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Speed up windows shutdown-for windows xp and vista only

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Their may have been times that you would have liked your desktop or laptop to shutdown faster so that you could pack it up and move. But it just does not shutdown so fast-Here is a windows(not for windows 7) tip that will certainly help you in achieving faster shutdown speeds. Go to the start menu and then open the run program For vista press windows button+r to open the run . Type “regedit” in the run box and hit ok Your registry will open up. On the right side of the window go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE You will see a drop down-click on the SYSTEM and then current control set Now on the left side of the window you will.

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windows 7 Command Prompt Tips

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With the technology of computers moving at a huge pace-its becoming obsolete that users use the command prompt(cmd) in windows. It was the command prompt on which windows initially used to run on. Things you will in learn in this tutorial are almost the basics on how to use the command prompt in any windows operating system including the latest windows 7. So without any further ado lets begin I will show you in this tutorial how to get your Ip configurations using the command prompt-you cannot get your ip configuration without  using command prompt in windows. So to open your command prompt press the start button(one with windows logo on it)+R and now your command prompt window will open.

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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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Remove Password Requirement During Login From windows 7

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Everyone want’s to make life as easy as possible and doing so with your windows 7 will probably become a bit easier for you after reading this post. I don’t know about you,but I am the only user of my pc and laptop so why not remove the idiotic(in our case only) logon screen disappear when ever you turn your pc on or your pc wakes up from hibernation? So lets move ahead and do some jingles How to Logon directly in windows 7 using the start menu tweak -In your start menu type netplwiz and hit enter -You will see this screen open up On this screen uncheck the  user must enter password to logon button. click apply and.

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Use windows xp inside windows 7

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Now with the arrival of windows 7 some cool features have also arrived. One of them is the ability to run windows xp virtually on your windows 7 operating system. Note:-this option is only available in windows 7 ultimate, enterprise and professional versions only. With this option you will be able to use all the application that you used to run on your windows xp operating system. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to install and use windows xp in windows 7. -Go to this link-click -Select your operating system from the dropdown list-make sure you choose your correct operating system. -select your language. -Download the windows xp mode-its about 500 Megatbytes file,so have patience -Then download.

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How To Install Windows 7 In A 512MB RAM PC

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Since we all know the minimum requirements to run windows 7 is 1 Gigabytes but recently I had installed the windows 7 in my old crappy desktop with only 512MB  Of RAM You need to have the windows 7 Iso image mounted on your imageburning drive  for this trick to work(lol that’s the most important thing) Here is a step by tutorial on how to install windows 7 on 512MB RAM pc 1-Backup all your important data-or make a partition that has all you important data(this is much better than making a a backup) 2-Once you have mounted the Windows7 Iso image in the image burner-Extract the RAR files by right clicking on the image 3-It may take some time.

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