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How To Increase Or Decrease Text Size On Your Screen In Windows 7

Posted on April 7, 2011 | 0 Comment

You can easily Increase Or Decrease The Size Of Items like Icons & Text on your Screen So, that you can easily see all the items according to your conditions. As you can do this by changing the Resolution of your Screen which I described in my previous article, but you can do the same without changing the Screen Resolution. Instructions: Click on Start  menu and then select Control Panel…. Read more »

How to Change Drive Icon in Windows

Posted on April 6, 2011 | 0 Comment

If you want to make your “Computer” drives icons other than the windows default icons use the following simple method to change your drive icon in Windows.   1. Download your icon file from web. It should be *.ico file. 2. Now open your notepad and type the following code or just copy and paste the code.                       [autorun]                       icon=icon_name.ico   Where “icon_name” should be you icon file name…. Read more »

How to Find the System Startup Time in Windows

Posted on April 6, 2011 | 0 Comment

In some cases you want to know your  system startup time at which your window was started. There are some methods to find the same: Method 1: This method is not exact. It may show error. But it can give you the idea. For exact time follow method 2. 1. Click on start menu, search for “Command Prompt” and run it as administrator by right click on it and click… Read more »

How To Turn Screen Saver On Or Off In Windows 7

Posted on April 6, 2011 | 0 Comment

If you want to Turn On or Off Screen Saver in Windows 7, then here is a simple guide for you. Instructions: Click on Start button and then select Control Panel to open Control Panel. Now in Control Panel, search for Screen Saver and from the results shown, click on Turn screen saver on or off It will open Screen Saver Settings dialogue. To turn off Screen Saver, Select (None)… Read more »

How To Change Screen Resolution In Windows 7

Posted on April 6, 2011 | 0 Comment

Screen Resolution describes the amount of Pixels on your Screen. If your Screen Resolution is high then number of Pixels on Screen will be high. Now icons and text have size in Pixels. So they cover fixed number of Pixels in Screen. If you Screen Resolution is high, this means you can have more icons on screen as compared to low Screen Resolution. Also, when you have large number of… Read more »

How To Check Whether Your Computer Is Running 32-Bit Version Or 64-Bit Version Of Windows 7

Posted on April 6, 2011 | 0 Comment

In this article We will talk about How To Determine Whether Our Computer Is Running 32-bit Version or 64-bit Version of Windows 7. A computer’s bit count tells us about how much data and at what speed it can process at a time. So for better performance, bit count of the our operating system (Windows 7)should be equal to the bit count of the computer itself. Also a number of… Read more »

How to Increase Folder Browsing Speed in Windows 7

Posted on April 5, 2011 | 0 Comment

Sometimes your machine is very slow. It may be your hardware, Viruses or any other issue. Follow the steps to increase the folder opening speed.   1. Open the “Folder Options” by opening Computer –> Organize –> Folder and Search Options. 2. Go to “View” tab. 3. Under the “Advanced Settings” –> “Files and Folders” disable the thumbnail view by checking the “Always show icons, never thumbnail” option. 4. Click… Read more »

How To Take Full Control Of Registry Keys In Windows 7

Posted on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

Sometimes when you try to edit Registry items, or try to add new keys to any Registry item, it gives you an error. Sample error image is as follows. This happens because Windows is not allowing you to edit or change some Critical Registry entries. In this case, you have to give your account a special Permission which will make you to add new key to any Registry entry. But… Read more »

How To Create New Folder In Windows 7

Posted on March 30, 2011 | 0 Comment

You can easily create New Folder by right clicking in any folder then choose New –> Folder from right click context menu. This method will work in almost all the versions of Windows. But in Windows 7 you can create New Folder by two other methods as well. One of these methods includes a hotkey to create New Folder. Instructions: You can right click any empty area in Windows Explorer… Read more »

How To Backup Registry Files In Windows 7

Posted on March 30, 2011 | 0 Comment

If you want to edit your registry files or want to add keys to any Registry entry, then you must consider taking backup of your registry files first. Because altering registry entries may lead to serious problems in your Windows. So you must take backup of your Registry first. Here is a simple guide on how can you take Registry backup in Windows 7. This guide will also work in… Read more »

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