Windows 7 Starter

[zetolas]

Hello guys,

i just pick a new netbook with Windows 7 Starter on it, but im a bit confuse how can i put the desktop icons there (my computer, network, my docs).
personalize isnt there and i dont find nothing in control painel about it.

Just make shortcuts for all that or any other solution ?

Thanks for help

 

[Zen00]

If you right click on the desktop you'll pop up a menu, click the personalize tab.

A box should pop up, on the left of the box there is a option, change desktop icons. Click that and you can change the icons on the desktop.

 

[zetolas]

Thanks for your reply, but if you read what i post, in Windows Starter personalize isnt there and i dont find nothing about in control painel.

 

[tw33k]

Can you right click each one in the start menu and either send to-->desktop or show on desktop

 

[theog]

Hello guys,

i just pick a new netbook with Windows 7 Starter on it, but im a bit confuse how can i put the desktop icons there (my computer, network, my docs).
personalize isnt there and i dont find nothing in control painel about it.

Just make shortcuts for all that or any other solution ?

Thanks for help

Try this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/24013-personalization-shortcut-create.html?ltr=P

 

[zetolas]

Thanks for your help guys, i just made the shortcuts (faster way)

Cheer

 

[Subsonic]

Does this allow you to change the desktop in W7 starter edition?

 

[pparks1]

From my understanding you cannot change the background in Windows 7 starter....which is just plain stupid in my opinion and pretty much the sole reason that I am not buying a netbook right now...since all of them come with Windows 7 starter on them.

According to an MSFT on Microsoft blog site:

There is no way to change the background in Windows 7 Starter Edition. The image is locked to the BetaFish, locked by a hash and refered to in Shell32.dll so there's no way around it.

It's garbage like this which irritates me to no end that Linux was more or less eliminated from these devices in retail chains. I don't want these ridiculous limitations on my OS simple to drive down price. And I don't want to cough up another $79 to anytime upgrade it...as that drives the netbook price up to just about a laptop price.

 

[CowPieSoup]

From my understanding you cannot change the background in Windows 7 starter....which is just plain stupid in my opinion and pretty much the sole reason that I am not buying a netbook right now...since all of them come with Windows 7 starter on them.

According to an MSFT on Microsoft blog site:

There is no way to change the background in Windows 7 Starter Edition. The image is locked to the BetaFish, locked by a hash and refered to in Shell32.dll so there's no way around it.

It's garbage like this which irritates me to no end that Linux was more or less eliminated from these devices in retail chains. I don't want these ridiculous limitations on my OS simple to drive down price. And I don't want to cough up another $79 to anytime upgrade it...as that drives the netbook price up to just about a laptop price.

There's absolutely nothing stopping you from downloading Ubuntu or something.

 

[pparks1]

There's absolutely nothing stopping you from downloading Ubuntu or something.

Yes, that is always an option. However, for this particular device, I was just hoping to pick up a device and simply use what's on it rather than be a nerd and upgrade, modify, change, etc with the device.

Oh well, for the time being, I'm just going without the Netbook. I have a work laptop that I can keep using and it doesn't cost me anything.

I think overall it's just a bummer that the netbook market just flocked to the MS offerings and to keep costs down...they all have this artificially limited version of the OS that won't meet a lot of peoples needs and then by time people upgrade the devices...they cost as much as a full laptop with less power, less features, etc.

 

[Triker]

I was just wondering what DVD decoder anyone is using to play DVD's?? Windows 7 starter doesn't come with one....

Thanks
WG

 

[spddemun]

Thinking Windows Media Player should do the trick (with an external player, of course)?

I've been using WMP on my old laptop to play DVDs and it works fine (not Starter, but Pro).

I was just wondering what DVD decoder anyone is using to play DVD's?? Windows 7 starter doesn't come with one....

Thanks
WG

 

[hippykesh]

making icons on desktop with Starter

Click the Win7 Start Menu Round Ball Thing

in the menu right click on the item ie

Computer

Click Show on Desktop. (now should be ticked)

Icon now placed on Desktop

Repeat for Username / Control Panel etc etc

Cheers

 

[mariehelene]

Hi
(sorry if i double posted)

If the background is your only annoyance with Windows 7 starter, It is a solution.

To change Windows 7 background easily, you may use "Oceanis background changer W 7" (freeware). Just google it. You can also change many others settings as shown in this tutorial
How To Personalize Windows 7 Starter

Hope this help.

 

[derekimo]

Hi
(sorry if i double posted)

If the background is your only annoyance with Windows 7 starter, It is a solution.

To change Windows 7 background easily, you may use "Oceanis background changer W 7" (freeware). Just google it. You can also change many others settings as shown in this tutorial
How To Personalize Windows 7 Starter

Hope this help.

We have an excellent tutorial for this as well.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html