frank1n in DeviantArt has developed a nice software to change the start orb in both 32 bit and 64 bit version of Windows 7. Just download this 549 KB small software from his page and save it in your computer and follow the tutorial bellow. Step 1 After you have downloaded, unzip it to any place of your choice in your hard disc: You will get two folders, one exe file and one instruction file … [Read more...]
Windows 7 Tutorials
Latest Microsoft Windows 7 Tutorials with screenshots and step by step detailed instructions on how to do. Quite popular section, you will find many original ideas we realized and published which were copied and republished on other popular websites without any credit to us. We only maintain the category as Microsoft Windows 7 is old Operating System now. We have no Microsoft Windows 7 Tutorials section but these guides will mostly work with Microsoft Windows 8 as Microsoft Windows is Windows NT, which is ported version of OpenVMS Operating System. Author has nothing to do with Microsoft.
How to Install 3rd party themes in Windows 7
Probably you have seen, there are many third party themes available in different websites, forums. You have downloaded them, but cant find the way, how to install these themes. Here is how: 1.You have to patch three system files in Windows 7. These three files are uxtheme.dll, themeui.dll and themeservice.dll (in "%windir%\System32"). Note: The program will make Windows into … [Read more...]
How to install Microsoft Tinker game in Windows 7
Loved to play Tinker in Windows Vista Ultimate? Now Missing it? Ok,Microsoft heard us! Here is Tinker for Windows 7 ! Follow This Steps: Step 1: Games for Windows “ LIVE lets you connect to millions of other gamers just like yourself. But, to get started, you first have to create your FREE Games for Windows “ LIVE account. If you do not already have a Windows Live ID e-mail account, please … [Read more...]
Troubleshoot: Icons are not showing properly
The Icons in Control Panel or Start menu is not showing properly. Instead it shows peculiar icons like files those are not associated with any program. What should I do? Solution: You have to re build the icon cache database. Just follow this instruction step by step. You can take a print out of the page if you are not sure what are you going to do. 1. Close all folder windows … [Read more...]
How to Add Active User’s Name in Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu
You will end up with something like this one: 1. Click Start button. 2. Type "regedit" there (without quotes) like this screenshot: 3. Right Click over regedit link and select by clicking "Run as Admin.." 4. Accept the security prompt ( if appears). You will get this window: 5. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell : 6. Right Click over it and create a "New Key" : 7. Give … [Read more...]
Hide Any Drive on Microsoft Windows 7
Hiding any drive in Windows 7 / Windows Vista machine is very easy and simple. Follow the following steps to hide any drive on Microsoft Windows 7 / Windows Vista without any software: Step 1 * Click on Start and then select Run to open the run window. Alternately, you can press Windows key and R key together. * Type diskpart in the Run window and hit Enter key of your keyboard. Step 2 After … [Read more...]
Uninstall software in Safe Mode
After following this tutorial, you will be able to uninstall and remove softwares when you started your Windows PC in Safe Mode. If you have installed software on your computer and for any reason it gives you issues, the best thing to do is to uninstall it. But what happen if such a piece of software keeps restarting your Windows operating system or worst, disables certain services so that you … [Read more...]
Let your Computer say Welcome on startup
As of most tutorial written in this website, this tutorial will also not need any software. After reading this tutorial you will able to make your Windows 7 PC talk and greet you on every start up in the way you like. What we are going to do? We will make a VB script and place it in Windows 7 Start up folder. There after, every time you log in, a voice will greet you after the start … [Read more...]
Enable showing file extension in Windows 7
By default, you can not see the extension of the files inside Windows Explorer. For example, you cant make difference between an OGG file and MP3. Just see the example screenshot below: You can not see the file extensions in the above screenshot. But, you can easily enable Windows 7 to show the extensions. Also, to edit certain file types in Windows 7, showing the extension becomes very … [Read more...]
Enable Thumbnail view for PSD files
By default, You can not get the preview of Photoshop PSD files in Windows 7 Explorer. They will look like this Screenshot (The thumbnail you can see is of a PNG file): We will perform some trick to enable the thumbnail preview of these PSD files in Windows 7 without any need of softwares. Enable Thumbnail view for PSD files : Steps Download this open source dll file (new page will open). … [Read more...]