Category: Windows 7

If you access a folder very often to work on files in it, or save files in it, then you can add this folder to the Favorites group in the Windows Explorer for easy access. The Favorites group is shown at the top-right navigation pane in the Windows Explorer.

Usually, when your computer is shutdown in an improper way and next time you turn it on, the Windows checkdisk starts to check your disk(s) for errors. You can manage this check disk at boot time using the command chkntfs in Windows 7.

Windows 7 shows the clock in the bottom-right of the computer screen. This clock displays the local system time. Some people think it as a waste of screen space, as they can also see the time on the wall clock or wrist watch. If you want to hid this clock, here is how.

Many people do not like the taskbar sticking at the bottom edge (or any other edge) of their screen, as it is not used all the time. You can make the taskbar to show only when you need it. This way you can get more working screen. This is how you can auto-hide the taskbar in Windows 7.

Telnet is a program used to remote computers using the Telnet protocol. This protocol is not so popular now as it was in the old days of Windows. May be this is why it is not installed in Windows 7, by default. If you want to install Telnet in Windows 7, then you can follow these instructions.

Windows command prompt is the home of the geeks. Some of us do not like the default font used in the Windows command prompt. If you do not like it too, then you can change the command prompt font.

By default, Windows 7 shows all the windows and the text in the smallest size possible. If you find the text in windows difficult to read, you can adjust its size. Here is how you can adjust text size in Windows 7.

When you logon to Windows, open a window, close a window or some error occurs (and dozens of such events) a sound is played by Windows. Windows 7 comes with many such sound sets that you can change to, so that a different sound is played on such events.

Aero Snap is a new feature in Microsoft Windows 7. Aero Snap is available only if you have enabled Aero. Aero Snap allows you to quickly arrange the open windows. Here is how you can use Aero Snap in Windows 7.

Windows 7 has a new feature called Aero Snap. Snap is a quick way to resize open windows, by dragging them to the edges of your screen. Depending on the edge (top, bottom, left or right), the window will maximize, normalize or position side by side with another window. If you do not like this feature then you can disable this.