Tutorials

How to Change Mouse Hover Time before Pop-up Displays in Windows 7 and Windows 8 This will show you how to change the delay time, in milliseconds, that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered on a item before tooltip popups display in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Special thanks to Aaron (Airbot) for pointing this out here. This may also override your MenuShowDelay setting. If you have the Animations in the taskbar and Start Menu option checked in Visual Effects, then you may not see much or any difference. You should uncheck this option first before doing the tutorial below for the maximum effect. Change Mouse Hover Time using a REG File Download 1. To Have a Fast Mouse Hover Time NOTE: This changes the mouse hover delay time to...

BitLocker Drive Encryption - Suspend or Resume Protection on Windows 7 Drive How to Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection on Windows 7 Drive This will show you how to temporarily suspend (unlock) BitLocker drive encryption protection on a Windows 7 or other operating system drive or partition, and to resume (lock) protection when needed.Suspend protection is typically used when upgrading your computer's BIOS, hardware, operating system, or just when you temporarily do not want the drive encrypted.BitLocker is only available in the Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions. When you suspend protection, the data on the Windows 7 or other operating system drive or patition will temporarily not be encrypted until you resume...

How to Open Local Security Policy Editor in Windows This tutorial will show you how to open the Local Security Policy Editor (secpol.msc) in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. The Local Security Policy settings are also among the security settings contained in the Local Group Policy Editor GPO. You will need to be an administrator to open the Local Security Policy Editor. In Windows 7, the Local Security Policy will only be available in the Professional, Ultimate, and Enterpise editions. In Windows RT, 8, and 8.1, the Local Security Policy will only be available in the Pro and Enterprise editions. In Window 10, the Local Security Policy will only be available in the Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. Changes to the...

How to Turn Windows Firewall On or Off in Windows 7 and Windows 8 Windows Firewall can help prevent hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or network. This tutorial will show you how to turn Windows Firewall on or off for each type of network location (ex: Private or Public) that you use in Windows 7 and Windows 8. EXAMPLE: Windows Firewall On and Off NOTE: Notice that there is a option for Windows Firewall to be on or off with Private networks and Public networks. If you have Inactive showing on a network location, this means that you do not have a network connection for that type of network location. Active means that you do. Here's How: 1. Open the Control Panel (Icons...

How to Join or Add a Computer to Homegroup in Windows 7 A homegroup makes it easy to share pictures, music, documents, videos, and printers with other people on your home network. This will show you how to join or add a computer to a Windows 7 homegroup. Computers must be running Windows 7 or Windows 8 to participate in a homegroup. HomeGroup is available in all editions of Windows 7. In the Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions, you can join a homegroup, but you can’t create one. HomeGroup is available in all editions of Windows 8. In the Windows 8 RT edition, you can join a homegroup, but you can’t create one. The computer must be connected to the same network the homegroup is on. Only computers on the same subnet...

How to Import Internet Explorer Favorites into Google Chrome Browser This tutorial will show you how to import Internet Explorer Favorites into Google Chrome browser bookmarks. If you haven't created any bookmarks in Chrome yet, the bookmarks you import will show up directly on the bookmarks bar under the address bar. If you already have bookmarks within Chrome, the bookmarks you import will appear in a new folder called Imported from IE located at the end of the bookmarks bar. You can also find your bookmarks by clicking on the Chrome menu button, and selecting Bookmarks. Google Chrome saves your bookmarks as the Bookmarks file in the hidden folder below. You could open the file in notepad to see it's contents...

How to Add or Remove Default Items from Folder Options "View" Tab in Windows 7 and Vista This will show you how to add (restore) or remove the default Advanced settings items from within the View tab in Folder Options for all users in Windows 7 and Vista. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do this tutorial. EXAMPLE: Folder Options Here's How: 1. To Add "Always show icons, never thumbnails" A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below. Add_IconsOnly_to_Folder-Options.reg http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=148434&stc=1&d=1302501071 B) Go to step 41. 2. To Remove "Always show icons, never thumbnails" A) Click on the Download button below to download the file...

How to Add or Remove "Switch User" from CTRL+ALT+DEL Screen and Start Menu This will show you how to add or remove the Switch User option in the Windows 7 CTRL+ALT+DELETE screen, Lock Computer screen, and Start Menu arrow menu for all users on the computer.Fast User Switching or Switch User is a feature only included in the Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions. The Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium editions do not have this feature included since they do not have the C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe file. It is a part of Terminal Services. EXAMPLE: CTRL+ALT+DEL screen NOTE: This is when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL with Switch User added by default (left screenshot below) and removed (right screenshot...

How to Add Extensions to Google Chrome Browser This tutorial will show you how to add extensions to the Google Chrome browser. Extensions are small programs that modify the Chrome browser to enhance your browsing experience. There are more than 2,200 extensions available, in several different categories. Steps: 1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu button 2. From the context menu that opens, click the Settings option. 3. On the Settings page that opens, click the Extensions option. 4. Click the browse the gallery link - this opens the Chrome Web Store in a new tab The basic layout of the Chrome Web Store is shown below. You can browse for extensions directly, filter by different categories or even perform searches for...

How to Use Windows 7 Disk Defragmenter Fragmentation makes your hard disk do extra work that can slow down your computer. Removable storage devices such as USB flash drives can also become fragmented. Disk Defragmenter rearranges fragmented data so your disks and drives can work more efficiently. While Disk Defragmenter can run on a schedule, this will show you how to open and use Disk Defragmenter to manually analyze and defragment your disks and drives in Windows 7. If the disk is already in exclusive use by another program, or if the disk is formatted using a file system other than NTFS file system, FAT, or FAT32, then it cannot be defragmented. Network locations cannot be defragmented. If a disk that you're expecting to see...

How to Restore Previous Browsing Session in Firefox This tutorial will show you how to reopen the previous browsing session in Firefox from when it was last closed. To "Restore Previous Session" On Demand in Firefox 1. While in Firefox, do step 2 or 3 below depending on if you have the Menu bar on or off. 2. Click/tap on the Firefox button, History, and Restore Previous Session. (see screenshot below) OR 3. Click/tap on History (Menu bar) and Restore Previous Session. (see screenshot below) To "Restore Previous Session" Automatically when Firefox Starts 1. While in Firefox, click/tap on Tools (menu bar) and Options. (see screenshot below) 2. Click/tap on the General icon, under Startup select Show my windows and tabs...

How to Change the Logon Screen Text Color in Vista and Windows 7 This tutorial will show you how to change the logon screen text color in Windows 7. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial. Examples of the change: #1 Go to C:\Windows\System32 and if you are using 64-bit also go to C:\Windows\System32 and get a copy/copy's of authui.dll and put it on your desktop. (Do not get them mixed up) #2 Open for Resource Hacker then go to File then click on Open. #3 Navigate to the copy of the authui.dll you put on your desktop then click Open. #4 Click on View then click on Find Text. #5 In the Find what box type in white then click on the Find next button. #6 That will find the...

How to Reopen the Last Browsing Session in Google Chrome Browser This tutorial will show you how to set Google Chrome to open the New Tab page, your last browsing session, or a specific pages or set of pages on startup. Chrome will also restore your browsing data and session cookies. Session cookies are the information that websites can use to keep you logged into sites. This can save you time from logging into your favorite sites every time after you’ve restarted Chrome. However, it’s recommended that you log out of websites when you’re using a public or shared computer. If you would like Chrome to reopen all your pages from your last browsing session but discard session cookies and other site data, then go to Settings -> Show...

How to Turn Typing and Other Animations On or Off in Office 2013 This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off typing and other animations in Office 2013. Turning animations off will help some older computers. Here's How: 1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do. 2. To Turn Off animations in Office 2013 A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.Office_2013_Disable_Animations.reg http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=249605&stc=1&d=1357867428 3. To Turn ON animations in Office 2013 NOTE: This is the default setting.A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4...

For info on other OS's take look here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html You can use this method on Legacy BIOS or uEFI/BIOS firmware. For this example I am using a PC with uEFI/BIOS firmware & Secure Boot DISABLED. With a Intel Chip Set. 1) Download your upto date Chip Set Drivers. 2) Set IDE mode in BIOS. 3) Install Windows XP. 4) Install your upto date Chip Set Drivers . 5) Shut the PC down. 6) Set AHCI mode in BIOS. 7) Reboot the PC your PC will now boot in AHCI mode. NOTE: You may done to reboot two or three time. All Done.

How to Create a Custom Screen Refresh Rate with NIVIDIA Control Panel in Windows Microsoft answer: Certain monitors report a TV-compatibility timing of 59.94Hz. Therefore, Windows 7 exposes two frequencies, 59Hz and 60Hz, for every resolution that is supported at that timing. The 59Hz setting makes sure that a TV-compatible timing is always available for an application such as Windows Media Center. The 60Hz setting maintains compatibility for applications that expect 60Hz. In Windows 7, when a user selects 60Hz, the OS stores a value of 59.94Hz. However, 59Hz is shown in the Screen refresh rate in Control Panel, even though the user selected 60Hz. This will show you how to create and set a custom screen refresh rate using the...

How to Add and Remove Search Providers in Internet Explorer A search provider is used when you search for information on the internet. You can change the search provider for a specific search (Internet Explorer will use that search provider until you choose another one or until you close Internet Explorer) and you can specify which search provider you prefer to use by default. When you first install Internet Explorer, you might have only one provider (ex: Bing) installed. This tutorial will show you how to add (install) or remove (uninstall) search providers in Internet Explorer. Here's How: 1. In Internet Explorer, click/tap on Tools (IE8) or Tools icon (IE9/IE10), then click on Manage add-ons. (see screenshot below) 2. In...

How to Restore Backup User and System Files in Windows 7 If you used created a backup of your user and system files, then this will show you how to restore them in Windows 7. You can restore backed-up versions of files that are lost, damaged, or changed accidentally. You also restore individual files, groups of files, or all of the files that you've backed up. 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 location is on hard drive (network or local) F: , and you backed up on July 9th 2011 at 3:10:38 PM (it will use 24 hour time), then your backup would be located at: F:\BRINK-PC\Backup Set 2011-07-09 151038 There will be...

How to Apply a Theme to your Google Chrome Browser This tutorial will show you how to apply a theme to your Google Chrome browser. Here's How: 1. In Chrome, click/tap on the Chrome menu button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below) 2. In the Settings tab, click/tap on the Get themes button under Appearance. (see screenshot below) 3. In the Chrome Web Store tab, search for a theme you want. (see screenshot below) 4. When you find a theme you want, hover over it, and click/tap on Choose Theme. (see screenshot above) 5. The theme will now be downloaded and automatically applied to Chrome. 6. If you like, open a New Tab to see the full theme. (see screenshot below) 7. When finished, you can close the...

How to Reset to Default Theme in Google Chrome Browser This tutorial will show you how to reset the theme in your Google Chrome browser back to default. Here's How: 1. In Chrome, click/tap on the Chrome menu button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below) 2. In the Settings tab, click/tap on the Reset to default theme button under Appearance. (see screenshot below) NOTE: If the button is Reset to default theme grayed out, then you are already using the default theme. 3. When finished, you can close the Settings tab if you like. That's it! Best Regards, FredeGail How to Apply a Theme to the Google Chrome Web Browser How to Reset Google Chrome Browser to Default