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How To Repair Windows 7 System Files

Posted February 8, 2010 – 6:01 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks

There are many reasons behind a corrupted system file. If you are getting an error something like “file missing or corrupted” message in Windows, you should try to repair one or more system files first.

But before you try third-party tools to repair system files in Windows 7, you must try a effective command [...]

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Repair Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7 Without Installation CD/DVD

Posted February 8, 2010 – 5:29 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks, XP Tweaks

Unlike Windows 7, its prior versions Vista and XP don’t allow you create a system repair disc. Many of us don’t have an installation disc to repair our Vista or XP installations. If you are a Windows Vista user, you can always download the Vista Repair Disc for free to repair Vista boot and other [...]

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Windows 7 Start Orb Changer Lets You Quickly Change Start Orb

Posted February 6, 2010 – 9:51 am in: Windows 7 Tweaks

Most of the third-party Windows 7 visual styles that are available today come with a new Start Orb bitmap, but in order to get the new Start Orb you need to either edit or replace explorer file. If you are one of those who like to replace the default Start Orb with a custom one [...]

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Fix File Associations In Windows 7 With File Association Fixer

Posted February 5, 2010 – 7:08 am in: Freeware, Windows 7 Tweaks

File Association Fixer is a portable tool for Windows 7 and Vista that aims to fix corrupted file association with click. You can use this tool when you are not able to open one or more file types in Windows.

According to the developer, a corrupted Registry, caused either by a bad software or [...]

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How To Add New Locations To Windows 7 Search Index

Posted February 4, 2010 – 7:04 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks

Most of us use the Start menu search field to launch applications and Windows programs. But did you know that you can also use the same to launch your favorite audio/video file?
 
Although most of users have GBs of music and movies on their Windows 7 PC, many of them still not aware of the [...]

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How To Enable Disk Quota Management In Windows 7

Posted February 4, 2010 – 5:50 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks

Disk Quota is a handy feature available in Windows to limit the disk usage to each user on a multiuser PC. The feature lets you set the limit so that each user can utilize specified amount of disk space only.

As you might have guessed, you need to have Administrator rights to enable Disk Quota [...]

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How To Remove User Account Name From Start Menu In Windows 7

Posted February 1, 2010 – 7:37 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks

One of our reader has asked how to remove the username that appears at the top right of the Start menu in Windows 7? The solution is simple.

The username that appears in the Start menu is a link to your personal folder, which again provides quick access to your documents, contacts, videos, music [...]

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Tweak Windows 7 Services With SMART Utility

Posted February 1, 2010 – 4:48 pm in: Freeware, Windows 7 Tweaks

Most of the Windows users don’t know about Services. A service is a program or process that run the background and provides support to other programs. Many advanced users disable unused services to speedup Windows. If you are novice user, here is a smart tool to fine tune services in Windows 7.

SMART (Service Management [...]

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How To Hide Drives In Windows 7

Posted January 28, 2010 – 10:15 am in: Freeware, Windows 7 Tweaks

At time you might want to hide one or more drives in Windows 7 to secure your data from others. Although you can manually hide a drive in Windows by changing values in the Registry, the procedure is time consuming & is not recommended for the novice users.

So if you want to hide [...]

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Quickly Hide Taskbar In Windows 7 With Taskbar Eliminator

Posted January 27, 2010 – 6:27 pm in: Freeware, Windows 7 Tweaks

In the past, we have covered Taskbar Hider tool to help you hide/show taskbar in Windows 7 and Vista with a keyboard shortcut. Here is yet another similar tool to hide Windows taskbar quickly and easily.

Taskbar Eliminator is a small utility for Windows 7 and Vista that aids you hide Windows taskbar in a [...]

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