Windows 7 comes with many theme packs installed. But if you want to install new themes, you can install them very easily. Microsoft offers many new themes you can download in install in Windows 7.
Read moreEnable safety mode in YouTube
When you visit YouTube, you are open to a whole variety of videos uploaded by millions of users. These videos may range from funny, knowledgeable and innocent to dirty, absurd and filthy kind. But there is a way you can turn on the safety mode in YouTube to disable the dirty and inappropriate videos.
Read moreIncrease scroll speed in Mozilla Firefox 3.6
When you browse a web site in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and scroll the page, the default web page scroll speed using the mousewheel is not very fast. If it is a very long page then you have to turn the mousewheel many times to scroll the whole page down. Fortunately, in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 you can adjust the scroll speed as explained in the following steps.
Read moreSet default download folder for Internet Explorer
When you download a file in Microsoft Internet Explorer, a download window is shown in which you can choose to open or save the file. When you choose to save the file, a save to folder dialog is shown. By default this folder is %userprofile%\Downloads. But you can change it to any folder you like.
Read moreDisable hibernation in Windows 7
Although hibernation is a nice and useful feature in Windows 7, but it consumes considerable amount of space on your hard disk. If you do not use the hibernation feature in Windows 7, you can turn it off to save the disk space.
Read moreBackup Internet Explorer settings
When you format your computer you lose all your Internet Explorer settings, including the bookmarks, auto-complete, history and other security settings. But you can create a backup of all your settings so that you can quickly restore from it when needed.
Read moreChange logon background in Windows 7
Windows 7 is keeping up with other operating systems like Ubuntu Linux which allow changing the logon screen backgrounds. You can change the logon screen background easily in Windows 7. I have described the manual method as well as an automatic tool to change the logon screen background.
Read moreCalibrate display color in Windows 7
The colors you see on your screen will vary depending on your monitor, graphics cards settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default Windows color profile. And that means a digital photo you think looks perfect might appear very poor to everybody else. Fortunately Windows 7 now provides a Display Color Calibration Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and color settings.
Read moreChange timezone from command line in Windows 7
Windows 7 lets you choose a time zone during Windows installation. But you can change the time zone even after the installation. You can change and select the time zone using a command line tool called Windows Time Zone Utility.
Read moreStop tabbed browsing in Mozilla Firefox
Like all the modern browsers, Mozilla Firefox also used tabbed browsing. Although there is no option to disable the tabbed browsing feature in Mozilla Firefox, but you can configure it in such a way that tabs are almost never used.
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