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windows 7 tips tricks this book is for people who love windows 7 and want to go a step further for the experience provided by this wonderful operating system i have included a list of tips and tricks which i have known during the last one year of trying windows seven since its pre-beta build i have tried my level best to make the language of this book as simple so that a novice can also understand i have personally tried and tested most of the tweaks discussed in this guide however i request fellow readers to be cautious while trying it out with your system always take a backup copy of all important data/registry before attempting to change the system and registry settings last but not the least learn share grow add your knowledge to what i have and share it unconditionally with the people who are looking for it also i would like to thank ramesh kumar mvp moderator at www.merawindows.com for providing me invaluable suggestions for the book the contents of this book are copyrighted i have tried my best to make this book error free but still if you find any error please mail me and i will correct them the contents of this book can be found over my website www.windowsvj.com as well vasu jain 2|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks access jump lists with the left mouse button application based volume mixer assign keyboard shortcuts for programs check windows version copy command prompt output create new instance of an application in windows 7 super taskbar customize the windows 7 log-on screen customize uac in windows 7 customize windows 7 power button action desktop wallpaper slideshow shuffle desktop background disable wallpaper change display a message at start up display multiple clocks in system tray dock windows to left right up down encrypt usb drive using bitlocker find out how healthy your battery is on your laptop find windows 7 keys for all versions find your computer uptime font issues make easier to read screen text get vista like taskbar in windows 7 how to create themes in windows 7 how to disable restrict usb/flash drive in windows 7 how to remove folder opens in new window problem install windows vista and windows 7 using bootable usb storage device jump lists customization jumplist in taskbar application 3|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks launch multiple instances of an application lock the screen shortcut network access protection secure your network new autoplay autorun options in windows 7 on screen keyboard parental controls in windows 7 prevent windows 7 from automatically rebooting after installing windows updates problem steps recorder remove recycle bin in windows 7 remove/show notify area icons rename admin account in windows 7 rename multiple files same time retrieve built details other information of windows installed set ctrl+alt+del options in windows 7 show desktop icon in windows 7 start menu customization sticky notes text formatting super taskbar turn off balloon notifications twenty windows 7 keyboard shortcuts upgrading from windows 7 rc to final user account pictures in windows 7 windows application compatibility mode windows media player 12 customize playlist windows media player 12 preview a song before adding to playlist windows media player 12 jumplist feature bonus windows 7 applications download 4|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks access jump lists with the left mouse button jump lists are a new feature in windows 7 that shows recently used files for a particular application or related tasks to an application jumplists can be accessed by right clicking an application icon in windows 7 taskbar although it can be accessed by left clicking an application icon and while holding the mouse click dragging the icon upwards i.e right click and drag the application icon upwards to access jumplists in windows 7 using left mouse button the more you drag icon upwards the lesser transparency of jumplist becomes in above screenshot case 1 shows when jumplist invoked through right click and application icon is not dragged much upwards while case 2 shows solid jumplist when application icon is dragged upwards completely 6|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks application based volume mixer volume mixer in windows 7 not just show device volume but also lists all applications that are currently running and producing the audio you can control the audio of any of the application from there on so when you are having more than one application that is producing sound you can control from here and stop it as well the time when i snipped the screen there were few applications running on my system yahoo messenger google talk few media players windows media player vlc media player quicktime and one video clip was also being played in windows live photo gallery yes it can play video as well apart from images 7|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks assign keyboard shortcuts for programs application can be assigned a shortcut key in windows 7 the application would launch when the combo of keys is pressed which you entered as the shortcut key for that application to create shortcut key for any application in windows 7 1 right-click the program icon and select properties 2 select the shortcut tab 3 click in shortcut key textbox 4 enter the keyboard shortcut for that program 5 press ok to exit 6 use the keyboard shortcut combo to launch the application like the way i have used a combo of keys ctrl+alt+c to launch calculator application other applications can also be launched using shortcut keys 8|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks check windows version windows version tells the exact build of os and service pack you are using you can simply check it by using winver command open run dialog box by using win+r and type winver there without quotes this will bring a windows which has os details such as windows details alternatively you can also use the command prompt to find the information type winver in command prompt it would display all details in command prompt p.s dont go by screenshot details of this one i am using windows 7 ultimate rtm my desktop and would be using the same once i fix up some issues with my dell studio 9|page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks copy command prompt output windows 7 command prompt can be used with a clip utility that can used to copy the contents of the command prompt output into clipboard it is very much similar like the way tee command works in unix tee command pipelines the output of a command in unix to another file in windows 7 we can use the clip utility to copy the text of command prompt adding clip next to any command copy the output syntax for clipping the command prompt output command clip .you need to type the command followed by clip in the command prompt e.g f dir clip will copy the output of the command in clipboard though it wont be displayed .you can further paste the clapboarded text to notepad or wordpad 10 page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks create new instance of an application in windows 7 super taskbar in windows 7 taskbar instance of an application can easily be created by using win number key here number key signifies the position of the application in the taskbar if you press windows 1 it will create a new instance of the first icon in the task bar in the taskbar shown here it will open an instance of internet explorer while win+5 open windows media player win+7 to windows live writer and so on now thats when i wish there must be double digit keys as well in keyboard 11 page[close]
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windows 7 tips tricks customize the windows 7 log-on screen windows 7 makes it easy changing the windows log-on screen 1 go to start and click on run type regedit press enter there 2 navigate to hkey_local_machine software microsoft windows currentve rsion authentication logonui background 3 double-click the oembackground dword key 4 set value of the key to 1 5 select a background image for logon screen with size less than 256kb in size use of image resize software like vso resizer can help 6 copy that image into the c windows system32 oobe info backgrounds folder 7 rename the image to backgrounddefault.jpg 8 reboot and now your logon image would have changed 12 page[close]
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