Windows 7 has tons of useful features. One of them is the natural language searching feature. You can search files and documents by using search terms in the natural English language. For example, if you want to search for a song by Britney Spears, then search term would be artist Britney Spears and Windows 7 would fetch all mp3 files in which artist tags equals Britney Spears.
Read moreRestore Windows 7 Firewall to default settings
Windows 7 has an advanced firewall which you can use to block or allow programs to access the internet. It can prevent you from hackers attacking your computer from outside. It cal also prevent you from the malicious programs to download further malware. Sometimes, when you mess the settings of the Windows Firewall, you wish if you can just restore the settings to their default state and start over.
Read moreMulti-boot settings in Windows 7
A multi-boot system is a computer that has more than one operating system installed and which allows the user to choose which operating system to boot into when the computer starts. A system with two operating systems installed is often referred to as dual-boot system. If you have installed more than one version of Windows on your computer and you see a boot menu to choose the operating system, then you have a multi-boot system.
Read moreBurn ISO images in Windows 7
An ISO image is a file in which a CD/DVD disc image is saved. You can use it to burn the data exactly it was on the originating CD/DVD. You can also use some virtual CD/DVD tools like Daemon Tools to load it straight in Windows. It is very common for the Linux community to distribute Linux software in form CD and DVD ISO images.
Read moreCreate passport size photographs online
The phrase passport size photo is very confusing. The dimensions of passport size photo vary from place to place. For example, in India a general passport size photo is 3.5cm x 3cm whereas in Japan a general passport size photo is 4.5cm x 3.5cm. But now you can create dimensionally correct passport size photographs using an online tool at www.epassportphoto.com.
Read moreWindows 7 Touch Pack
Microsoft has now released a software bundle called Windows 7 Touch pack which is a freeware software pack for users who have touch input ready screens. This Windows 7 Touch pack contains a set of six multi-touch optimized applications and games that are designed to truly showcase the capabilities of Windows Touch in Windows 7. It consists of 3 casual games, and 3 Microsoft Surface applications that have been created for Windows 7.
Read moreBrowser and Email client links in Start Menu
In Windows Vista new Start Menu, a link to default internet browser and the default email client is shown. But you can customize the start menu to show links to any installed browser and the email client you want. They need not have to be the default internet browser and the default email client.
Read moreRemove Control Panel link from Start Menu in Vista
In Windows Vista Start Menu, a link to Control Panel is shown. If you do not want to see this link here, you can choose to remove it. This can be done easily by changing some settings.
Read moreMicrosoft Fix it Center to fix system problems
Few years ago, Microsoft started providing Fix it tools for many kinds of problems. Now they have released Microsoft Fix it Center which can find problems in your system and offer the correct Fix it Tool to download. Microsoft Fix it Center is available for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Read moreAssociate PDF files with portable PDF viewers
Lately PDF file format has come under the question of security. The PDF file can carry malicious code and is therefore may infect your computer with malware. One solution is to use portable PDF viewers. When you use portable PDF viewers, no add-on for vieweing PDF files inside the browser is installed, and when you click on a PDF file inside a browser, it does not open inside the browser but a prompt to download it is shown.
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