Windows 7 Tricks

           Hey There Every one In these blog I want to share a few essential tricks for Windows 7.

How To Hide Any Drive in Windows

Most of you must have wondered if there exists a way without using software to Hide A Drive completely so that it cannot be viewed or accessed without unlocking it. so, here is a easiest method to hide drive simple 4 steps.

Follow The Steps To Do This.. 

Step 1 : Go to run type “gpedit.msc” (without quotes)

Step 2 : Select user configuration —> administrative templates —> windows components —> windows explorer(click on it) 

Step 3 : On right panel search for hide theses specified drives in my computer.

Step 4 : Double click it mark on enable to hide the drive and select drive the which you want to hide. If u want to hide all the drives which are on your system then select restrict all drives.
to make it unhidden mark on disable option..

I hope this tips helps u :) !! 

How To Change Computer Processor Name In Windows 7 Using Windows Registry

       You can use this tips if you want to make fool someone that thinks your computer is a Pentium 4, but when your computer is a pentium 2 or 3.. 

Follow The Steps To Do This

Step 1 : First you Log in to your registry editor (Start -> Run -> type regedit)

Step 2 : Go to the following registry options

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ HARDWARE \ DISCRIPTION \ System \ CentralProcessor \
or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ HARDWARE \ DISCRIPTION \ System \ CentralProcessor \ 0 \
or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ HARDWARE \ DISCRIPTION \ System \ CentralProcessor \ 1 \  

Step 3 : Now  Find a key with the name “ProcessorNameString”

Step 4 : Click the right key and select Modify and change the Value Data to suit you (example: Core 2 Duo).

Now you can see changes in your System Properties (right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties).

That's It :) 

Startup Repair

If you've downloaded Windows 7 (and even if you haven't) it's a good idea to create a system repair disc straight away in case you run into problems booting the OS later on. Click Start > Maintenance > Create a System Repair Disc, and let Windows 7 build a bootable emergency disc. If the worst does happen then it could be the only way to get your PC running again.

Calibrate Your Screen

                  The colors you see on your screen will vary depending on your monitor, graphics cards settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default Windows color profile. And that means a digital photo you think looks perfect might appear very poor to everybody else.
                         Fortunately Windows 7 now provides a Display Color Calibration Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and color settings, and a Clear Type tuner to ensure text is crisp and sharp. 

               Step : Click Start, type DCCW and press Enter to give it a try.

 Explore God Mode

               Windows 7 has changed Control Panel a little, but it's still too difficult to locate all the applets and options that you might need. God Mode, however, while not being particularly godlike, does offer an easier way to access everything you could want from a single folder.

To try this out, create a new folder and rename it to : God Mode
The first part, "Everything" will be the folder name, and can be whatever you want: "Super Control Panel", "Advanced", "God Mode" if you prefer.

The extension,  ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C , must be entered exactly as it is here, though, including the curly brackets. When you press [Enter] this part of the name will disappear, and double-clicking the new folder will display shortcuts to functions in the Action Centre, the Network and Sharing Centre, Power options, troubleshooting tools, user accounts and others - more than 260 options in total.

Customise the log-on screen 

Changing the Windows log-on screen used to involve some complicated and potentially dangerous hacks, but not any more - Windows 7 makes it easy. 

Step 1 : First, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background in REGEDIT, double-click the DWORD key called OEMBackground (not there? Create it) and set its value to 1.


Step 2 :  Now find a background image you'd like to use. Make sure it's less than 256KB in size, and matches the aspect ratio of your screen as it'll be stretched to fit.


Step 3 : Copy that image into the %windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds folder (create the info\backgrounds folders if they don't exist). Rename the image to backgroundDefault.jpg, reboot, and you should now have a custom log-on image.

Custom power switch 

     By default, Windows 7 displays a plain text 'Shut down' button on the Start menu, but it only takes a moment to change this action to something else. If you reboot your PC a few times every day then that might make more sense as a default action: right-click the Start orb, select Properties and set the 'Power boot action' to 'Restart' to make it happen.

Protect your data 

           If you have confidential files in a particular folder or two, and would like to keep them away from other network users, then right-click the folder, select Share With > Nobody, and they'll be made private, for your eyes only (or your user account, anyway).

Repair your PC 

       If Windows 7 won't start, you may not need an installation or repair disc any more, as the repair environment is now usually installed on your hard drive. Press [F8] as your PC starts, and if you see a "Repair Your Computer" option, choose that to see the full range of Windows 7 recovery tools.

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