Windows 7 Guides, Windows 8 GuidesIn Windows, files with the hidden and system attributes are not viewable by default. These hidden files are not viewable even if the show files and folders option is enabled in Folder Options. To view these files, one needs to disable hide protected operating system files under View tab in Folder Options. Recently, [...]
No Comments | Tags: Fix, Folder Options, Repair Windows