If you have received a second hand computer, you may want to change the registered owner name and registered organization name. It is also possible that somebody else installed Windows 7 for you and has set his name and organization. You may want to change it. This articled tells you different ways to see and edit this information.
Read moreEnd a not-responding program in Windows 7
When a program does not respond to your clicks, its window does not come to the foreground, maximizes or minimizes and you see not responding in its title bar, then that program has frozen. All you have to do is terminate that program. If a program becomes frozen and does not respond, you can kill / terminate it using Task manager.
Read moreEnable firewall outbound protection in Windows 7
Windows 7 comes with a firewall built in – called Windows firewall. Unfortunately, this Windows firewall allows outbound connections by default. An outbound connection is a connection from your computer to internet. But you can enable outbound protection using these steps.
Read moreDisable system restore in Windows 7
If you want to save some hard disk space by disabling System Restore, then you can follow the instructions in this article. But note that if you disable System Restore, you will not be able to perform a system restore when needed.
Read moreDisable the Shortcut suffix when creating shortcuts
In Windows 7, if you create a shortcut doing copy and create shortcut routine, then Windows appends Shortcut in front of the shortcut name. You can disable this behavior using these easy steps.
Read moreDisable autostart of Windows Live Messenger
After installing Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7, it is set to auto run at the Windows logon. If you do not like this, then you can disable Windows Live Messenger from starting up at Windows logon
Read moreHow to Disable Automatic Activation in Windows 7
When you install Windows 7 without supplying any license key, it installs in trial mode. In this mode you can use Windows 7 for upto 30 days without activation. In this trial period, Windows 7 keeps you bombarding with Activation message whenever you go online. If you feel annoyed by this message you can disable it following these steps.
Read moreDisabling Windows Aero Shake
Windows 7 comes with a lot of eye candies. Windows Aero Shake is one of them. You can do jiggly jiggle with any window to minimize all other window quickly. This article describes how to use Windows Aero Shake to minimize any open window.
Read moreDisabling Aero in Windows 7
Windows 7 comes with a lot of bells and whistles. Windows Aero is one of those eye candies that make Windows look cooler. But Aero can make Windows slow and sluggish, if you do not have a very fast system. It can also put extra load on your GPU (graphic processing unit) card. If you are done enjoying Aero, you can disable it now for making Windows 7 even faster.
Read moreDisabling a user account in Windows 7
If a user does not need his/her account for some period of time, you may want to disable his/her account temporarily for security reasons. This article tells you how to disable a user account in Windows 7. Only an administrator can delete or disable user accounts.
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