Are you puzzled at the way your desktop shortcuts are suddenly disappearing on your Windows 7 PC? Well, the reason for this could be the Windows 7 System Maintenance Troubleshooter, which automatically cleans up broken shortcuts, once the number exceeds 4. (more…)

Reliability Monitor, a feature that was introduced in Windows Vista, is carried over to it’s successor Windows 7. This tool, meant for advanced users, gives an overview of hardware and software problems on your system. (more…)

Don’t panic if you are unable to get multi-touch functionality on your Tablet PC after setting up your system for the first time. Microsoft has released a fix (KB2013931) for this problem which occurs when you boot Windows for the first time after a setup. (more…)

Microsoft has released a Hotfix to fix 0xc000000F Error while accessing application in a Network location. When you  try to open a program from a network share on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the operation may fail.  The error message displayed is: (more…)

Microsoft has released a document on “Changes in Functionality in Windows Server 2008 R2″. The document describes what’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2. It covers functionality and features that are new and changed in this release.The Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system includes changes to Windows Server 2008 features and technologies that help improve the security of computers running Windows Server 2008 R2, increase productivity, and reduce administrative overhead. (more…)

Most of us logon to Windows by using User login and password. But if you are the single user of your PC and confident about your privacy, you may wish to configure Windows 7 to log in automatically upon booting. Follow the below steps to do so: (more…)

Windows 7 has many new features. Windows XP users who switched recently to Windows 7 might face problems in getting simple things done. One of those is creating a new user account in Windows 7. To add new user account in Windows 7, follow these steps: (more…)

Preme is yet another Windows 7 specific free feature enhancing program. We have already reviewed XdN Tweaker and EnhanceMySe7en earlier. Preme adds more useful features to your Windows 7 Desktop. The tool especially makes your Windows 7 usage more productive by avoiding extra clicks at some locations. The features Preme adds are: (more…)

You might face display corruption issues if you have the following conditions in Windows 7.

1. The system has the Intel virtualization feature enabled in the system BIOS.
2. The system has an asymmetric RAM configuration. For example, the system has 3 gigabytes (GB) of RAM, which consists of one 2-GB module and one 1-GB module.
3. The system has one of the following Intel GPU chipsets:

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ei.cfg Removal utility is a useful tool to create a universal Windows 7 installation disc. What we mean by Universal Disc is that you can install any edition (like Home Premium, Ultimate, etc)  of  Windows 7 from a single disc.  This is possible because of the way various editions of discs are manufactured. In actual all editions of Windows 7 Discs have the same content but a single file called ei.cfg will control what edition you have purchased and will accordingly deliver only those installation files. (more…)