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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

    Prevent Windows 7 From Automatically Rebooting after Installing Windows Updates
    Windows updates force the OS to shut down after they install. This can be troublesome many a times when you don’t want to restart your PC because of some work which is ongoing. So here is how to get rid of Reboot of Windows after Windows update Installation.
    To prevent Rebooting a registry tweak must be done. Here are the steps:
    1. Click Start Orb 
    2.Go to Run & type regedit.
    3. In regedit, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Polices\Microsoft\Windows 
    4. In the left pane, right click on Windows, and click on New Key, then type WindowsUpdate
    5. In the left pane, right click on WindowsUpdate, and click on New Key, then type AU 
    6. In the right pane of AU, right click anywhere and select New DWORD 32-bit Value, then type in NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers. 
    7. Right click NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers & click Modify, then type its value as 1 and press enter.
     
    8. Close regedit.
    9. Restart the computer.

    Now Windows won’t restart once you install updates.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    On Screen Keyboard

    Working online and using your Internet Banking Facility, Key logging Software’s can take out your password the moment you type them and further misuse them. 

    You can simply take advantage of On screen Keyboard utility provided by Microsoft to type without using keyboard. It will bring a keyboard on your desktop and you can use your mouse pointer to click to type any key. 

    How to get it? 
     

    1. Use Win+R key to get Run dialog box
    2. Write “OSK” and press enter.
    3. Your Onscreen Keyboard is at your service.
    Alternatively you can find the same in 
    “StartMenu->All Programs->Accessories->Ease of Access->On screen Keyboard”.

  • 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

    Lock The Screen Shortcut
    To Lock Screen in Windows 7 you have to press the Windows Key + L to lock it, now. The screen would be locked and password protected in case you have one.

    In case you don’t like shortkeys or you keep forgetting them, there’s another option for screen lock.

    Simply create a new shortcut to 
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation and place it whenever you want.

    It will work same as Win + L combination, it use Mouse Click event instead of Keyboard Button press in Win + L Key combination.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Jump Lists Customization
    Windows 7 comes with a very handy feature called Jump list. This feature shows a list of related tasks & Recent documents of a process or shortcut icon which is in taskbar. You can view & customize it easily.
    1. Right click on any icon in the taskbar.
    2. It will show a list of related tasks to that application as well, Number of recent applications.
    3. If there is a shortcut you wish to see every time you open the Jump list of that application you can pin that as well to Jump list. Say for Windows Media Player you have recent shortcut of a movie and you wish it to appear permanently then you can pin it to the jump list.
    4. You can also customize number of Recent Items in Jump list.
    a. Right click on Start Button or taskbar (Super bar) of Windows 7
    b. Click on properties. It will pop up Taskbar & start Menu properties.
    c. Select the tab ‘StartMenu‘. This will bring Customize & Privacy options.
    d. Select Customize button there. 
    e. Select Number of items in Jump list from 10 to number you wish to.

    5. Also you can choose default settings if you wish to undo all the changes you have done.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    How to Remove “Folder Opens in New Window” Problem?

    There is an issue that whenever click any drive in windows is clicked it opens it in new window and then each every single folder opens in new window. In such cases following actions can be taken to solve the problem:
    1. Reset the folder options view
    Organize > Folder & search Options > General > Browse Folders > Select “Open each folder in same windows”
    2. Organize > Folder & search Options > View > uncheck Launch folder windows in a new process.
    3. Open Registry editor by typing “regedit” in Run dialog box and hit enter. Navigate to the key “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell”. On the right hand side pane there is a value named “Default” double-click on this value & Set the value to “none“. Once you make this change, your folders should instantly be back to normal. You must start explorer (Restart/Logoff) for changes to take effect.

    4. Get your Antivirus updated and thoroughly scan your computer as Virus may create an Autorun.inf file in each folder which may cause this problem as well.

  • 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

    How to Create Themes in Windows 7?

    In Windows 7 it is possible to personalize and customize windows 7 with self-made custom themes. Windows 7 has several default themes and you can create your own Windows 7 themes using the steps below. Also there has been launch of Several Official Themes from Microsoft time to time.
    A theme pack contains following things:
    • Desktop Wallpaper
    • Screen saver
    • Sounds
    • Slide shows
    • Color of the theme
    • Mouse Pointers
    • Desktop icons

    And good thing about Windows 7 is you can customize all of these without pain.

    1. Right Click on your Desktop and Select Personalize from Context Menu
    2. Now click on desktop background to set background wallpaper of Theme.
    3. Click Browse to locate folder of wallpapers
    4. Select check images/wallpapers for slideshow feature in your theme & save changes.
    5. Set Windows color to change color of windows, background, and cursor for theme.
    6. Click on sound to change system sound default
    7. Click on Screen Saver to set screen saver for the Theme.
    8. After setting all the components of the Theme Pack click on save theme option in your personalization window.
    9. Enter theme name and select theme pack as save type

    10. Double Click on the theme pack to install it.