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How to Turn the Details Pane On or Off in Windows 7 You can use the details pane in Windows Explorer to see the most common properties associated with the selected file. File properties are information about a file, such as the author, the date you last changed the file, and any descriptive tags you might have added to the file. The details pane is turned on by default in Windows 7. The details pane only shows the size of 15 selected items by default and viewing the total size of more than 15 selected items requires clicking on the Show more details link each time the selection changes. This will show you how to turn the Details pane on or off in all Windows Explorer windows in Windows 7.When the Details pane is turned on, you can...

How to See if Process is running as administrator (elevated) in Vista and Windows 7 This tutorial will show you how to determine if a program or process is running as administrator (elevated) or not in Vista and Windows 7. Here's How: 1. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc). 2. Click on the Processes tab, and click on the Show processes from all users button. (see screenshot below) 3. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes (Windows 7) or Continue (Vista). 4. Click on View (menu bar) and Select Columns. (see screenshot below) 5. Check the User Account Control (UAC) Virtualization box, and click on OK to add that column to Task Manager. (see screenshot below) 6. You can now look in the UAC Virtualization column to see...

How to Turn Windows 7 Features On or Off Some programs and features included with Windows 7 must be turned on before you can use them. Certain other features are turned on by default. This will show you how to turn the features you select on or off.New Windows Features to Turn On or Off in Windows 7: Games - Internet Games Internet Explorer 9 Internet Information Services - FTP Server Internet Information Services Hostable Web Core Media Features Microsoft .NET Framework 3.51 Services for NFS (Network File System) Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications TIFF IFilter Windows Gadget Platform Windows Search XPS Services XPS Viewer A blue box indicates that you have the main feature selected and turned on, but not all of the...

How to Create a Desktop Slideshow in Windows 7 This will show you how to create a slideshow of wallpaper images (pictures) on your Windows 7 desktop. You will have the option to select how often the pictures change and to shuffle them. The default folder that Windows 7 uses to store the pictures in is located at: C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper. The Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions do not include the Desktop Slideshow feature. Lets talk about Windows 7 Starter - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows Blog Instead, you will need to use the tutorial in the link below to have a Desktop Slideshow in the Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions. How to Change the Desktop Background in Windows 7 Starter Edition If you checked the...

How to Customize the Notification Area Icons in Windows 7 This will show you how to change the Notification Area icons to be any custom icon you would like instead in Windows 7. Tools needed : 1. Resource Hacker . 2. System File Replacer 3. IcoFX - The Free Icon Editor ; if you want to make or edit icons . To be safe and secured, it is better to http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html before starting any customization activities. Moreover, I recommend to have manual backup (copy and paste in a secured place) of the files before modifying, so that it may be changed easily to default as and when it is needed . From to (In the preview, the icons are from Alpha Dista Pack )...

Fix Open with "Choose default program" No Program Associated Error in Vista and Windows 7 This will show you how to fix Open with when you right click on a file and select Open with and click on Choose default program, then have Notepad open, get a Access is denied error, or a This file does not have a program associated with it error. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial. EXAMPLE: Error Message Here's How: 1. Click on the Download button below to download the file below. NOTE: This restores the default registry entries for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown. Restore_Open_With.reg http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=121176&stc=1&d=1291656296 2. Save the .reg file to...

How to Change Power Plan Settings in Windows 7 This will show you how to change the settings for the power plan that you have selected to reflect how you want your Windows 7 computer to manage power usage. Here's How:1. Open the Start Menu, and type powercfg.cpl in the search box and press enter.A) Go to step 3. OR 2. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the Power Options icon. 3. Click on the Change plan settings link to the right of the power plan that you want to change the settings for. (See screenshot below) NOTE: Normally you will be changing the power plan that you have selected as your default power plan. 4. To Only Change the Basic Power Plan SettingsA) Choose how many minutes to wait for the Turn...

How to Uninstall the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) This will show you how to uninstall the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in case you are having issues with it. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial. If you still have the SP1 beta or RC installed, then you will need to uninstall them using an option in the tutorial below before they stop running and install the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM afterwards. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta will stop running on June 30, 2011. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) RC will stop running on November 30, 2011. In order of release: Beta = prerelease beta build of SP1 RC = Release Candidate build of SP1 RTM = Release to Market final...

Anti-Malware Free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free (Mbam) version 2.0 is an on-demand scanner that, in addition to your real-time Anti-Virus (AV) software, protects your system against malware. Malwarebytes is not an Anti-Virus (AV) program, it addresses other types of malware often overlooked by AV programs. No single application can identify and eradicate all types of malware. Your first line of defense against infection is a real time AV program with an up-to-date engine and virus definitions actively protecting your system with periodic scans scheduled. Your second line of defense against malware are on-demand scanners. If it is suspected that malware is on your system, an n-demand scanners can check for and clean any...

How to Uninstall the Product Key Number and Deactivate Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 This will show you how to uninstall the product key number of a local or remote Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 computer so it will no longer be activated by that product key and left in a unactivated (deactivated/unlicensed) state afterwards. You will only be able to do this tutorial while logged in as an administrator. For more details and options using the slmgr.vbs command, see: Slmgr.vbs Options This will not return the product key to a never before activated state. This will not permanently deactivate the product key number and prevent it from being able to be used to activate another Windows again later. This only removes the product...

How to Turn Closed Captions On or Off in Windows Media Center Closed captions are textual representations of the audio in a TV program. For example, closed captions can display the spoken dialogue in a show, as well as non-verbal information, such as music and sound effects. This text is broadcast along with the TV signal from your TV service provider. You can turn closed captions on in Windows Media Center if you're deaf or hard-of-hearing, or if you just want to keep the volume low and read along. By default, closed captioning appear automatically in Media Center when the audio is muted. This tutorial will show you how to turn closed captions on or off in Windows Media Center. Windows Media Center is not available in the...

How to Analyze the System Update Readiness Tool CheckSur.log File This article is intended only for advanced users This tutorial help you to fix many various Windows Update Errors e.g 0x80070001,0x80070002,0x80070003,0x80070005,0x8007000D,0x80070026,0x80070057, 0x80070246, 0x800703EE,0x80070490,0x800705B9,0x8007065E,0x800706BE,0x800736B3,0x800736CC, 0x80073701,0x8007370A, 0x8007370B,0x8007370D,0x80073712,0x8007371B,0x80080005,0x80092003,0x80092004, 0x800B0100,0x800B0101, 0x800F080D,0x800F0818,0x800F081F,0x800F0900,0x800F0A05 and many others This tutorial can help you also with many issues with Turn Windows Features On or Off This article applies to Vista/Windows Server 2008/Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 (all versions...

Today's consumer PC's are loaded with pre-installed sponsors' bloatware programs and useless factory utilities which interfere with better versions built into Win7. Bloatware can compromise the OS in many ways. Even uninstalling it can damage System files. These tips are based on helping countless users here to safely clean up OEM factory bloatware. 1. Type "msconfig" in Start Search box, right click result to Run As Administrator. On Startup tab, uncheck everything except AV, MS listings for Sidebar Gadgets, Stickies, Skydrive if you use them; and touchpad driver software if required to use certain features like scrolling or gestures. The rest are freeloaders that slow startup, hog CPU/RAM, and can spy on you. Programs can wait to...

How to Delete Windows 7 User Data and System Image Backup Files Windows Backup provides you with the flexibility of managing the disk space that is used by your backups. After you set up Windows Backup, you can view how much disk space is being used by the backup and how much free space you have on the disk that your backups are being saved on. To control how much disk space is being used, you can choose how many file backups and how many system images Windows keeps. This will show you how to manage and delete user data file backups and system image backups in Windows 7. New backups are saved in this format: drive letter:\computer name\Backup Set YYYY-MM-DD HHMMSS For example: If your computer name is Brink-PC, your backup...

How to Hide or Show Desktop Icons in Windows 7 and Windows 8 This will show you how to easily hide or show all icons (ex: files, folders, shortcuts) on your desktop in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Hide or Show Desktop Icons using the Desktop Context Menu 1. Right click or press and hold on a empty area of your desktop, then do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do. 2. To Show All Desktop Icons NOTE: This is the default setting. A) Click/tap on Show Desktop Icons to check it. (See screenshot below step 3) 3. To Hide All Desktop Icons A) Click/tap on Show Desktop Icons to uncheck it. (See screenshot below) B) Save your current theme in Windows 7 or Windows 8 to help prevent these settings from being reset after you log off...

How to Partition the Hard Drive in a Windows 7 Install The purpose of this tutorial is to see what tools are available to partition the hard drive while installing Windows 7. Although not a complete partitioning utility, you can delete existing partitions, create new partitions, extend partitions into unallocated space, shrink existing partitions, and format.It is not necessary to create the Windows 7 partitions on a new (empty) hard drive or format the partitions before installing Windows 7 as the installer will do that automatically. Here's How: 1. Boot your computer to the Windows 7 DVD. At this screen choose to install now. 2. Select to "Go online" for latest updates. 3. Select the Operating System you wish to install...

How to Create Sound Shortcuts in Windows 7 and Windows 8 This tutorial will show you how to create or download shortcuts that open directly to the Playback, Recording, Sounds, and Communications tabs in the Sound control panel in Windows 7 and Windows 8. EXAMPLE: Sound NOTE: Opened to the Playback, Recording, Sounds, and Communications tabs in Folder Options. To Download a "Sound" Shortcut 1. Sound Shortcut that Opens to the Playback Tab A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below. Sound_Playback.zip http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/48801d1263986608-sound-shortcuts-create-sound_playback.zip 2. Sound Shortcut that Opens to the Recording Tab A) Click/tap on the download button below to...

How to Reset Windows Backup Files Configuration in Windows 7 and Windows 8 This will show you how to reset the backup user and system files current configuration back to a default unconfigured state in Windows 7 and Windows 8. You must be logged in as an administrator to reset Windows Backup. This can be handy if you had deleted the current User and System Backup Files, and would like to reset this back to a default unconfigured state to not have the last backup information still displayed in Backup and Restore. Backup User and System Files will remain in a default unconfigured state until the next time you create a new User and System files backup. EXAMPLE: Backup User and System Files Configured and Reset NOTE: The left...

How to Clean Install Windows 7 without the Factory Added Bloatware Most all factory built PCs today come with many programs and applications added by the PC manufacturer that have little or no use in everyday life, they tend to take up space and in some instances cause performance issues and using Windows to uninstall these progs/apps may result in startup and / or shutdown issues; here is a way to get a fresh, clean installation of Windows without all the factory added software; this method also works for Windows Vista. Some of the methods outlined below will completely over-write any and all data on the entire Hard Disk Drive / Solid State Drive depending on the method you use. Doing a clean install of Windows will over-write the...

How to Install a RAM Disk for Browser Cache File Storage A RAM disk utilizes a portion of system memory (RAM) to create a virtual disk within Windows. A great way to utilize your new disk is for storing web browser temporary files. During use, browsers create many small files to record data required to render the sites you visit, thus allowing the browser to quickly re-load this data should it be required in the future. This normally occurs on your system drive, be it a conventional HDD, or an SSD. Because RAM is significantly faster than both a spinning HDD and an SSD, a RAM Disk will significantly enhance your browsing experience by allowing access to temporary files nearly instantaneously. My RAM disk provided a benchmark...