Unfortunately Windows now does not include the nice collection of sound schemes featured on Windows 7. Here is what you can do to add more. First of all, you need to have available in your PC the sounds of the Windows 7 schemes, or any other sounds you may like. Then you must enter into […]
Tag: Windows 7
You may find suddenly that your browsers display web pages with problems, (some or all) italic fonts having turned bold, or all fonts being bold, etc. Most probably, even by using your convenient font manager, you deleted some fonts that Windows needs in order to work properly. It is also possible that registry settings are […]
Just finished transferring Windows to a Solid State Drive (SSD) using a disk image instead of re-installing everything, I thought others might find useful some information on that, and avoid mistakes that I made. Let me just say how great this change was, programs run so much faster now on the SSD, even InDesign, that […]
W7 Taskbar Tweaker is a free and portable utility for Windows 7, part of the Ultimate Windows Tweaker suite. It will let you change the size of taskbar buttons and /or thumbnail previews. The developer created this application after realizing that the buttons on the taskbar take up too much space unless they are combined, […]
This is a feature you may like to see, even if you are not going to use it ever. It may prove useful especially when you are in search of some deeply hidden Windows option. Just create (anywhere, except for the Desktop) a new folder and give it the name (without quotation marks:) “Everything.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}” Now, […]
Upgrade! Win7 is old now! If you need to avoid the upgrade, check Default Programs Editor, a free and powerful file association utility for Windows 7. It is a context menu editor, an autoplay editor, and default programs association editor; it will let you change easily the “Default Programs” as configured in the Control Panel […]
Forget Win7! Upgrade! But if you won’t, Win7 Library Tool is a free application that will let you add network locations to a Windows Library. You can use this utility to add network (UNC or mapped drive) and any other un-indexed folders to libraries. More features: A set of libraries can be instantly restored at […]
First of all, consider leaving Win7, upgrade! In my opinion the Windows 7 alt+tab switch is just awful, causing distractions and making it difficult to activate the window you need. The older alt+tab switch provided an efficient way of finding and activating an open window. It also didn’t include in its row the desktop! Windows […]