Category: Windows 7

Windows 7 comes with a lot of bells and whistles. Windows Aero is one of those eye candies that make Windows look cooler. But Aero can make Windows slow and sluggish, if you do not have a very fast system. It can also put extra load on your GPU (graphic processing unit) card. If you are done enjoying Aero, you can disable it now for making Windows 7 even faster.

Windows 7 comes with a lot of eye candies. Windows Aero Shake is one of them. You can do jiggly jiggle with any window to minimize all other window quickly. This article describes how to use Windows Aero Shake to minimize any open window.

Windows 7 has a new feature called Sticky Notes. They are software version of paper sticker Post It notes which come in many colors. You can use them as a reminder for important events, meetings or tasks. You can paste them all over your Windows 7 desktop.

If you do not need a user account anymore, then you can either disable it or you can delete it. If you might want to delete that account from your computer, you will have the option to delete all the files associated with that account. You may also delete the account but keep the related files. This article tells you how to delete a user account in Windows 7. Only an administrator can delete or disable user accounts.

Microsoft has dropped support for legacy help files with .HLP file extension in support for newer .CHM files. As a result, you cannot open the .HLP files on Windows 7. If you double click on an .HLP file in Windows 7, you would see an Open with… dialog instead of the actual help file.

In Windows 7, you have a shortcut in the side panel of Start Menu labeled Documents. When you click on it a folder opens up. Normally this folder is %userprofile%Documents which expands to C:Users[username]Documents folder for most of the users, where [username] is your login username for Windows 7.

Windows Check Disk can be used to diagnose and repair hard disk and file system problems. These kinds of problems may arise after continuous use of the hard disk or when the operating system is not shut down properly like in the case of a power failure etc.

Aero Peek is a feature in Windows 7, which allows you to take a quick peek on your Windows desktop without actually switching to desktop. To use Aero Peek, move your mouse cursor on the rectangular area on the extreme bottom-right. If you do not like it, you can turn it off.

Windows enthusiats have found a hidden feature in Windows 7 – called God Mode. Using this feature you can access almost every setting of Windows 7 in one place. The little tool called – God Mode Creator allows you to create God Mode shortcuts automatically.

Windows 7 has a new feature called Shake. This feature enables you to shake out a particular window from a pile of windows when your desktop becomes cluttered with many open windows. Aero Shake is avalaible only in the following editions of Windows 7.