Window 7 Tips & Tricks

Startup repair

1.If you've downloaded Windows 7 (and even if you haven't) it's a good idea to create a system repair disc straight away in case you run into problems booting the OS later on.
2.Click Start > Maintenance > Create a System Repair Disc, and let Windows 7 build a bootable emergency disc.
3.If the worst does happen then it could be the only way to get your PC running again

Understanding System Restore

1.Using SysWindows 7 comes with some very attractive new wallpapers, and it's not always easy to decide which one you like the best.
2.So why not let choose a few, and let Windows display them all in a desktop slideshow?
3.Right-click an empty part of the desktop, select Personalise > Desktop Background, then hold down Ctrl as you click on the images you like. Choose how often you'd like the images to be changed (anything from daily to once every 10 seconds), select Shuffle if you'd like the backgrounds to appear in a random order, then click Save Changes and enjoy the show.tem Restore in previous versions of Windows has been something of a gamble.
2.There's no way of telling which applications or drivers it might affect - you just have to try it and see,Windows 7 is different.
3.Right-click Computer, select Properties > System Protection > System Restore > Next, and choose the restore point you'd like to use.
4.Click the new button to 'Scan for affected programs' and Windows will tell you which (if any) programs and drivers will be deleted or recovered by selecting this restore point....

Desktop slideshow

1. Windows 7 comes with some very attractive new wallpapers, and it's not always easy to decide which one you like the best.
2.So why not let choose a few, and let Windows display them all in a desktop slideshow?
3.Right-click an empty part of the desktop, select Personalise > Desktop Background, then hold down Ctrl as you click on the images you like.
4.Choose how often you'd like the images to be changed (anything from daily to once every 10 seconds), select Shuffle if you'd like the backgrounds to appear in a random order, then click Save Changes and enjoy the show.

Custom power switch

1.By default, Windows 7 displays a plain text 'Shut down' button on the Start menu, but it only takes a moment to change this action to something else.
2.If you reboot your PC a few times every day then that might make more sense as a default action: right-click the Start orb, select Properties and set the 'Power boot action' to 'Restart' to make it happen.

Auto arrange your desktop

1.If your Windows 7 desktop has icons scattered everywhere then you couldright-click it and select View > Auto arrange, just as in Vista.
2.But a simpler solution is just to press and hold down F5, and Windows will automatically arrange its icons for you.

Disable smart window arrangement

1.Windows 7 features interesting new ways to intelligently arrange your windows, so that (for example) if you drag a window to the top of the screen then it will maximise.
2.We like the new system, but if you find it distracting then it's easily disabled.Run REGEDIT, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, set WindowArrangementActive to 0, reboot, and your windows will behave just as they always did.

Use Sticky Notes

1.The Sticky Notes app is both simpler and more useful in Windows 7.
2.Launch StikyNot.exe and you can type notes at the keyboard; right-click a note to change its colour; click the + sign on the note title bar to add another note; and click a note and press Alt + 4 to close the note windows (your notes are automatically saved).