Windows 7 amazing tricks – top secret tips & fun things to know

Windows 7 is no doubt a great version of windows released by Microsoft. I love this platform more then xp and vista. There are a lot of secret things in windows7 that most people do not know about, and these tricks tips and windows 7 functions are very cool that one should know. Most of these things you can not do on previous versions of windows Operating Systems. So lets talk about what are hidden secret of windows-7.

PSR (Problem Steps recorder)
PSR formally known as Problem Steps recorder is an amazing tool loaded in windows 7. this tool makes it easy for you to help your friends and family who keep asking you about several kind of problems with their systems. Its really hard to troubleshoot a friend`s PC online which is far away from you. PSR will solve this problem. All have to do is to go to Start menu, type PSR and hit enter, then click RECORD. This app is going to record each click and keyboard press and other functions performed. Then it will save them in a zipped MHTML file when finished. Now its ready to be emailed.

Aero Shortcuts

[Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek)
This will make all open windows transparent to view gadgets.

[Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek)
This will minimize all opened windows at once and show desktop, pressing again will restore the windows. also works in windows-xp.

[Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake)
It will also minimize all windows but only selected ones.

[Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap)
Dock window to the left or right half of your screen.

[Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
To maximize and restore a window.

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
Maximizes and restores selected window vertically.

[Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip)
Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them.


Windows 8 Cosumer Preview security – windows defender, better then security essentials

The new Windows 8 consumer preview is loaded with a new improved security system known as Windows Defender to provide you better protection. This tool is better then the Microsoft Security Essentials so you don`t need to consider installing or keep MS Security Essentials on your windows8 system. Security essentials did`nt work when installed on most of win8 systems, however it is still good for people using another version of windows like Windows 7, Windows xp and Vista. It is recommended to not have Security Essentials on windows 8 because the security system Windows Defender of windows 8 is greater then security essentials.
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How to make internet connection speed faster on windows 7

Are you experiencing slow Internet speed? bad browsing and download or upload speed on windows 7? Well, follow the tips below to improve and boost your Internet connection speed for Windows7.

Tweak your Windows 7
Although Windows 7 was designed to be a user friendly operating system but that dosn`t mean it is optimized for all users.
Windows7 is great for general home users and also for business users but if you want to use windows 7 for more fast internet browsing, you have to make a few adjustments. Its not that difficult to tweak windows 7 for faster internet browsing as long as you know what settings you have to make. But keep in mind that the speed of your online internet access depends on your internet connection, you,ll be able to surf most faster in your connection limits.

Improve System Speed

The very first thing to improve Internet access is to make sure that your system is configured to get the most out of your system. Internet speed is affected by how well your computer is running, and if your processor isn’t able to handle all of the data that it is receiving over the Internet then having a fast connection isn’t going to do you much good. Make sure that your BIOS is set up to enable hyperthreading and multi-channel memory if these options are available on your system, and keep your computer in good working order by undergoing scheduled virus scans, defragmentations, and registry checks. The faster your computer is, the faster it will be able to access the Internet.

Optimize Your Browser
By default, most Internet browsers are set to make only one connection with a server at a time. This can severely hamper your ability to access data on the server quickly, especially since many servers are set up to accept multiple connections from a single host. Adjusting the number of connections to optimize your browsers is a common way to tweak Windows 7 for faster online connections. You can alter this by either changing the configuration using “about:Config” in Firefox and Opera or editing the registry in Internet Explorer.If changing the configuration, set “network.http.pipelining“ to True and change “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to 8 (not more as anything above 8 is overkill and won’t give you any benefits); if editing the registry, navigate to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Internet Settings” in your registry editor and change “MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server” and “MaxConnectionsPerServer” to 10 or greater. Restart your browser for the change to take effect.



Eliminate Bandwidth Reserves
By default, Microsoft has enabled bandwidth reserves on its operating systems, that eliminates up to 20% of your maximum bandwidth on every upload and download. This reserve can be disabled in windows 7 very easily. Go to START MENU and then RUN, type “gpedit.msc” and hit enter. Once the Editor is open, open the “Computer Configuration,” “Administrative Templates,” and “Network” folders, then select the “QoS Packet Scheduler” item. Right-click the “Limit Reserved Bandwidth” option, selecting “Properties” from the context menu. Enable the limit, then change the limit amount to 0 in order to disable any reserves. Reboot Windows 7 to let the change take effect.

Remove Unnecessary Protocols
By default, Windows 7 has a number of different Internet protocols active in order to allow for a greater range of connection options. Unfortunately, not all of these protocols are necessary and may actually interfere with each other on some computers. Removing unnecessary protocols as a means of tweaking Windows 7 for faster online connections is a common practice that may result in slight improvements to your connection speed.Right-click on your internet or network connection and choose “Properties” from the context menu, then see which network protocols you currently have active. You will need to have a TCP/IP protocol active, but most of the other protocols on the list are optional. Keep in mind that if you have shared files or devices on your network or wish to access the shared items of others then you will have to keep the Client for Microsoft Networks and the fire-sharing protocols active as well. Reboot your computer.

Disabling Unnecessary Plugins and Addons
Different kind of plugins and addon are interacted with webpages in different ways, these plugins and addons take time to load when browsing the webpages. While many plugins and addons are initially added because you find them useful, a number of them will not be used very much once they have been installed. Go to your browser’s addon manager and see how many plugins and other browser addons you have installed that you rarely use; disable those which are unnecessary. Without as many small applets trying to access the data you receive from a website you’ll find that your Windows 7 internet experience is noticeably faster.

Third-Party Tweaks
If you are not familiar with manual tweaking, you may find third-party programs and tools that can help you tweak your internet speeds in Windows 7. There are several programs that weill automatically make adjustments and change the required settings to speed up your internnet connection so you wont need to do all the methods mentioned above in this tutorial. Most of these programs are freewares, but some must be purchases to be used to utilize your windows 7 system, however, you may still use trial versions to use some features of softwares that have a price without purchasing them. The one of features of Trial versions is they have ability to tweak your windows 7 for faster online connectivity.


Windows Registry editor and task manager – How to avoid virus from disabling these functions

Most viruses like autorun.inf and other USV pen drive loaded viruses disable your registry editing tools and windows task manager. So whenever you try to access your Task manger, you get an error telling “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator” and same error you find when you try to edit you registry “Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator”. Well, these both are important tools provided by windows to its user, you miss them very much when your PC has got a bug ,a virus or a malware and it has become very slow. With registry tweaking and Task Manger monitoring, you can stop virus processes and delete its files that is why most viruses disable your registry and Taskman.
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Process unLocker – Delete a file or folder that windows cannot – How to force delete

Are you getting a delete error when trying to delete some file? Now its no more a headache to delete a file or folder which is already in use by another process. Mostly viruses and Malware files can not be deleted from a folder because they are busy always.

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If the error shown in the picture above appears on your screen When you try to delete any file, this means the file is locked by some other process, to delete such file, you need to install the unlocker software to un-lock the process and get the file deleted. [Read more...]