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How to Change Icon for Libraries in Windows 7

2009-02-02T20:44:00.001+05:30

Technorati Tags: Windows 7 In Windows 7 MS has introduced a new concept of libraries which makes managing music, pictures and documents a breeze for a typical windows user.Now with the help of this tutorial you can change the default icons of your libraries.In this tutorial we will change the icon of Documents Library.The default icon of Document library is(see screenshot below) : We are

First look at Microsoft IE 8 RC1 and Download Link

2009-01-28T18:54:00.001+05:30

First Look – Microsoft quietly released the first update to its IE8 beta 2 to its closest partners last week. This new version is marked as “Release Candidate 1” and is expected to be the final IE8 pre-release update Microsoft intends to make available to the public sometime in the first quarter of 2009. TG Daily was able to take the browser for a first spin: We noticed that Microsoft made

How to Add Delete Folder Contents to Right Click Context Menu in Windows Vista / Windows 7

2009-01-26T20:43:00.000+05:30

With the help of this tutorial you can add the option Delete Folder Contents to the right-click context menu which appears when you right-click a folder.This would come handy at times when you want to delete all the files inside a folder and all it’s sub-folders without deleting the folders themselves. Here’s how you can do this: Click on Start button, type regedit in the search box and

Turn on Sidebar with UAC disabled in Windows 7

2009-01-24T23:20:00.002+05:30

If you have Windows 7 Beta installed with UAC disabled you might run into problems while trying to load gadgets onto your desktop.You can enable the UAC in order to use Sidebar.But if you don't wanna turn on that nagging UAC and still love those tiny useful gadgets you can bring them aboard by following these steps: Click on Start button, type regedit in the search box and hit enter. In regedit

How to Enable or Disable Taskbar Thumbnail Preview in Windows 7

2009-01-16T14:39:00.001+05:30

Posted on Jan 16, 2009 Follow the steps given below to disable the Thumbnail Previews: 1. Click on start and type on search bar gpedit.msc and press enter2. Now navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar in left pan of Group Policy Editor 3. Locate “Turn off Taskbar Thumbnails” in right pan of Group policy editor and double click on it.4. Select

How to Speed Up Taskbar Thumbnails in Windows 7

2009-01-14T17:32:00.003+05:30

Posted on Jan 14, 2009 Windows 7 brings a new enhanced Taskbar a.k.a Superbar, the most interesting changes made in the GUI. When you hover your mouse on the program icon, it shows the thumbnail previews of the program.You can change the delay time that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered over an item before that item's thumbnail preview is displayed. Here's how you can do this>>> 1.

How to burn ISO/IMG files in windows 7

2009-01-13T13:55:00.002+05:30

Posted on Jan 13, 2009 Windows 7 has now got a built-in Disc Image Burning Tool. Now we can easily burn ISO files using this tool. Though it doesn't support formats like Bin, Nrg and lots of others but atleast the widely used is now supported. Here's how you can do this>>> Double-click or right- click any iso file that you want to burn (make sure u've a blank cd/dvd media inserted in cd/dvd

Install Windows 7 via USB or SD Media

2009-01-12T19:53:00.001+05:30

Posted on Jan 12, 2009 So Windows 7 beta is out the door and you are ready to begin your beta experience. Over the next few months there will be additional builds for Windows 7 (x86 and x64) as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 and that leads to a lot of installs and a lot of DVD burning and useless DVDs as soon as a new build is out. So why not install from USB or whatever other removable

Windows 7 : Maximizing and Restoring Windows made easier

2008-11-02T13:53:00.006+05:30

Posted on Nov. 2, 2008 As Windows 7 making news all over the web about it's new features like Superbar (new taskbar), Jump lists and the Ribbon interface etc.,i decided to try it out and i am quite satisfied with the OS as it is performing so well being in the pre-beta stage. One cool feature that i found in Windows 7 is that now we can maximize a window just by dragging it to the

Google Preview Add-On For Firefox

2008-09-09T14:19:00.002+05:30

Posted on Sept. 9, 2008 Mozilla Fiefox is known for a large number of Add-ons that makes the best browser even better.In the long list of those powefull Add-ons, here comes another one GooglePreview 3.13. The GooglePreview 3.13 shows preview thumbnail images of websites you are searching on your google and yahoo searches. It not only makes the searches look better but can help you make a better

Creating, Installing & Managing Google Chrome Themes

2008-09-09T13:53:00.001+05:30

Posted on Sept 9, 2008 As of now, Google Chrome BETA does not support themes officially and provides no way to manage them, However, free software are now available to easily create, install and manage themes for the browser. Xchrome Theme Manager is the first and only software currently available to install and manage Google Chrome Themes, The free software is still in BETA but lets you

Sign in With GMail, Yahoo or any other email A/C in Live Messenger

2008-09-08T21:39:00.000+05:30

Posted on Sept 8,2008 With the help of this Tutorial you can sign in to Windows Live Messenger using your Gmail, Yahoo or any other account, no need to install any other Messenger.Let us see how its done, For example say you want to use your Gmail as Windows Live ID and you want it to use for Windows Live Messenger. Go to Windows Live ID or just Windows Live ID which will take you to the link.

Fix: Dragging a Folder does not create Shortcut in Favorite Links in Vista

2008-09-08T12:53:00.002+05:30

Posted on Sept. 8, 2008 In Windows Vista we have got Favorite Links under Windows Explorer where we can place shortcuts to folders for easy access. But I've seen a problem on some vista pc's where when i tried to create a link for a folder by dragging it in the Favorite Links area, the whole data inside that folder including sub-folders were moved to the Links folder which was not supposed to be.

Add Your Favorite Program Shortcut in IE 8 toolbar

2008-09-07T18:00:00.011+05:30

Posted on Sept 7, 2008 This tutorial will show you how to add your favorite program shortcut in IE 7/ IE 8 toolbar. You can add any program you want. In our example we will be using CCleaner which can be used for removing cookies, url history, temporary internet files, recent typed url's etc. etc. Here's how you can do this>>> First install CCleaner. Download CCleaner icon from here. Extract

How to Customize Quick Access toolbar in MS Word

2008-09-06T18:44:00.000+05:30

Posted on Sept 6, 2008The design of Word 2007 is significantly different from previous versions of Word. So it is understandable that frequently used commands are difficult to find.Long-time users of Word may find the Ribbon disorienting. But the Quick Access toolbar puts important commands a mouse-click away. When you install Word 2007, only three commands appear on the Quick Access toolbar:

Remove Shutdown options from Vista Start menu

2008-09-06T10:40:00.000+05:30

Posted on Sept 6, 2008 In this tutorial i'll show you how to remove the Shutdown, Hibernate, Sleep and Restart options from the start menu in case you don't want them to be there and also from the Windows Security screen which appears when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del. Here's how you can do this>>> Click on the Start button. Type gpedit.msc in the search box and hit Enter. Click Continue to

New Aero_Redefined theme for Windows Vista

2008-09-04T14:32:00.006+05:30

Posted on Aug 4, 2008 I've created a new Aero_Redefined theme for Windows Vista keeping in mind the simplicity of the default windows Aero. It does not contain any special stuff but has a sober and elegant shellstyle that may suit your liking. As it's my first theme, tell me how is it by giving some comments which would help me in doing better in future. How to install>>> 1.To

How to Hide video, audio or doc files in a single image file

2008-09-02T22:25:00.004+05:30

Posted on Sept 2, 2008 Today i'll show you a cool trick of hiding any video, audio or document files inside a jpeg.With the help of this trick you can hide your personal files like word documents, videos, audio files etc.in a single image which you can put in anywhere, say, in your wallpapers. Lets see what i'm talking about: Here's how you can do this>>> Choose the files which you wanna

Eight ways to save time with Windows Vista

2008-09-01T14:06:00.000+05:30

Posted on Sept 1, 2008 Windows Vista comes with loads of features that can help save you time, especially with tasks that you perform regularly. Try out these tips and see how much time you can save Send an email straight from your desktop If there’s someone you often send mail to, you can add a shortcut to your desktop to create a new email. Make a new shortcut and type in mailto: followed

Make your Desktop Background permanent in Vista

2008-09-01T12:45:00.001+05:30

Posted on Sept 1, 2008 If you like your desktop background wallpaper and don't want anybody to change it then this tutotrial will be useful for you. The tutorial consists of two steps: 1. Removing the Desktop Background option from the Personalize appearance and sounds screen. 2. Disabling the Set as Desktop Background option which appears on right-clicking an image. But before doing that

Evolution of the taskbar in Windows 7 - “Superbar”

2008-08-30T14:42:00.008+05:30

Posted on Aug 30, 2008 Some of you with a sharp eye might have noticed something very interesting on-screen during the Windows 7 multi-touch demonstration at the D6 conference yesterday. If you did, you might be curious to understand what you saw. If you didn’t, read on anyway. Update: The new taskbar is superficially called the “Superbar”. Picture credit: Gizmodo The picture above comes

Access Windows Registry through Explorer Shell in Vista

2008-08-30T12:12:00.008+05:30

Posted on Aug 30, 2008 We all know how important Windows Registry is when it comes to tweak settings in windows. We use it to customize the way windows works. To make any changes in registry we have to run Registry Editor which can be done in many ways. But there is an alternative of not going to Registry Editor and that is the Windows Vista Registry Shell Namespace Extension.This Shell

Tweak the Recycle Bin Context Menu in Vista

2008-08-29T12:06:00.005+05:30

Posted on Aug 29, 2008 With the help of this tutorial you will learn how to add a program of your choice to the Recycle Bin context menu for easy use in Windows Vista. As an example I will be using the program TuneUp Utilities. Here's how you can do this>>> Click on the Start button. In the search box, type regedit and hit Enter. Click Continue to bypass button the UAC prompt. In regedit,

Intel shows off 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs at IDF

2008-08-28T09:11:00.001+05:30

Posted on Aug 28, 2008 San Francisco (CA) – You can’t have enough RAM, as is often said in the computer world, and Intel has demoed 16 GB RAM sticks at its Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The RAM is made by Hynix and uses technology from MetaRAM to stack all the individual DRAMs onto the stick. Intel reps showed off the memory inside a number crunching server that was populated with 10

IE8 Beta 2: Great new features, old annoyances

2008-08-28T08:51:00.000+05:30

Posted on Aug 28, 2008 Useful new features It is obvious that Microsoft’s IE engineers had some innovation pressure from some management levels above and there are, in fact, a few interesting features. First, there is finally a “Find on this Page” feature you can actually use, since it is placed in its own field below the address bar. Searching web pages for certain words or phrases is