Those who have been following Into Windows for a long time might already know that the end user can’t replace the awesome Windows 7 boot animation (boot logo) with a custom one.o A few months back Microsoft’s Engineering Windows 7 blog detailed why Windows 7 doesn’t let end users customize the boot animation and boot […]
Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista and was released in October 2009. Windows 7 is stable, smooth and highly polished compared to Vista. The end of support is January 2020.
How To Move Installed Apps From One Drive To Another In Windows 7
There are times when your primary drive (read it as Windows and programs drive) starts running out of free space. Even though you can free up some space by cleaning all junk files and uninstalling unnecessary programs, moving installed programs from the primary drive to another drive is a good solution. If your Windows […]
How To Prevent A User From Changing Logon Password In Windows 7
If you have setup password protected user accounts on your machine to your family members or friends, you can prevent other users from changing their user account passwords in Windows 7. For instance, you have created a new password protected account named “Friend” for your friend on your PC. By default, the Friend account […]
How To Restore Windows 7 Firewall To Default Settings
The Firewall in Windows 7 helps you prevent malicious software from gaining access to your PC through the Internet or a network. Unlike previous versions, Windows 7 gives you access to the advanced firewall settings through the control panel applet. Windows Firewall with advanced security is designed for administrators of a managed network to […]
How To Prevent Users From Changing Theme In Windows 7
In Windows 7, changing a theme (themepack) is very simple even for a novice user. So, if you are sharing your user account with your family members or friends, you might want to prevent others from changing your favorite theme. You can use any of the two methods given below to prevent others from […]
How To Display Windows 7 Build Number On Desktop
When Windows 7 Beta and RC builds were released back in 2009, users used to remove the evolution copy and build number watermark from the desktop. These days, users have been asking us how to display the Windows 7 RTM build number on desktop! As we all know, Windows 7 RTM build number is […]
How To Clear The Windows Paging File At Shutdown
There have been several free tools and guides available to clear the Windows paging file (pagefile.sys). Although disabling the page file (virtual memory) is not recommended, many users disable it to save some disk space. But we don’t recommend disabling this feature as it will affect the overall system performance. You might want to automatically […]
How To Always Hide/Show Notification Area Icons In Windows 7
By default, Windows 7 hides all icons present in the system notification area except Action Center, Network and Volume Mixer icons. This feature is very handy especially for those who would like to keep the notification area clutter free. The notification area can be expanded by clicking the tiny arrow icon present at the extreme […]
Personalization Panel For Windows 7 Starter And Home Basic Editions
Users who have been using Windows 7 Starter or Home Basic edition for a while now probably have noticed that these editions come only with basic personalization features. In other words, unlike Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions the Home Basic & Starter editions don’t come with Personalization panel. In fact, you can’t even […]
How To Disable Windows Search Feature In Windows 7
The search feature in Windows 7 is much faster and better because Windows 7 includes all the performance improvements from Windows Search 4.0, a new Windows technology that indexes all the files on your PC, as well as several other significant new performance improvements. You can also improve the search feature by adding new locations […]
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