Windows 7

The default login screen in Windows 7 looks just as good as any other screen, but in case you don’t like it for some reason, you can have it changed. Unlike Windows 10, the procedure to change Windows 7 login screen background is a bit different and requires a few …

A couple of hours back, Microsoft made available for download the Developer Preview version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 11 to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Internet Explorer 11, which was previously available only for Windows 8.1 users, offers new features and improvements. Internet Explorer 11 not only …

Desktop slideshow, a feature first introduced with Windows 7 (available in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as well), is a handy feature designed to automatically change the desktop background at pre-defined time intervals. Microsoft has been releasing new themes almost every week ever since the release of Windows 7 and …

Windows To Go is a fantastic feature introduced with Windows 8 operating system to enable users install and carry Windows 8 on a USB drive. Officially available in Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise edition, it requires a minimum of 32GB mass storage device such as USB flash drive in order to prepare …

Creating a Windows 7 repair disc is fairly simple and can be prepared in a couple of minutes without the help of third-party software. For those who are new to Windows 7 and haven’t heard about repair disc, it lets you resolve various Windows 7 installation issues without having to …

Ever since I have installed Windows 7 in dual-boot with Windows 8.1 Update, I have been using Windows 7 most of the time not because I hate Windows 8.1 but because I am using Windows 7 after a long time. While using the world’s most loved operating system, I observed …

I have installed Windows 7 in dual-boot with Windows 8.1 Update and have been using it as my primary operating system for the past few weeks. This morning while attempting to change the default background of the logon screen, I noticed that the power or shut down button is missing …

Gone are the days of installing Windows from DVD drives. These days, most PC users use USB flash drives to clean-install Windows operating system and many of them even prefer creating live Windows USB drives. Installing Windows on a USB flash drive has many benefits. The major benefit is that …

Aero Snap, Aero Peek and Aero Shake are the three nice features introduced first with Windows 7 operating system. The Snap feature, which is present in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as well, allows you work on two programs side-by-side by showing two windows side-by-side on the same screen. The …

Turning Aero glass transparency off is one of the easiest ways to extend the battery life of a notebook or netbook running Windows 7. Turning Aero transparency is also fairly simple in Windows 7. You just need to open the Personalization panel (by right-clicking on desktop and then clicking Personalize …

Alt+Tab is a handy feature exist in all recent versions of Windows operating system. The feature, as most of us know, lets users quickly switch between running applications without having to click the application icon on the taskbar. With default settings, in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate …

Earlier this week, I installed Windows 7 on my laptop in dual boot with Windows 8.1. While preparing the bootable USB of Windows 7 using Microsoft USB/DVD Download Tool, I got “We were unable to copy your files. Please check your USB device and the selected ISO file and try …

Logon screen is present in Windows operating system for decades and has evolved with each version of Windows. In prior versions of Windows 7, in Windows XP and Vista, changing the logon screen was a tedious task without the help of third-party tools. In Windows 7, it’s possible to set …

It’s amazingly easy to set a beautiful picture as wallpaper in Windows operating system. The task can be accomplished by right-clicking on the picture file and then clicking Set as desktop background option. Even though setting non-animated pictures as wallpaper is a simple task, Windows doesn’t support using animated picture …

About a month ago, we talked about downloading the official Windows 8.1 ISO right from Microsoft servers with the help of a new utility called Windows Installation Media Creation Tool. Windows Installation Media Creation Tool can be used to download official Windows 8.1 ISO image files from Microsoft without entering …

Thousands of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users are seeing Reserve your Windows 10 upgrade today desktop notification for the last couple of hours. The alert helps Windows 7, and Windows 8.1 users register for the free Windows 10 upgrade offer, but one will be able to upgrade to Windows …

Back in October, soon after the release of Windows 10 Technical Preview, we showed how to get the Windows 10-style Start menu in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The guide Windows 10 Start menu for Windows 8.1/7 shows how to install the Windows 10-style Start menu in its predecessors with …

Rather than running software directly from your hard drive, Windows temporarily stores some of the related data in your system memory. This gives you the benefit of speed—switching back to your software is quicker, because it’s much quicker to access data in your system memory than on your hard drive. …

It’s been close to a week since Microsoft released To-Do app for Windows 10, iPhone and Android. For the uninitiated, To-Do is a free task management app from Microsoft. Microsoft To-Do app is being developed by the team behind Wunderlist which Microsoft acquired back in 2015. Since the team behind …

PC users who are not happy with the audio quality on their PCs can turn on audio enhancements to improve the sound quality. Depending on your PC’s sound card, you might get one or more audio enhancements. Most cards offer bass boost, virtual surround, room correction and loudness equalization enhancements. …

In less than a month from now, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 7. After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will not release any kind of updates for Windows 7. Although Windows 10 has been around for close to four years, Windows 7 (which was released about ten years ago on October …

Microsoft Windows 7’s end of support is fast-approaching. The Windows 7 support will officially end on January 14, 2020, which is just a few months away from now. Even though we are just a few months away from the end of support, millions of PCs around the world are still …