How To

You might be will aware of the Windows 7 notification dialog boxes displayed in taskbar area. The notification message appears for 5 seconds (by default) and then slowly blurs off. 5 seconds is enough for many users.

But sometimes, 5 seconds may not be enough for some old aged individuals.This default 5 seconds duration can be increased. (more…)

Consider a scenario. You have configured your Windows 7 home PC with your Wi-Fi router and given a network security key for getting connected to internet. We assume that you have made WPA Network (Wi-Fi Protected Access). After few months you bring in a laptop and try to connect to your Wi-Fi Network for accessing internet. But unfortunately you forgot the Password (Network Security Key) that you have used to setup Wi-Fi! (more…)

Microsoft has released “N” Editions of Windows 7 along with normal Windows 7 Editions. You can find Windows 7 Ultimate N, Windows 7 Professional N, Windows 7 Premium N Editions and so on. Windows 7 N Editions are released by Microsoft due to pressure from European Commission that Windows Media Player should not be bundled along with Windows . (more…)

Network Discovery is a network setting that allows you to configure your Windows PC in such a way that your computer can find other computers on the network and whether other computers on the network can find your computer. When Network Discovery is turned ON, your PC is visible to other Users in Network. When turned OFF, others can’t find your computer in Network. (more…)

Internet Explorer 8 browser lets you open the last browsing session while you closed the browser. The link can be found when you open a new tab. The link “Reopen Last Browsing Session” appears below “Reopen closed tabs” as shown in screen-shot below. This is useful when you accidentally closed browser in mid of browsing session. (more…)

Windows 7 comes with Parental Control feature. Using this feature, you can control your Kids from how they use your PC. You can create a new account for your Kid and configure the account in many ways. You can set time limits for the account during which your Kid can use the PC. (more…)

If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 and getting STOP error messages when you unload a USB video device or when you shutdown this computer, then you are not alone. The problem has been reported by Microsoft in it’s KBA979538. (more…)

Microsoft has announced a problem while using Windows 7 Backup utility. During backup you may receive “0×81000015″ error message.  The error message displayed is :

Windows Backup could not create a zip file. This could be because the drive that Windows is installed on does not have enough space or it could be a temporary error. (more…)

If you have many User Accounts in your Windows 7 PC, you might have come across scenarios of forgetting passwords. Chances of forgetting password is more for an account used intermittently. To get rid of this problem, you can create a Password Reset Disk, using which you can reset and login to an forgotten password account. (more…)

Microsoft has released an update to fix a problem in Windows Media Center in a Windows 7 PC.  The problem is seen when you use Windows Media Center together with an analog TV tuner to watch live analog TV. During this, you receive intermittent Low Bit Rate overlay messages in Windows Media Center. (more…)