Category: Windows 7

In the older versions of Windows (prior to Windows XP), the Recycle Bin was present in the My Computer. But later it was removed. If you are used to the old way of Windows and want the Recycle Bin back in the Computer folder, you can follow these instructions.

The newer LCD monitors are great, only they do not display text as good as their older CRT counterparts. But you can make them display text more smoothly and in a more readable way by using the ClearType technology of Windows 7. This is how you can tune ClearType to suite your taste in Windows 7

When you open a document in a program, Windows 7 stores it by default. When you right click on a taskbar pinned icon or a program in the Start Menu, a list of opened items through that program is shown. For example, when you right-click on the Windows Explorer’s pinned icon in the taskbar, it shows a list of previously opened folders.

By default, Windows 7 hides all the unused icons and notifications from the system tray

The command prompt window in Windows is the most favorite amongst geeks. If you often use the command prompt window, then you can create a shortcut to the command prompt window on your Desktop.

You can add the Desktop toolbar to the Windows taskbar in Windows 7 to access all the shortcuts on your Desktop from the comfort of the taskbar. The Desktop toolbar opens up into a menu containing all the shortcuts on your desktop including the Computer folder too.

If you have many windows open and you are tired of switching between them one by one, then you can choose to see them all at once. If you want to see all the windows all at once, then you can choose to see them all side-by-side in Windows 7.

You may have the Task Manager disabled in your Windows 7 installation. This may be because of many reasons. For example, a malware can infect and disable the task manager in your Windows 7 installation. But you can easily enable it again.

Did you want to find out about your computer system more? Windows 7 has an in-built tool, msinfo32, which can show you all the information including hardware, software, peripheral components etc. This is how you can run msinfo32 and view your system information.

Windows 7 highlights newly installed programs in the Start Menu using pale yellow color. This can be useful feature to instantly know where your newly installed program’s shortcuts are but you can disable it if you want to.