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…)
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…)
If you are using Windows 7 on your laptop, you may like to check out a handy feature called “Windows Mobility Center”. Windows Mobility Center gives you quick access to commonly used settings for your laptop or notebook. It lets you access settings like Sound controls, Battery Status, Wireless Network Status, External Display settings, Presentation Settings, Sync Center etc. (more…)
If you connect to your computer using Remote Desktop and don’t want to leave your computer running all the time, then you can configure your Windows PC (including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7) to wake up from sleep as you start using the Remote Desktop. This means you need to put into Remote PC into Sleep mode and then you can wake it up from sleep mode remotely by configuring it. (more…)
So over a period of time, you installed and uninstalled many third party Media Players, DVD Players on your Windows 7 PC. Each of these third party software try to associate media files with themselves and finally you end up with messed file associations for audio and video files. Sometimes even codecs get messed up. You might be entangled in a situation in which the media files that used to launch via Windows Media Player now launches with some other software. (more…)
Microsoft has announced details about the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. According to a post in Windows official team blog, there will be only minor updates in addition to updates already delivered through Windows Update. The only prominent update would be an updated Remote Desktop client that takes advantage of RemoteFX. (more…)
Microsoft has released hotfix to update Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Windows Operating System. This update is only to adjust Daylight Saving Time for the “(UTC-04:00) Asuncion”, “(UTC+12:00) Fiji” and “(UTC-04:00) Santiago” time zone. The updates are released due to DST changes announced by Paraguay, Fiji and Chile. (more…)