Are you experiencing video lag problem while playing MP4 Video in Windows Media Center on your Windows 7 PC? According to Microsoft, there is a known issue. When someone plays a MP4 (.mp4) Video file with fast forward at 4X speed, the Video lags behind Audio. (more…)

Just when Czech’s Spring season is about to start, Microsoft has released another mother nature based theme. Named as “Czech Spring”, the theme has nine beautiful wallpapers which look very colorful and refreshing. The images come with a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels. The wallpapers include photos of many awesome flowers seen during Spring season. (more…)

Microsoft has released a beautiful theme for your Windows 7 desktop. The theme consists of six 1920×1200 pixels wallpapers. The wallpapers are sequential based art work. To get this theme on to your Windows 7 desktop, download the themepack from below link and double-click on it. The theme will also get added to Windows Personalization gallery. (more…)

Are you used to desktop icons such as “My Computer”, “My Network Places”, and “My Documents”  on your Windows XP desktop? If you have switched to Windows 7, you will not see any of these icons on desktop except “Recycle Bin”. This is done to keep desktop clean and uncluttered. These can be launched using Start Menu. However, if you are used to these icons and can’t get away without these on desktop, you can bring them back in Windows 7 too. (more…)

Windows 7 taskbar looks big and beautiful. But if you have a laptop with small screen size, the large taskbar may steal your valuable working space. In such scenarios, it’s a good idea to reduce the size of buttons and icons so that you get more working space. (more…)

Guys who upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 directly will see a new feature called “Gadgets”. These are little utility programs that gives quick information and provide easy access to frequently used tools. You can add tools like picture slide-show, clock, CPU and Memory utilization, RSS headlines, etc right on desktop. These look beautiful and also are handy sometimes. (more…)

Microsoft has released another beautiful Nature Theme Pack for Windows 7. Named as “Discovery Channel LIFE”, the theme consists of 5 High resolution wallpapers sponsored by Discovery Channel and BBC. (more…)

Folks who upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 will certainly be in search for some of regularly used features. We already explained about missing Search, Hardware profiles, Connect to, and Run functions in Windows 7. Yet another feature you may keep searching is the famous “Windows Security Center” of Windows XP. (more…)

There are now plenty of themes available for Windows 7 too. But some themes come with custom icons which changes the default Windows 7 icons. This is sometimes annoying and hence you may wish not to change desktop icons upon theme changes. (more…)

Defragmentation of your computer hard disk is necessary to keep your Windows running at optimal speed. This also increases hard disk life. But in busy schedule, we tend to forget defragmenting hard disk.  Windows 7 in-built defragmentation utility lets you overcome this. Defragmentation Utility in Windows 7 has been revamped with new features. (more…)