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Category: Sidebar

  • Disable Auto Update Restart_win 7 tips

    Windows 7 automatic updates help to keep your computer secure and up to date with the latest bug fixes and security patches. It highly recommended that you have it enabled, but can be really annoying when it continuously nags you to reboot your computer. The good news it is very easy to disable the auto-restart using Local Group Policy Editor.

    This article will help you to disable Windows 7 auto update restart.
    Instructions

    1)Click the Start menu and type “gpedit.msc” (without quotes) in the search line and press the enter key. This will launch the Local Group Policy Editor.

    2)On the left side of Local Group Policy Editor, expand to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components. Then scroll down and select Windows Update.

    3)Double click “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations” option. In the properties window that appears, change the option from “Not Configured” to “Enabled“. Click “OK” and close Local Group Policy Editor. Windows will no longer prompt you to restart after automatically installing updates.

  • Windows 7 Tips- Disable Aero Snap

    Disable Aero Snap (and Switch Among Open Windows More Quickly)

    Sometimes, automatic actions that are meant to be helpful can turn out to be frustrating if they aren’t doing what you are really trying to do.

    Likewise, you might want to disable Aero Snap—the feature which automatically snaps windows to a certain size and position when you drag their title bars on the desktop.
    Instructions

    1) Click the Start button to open the Start menu.

    2) Type ‘mouse‘ in the Search Files And Programs box.

    3) Select Change ‘How Your Mouse Works‘ from the list of items that are found.

    4) Select the checkbox for the option ‘Prevent Windows From Being Automatically Arranged When Moved To The Edge Of The Screen‘.

    This way we can disable Aero Snap.

  • Windows 7 Tips – Vista Style Sidebar

    Add the Vista Style Sidebar Back to Windows 7


    INFORMATION:
    This article will show you the way to get the Vista style side bar on your Windows 7 PC.

     

    Copy Files from Vista

    Note: In this example we are using 32-bit versions of Vista and Windows 7. Make sure you are logged in with Administrator credentials.


    If you have a Vista machine running, we can copy the Windows Sidebar files over to the Windows 7 machine. On the Vista machine navigate to C:\Program Files and copy the Windows Sidebar folder and all of its contents over to a flash drive or network location.

    On the Windows 7 machine go to C:\Program Files and rename the Windows Sidebar folder to something like Windows Sidebar_old.

    Now copy the Vista Windows Sidebar folder into C:\Program Files.

    Now you will have both folders…Windows Sidebar and Windows Sidebar_old in your C:\Program Files folder.

    Right-click on the desktop and select Gadgets.

    The Original Vista Sidebar is back and will act as it did in Vista.