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…)

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…)

Like Windows XP, Windows Error reporting feature exists in Windows 7 too. This feature is useful in development of the operating system updates. Problem Reporting feature in Windows 7 also searches for solution to the problem. But it may annoy some users and they may want to turn off error reporting. Here is a simple how to guide to disable error reporting in Windows 7. (more…)

In Windows XP and Windows Vista, you see security alerts when you have your Firewall disabled, need to restart your PC, Automatic Updates turned off etc. It is very irritating to see such message every time, especially when you have intentionally turned off the security features and are already aware of it’s implications. (more…)