6 Hottest Tips for Windows 7

Have you ever thought of what your Windows 7 can do for you besides the common features which other operating systems can offer? In normal situations, you just use it as you usual do. Actually, there are many tips and tricks which you can use to personalize your PC. The following tips tell you how to make your PC more interesting, how to get it around more smoothly and how to keep your privacy and so on.

1. Add a video link to the Start menu. We all know that we can find Pictures and Music folders in the "Start"menu, but we cannot find Video folders here. Now if you want to add a link to your Video folders in the "Start" menu, here is the method. First, right-click the "Start" menu and choose "Properties". Second, go to the "Start" menu tab and click "Customize". Third, look for the Videos section, select "Display as a link", and then click "OK". That's it!

2. Surf the Internet from the Start menu. Have you ever tried to surf the Internet from the "Start" menu. Yes, we seldom do it by starting from the "Start"menu. However, maybe someday we need to surf the Internet from here. You can make it by several clicks. First, type "GPEDIT.MSC" in the "Start" menu search box and press "Start". Second go to "User Configuration", then "Administrative Templates" and find "Start Menu and Taskbar". Third, double-click "Add Search Internet link to Start", then select "Enabled" and click "OK". Since then, you can surf the Internet from the "Start" menu.

3. Free your computer from clutter. It is known to all, if you run many programs at one time, you PC will become extremely cluttered. If you are using one of the programs, you usually minimize the other windows one by one manually, right? Does it bother you? If you do, now you can change the situation. First, Click and hold the title bar of the window you want retain on the desktop. Second, shake the title bar back and forth quickly until all of the other windows are minimized to the taskbar. Last, let go. If you want to make them return, shake the title bar again.

4. Use the hidden wallpapers. According to the information you offer when you first install it, Windows 7 could set wallpapers and themes for you. However, there are many types of wallpapers and themes hidden in your system. If you do not know, you can never find them and use them. Here is the way to figure them out and use them. Firstly, click the "Start" button, in the search box type: C:\Windwos\Globalization\ MCT, then press "Enter". If your Windows 7 is installed in other drive,you just type the corresponding letters where you can find your Windows 7. Second, Windows Explorer will launch and show you a list of subfolders under C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT: MCT-AU, MCT-CA, MCT-GB, MCT-US, and MCT-ZA. Each of these subfolders has wallpapers for a specific country. After you decide to use the one you like, you just go to its theme folder, double-click the theme.

5.    Turn off the Explorer searches. It happens to all of us. We want to keep our privacy. However, we are often betrayed by ourselves. Many people don’t want other people to know what they are doing or what kind of information they are searching for. But sometimes we have to share our computer with other people. So it is easy to reveal the Explorer searches. After you see the tips below, you could never worry about that. First, type "GPEDIT.MSC" in the "Start"menu search box and press "Enter". Second, go to "User Configuration", enter "Administrative Templates", find "Windows Components" and select "Windows Explorer". Third, double-click "Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box", and then select "Enabled. The last step is clicking "OK". Then we could see the recent searches feature will be turned off.

6.    Select multiple files by using check boxes. We often select multiple files by using the keyboard and the mouse. However, if we have been customized to using the mouse to do everything for us, we could be tired of having to use the keyboard. On windows 7, you can use the mouse to select multiple files. Click "Organize" in Windows Explorer, select "Folder and search options". Next, click the "View" tab. Then at the bottom of "Advanced Settings"，choose "Use check boxes to select items" and click "OK". Now whenever your mouse hovers over a file in Windows Explorer you can choose the file via a check box.

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