18 Best Windows 7 Tips and Tricks – You Should Know
We probably all use our computers every day and we familiar with Microsoft windows 7, but do you really know everything about them? There might be many simple and helpful tricks that you’re not aware of. Through this post I am going to show you some useful tricks, which is useful to you. After reading the post please share your thought in the below comment box.
1. Display Multiple Clock With Different Time Zone
If you like, you can configure Windows 7 to display as many as two additional clocks. This is handy if you frequently communicate with colleagues, friends, or family members who work or live outside your time zone.
1. Open the Date and Time dialog box by clicking the date and time in the Taskbar notification area, then clicking the Change date and time settings link.
2. Click the Additional Clocks tab and then click on Show This Clock checkbox to select it.
3. Choose the desired time zone from the Select Time Zone drop-down menu.
4. Type a display name for both the clock and press OK to close the Date and Time dialog box.
2. Take a Screen Shot In Microsoft Windows
Ever see something on your screen that you’d like to email or save for later? With Microsoft Windows, you can take a screen shot and capture an exact image of what’s on the screen. Here is the trick how to take screen shot of your desktop in windows.
1. To take the screen shot of entire screen, Press Prt Scr key from the keyboard. Now windows capture entire screen and copy it to the clipboard.
2. To take screen shot of single window, Press ALT+ Prt Scr key from the keyboard. Now windows capture the active window screen and copy it to the clipboard.3. Once you have made the screen shot, you will need to paste it to a program in order to see it.
4. Go to -> Start -> All Program -> Accessories -> Open paint
5. Press CTRL + V to paste into paint and then save it.
3. Change the Way the Power Button Behaves
Here is the tricks that you can use to Choose What the Power Button Do when you press the power button or close the computer’s lid. You can specify either Sleep, Hibernate, Shut Down, or Do Nothing, which prevents people from turning off your PC with the power button.
4. Access Windows Through Keyboard Shortcuts
As well as using your mouse to operate software, you can also use your keyboard to perform specific functions. Keyboard shortcuts is a series of one or several keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user. Here a list of keyboard shortcuts which you may find useful.
5. Set a Welcome Message At The Time Of Boot Up
At the time of Windows boot up, you can add a popup message, which contains any message you wish to display. Adding a message at the time of windows Boot Up is complete a easy process. Click the below link for step by step guide with screen shot.
6. Use On Screen Keyboard
On screen keyboard is virtual keyboard that appears on the screen and you can type into with the mouse.
1. Press Ctrl+R to open run.
2. Now write OSK and then press enter.
3. Your Onscreen Keyboard is now in your service and look like this.
Start menu>All Program>Accessories>Ease of Access>On Screen Keyboard
7. Switch from Right to Left-Hand Clicking
Your mouse has primary and secondary buttons. You use the primary mouse button—usually the left button—to select and click items and drag items. You use the secondary mouse button—usually the right button—to display a menu of tasks or options that change depending on where you click. If you're left–handed, you can reverse the buttons and use the right mouse button as the primary button.
1. In the Control Panel’s User Accounts and Family Safety category; click Hardware and Sound.
2. Under Devices and Printers, click the Mouse link.
3. Click the Buttons tab and select the check box labeled Switch Primary and Secondary Buttons to change the left button to perform actions typically performed by a right-click.
4. Now click OK. You are done.
8. Setting Up Screen Saver
Setting a screen saver or animated pictures that appears on your screen when the mouse and keyboard have been inactive for a period of time, prevents from seeing your Desktop. When you move your mouse or press a key on your keyboard, the screen saver turn off and display your Desktop. Windows 7 comes with several screen savers pre-installed. You can also create your own personalized slide show screen saver featuring images in your Pictures folder.
9. Add a program to send to menu
Send To menu is one of the easiest ways to open a file with non-default program or application that is not associated with the file type. For Windows 7, Microsoft has included a number of hidden shortcuts that you can access when you expand the Send To menu.
1. Press windows+R to open run, type Shell:sendto in the Run dialog box and then press Enter.
2. Now Right-click an empty area of the SendTo window >>Select New>>Shortcut.
3. Click the Browse... button, Select the program to which you want to create a shortcut and then click OK.
4. Click the Next button and then finish.
Now, just right click any file and select Send To option in the context menu, there you should see a program shortcut. You can add as many shortcut in Send To menu as you want.
10. Stop Windows Update
By default, Windows will automatically look for updates, download, install them, and inform you when the process is complete.
But if you are in an area where high-speed Internet is not available, this option is not favorable because all of your Internet bandwidth will be tied up by Windows Update while updates are being downloaded. Therefore, Windows Update is completely customizable.
1. In the Control Panel’s System and Security window, click the Windows Update link to open the Windows Update window.
Or, Click the Start button, type upd in the Search box of the Start menu, and choose Windows Update from the menu to open the Windows Update window.
2. Click Change settings.
3. In the windows update setting window, specify Never check for update and then click Ok.
11. Enable/Disable The Microsoft Windows Firewall
A firewall is a program that protects your computer from the outside world. Windows firewall can help prevent hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your computer through the internet or network. Microsoft Windows 7 come pre-installed with a firewall utility, although it may be disabled by default.
12. Clean up your Hard Disc
Your hard drive stores many files that are created, changed, and saved automatically by Windows. Some of these files, called temporary files, are the result of web browsing; others are setup files that remain after the installation of some applications. You can gain a small performance increase by simply removing the temporary files you no longer need. You can use the Disk Cleanup tool to find and remove these temporary files. This will also free up extra disk space too.
1. In the Computer folder, Right-click the disk you want to clean and choose Properties from the menu that appears. The hard drive’s Properties dialog box opens with the General tab displayed.
2. Click Disk Cleanup button.
3. Disk Cleanup conducts a scan of your system to determine how much space can be freed. None of the files here are necessary, so you can remove all of them. Click OK to delete the selected files.
4. Press OK. You will be asked to confirm your choice; press Delete Files. Windows will show a progress meter as the files are deleted.
13. Create Nameless Folder
Have you ever wanted to create a nameless folder on your computer to store your personal data? Basically you can’t make folder in windows without a name. This trick will allow you to make folder without any name. To do so, follow these steps.
1. First of all make a New Folder on desktop or where ever you want.
2. Right click on this newly created folder and select Rename and then delete the text showing New Folder.
3. Now Press and hold the alt key and type the number 0160 or 255 from your keyboard.
4. After that Release the alt key and press the enter key.
14. Run Commands for Windows
On the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Run command is used to directly open an application or document. A run command is the name of the actual file that starts an application. Here is the list of some useful Run commands for window 7 and 8.
15. Show or Hide Recycle bin on the desktop
The Recycle Bin usually appears on the desktop. It is possible to hide the Recycle Bin so that it does not appear on the desktop. This tricks help you to show or hide Recycle bin on the desktop. Just follow these simple steps.
16. Change Default Folder Icon
Changing the icons of individual folders in Windows 7 is fairly time consuming and complicated. Changing the default icon for all folders, including new ones, is a little more complicated. If you're getting bored with the standard yellow Windows 7 folder icon, then you can change it using the registry editor. This article guide you to change the folder icon.
17. Create Your Own Run Commands
Windows has some short command inbuilt to open some applications or system folders. This feature of Windows is very helpful to open a system file or application by entering a short command rather than navigating to the particular apps path in the local drive.
But these shortcuts are limited and available only for some apps or folders. This trick help you to create the run command for all the applications and folders. Just follow these below instructions.
18. Turning Off Logon Sound
By default, Windows 7 plays certain sounds when events occur. When you log on to Windows 7, it plays the Windows Logon sound. When your computer has to load a 500KB media file to play, it slows things down. I recommend that you disable the logon sound. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Click the Start button and then Control Panel.2. Click Hardware & Sound and click Change System Sounds listed under Sound.
3. In the Program Events box, scroll through the list and select Windows Logon and remove the assigned sound by setting it to None in the Sounds drop down list.
4. Below the Program Events list, remove the check next to Play Windows
Startup sound.
5. Click OK and you are finished.
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