Windows 7

As Windows 7 has started to become popular, many users are looking forward to upgrade from Windows XP/Vista to Windows 7. Here is a quick overview of Windows 7 hardware requirements:

If you have recently upgraded from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7, you might be surprised to find your favorite Email Client Outlook Express (Windows XP) or Windows Mail (Windows Vista) missing!

Windows 7 has many new features, including desktop enhancements such as Aero Themes, Aero Shake, Aero Peek, the new Windows 7 Superbar, new keyboard shortcuts for increasing productivity, security enhancements such as Hard Drive and USB Flash Drive encryption using BitLocker.

Windows 7 has added some new Hotkeys/Keyboard Shortcut Keys to increase productivity of users. These Hot Keys include shortcuts for managing windows, for working with multiple monitors, for cycling through taskbar items easily etc.

Windows XP and Windows Vista users know how irritating it is to constantly see security alerts and other messages in the taskbar system tray. Windows 7 users are lucky because their OS has a new feature which lets you disable those annoying warnings/messages such as ‘Firewall turned off’,  ‘Automatic Updates turned off’ or ‘Restart your Computer’.

There are several freeware available to change Windows 7 Logon Screen Background, such as Windows 7 Logon Background Changer and Thoosje Windows 7 Logon Editor. Here is a another such free tool which lets you apply your own photo or picture as background for Windows 7 Login Screen.

Windows XP users do not have an easy way to copy a file or folder’s path to clipboard. You have to open the folder in Windows Explorer and copy it’s path from the address bar. This is a very tiring process, especially if you constantly need to copy and use file or folder paths.

It’s that time of the year when Santa is the most famous personality and shopping is the most favorite pass time. Yes it’s Christmas season. You must have already decorated the Christmas tree in your home. Why not decorate your new Windows 7 PC with a Christmas theme?

Windows XP mode in Windows 7 is a virtualization software that is freely available for Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions. This is intended to support compatibility of XP applications onto Windows 7 without any issues. The tool actually provides a licensed copy of Windows XP with SP3 in the form of Virtual Machine Hard Drive Image (VHD) format. Windows XP mode is useful…

No matter how hard you try, your computer’s Desktop tends to get cluttered with lot of shortcut icons, files, folders etc. For Windows XP users, there are tools such as the DeskDuster which sit’s in the system tray and gives right click access to show or hide desktop icons at will. Windows 7 users however do not need any such tools as Show/Hide Desktop Icons…