The Firewall in Windows 7 helps you prevent malicious software from gaining access to your PC  through the Internet or a network. Unlike previous versions, Windows 7 gives you access to the advanced firewall settings through the control panel applet.   Windows Firewall with advanced security is designed for administrators of a managed network to […]

There have been several free tools and guides available to clear the Windows paging file (pagefile.sys). Although disabling the page file (virtual memory) is not recommended, many users disable it to save some disk space. But we don’t recommend disabling this feature as it will affect the overall system performance. You might want to automatically […]

By default, Windows 7 hides all icons present in the system notification area except Action Center, Network and Volume Mixer icons. This feature is very handy especially for those who would like to keep the notification area clutter free. The notification area can be expanded by clicking the tiny arrow icon present at the extreme […]

Users who have been using Windows 7 Starter or Home Basic edition for a while now probably have noticed that these editions come only with basic personalization features. In other words, unlike Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions the Home Basic & Starter editions don’t come with Personalization panel. In fact, you can’t even […]

The search feature in Windows 7 is much faster and better because Windows 7 includes all the performance improvements from Windows Search 4.0, a new Windows technology that indexes all the files on your PC, as well as several other significant new performance improvements. You can also improve the search feature by adding new locations […]