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  • Windows 7 Tips

    Windows Media Player 12 Customize Playlist
    Windows media Player Navigation pane by default shows only 5 recent playlists. This can be changed to show all playlists you have. 
    To do so switch to WMP library and right click on Playlists in navigation pane. 
    Here click on customize navigation pane which opens a popup where you can select to display “Recent 5“or “All” playlists.

    Further Video, Music, Synch options are available there.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Turn Off all Balloon Notifications
    Balloon notifications can be annoying many a times. Good thing is they can be disabled easily in Windows 7. To disable balloon tips in the notification area, follow these Methods:
    1. Using GPEdit (Group Policy Editor)
    This setting turns off the Balloon notification in the notification area using Group Policy editor.
    Open Run Dialogue Box (Win + R) and type gpedit.msc
    Navigate to Local Computer policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu & Taskbar in left hand side pane.
    Select Turn off all Balloon notifications setting from right side pane.
    Open it and enable it so that no notification balloons will be shown to the user.
    Press OK
    2. Using RegEdit (Registry Editor)
    Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
    Navigate to the following subkey: 
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
     
    Right-click the right side pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.
    Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0.
    Close Registry Editor.

    Note: To make changes to this setting effective, you must log off and then log back on.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Super Taskbar
    In Windows 7, the taskbar has become a super Taskbar. All things are @ tips and fewer clicks are required for access to anything. Features of Windows 7 Taskbar
    1. You can pin frequently used programs to the taskbar
    2. You can even pin a specific document to a program using Jumplist feature. Any frequently used document can be pinned to an application. Right click application icon in taskbar to access it.
    3.You’ll see live taskbar thumbnails of each open window so you can keep track of the files and programs you’re using and select them more easily. Rest your cursor on the thumbnail, and Aero Peek brings the full size window into focus.
    4. You can also close a window directly from the thumbnail preview window.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Sticky Notes Text Formatting
    The Sticky Notes application is a very simple and useful application in Windows 7. It can be used to keep notes of To-Do Lists etc.
    Launch StikyNot.exe and you can type notes at the keyboard
    Customization can be done by right clicking a note to change its color, clicking the + sign on the note title bar to add another note and clicking a note and press Alt + 4 to close the note windows.
    Notes are preserved even if you restart your Windows.
    Text in a sticky note can be formatted using the shortcut keys:

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Start Menu Customization
    Start Menu in Windows 7 can be customized according to user‟s need. All the items in Start menu can either be set as display link or set as menu. Apart from it there are several more things to configure.
    Steps are here: 
    1. Right click on Start Button or taskbar (Super bar) of Windows 7
    2. Click on properties. It will pop up Taskbar & start Menu properties.
    3. Select the tab “Start Menu“. This will bring you Customize & Privacy options.
    4. Select Customize button there.
    5. You can select the behavior of items in Start Menu. If you want them to behave as link, Menu or Icon.
    6. Behavior of items like my computer, Downloads etc. can be set.
    7. Also you can choose default settings if you wish to undo all the changes you have done.

    8. Click OK to apply the changes.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Show Desktop Icon in Windows 7
    Show desktop in Quick Launch till Windows Vista was a handy feature which was used to minimize all the open Windows. New users would find this feature not present at the same place in Windows 7 instead it has been provided at a different location.This feature has been named as Aero Peek.
    The new Show Desktop located on the bottom right of the task bar, it‟s not an icon, and instead it‟s a little bar now that is next to the Time/Date.
    There are 3 types of actions it can perform according to event performed.
     
    1. Mouse Hover: Show desktop & would bring back all Windows back when mouse is taken away i.e. a preview of Desktop and see through all Running Appz on your Desktop. Use Win+Spacebar to peek to desktop.
    2. Mouse Click: Minimize all Windows and show Desktop
    3. Mouse Re-Click: Open all Windows again after they have been minimized by first Mouse Click.

    This function can be achieved by pressing Win+D or Win+M Key combos to bring you to the Desktop. Also Quick Launch can be enabled in Windows 7 as well.

  • Windows 7 Tips

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    Set Ctrl+Alt+Del Options in Windows 7
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    Ctrl+Alt+Del have been one of the rescue Key combos since the Windows Evaluation. And during succession of Windows it has changed the offers and functionality it provides to user.
    In Windows 7 Ctrl+Alt+Del combo gives the following option
    • Change Password
    • Lock Computer
    • Task Manager
    • Logoff
    • Start task Manager
    However restrictions can be made on the above features using Group Policy Editor Setting. This setting may
    • Prevent users from locking the system
    • Prevent users from changing their Windows password on the Windows Security dialog box (which appears when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del).
    • Prevent users from starting Task Manager
    • This setting disables or removes all menu items and buttons that log the user off the system.
    Steps to disable any of the features:
     
    • Open Run Dialogue Box (Win + R) and type gpedit.msc
    • Navigate to Local Computer policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System in left hand side pane.
    • Select Ctrl+Alt+Del Options setting
    • Select any of the setting you want to enable from right side pane. (Enabling a setting means disabling the feature)
    • Open it and enable it.
    • Press OK

    A Reboot is required for the above setting to take place.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Rename Multiple Files at the same time

     
    Have a good number of files in your drive to rename? It gives plenty of time to rename all by one. Although you can save some time if you follow the steps to rename all files @ a go given below:
    Step 1: Open the folder where you have all the files you wish to rename
    Step 2: Select the files you wish to rename
    Step 3: Press F2 (Dell users press Fn + F2) or right click any one of the file in your selection and select rename option. Keep all the files are selected.
    Step 4: Rename one of the file amongst your selection.
    Step 5: You are done. All files have been renamed with a counter value different in each one of them.
    This trick can be used to rename multiple Files like Images of a particular occasion, files of particular genre etc.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Remove/Show Notify Area Icons
    You can always select which icons & Notifications you want to appear on the taskbar in Windows.
    Navigate to control panel, All control Panel Items>Notification Area Icons.
    Here you can select for which application you want to remove / show notification or Icon.
    Although it does not removes or loads and of the application in the memory. If you wish to tweak so that, the application to appear/disappear at startup you may require it to tweak through MSCONFIG.