Google is always innovating new ideas. Google already has option to set a background for Gmail email service. Now you can set a background image for the Google homepage. Here is how.
Read moreRemove Recycle Bin icon from desktop in Windows 7
We have seen that how you can put a shortcut to the Recycle Bin in the taskbar in Windows 7, just like in Ubuntu Linux. Once you have the Recycle Bin in your Windows taskbar, you no longer need the main icon on the desktop. You can remove the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop.
Read moreDisable web service for unknown file type in Windows 7
When you open an unknown file type in Windows, it shows you a dialog to use web service to find a suitable program to open that file. Many users do not like this dialog and want to go straight to the list of installed programs to choose from. You can disable this dialog by following the instructions below.
Read moreRemove gadgets from sidebar in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a sidebar feature which contains gadgets. You can add or install more gadgets to this sidebar. If you do not like a gadget you can remove that gadget as explained in this article.
Read moreAdd gadgets to sidebar in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a Windows Sidebar which has various gadgets inside it. By default, Windows 7 has no gadgets pre-added. You have to add the gadgets that you want. If you want to add gadgets to the Windows Sidebar then you can follow the steps given in this article.
Read moreRun a program as different user in Windows 7
Sometimes, as an administrator, you want to run a program as a different user. The reasons may be that you want the program to save the settings in that users profile or you may want to install a program only for that user etc. Here is how you can run a program as a different user.
Read moreShow gadgets when UAC is off in Windows 7
User access control (UAC) is a feature of Windows 7 that controls the level of access given to various programs. When you turn UAC off, Windows refuses to show the non-Microsoft sidebar gadgets because of security. But you can show these sidebar gadgets too, if you want to.
Read moreMake Chrome faster using FastestChrome extension
Google Chrome is very fast starting and page loading browser. But you can make it more productive and even more faster by installing the FasterChrome extension. Here is how.
Read moreManage users from command line in Windows 7
You can add, remove, disable, enable and change passwords of user accounts from the Control Panel. But you can do the same thing from command line. You must be an administrator and issue commands from an elevated command prompt window to do this.
Read moreIncrease number of recent documents in Windows 7
You can customize the Start Menu in Windows 7 to show the Recent Documents as explained in a previous article. By default, Windows only shows last ten documents you worked on. If you want to increase this limit, you can make few changes and increase it to more than ten.
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