Category: Windows 7

The Windows Sound Recorder included in Windows 7 can record sounds from your input audio devices like microphone or line in cable and save the recording in the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. If you think that the users are wasting their time by recording the sound too much, then you can disable the Windows Sound Recorder.

When you insert a removable disk like CD/DVD drive, Windows starts the autoplay wizard. Windows searches the removable disk for its contents and suggests an appropriate action. If you do not like this feature, then you can disable it.

If you have installed the English edition of Windows 7, but you also want to type in your own regional language like Thai, Hindi, Malay, Hebrew etc., then you can add the language of your choice as an input language.

When you right-click on the Windows Desktop, you see a pop-up menu which shows various options you can choose. You can also add your own custom shortcut to an application, a command or website URL to the right-click menu of the Desktop.

Remote Desktop Connection allows you to sit at a computer and connect and use a remote computer in a different location. For someone to be able to connect to your computer through Remote Desktop, you must have enabled Remote Desktop connections on your computer. Although Remote Desktop is turned off in Windows 7 by default, but you can turn it on easily.

Windows 7 allows you to hibernate the computer. Putting your computer in the hibernation mode saves power and lets you quickly resume back to Windows exactly as your left it when hibernating. Usually, you have to click on Start Menu and then choose option for hibernating the computer. But you can also create a shortcut right on your Desktop to hibernate your computer.

Windows 7 allows you to lock down your computer for a while when you have to go away. You can lockdown your computer by pressing the keyboard shortcut Windows logo key + L. But if you want to disable this Windows Lock functionality in Windows 7, then you have to follow these simple instructions.

If you cannot find an audio device in the Control Panel, then there is a possibility that it is disabled. Windows hides the disabled devices by default, so you cannot see them. But you can enable them using the instructions in this article.

Windows 7 allows you to use enhancements with your audio hardware devices. For example, you can make the speakers use various sound effects like loudness equalization, headphone virtualization etc. Using these enhancements consumes extra CPU power, making your PC slower. If you are using these enhancements, then you can disable all these audio enhancements to improve your PC performance.

How a music file is played in a Windows 7 based multi-media computer, depends on how you have configured your speakers connected to the computer. The speakers may be configured as simple stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 surround sound etc. (depending on the capabilities of your audio hardware). Here is how you can change the configuration of the speakers in Windows 7.