Windows 7

Windows 7 Backup and Restore tool lets you take periodic backup of all your data (libraries, folders), including creating a system image, automatically. A system image is an exact copy of the drives, that are required for Windows to run, in case you end up with a hard disk failure or your computer crashes. (more…)

So you have a slideshow running on your Windows 7 desktop, with all your favorite wallpapers. You have set the slideshow to rotate the desktop backgrounds every 10 minutes or so. Sometimes you just don’t want to wait for the slideshow to change your wallpaper, you quickly want to refresh your desktop with a new background. (more…)

Consider a scenario where you are trying to send a print job to a shared printer from your Windows 7 PC. Is the print job constantly failing? This situation arises for printer drivers based on Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS) or XPSDrv drivers. The reason for the print job failing could be due to a wrong setting for the printer under consideration. Here are the steps for correct configuration, as given by Microsoft KB980871. (more…)

When you try to pair your older Bluetooth mobile phone from within Windows 7 running on a lower end processor such as Intel Celeron or AMD Sempron, you may come across a situation wherein the pairing is not successful. Microsoft has acknowledged this problem, and provided a possible resolution for it. (more…)

Aero Peek is a Windows 7 feature which lets you preview your desktop by simply hovering your mouse over the right edge of the taskbar. This is very useful, to get a quick glance at one of your desktop gadgets such as a feed reader, weather monitor, etc. Sometimes you may want to turn off Aero Peek when your laptop is running on battery, or wish to change it’s delay time for avoiding accidental ‘Peeks’. (more…)

After downloading and using some of the official Windows 7 theme packs such as 7up, Avatar, Twinkle Wish, Samsung Winter Sports, Valentines Day and so on, you might be wanting to create a theme of your own using your vacation or party pictures. Or simply you may want to create a theme using only your favorite wallpapers taken from Windows 7 default Aero and regional themes. In this article we give the steps to create your own theme pack in Windows 7. (more…)

Now that Windows 7 RC is approaching the bi-hourly shutdown phase(March 1st 2010 onwards), any one who is looking to try this OS is left without an option, except to buy a copy. However, Microsoft has recently started a demo website for Windows 7 Professional version, letting every one take a test drive, without any registration. (more…)

If you are a Net book owner, chances are that your machine might not have an optical drive. So in scenarios where you want to install Windows 7, Windows Vista, or even Windows XP, you need to create a bootable USB flash drive. We already have posted the manual steps to install Windows 7 from USB drive, and also featured the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool released by Microsoft. (more…)

When you update an application in Windows 7, sometimes you may have noticed that the program icon suddenly disappears from the Taskbar Notification area. This is because the icon gets moved to the hidden overflow area, which is accessible only when you click on the ‘Show hidden icons’ arrow (the ‘UP’ arrow). (more…)

The Winter Olympics are taking place in Vancouver this year. Microsoft has released the official theme pack of Samsung Winter Sports. This theme comes with 3 background wallpapers of beautiful white snowy mountains. Recently a Valentines Day theme was released in the online Windows 7 personalization gallery. (more…)