Category: Windows 7

When you click on the pinned Explorer icon in the taskbar of Windows 7, it always opens Libraries. In the previous versions of Windows, it opened the My Computer or the Computer folders. If you want the Explorer to open the special Computer folder by default, you can follow these instructions.

When you click on the pinned Explorer icon in the taskbar of Windows 7, it always opens Libraries. This is not the desired behavior for some people. If you want the Explorer to open a particular folder by default, you can follow these instructions.

If you plan to install a third party firewall then you should first turn off the Windows Firewall. If your Windows computer is not used to connect to the internet, then you should turn off the Windows Firewall as it would be using the system resources for no reason.

If your Windows computer acts as a server to other computers on a network, then you may need to block a port for programs that require inbound access. For example, if you do not want any of the users on your network to start an HTTP server on port 80, then you can block port 80.

If you are the system administrator in Windows 7 and want to disable changing of the logon password for one or more users, then it can be done very easily. Typically this is done for an account which is used by more than one person. If one of the users changes the password, other users using that account will not be able to log on.

If you want to select more than one file in the Windows Explorer, you have to press the Ctrl or Shift keys and then click the files you want to select. But if you want to simplify the process of multiple file selection, then you can use checkboxes to select multiple items in a folder.

Some of the programs and features that are installed with Windows 7 are not immediately available for use because they are not turned on by default. Some are on by default only in some particular editions of Windows 7, and some are off by default in all editions. You can turn Windows programs and features on and off at any time.

In Windows, there is always a default program set for a particular file type or operation. For example, when you double click on a TXT file, Windows Notepad opens up – thus Notepad is the default program for TXT files. Similarly, there is a default browser program for accessing web sites and opening HTML files etc.

You may need to open a port for programs that require inbound access, for example, for an HTTP server, for a bit-torrent client like uTorrent etc. If you are using the Windows Firewall, then this task is not so straightforward. You can open a port in the Windows Firewall using the steps shown below.

You may want to block a program from accessing the internet in the Windows Firewall. For example, whenever you run a program with digital signatures, Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) accesses the internet to verify the signatures. This can be very annoying. You can block it in the Windows Firewall using the steps shown below.