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  • Windows 7 Tips

    Remove Recycle bin in Windows 7
    Recycle bin from Windows 7 Desktop can easily be removed.
    How to Remove Recycle bin?
    • Click on Start and select Control panel.
    • Navigate to following address: Control Panel > All control Panel Items > Personalization
    • On left side pane Click on Change Desktop Icons
    • This would popup Desktop Icon Settings

    • Uncheck Recycle Bin
    • Press OK to Remove Recycle Bin with immediate effect.

  • Windows 7 Tools

    Windows 7 Tool: Problem Steps Recorder
    One of the most troublesome issues of troubleshooting is to find out exactly how it happened and for what. Obviously, some processes are non-recoverable. For them you cannot repeat the process and risk hardware just because a troubleshooter wasn’t able to understand where it had error. Here is a wonderful tool for Windows 7. A feature new to Windows 7, called Problem Steps Recorder looks to be the missing tool for documenting where it all goes wrong.
    The tool is just an advanced version of the screen capture software but with other in- depth functionality. It is kind of an automated Print Screen plus background documenting all the mouse clicks, key strokes and gathering some technical reading material, which are stored and saved as the results.
    You get them stored in a zipped MHTML report page which can be sent off directly to the help desk.
    How to Use Problem Steps Recorder?
    Go to Start Menu -> Run.
    Type and select psr.exe and ENTER.
    MHT document would contain all the screenshots recorded at particular events.

    Apart from Screenshots additional details which describe each and every event including the programs and UI are stored in the MHT file which can be later on used to troubleshoot the problem.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    New Autoplay Autorun options in Windows 7
    Whenever an external device is plugged in Windows it showed an Autorun options for choosing what happens when you insert it.
    It can be configured at Control Panel > Autoplay
    In order to help prevent malware from spreading using the Autorun mechanism, the Windows 7 engineering team made two important changes to the product:
    1. AutoPlay will no longer support the Autorun functionality for non-optical removable media. In other words, AutoPlay will still work for CD/DVDs but it will no longer work for USB drives.


    Before the change (left) after the change (right)
    2. A dialog change was done to clarify that the program being executed is running from external media.



    Before the change (left) after the change (right)
    Some smart USB flash drives can pose as a CD/DVD drive instead of standard ones. In this specific scenario, the operating system will treat the USB drive as if it is a CD/DVD because the type of the device is determined at the hardware level.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    How a USB drive can be disabled on a particular computer?

    To disable the access to USB port, in windows XP, Vista and Windows 7:
    1. Click Start, and then click Run. 
    2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry) 
    3. Navigate to the following registry key: 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor 4. In the right pane, double-click Start. 
    5. In the Value data box, change its value to 4, which was 3 and then click OK.
    To re-enable a disabled port:
    1. Click Start, and then click Run. 
    2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry) 
    3. Navigate to the following registry key: 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
    4. In the right pane, double-click Start.
    5. In the Value data box, change its value to 3, which you changed to 4 to disable the USB drive and then click OK.
    6. Quit Registry Editor.

    Now whenever a user will attach a USB storage device which is already installed in system, Windows will not detect it and it will not be shown in My Computer. However, disabling USB ports totally also disables the ability for Windows to use USB based keyboard, mouse, webcam, printer, scanner and etc., which are common devices for a computer nowadays and essential ones as well.

  • Windows 7 Tips

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    Get Vista like Taskbar in Windows 7


    <!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–>If you are new to windows 7 and not able to go along with it smoothly then here is an option that you can follow to get the Taskbar icons as the same we had in Vista. In Vista whenever we minimized an application (folder, word etc.) it is accessed by a tab @ taskbar which describes about process and has an icon as well. But in Windows 7 this thing has been replaced by an Icon so you can‟t get any text over there. 
    To get back the similar feel in Windows 7 do the following:
    • Navigate to taskbar & Right Click it.
    • Open taskbar properties.
    • Go to option taskbar Buttons.
    • Here you have 3 options: hide labels, combine and never combine
    • Choose the third one.

    <!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–>It would restore the Taskbar buttons like they were used to be in Vista.

    This is how taskbar would look like now.

  • Assign Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs

    How to Assign Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs?
    Application can be assigned a shortcut key in Windows 7. The application would launch when the combo of keys is pressed which you entered as the Shortcut Key for that application.
    To create Shortcut key for any application in Windows 7
    1. Right-click the program icon and select Properties.
    2. Select the Shortcut tab
    3. Click in Shortcut key textbox
    4. Enter the keyboard shortcut for that program.
    5. Press OK to exit.
    6. Use the Keyboard shortcut combo to launch the application.

  • Conhost.exe In windows 7

    What is conhost.exe and Why Is It Running?

    You might be wondering what is this process and why is it running in windows 7?

    Well, we have an answer.

    What Is It?

    The conhost.exe process fixes a fundamental problem in the way previous versions of Windows handled console windows, which broke drag & drop in Vista.

    It’s a completely legitimate executable as long as it’s running from the system32 folder, and is signed by Microsoft. Scanning your computer for viruses is never a bad idea, though. 

    Why Do I Need It?

    There was a problem with the way the console process works on previous versions of Windows—they are all hosted under the csrss.exe (Client Server Runtime Process) service. This process runs as a system privileged account.

    Checking out in Process Explorer under Windows 7 shows that the conhost.exe process is running underneath the csrss.exe process.

    The conhost.exe process sitting in the middle between CSRSS and cmd.exe allows Windows 7 to fix both of the problems in previous versions of Windows not only do the scrollbars draw correctly, but you can actually drag and drop a file from Explorer straight into the command prompt

    If you really want to be sure, check out the file properties for the conhost.exe executable, and you’ll see that the description says Console Window Host

    If you look at the details of the process from within Process Explorer, you’ll notice that the ComSpec is set to cmd.exe, a clear indication that it’s hosting the command prompt. 

  • Network (WORKGROUP) Shortcut -Windows 7


    How to Create a “Network (WORKGROUP)” Folder Shortcut in Windows 7
    Information
    This article will show you how to create or download a Network (WORKGROUP) folder shortcut in Windows 7.
    You can also Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, or move where you like for easy use.
    This article is made for Windows 7 only and may or may not work for Windows XP

    EXAMPLE:
    Network (WORKGROUP) folder
    HERE’S HOW:
    Create the “Network (WORKGROUP)” folder Shortcut
    1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.
    2. Type the location below into the location area, and click on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
    Code:
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /e,::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
    3. Type Network (WORKGROUP) for the name, and click on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE:
    You can name this anything you would like though.
    4. Right click on the new Network (WORKGROUP) shortcut on the Desktop and click on Properties.
    5. Click on the Shortcut tab, then click on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
    6. In the line under “Look for icons in this file”, type in the location below and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
    C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
    7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above and click on OK. (see screenshot above)
    NOTE:
    You can use any icon that you would like instead though.
    8. Click on OK. (see screenshot below)
    9. Move the shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    This article is made for Windows 7 only and may or may not work for Windows XP

  • Windows 7 – DISKPART at PC Startup

    Windows 7 – DISKPART at PC Startup
    This is an out-line of the methods to boot (start) the PC to open DISKPART so you can manipulate the Solid State Drive (SSD) or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) partitions before you start an installation or for any other reason.

    HERE’S HOW:
    Method One
    Windows 7 Full Installer
    1) In the BIOS set the boot order to boot first from the CD/DVD Drive, insert the Windows 7 installer DVD and restart the PC, at the first black/screen hit the space bar for the “Press any key … ” prompt, then at the “Language” screen hold the “Shift” key and hit the F10 hot-key to open a command window.

    2) In the command window that opens type diskpart to get started.
    To close the command window when finished type exit to leave diskpart, then exit again to close the command window and get back to the installer.
    Method Two
    Windows Repair CD
    In the BIOS set the boot order to boot first from the CD/DVD Drive, insert the created repair CD and restart the PC.
    1) At the first black/screen hit the space bar for the “Press any key … ” prompt, after the “Loading Files” screen, select your language, then it’ll do a search.
    2) Select the desired OS and click next.
    3) In the Choose a Recovery Tool dialog box click Command Prompt, in the command window that opens type diskpart to get started.
    When finished with diskpart type exit to leave diskpart, then exit again to close the command window.
    Then click Restart in the Choose a Recovery Tool dialog box that’s still open to finish up.