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Customization

Windows Trick-Make shortcut for screen lock down Of Your computer

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Their may have been times when you have to leave your computer a open place where you don’t want others to peep into your work. It is good to lock your computer screen using the windows+L button. But here we’ll see a windows trick on how to create a screen lockdown shorcut in windows 7,vista and xp. Make a right click on a empty space on your desktop and select new and then shortcut. Type or copy paste the following text into the Location of item- rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation Screens may look different in xp and vista but this does work in almost all the windows operating systems. Type in some related name as windows lockdown or what ever you.

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Disable delete comfirmation option In Windows

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Like all the UAC’s(user account control) the delete confirmation in windows 7 may be annoying at times. I have already written on How to remove the password requirement after hibernation. What you get in this post:- -Turn off the delete confirmation command altogether -Prevent users from turning off the delete confirmation command. How to turn off the delete confirmation box in windows 7 I Am considering that you are logged in as the administrator for this to work. So go ahead and right click on the Recycle bin icon and go to the properties. In here uncheck the check box next to Display delete confirmation dialog the click Apply and hit Ok. Now this confiramtion is their for a reason-so.

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How To Get Access To Hidden Themes In Windows 7

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Finding something hidden has always been something I have always cherished and I am delighted when I found that windows 7 also has some hidden goodies. Here I will show you how to get access to some of the themes that are hidden and are presented to you according to your location(your location is taken from country you had selected during the installation). So for example I had entered my location as UK when I had installed  windows 7 on my laptop and hence by default I was offered the theme with locations from UK. To access these hidden themes follow these steps:- -Open the drive that has your windows 7 installation -You will see  folder named “windows”-open it -In.

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Customizing Windows 7-XP and vista look

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Customizing Windows 7-XP and vista look Although windows 7 is really nice and has some cool features,but if you are used to using the windows xp or windows vista features that at times you may find windows 7 a bit annoying. In this post I will show you how to:- 1-Make windows 7 Taskbar look like the one in windows xp or vista 2-Create a quick launch in windows 7(missing) 3-How to disable the Aerosnap feature(annoys me at times-what about you?) So lets start Customizing the windows task bar -Right click on your taskbar and make sure its not locked -Now click on properties -Under the taskbar tab-click on make a tick on the small icons radio button and from.

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Free Tweaks To Make Windows 7 Run Faster

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Its been a couple of weeks since i and have found some free tweaks to make your windows 7 run faster .I have been using windows 7 completely and its one nice Operating system that runs smoothly on almost any computer.If you want to fine tune your windows 7 to run even faster then you’re at the right place. Below are some software’s that will be really handy and easy to use as you are trying to optimize your windows your windows 7 and make it run faster. 1-Windows 7 manager-its the first most thing that you should install on your new win 7 installation as it makes it is easy to configure,has a nice help guide and most importantly.

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