So how to keep windows laptop up and running when you close the lid?

Click on the power icon on the right side of windows taskbar and click on More power options.

Click on Change plan settings on the selected power plan. Click change advanced power settings.

In the power options window, expand Power buttons and lid and Lid close action.

Change it to Do nothing on both On battery and Plugged in based on your preference.

Click Ok. Now you should be able to enjoy your laptop as the perfect desktop replacement.

This article is explained using Windows 7 and the content is applicable to Windows Vista also.

You can use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F2 to add a quick comment in any cell.

You can also edit, delete, show/hide comments by right clicking the cell and choosing appropriate commands.

So what’s the Keyboard Shortcut to repeat the same task that was last completed in Excel?

Just use they keyboard shortcut F4!

Lets say you deleted line 4-7 and now you see you want to delete 10 as well. Just use F4 to delete. And then you find you want to delete line 14, just use F4. I think you get the point!

This is true for any kind of formatting also, either row based or column based or cell based.

This applied to Office 2007, Office 2010 and may be in earlier versions.

This is a part of ‘Quick Keyboard Shortcut in Office’ series. Stay tuned for more!

So how to connect Windows 7 with external monitors or projectors?

Once you connect the DVI or HDMI cable, provided both the devices are powered on, Windows 7 should automatically duplicate the display in both the devices. If its not connected, try using the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + P.

You will get different choices like to duplicate, extend or projector only.

If you want to change the resolution of the display go to Windows –> Search for ‘Connect to External Display’. Here you can change the resolution of each display separately.

Tip:

If you are using this method to watch videos from Netflix, use it in projector mode only. By this method, only your HDTV or HD monitor is set and thereby you can get the best streaming quality. Netflix streams video based on the resolution of the computer monitor and your network speed!

So how to add motion loops and video backgrounds in PowerPoint?

Click Video from the Insert tab. Browse the video file and embed it at any location.

Using the edge points, resize the video so that it covers the whole slide page.

When you click the video, you will have new tabs for Video Tools. Under the Format tab, you can use the corrections to adjust the brightness and contrast. You can also change the color tone of the video by using the color button.

Under the Playback tab from Video Tools, set Start to Automatically, Check Loop until stopped and Rewind after playing boxes.

Right click on the video, and choose Send to Back. Now you will be able to see the areas where you can add text, insert image or embed even another video on top of this video.

You can also check this video for further instruction on how to add video backgrounds in PowerPoint.

Let us know where would you use a video background!

So how to enable the missing games in windows 7?

Go to Start –> Control Panel –> Programs.

Click Turn windows features on or off.

Check the Games folder. You may also selectively choose the games you want. Click ok.

It may take a while to install these new services and then you should be able to view the games explorer under start menu from Windows 7.

To uninstall, just go back and uncheck the games folder and click ok.

Facebook

But you can easily disable or hide applications in facebook, so no matter which friend of yours plays mafia wars or something, it will not crowd your facebook homepage.

So how to disable or hide mafia wars and other applications in facebook?

Hiding and disabling mafia wars in facebook is very simple and all that it takes is a simple click.

When you see an application or game in your facebook homepage that you don’t want to see it anymore, just hover the mouse over it and you will see a hide dropdown menu. You can click on Hide Mafia Wars or other as you choose.

Now your facebook homepage will be free of mafia wars!!!

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So how to capture steps to recreate the problem in Windows 7?

Go to Start and type Problem Steps in the search.

From the search under Control Panel –> click Record steps to reproduce a problem.

You will get a Problem Steps screen recorder.

Click Start Record and proceed with the steps that led to a problem or failure of a program.

It will record all the screen shots and each individual click that you made.

You can also add comment on each step by clicking Add Comment. This will open a window to highlight problems and comments.

When you click Stop Record, it will ask for a location to save the .mht (MHTML format) file which will be zipped. You can view this file in Internet Explorer.

You can view the steps clearly in the Problem Report page.

Each Problem Steps clearly explains the user interaction and the time. Below is an example of a recorded problem step.

At the end, it will also give additional technical details of each step.

You can also view the steps in a slideshow by clicking Review the recorded problem steps as a slideshow at the top.

Windows 7

So how to change the sounds of aero themes to Windows default sound or other?

Right click on the Desktop and click Personalize. Choose the theme that you want to apply. Here I have chosen United States theme and you it comes with the Delta sounds option.

Click the Sounds and under the Sounds Scheme, you can chose a different one like Windows Default. Click Ok.

This will create a new theme and will show up as Unsaved theme. You can use the save theme link to save as a customized theme.

So how to delete or remove recycle bin from desktop in Windows 7?

Here you can see that recycle bin does not have delete option on the right click.

Go to Start –> Control Panel –> Appearance and Personalization –> Personalization. (Or you can right click on the desktop and click Personalize)

On the left side bar, click on Change desktop icons.

From the Desktop Icon Settings, you can select or unselect the icons you want or don’t want. If you don’t want Recycle Bin on the desktop, just uncheck the icon.

Click Ok.

So how to recover recycle bin icon to desktop or appear again in Windows 7?

If you want to restore any other icons at any time like My Computer, Network, User, Control Panel or Recycle Bin, just go back to the option and check it.