Windows 7 Features, Guide and Tips Archive

Is My computer Windows 7 Compatible and Ready ?

This kind of questions always popup when there is a new OS on the roll. So its time for Windows 7 and its right time to check if your computer can run Windows 7 and if your existing OS ( vista or Xp ) can upgrade properly. Microsoft has

Windows 7 : How to view additional folders in Navigation Side Pane

Windows 7 navigation pane which is available always in left hand side seems to have adobpted from the explorer view we get when you hit WIN + E. However you just get some frequently used things like tree view for my computer , libraries etc but folders on your

Windows 7 : How to save and share your theme with others

Its possible to copy and use themes in Windows 7 directly but there is something more with Windows 7 when it comes to personalization. Whenever you select any theme and start modifying it a little it is available to you as custom themes , more precisely under My Themes

How Default Location in Windows 7 is useful

Windows 7 Control panel comes with an interesting feature called as Default Location. This default location stores your Geo location ( your ZIP code, Country and latitude and longitude.) . This can mean a lot as it might be used in future or might be already in use where

How to merge wireless network locations in Windows 7 and Vista

It is usual that every time you connect to a wireless network location the signature is left in windows which makes it easier to connect it next time.  But sometimes when you connect manually to the same wireless network again it creates another signature. This results in creation of

Install and Run Windows 7 Calculator in Windows Vista

We talked about the enahanced Windows 7 Calculator which supports scientific , programmer, stistics along with the sandard mode in Windows 7 Features . Good news is you can use install this windows 7 calculator in windows vista with a hack. Just download the files ( via Vista Club

Seven more Features of Windows 7 You should know

#11 Windows 7 Features : Startup Recovery This is something different which we had not seen in any of the versions before. In case your computer is not shutdown properly , startup recovery will override and will try to restore the computer. It also asks for System restore and

Limit the number of simultaneous users on Shared Folders [ Windows 7 & Vista]

The only way to reduce the load on your computer due to shared folder is by giving access to sepecific and required people. Well this can be a situation but sometimes you need to share some files publicly with many people. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 there is

10 Features of Windows 7 You should know

Windows 7 is coming with lot of new features and improvements. I had used it for last 2 days and it seems there are some great enhancements. Though I can not use it to extreme but seeing the features its very clear that this version will be better than

Fix for Mapped Drive gets disconnected while copying large files in Windows 7 and Vista

In Windows Vista or Windows 7  it is often seen that Mapped Drive gets disconnected when a data transfer like copy or move action is in progress. The problem occurs because of  Windows Vista’s Auto tuning network feature  So if you are more into copying large files from one