The Windows clock, in the system tray, doesn’t have a huge number of customization options. However, Windows Vista and 7 include an enhancement that enables you to add to add a couple of additional clocks to the system tray....
Windows 7 users will have at least one user account. Those accounts are stored in the User folder that includes all profiles, data and settings. If you’re going to install a fresh copy of Windows 7, you can back up and resto...
This post told you about Aero Adjuster. Aero Color Show is another software package that you can adjust the Windows 7 Aero taskbar and Start Menu colors with. However, with this program you can adjust the colors to match any image...
To add desktop shortcuts to Windows, you would usually right-click the desktop, select New and Shortcut. However, there’s a better way to add shortcuts to the Windows 7/8 desktops. Instead, you can save a library of hundreds...
No matter how powerful the defending system of your computer is you cannot easily recover when you have been infected by viruses. Even the well designed and highly ranked antivirus software cannot guarantee you a virus free enviro...
This post told you how to customize the Windows Media Center Start Menu with Media Center Studio. With that software you can also customize the Windows Media Center background. So you can add your own photos or desktop wallpaper t...
You can’t run multiple instances of Windows Media Player 12 at the same time. So that means you can’t open multiple media files at one time, which is something you can do with alternative third-party media players. How...
Windows 7 has a variety of bundled apps, and you can also add a few more that Microsoft removed from the OS. Windows Movie Maker, Windows Calendar and ClipBook Viewer are three apps bundled with XP and Vista. You can also add them...
Classic Shell is a freeware software package that you can customize the Start Menu with, as covered in this article. It also includes Classic Explorer Settings for you to customize Windows Explorer with. With that package you can ...
The Windows Explorer Send to menu gives you a shortcut to move folders and documents. Windows 7 also has an Extended Send to menu that includes extra options and shortcuts. This is how you can open and customize the Extended Send ...
Windows Media Player has a variety of plug-ins that you can add to it. Among them is the Lyrics Plugin that adds lyrics to Windows Media Player. So when you play the song in Windows Media Player, the lyrics are shown in the Now Pl...
Windows Sticky Notes are a handy accessory that you can stick notes to the desktop with. Although it might seem that they have little in the way in formatting options, there are, in fact, many ways that you can format them. For ex...
Aero is the glass effect in Windows Vista and 7 that you can select to turn on/off from system properties. However, you can set up an Aero On/Off shortcut in Windows. With this registry tweak you can add Aero On/Off options to the...
The Windows Start Menu includes a user account picture at the top. Windows doesn’t include any option to remove the user account picture, but you can still do that with Classic Shell. That’s a software package which in...
Windows 7 has a good selection of bundled games that you can open from the Games folder on Start Menu. However, it does not include the 3D Pinball and Inkball games that were usually bundled with other Windows platforms. Neverthel...
