How to Find and Use Hidden Windows 7 Themes

Jun 14, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I’ve helped you find you new Windows 7 themes from Microsoft and I have also taught you how to customize your own themes, in this how-to I will show where you can find hidden themes within Windows 7 and how to use them to personalize your desktop. Windows 7 is available worldwide, as a result [...]

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Control Your Notebook’s Display to Save Battery in Windows 7

Jun 08, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Don’t you hate it when your screen automatically turns off while running on battery? Although Windows 7 does a great job of ensuring that you use your notebook wisely while running on battery there are a couple of automatic settings that tend to annoy me and leave me no choice but to dig into the [...]

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Give Your Windows 7 Start Menu the Classic Look

May 25, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Are you looking to get the Classic windows look and feel back in Windows 7? If you’re not a fan or don’t want to get accustomed to the new Windows 7 Start Menu you have the option of installing a third-party application that will allow you to change the Windows 7 Start Menu to look [...]

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Tip: Resize Icons to Make Space in the Windows 7 Taskbar

May 24, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

As a technology blogger whose focus is to write about software, you can only imagine how many applications I have running at any given time. Even with a widescreen monitor I run into trouble with the number of icons displayed on the taskbar which results in having to scroll through the icons on the Taskbar. [...]

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Tip: Calculate Lease Payments and Other Items with the Windows 7 Calculator

May 21, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Looking to calculate your next mortgage payment? Forget Excel, open the built-in Windows Calculator. The Calculator in Windows 7 is loaded with features. You can use one of the 4 basic calculators or use a series of worksheets where you can solve for mortgage payments or your fuel consumption, among others. The Calculator is standard [...]

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How to Change the Default Programs for Email, Browsing, and Music in Windows 7

May 19, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Do you have three different browsers installed on your Windows 7 computer? Rather than have different files open different applications you can tell Windows 7 which applications you wish to use for certain activities. The activities that can be customized using this method are the following:

Web Browsing – Options you may have: Internet Explorer, Firefox, [...]

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How to Change Your Computer’s Name in Windows 7

May 17, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Not a fan of Computer-123 as your computer’s name? Don’t worry, with this guide we’ll fix that. Why should it matter what a computer is named, who cares? Nowadays with so many computers in a household it becomes necessary to use descriptive names in order to keep track of which computer is which. When you [...]

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Tip: Use the Windows 7 Taskbar to Control iTunes

May 11, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

If you use Windows 7 on your PC and happen to use iTunes to manage your videos, music, and other digital content, you are going to love this tip. One of the features introduced in the Windows 7 Taskbar is the ability to Pin items to the Taskbar. Aside from pinning items to the Taskbar, [...]

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Enable Concurrent and Remote Desktop Connections on Windows 7 Home Premium

May 06, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Want to use Remote Desktop Connections on Windows Home Premium? How about running concurrent connections to that computer? When Microsoft shipped Windows 7 Home Premium they didn’t include a very handy application, Remote Desktop Connection Server. RDC allows a user to remotely connect to his/her computer from any computer supporting the protocol. This feature is [...]

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Is Picasa Taking Up Too Much Space? Move the Picasa Database to Another Location

May 06, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Do you have hundreds and thousands of pictures that you are trying to add to Picasa? If so, you are probably receiving an error message stating that your hard drive is full, but you are using an external drive…how is this possible? Well, Picasa creates a database on your computer (the C:\ drive) where it [...]

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