Category: Windows 7

Is your Windows 7 based system healthy ? Windows 7 allows you to generate a system health report which enlists various warning, problems, test results etc. This report not only enlists the problems but also suggests a resolution for that problem. This is very helpful in knowing and solving problems related to your Windows 7 based computer.

Suppose you are working on some folders and you have to shutdown Windows. Next time you would start Windows, the open folders windows (which were open at the time of shutdown) do not appear. If you want Windows to restore the previously open folder windows at the startup, then follow these easy steps.

If you are connected over a network and are using your Windows 7 computer, you can share your libraries with other users on that network. Windows 7 allows you to share your libraries with either read only access or read/write access.

Windows 7 allows you to create a calibrated display color profile to adjust the colors, contrast, brightness etc displayed by your monitor. This may help you being out the best in the way Windows 7 displays Aero effects and displays pictures. But on some computers, it may slow down Windows when you open pictures, photos etc. You can delete a calibrated color profile to get rid of this problem.

Normally, you have to go to the Control Panel to access the administrative tools like Service Manager, Event Viewer, Group Policy etc. But you can display all these tools in the Start Menu too. This way you can easily access these administrative tools from the Start Menu.

Windows 7 comes with many theme packs installed. But if you want to install new themes, you can install them very easily. Microsoft offers many new themes you can download in install in Windows 7.

By default, you have only seven or eight gadgets installed in Windows 7, for ezample, Clock, Weather, News and Calendar etc. If you want to install more gadgets, you can download them from Microsoft’s site and install them.

Although hibernation is a nice and useful feature in Windows 7, but it consumes considerable amount of space on your hard disk. If you do not use the hibernation feature in Windows 7, you can turn it off to save the disk space.

Windows 7 is keeping up with other operating systems like Ubuntu Linux which allow changing the logon screen backgrounds. You can change the logon screen background easily in Windows 7. I have described the manual method as well as an automatic tool to change the logon screen background.

Windows 7 lets you choose a time zone during Windows installation. But you can change the time zone even after the installation. You can change and select the time zone using a command line tool called Windows Time Zone Utility.