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Windows 7 Taskbar and Notification area (system tray)
Show or hide the clock from the taskbar
Show or hide the volume icon (sound speaker) from the taskbar
Mute speakers + Adjust Volume Mixer sound level
Show or hide icons from the taskbar
Unpin or pin a program to the taskbar
Move the taskbar (to top of screen, sides, or back to bottom)
Resize the taskbar (and show date next to time!)
Show small icons or use large icons for taskbar buttons
Customize taskbar buttons settings
Automatically show or hide the taskbar
Show days of the week in the taskbar
What is Aero Peek? Enable or disable Aero Peek
Enable / Show Quick Launch Taskbar
Hide the date from the taskbar
Unlock or lock the taskbar: enable or prevent moving / resizing
Make the taskbar look like Windows XP or Windows Vista
Change the time on your computer (system clock)
Change the date on your computer (system clock + taskbar calendar)
Change your time zone (system clock date and time settings)
Change the first day of the week (when weeks start)
Show a second + another clock (add multiple clocks / several time zones)
Prevent the clock from automatically adjusting time (Daylight Saving Time settings)
Show military time (24 hours) in the system clock
Change your Country setting (Current Location)
Change the language on your computer
Windows 7 Start Menu
Where is the start menu?
Add a program to your start menu (pin programs)
Remove / hide a program from the start menu (unpin programs)
Pin / add a web page (website) to your start menu
Create & add a folder in the start menu
Customize the start menu: change options and edit settings
Show or hide recent programs in the start menu
Make the start menu use large icons or small icons
Hide or show the "Run" command on the start menu
Show or hide recent files and documents from the start menu
Show my pictures on start menu (as button or menu)
Add a shortcut to the desktop (or other user folders) on the start menu
Show your IE Favorites on the start menu
Show the Control Panel as a submenu on the start menu
Hide or show default programs from the start menu
Hide or show / add Devices and Printers on the start menu
Hide or show My Documents on the start menu (open folder button / browse files menu)
Show your games on the start menu (as a button or submenu)
Hide Games from the start menu
Automatically sort programs by name (alphabetically) in the start menu
Reset the start menu options (restore to "Use Default Settings")
Change what the Power button does
Run a program as Administrator (using start menu or right-click shortcut)
Put a shortcut to a program on the desktop (using the start menu)
Change the name of a program on the start menu (rename shortcuts)
Make a program start minimized or maximized (using start menu shortcut properties)
Open the start menu for All Users
Location of the start menu: open as folder in Windows Explorer
Appearance and Personalization
Change screen resolution
Create custom screen resolutions
How to get to the Control Panel
Enable, change, or disable your screen saver
Show menus on the correct side of the screen (right of mouse cursor)
Hide/show underlined letters shortcuts on menus
Enable or disable transparency (Aero theme)
Change the colors of windows / start menu / taskbar (Aero theme)
Change font smoothing anti-aliasing options (Adjust ClearType text settings)
How to add fonts
Change theme (Standard Windows themes)
Switch to Classic Theme (Turn off Aero effects)
Download Windows 7 Themes (Free themes)
Install a theme
Save a theme (Custom Windows themes)
Where are custom themes stored? Themes folder location
Backup themes / Export and use a theme on another computer
Uninstall / Delete a theme (Remove from your computer)
Where is the sound folder? (System sounds "Media" folder location)
Turn off / Disable the Windows Startup sound
Windows 7 Desktop
Hide or show desktop icons
Enable or disable "Align to Grid" desktop icons
Sort your desktop icons by name, size, item type, or date modified
Enable or disable Auto Arrange desktop icons
Change the size of desktop icons + create custom icon dimensions
Change the "My Computer" icon
Change the "Recycle Bin" icon
Restore your default desktop icons
Prevent themes from changing your desktop icons
Show/hide common desktop icons: Computer/User/Network/Recycle Bin/Control Panel
Configure Recycle Bin settings
Show multiple program windows at the same time (stacked / side-by-side)
Change wallpaper (desktop background): picture or solid color
Resize / move your desktop wallpaper: Fill, Fit, Stretch, Tile, Center
Automatically change (rotate) wallpaper desktop background picture
Find and download free Windows Wallpapers online (Windows 7 / Vista / XP)
Sidebar and Desktop Gadgets
Where is the sidebar? Are gadgets gone in Windows7?
Download the Windows 7 Sidebar to organize your desktop gadgets
Hide gadgets / show gadgets on the desktop
Add gadgets to the desktop
Add / Get the Clock gadget for Windows 7 desktop + Customize settings
Weather Gadget for Windows 7: Add to desktop + Customize settings
Calendar Gadget for Windows 7: Add to desktop + Customize settings
Download postit notes gadget for Windows 7 desktop
Drag / move a gadget + Align gadgets and dock on the side of the screen
Show / customize desktop gadget options (Configure gadgets' settings)
Make a gadget stay above other programs (Floating "always on top")
Change a gadget transparency/opacity settings on desktop
Close / hide a gadget from your desktop (without uninstalling)
Download and install new gadgets
Uninstall a gadget (Delete / permanently remove from your computer)
Mouse pointers and Cursors
Customize / change mouse pointer (cursor) scheme / theme
Use a custom cursor file (*.CUR or *.ANI) for pointer schemes / themes
Allow or prevent themes from changing your mouse pointers (cursors) scheme
Show or hide the shadow under the cursor (mouse pointer)
Make your mouse pointer go faster or slower (cursor move speed settings)
Hide your mouse pointer (cursor) while typing
Make the cursor (mouse pointer) larger and easier to see
Animate your mouse cursor movements ("pointer trails")
Change the number of lines your mouse wheel scrolls up/down
Switch / invert the right and left mouse buttons (reverse right-click button)
Change the double-click speed of your mouse button
Save a cursor scheme (custom mouse pointers theme)
Backup or export a custom cursor scheme (mouse pointers theme)
Transfer / import a custom cursor scheme (mouse pointers theme)
Rename or delete a cursor scheme (custom mouse pointers themes)
Make your cursor automatically move and go to default buttons
Change cursor blink rate / Prevent insertion point from blinking
Make your text insertion point (blinking cursor) thicker or thinner
Move your mouse pointer (cursor) with the keyboard ("MouseKeys")
Where are cursors stored? Location of mouse pointers folder
Make your mouse scroll automatically through pages / documents (Windows 7 / Vista / XP)
How to test and preview a cursor (mouse pointer)
Windows Explorer, Files, and Folders
Create a folder on the desktop or subfolder inside other folders
Rename a folder + Change the name of multiple folders at once
Change the name of a file + rename multiple files
Use a picture as folder preview file
Customize, restore, or change the icon of a folder
Delete a file / folder + how to restore deleted files / folders
Restore a previous version of a file
Select multiple files at once + Invert selection
Count the number of files that are in a folder
Count the number of files currently selected / Vista / XP
Count the total number of files in multiple folders (Windows 7 / Vista / XP)
Get the size of multiple files or folders / Vista / XP
Difference between file size vs. "size on disk" / Vista / XP
Quickly make a copy of a file + Create multiple copies
How to drag to create a shortcut to a folder or file
Send a file as email attachment through Send To menu
See when a file was created
How to open a folder in a new window (manually or automatically)
Remove Explorer from the taskbar
Hide or show drives and folders in Explorer (Navigation Pane)
Add a favorite folder to the left side in Explorer
Hide or show classic menus in Windows Explorer
Show content of files and pictures in Explorer
Add columns to sort files and folders in Explorer
Add shortcut to a folder on desktop
Make a folder appear in my Documents library
Create a zip file
Password-protect a zip file archive
Extract files from a zip file
Send a zip file as email attachment
Show or hide the checkboxes next to files and folders
Hide a folder and the files it contains
Show hidden files and folders
Prevent saving changes to a file
Show file extensions ("Hide extensions for known file types")
Change which program opens a file extension
How much free space is left on my hard drive? (Disk Usage)
Rename my computer
Working with Pictures
Resize a picture
Rotate a picture
Invert the colors of a picture
Crop a picture
Take a screenshot
Programs and Features
Change or set the default web browser
Set Internet Explorer as default browser
Set Firefox as default browser
Set Google Chrome as default browser
Set Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007/2010 as default email client
Set Windows Live Mail as default email client
Free: Download Windows Live Mail for Windows 7
Set Thunderbird as default email client
Free: Download Thunderbird for Windows 7
Uninstall a program (Delete / remove from your computer)
Uninstall Internet Explorer 9 from Windows 7
Remove / Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7
Uninstall / Delete Games from your computer
Force Windows 7 to close a program (kill process of unresponsive / frozen applications)
Run a program as a different user
Change the default text editor
How to get to Run (Run dialog to launch programs)
Keep windows maximized / force programs to open maximized
Printing and Printers
View a list of all installed printers and print drivers
Remove and delete a printer (Uninstall printers or print drivers)
Set or change the default printer
Force Windows 7 to print in black and white
Print only the first page of a document
Print only odd or even pages of a document
Print multiple copies of a page or document + Collate Settings
Print several pages on a same/single sheet of paper
Print in landscape mode / switch back to printing in portrait orientation
Print only a portion of a page or document (printing currently selected text)
Windows 7 Security, Safety, and User Accounts
Add new users (Create Windows user account profiles)
Enable or disable the Guest Account
Change your password (Add or remove user account passwords)
Change your profile picture (User account image)
Change the type of your account profile
Delete User Accounts (Permanently remove Windows profiles)
Login to Windows 7 as a different user (switch user profile without logging off)
How to quickly lock Windows (Lock your computer)
Configure User Account Control (UAC) settings
Unblock a blocked program
What is my user name? Find out your current username
Change your user name (Rename your profile)
Turn off / disable the firewall
Customize or turn off UAC Prompts
Windows 7 networking and File Sharing
Share drives, folders and files on the local network
Change the permissions of a shared file or folder
Access shared drives, folders, or files on your local network
Map as drive a shared drive or folder on your local network
Copy a shared file or folder from the local network to your computer
Make file transfers faster over the local network (Windows 7 / Vista / XP)
Error 0x80070035: "The Network Path Was Not Found" message
"Logon Failure: Unknown User Name or Bad Password" error message
View the current wireless network name
Disconnect from a wireless network
Check the status of a wireless connection
Change wireless network password
Check the security and encryption of a wireless connection
Make Windows 7 automatically re-connect to a wireless network
View available wireless networks in range
Prevent Windows 7 from automatically connecting to wireless network
Disconnect from wireless network
Join another wireless network
Always show wireless network icon taskbar
Permanently hide wireless network icon from taskbar
Windows 7 Maintenance and Performance
Check for updates (Download Windows Updates)
Customize Windows Updates settings (check, notify, download, install)
Make Windows 7 automatically download and install Windows Updates on your PC
Prevent Windows 7 from automatically installing Windows Updates
Disable + hide a Windows Update
Show and restore hidden Windows Updates
Uninstall Internet Explorer 9 from Windows 7
Disable / turn off Windows Updates
Allow or prevent users from installing Windows Updates on your computer
Create scheduled tasks using the Task Scheduler
Automatically run a program or launch / open a file
Setup a reminder (one-time notification or recurring alert)
Where are the Windows tasks you have created in Task Scheduler? (Windows 7)
Permanently delete or temporarily disable a scheduled task
Backup / export and import tasks from the Task Scheduler
Defrag hard drive + Configure defragmentation schedule
What graphics card / video card do I have on my computer?
What sound card do I have in my computer?
What is my Windows Experience Index / Vista?
How much memory (RAM) do I have installed in my computer
Do I have 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7 / Vista / XP?
What is my processor CPU clock speed?
What is my Windows serial number / product ID Vista?
What is my display / monitor maximum screen resolution? (Windows 7 / Vista / XP)
Miscellaneous Windows 7 Tutorials
Save a screenshot
Email a screenshot
Windows 7 Tutorial

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