List of How to Windows 7

This  section contains the best hacks, tips and tricks for your Windows 7 operating system. All the information available here has been divided to different categories to let you identify what are you looking for in a very easy and intuitive way. As you see, majority of the articles shown below have been laid down as How to Windows 7 tutorials which clearly explain to you  the  step-by-step procedure  to follow to achieve the results you want. Thanks to these Windows 7 tricks nothing will be impossible to you anymore. You will be able to customize and personalize every and each aspect and feature of your Windows 7. You will amaze your friends by enabling hidden tools only expert technicians know and are able to turn on. You will make the operating system more performing and responsive by tweaking unknown “registry keys”  which will let Windows 7 use the resource of your computer’s hardware in a better and more efficient way.  At the beginning some of the commands, shortcuts and steps used in the tutorials will seems a little tricky and difficult to you, but don’t worry. The methods, the “patterns” the schemes used here are purposefully and intentionally repeated over and over again, so that after a little practice you will be able to identify where to “work” at a first glance!  And now, a little warning. Nothing to worry about! 99% of these guides are safe to use and do not create any kind of damage to your computer. However, some of the hacks reported, if not executed literally and carefully might cause data loss. The best advice I can give you is that if you are unsure about something, just don’t do it! If you feel “odd” about a procedure or a step, contact me without further delay by filling out the form available on this page.

Look and Feel

1. How to Increase/Reduce the Font Size Text in Windows 7
2. How to Turn Off/On Shadows in Windows 7
3. How to Change the Default Folder Icon in Windows 7
4. How to Delete/Hide Unread Mail Messages (emails) from the Welcome Screen in Windows XP/Vista/7
5. Fast Trick to Hide Your Desktop Icons in Windows 7
6. How to Prevent Users from Changing Themes in Windows 7
7. How to Restore Default Desktop Gadgets in Windows 7
8. How to Lock Your Windows 7 Theme (Prevent Users from Changing Theme)
9. How to Turn On Animation Effect Slow Down in Windows 7
10. How to Turn Off and Remove the Notification Area from Windows 7
11. How to Customize Windows 7 Starter Edition
12. How to Turn Off and Disable the Highlight Newly Installed Program Feature in Windows 7
13. How to Remove and Hide the Digital Clock From the Taskbar in Windows 7
14. How to Change the Default Sounds in Windows 7 Aero Theme
15. How to Clean Out Windows 7 Notification Area
16. How to Delete and Erase a Library in Windows 7
17. Quick Trick: How to use Aero Shake in Windows 7
18. How to Turn On Windows 7 Aero Peek Theme Without Rebooting
19. How to Turn Off Aero Shake
20. Change the Color of DOS the Prompt Window
21. How to Turn Off Windows 7 Sidebar
22. How to Remove and Install Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7
23. How to Custom Align the Taskbar Icons in Windows 7
24. How to Increase/Decrease the Font Size in Windows 7
25. Windows 7 Sticky Notes Shortcuts
26. How to Remove the Shortcut Text from Shortcut Files
27. How to Turn On Aero Glass Theme on Windows Virtual PC
28. How to Turn Off and Disable the Left Navigation Pane in Windows 7 Explorer
29. How to Remove Arrow From Shortcut Icon in Windows 7
30. Quick Trick: How to Create Sticky Notes in Windows 7
31. How to Change Windows 7 Library Icon
32. How to Easily Restore Default Settings in Windows 7 Startup Menu
33. How to customize the taskbar in Windows 7
34. How to force Windows 7 taskbar to behave like Vista taskbar
35. How to prevent the selected theme from changing desktop icons
36. How to disable Taskbar thumbnail preview in Windows 7
37. How to turn off Aero Snap in Windows 7
38. How to make windows frame transparent in Windows 7
39. How to create a custom theme in Windows 7
40. How to customize the date on the system tray in Windows 7
41. How to delete and get rid of libraries in Windows
42. How to customize Windows 7 logon background
43. How to change the icon associated with a file in Windows Vista and Windows 7
44. How to show text next to taskbar icons in Windows 7
45. How to force Windows to show hidden files and floders
46. How to add items to Favorites Windows 7 Explorer folder
47. How to change the registered owner in all Windows version
48. How to show/hide libraries in the navigation pane in Windows 7
49. Discover and unlock new themes
50. How to enable or disable desktop preview
51. How to turn off Action Center Notifications
52. How to quickly show the desktop in Windows 7
53. How to quickly show the desktop in Windows 7
54. How to set Windows 7 Superbar taskbar to show icons and text
55. How to enable the quick launch bar
56. How to remove the send feedback link from the toolbar in Windows 7
57. How to show or hide notification area icons on the taskbar in Windows 7
58. How to turn on Windows 7 Aero Theme
59. Windows 7 taskbar with jumplist

System, Memory and Hard Disk

1. How to Force Windows 7 to Use All Available RAM
2. How to Open and Extract .MSU Windows Update Files
3. How to Stop Hard Disk Clicking Noise on your Computer
4. How to Turn Off Windows Error Recovery Loop
5. Alternative Way to Make Hard Disk Invisible
6. Fix Check Disk For Consistency Runs Every Time Windows 7/Vista/XP Starts
7. Two Easy Steps to Fix “Consider Replacing Your Battery” Message on Windows 7 SP1
8. How to Flush and Clear ARP Cache in Windows 7
9. How to Schedule and Automate defragmentation in Windows 7
10. How to Fix Windows 7 SP1 Won’t Show and Download in Windows Update
11. How to Reboot Windows 7
12. How to Download Explorer.exe for Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP
13. How to Backup Windows 7 Theme Folder
14. How to Configure Windows 7 for a Wifi Network or Access Point
15. Windows Restart Command in Windows 7/Vista/XP
16. Reinstall Windows Update in Windows 7. The Easy Way
17. How to Create Empty Files in Windows Operating Systems
18. How to Set Disk Cleanup to Run Automatically in Windows 7
19. How to Turn Off AutoPlay Feature in Windows 7
20. How to Fix MBR in Windows 7 (Operating System not found)
21. How to Open DOS Command Prompt in Full Screen in Windows 7 XP Mode
22. How to Run and Launch Windows XP Mode in Full Screen in Windows 7
23. How to Turn Off Search Feature in Windows 7
24. How to Reset Game Statistics in Windows 7
25. How to Uninstall and Remove a Software in Safe Mode in Windows Operating Systems
26. Turn On and Enable Secret Troubleshooting Tool “Problem Steps Recorder” in Windows 7
27. How to Remove Programs from the “Open With” Option in Windows 7 Menu
28. Another Way to make Windows 7 Faster and More Responsive
29. Simple Trick on How to Make Windows 7 Startup Faster
30. How to Print a List of Items Contained in a Windows 7 Folder
31. How to Delete the Temp Folder and Make your Computer Faster
32. How to Delete Rewritable CD/DVD in Windows 7
33. How to Set Windows 7 as your Default Operating System in Dual-Boot Systems
34. How to Erase and Delete the Default Power Plan in Windows 7
35. How to See Where a Process Comes From in Windows 7
36. How to Increase Computer Speed by Deleteing DLL Files from Windows
37. Math Input Panel in Windows 7
38. How to Create and Burn a Windows 7 System Repair Disc
39. How to Turn Off and Disable the Computer Beep or Chime in Windows 7
40. How to Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows
41. How to Turn Off and Disable a User Account in Windows 7
42. How to Safely Downgrade from Windows 7 to Windows Vista in 10 Easy Steps
43. How to Full Install Windows 7 after Formatting Hard Drive (Product Key not Valid Issue)
44. How to Turn Off/Disable and Delete Search History in Windows 7 Explorer
45. How to Delete and Remove System Restore Files Quickly
46. How to Turn Off Windows SlideShow in Windows 7 and Windows Vista
47. How to Speed Up Windows 7 by Deleting Calibrated Display Profile in Windows 7
48. How to Address More Computer Resources to your Favorite Software in Windows 7
49. How to Calculate Car Fuel Economy in Windows 7
50. How to Increase or Decrease the BootManager Time
51. How to Disable Media Player Network Sharing Service (wmpnetwk.exe) in Windows 7
52. How to Fix “Open with…” Dialog When You Try to Open a Hard Disk Drive on Your Computer
53. How to Remove Indexed Locations in Windows 7
54. How to Prevent Your Mouse From Waking Up Your Computer From Sleep Mode
55. How to Delete Indeletable Files in Windows 7
56. How to Repair Windows 7 Boot
57. How To Change Windows 7 Startup (add more apps)
58. Trick to Downgrade from Windows 7 High Editions to Basic Editions
59. How to restore the recycle bin icon in Windows 7
60. How to know if your computer can run Windows XP mode in Windows 7
61. How to make a bootable Windows 7 ISO file from Setup1.box and Setup2.box files
62. How to make a bootable DVD or USB drive to install Windows 7
63. How to get a faster Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7
64. Another way to speed up Windows startup time
65. How to check for RAM issues in Windows Vista and Windows 7
66. How to speed up Windows 7 startup (boot)
67. How to turn off, disable and remove HomeGroup service from Windows 7
68. How to disable the burning and the auto tray ejection features in Windows 7
69. How to remove and uninstall Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7
70. Windows Virtual PC BIOS utility
71. How to install Windows XP Mode in Windows 7
72. How to change language in Windows 7
73. How to check Energy Efficency in Windows 7
74. How to speed up Windows Vista and Windows 7 Bootup
75. How to restore Windows 7 boot
76. How to get more space by deleting System Restore points
77. How to log-on in Windows 7 automatically
78. How to speed up Windows 7 taskbar (Superbar)
79. How to force Window Explorer to open a folder of your choice in Windows 7
80. How to use Burn Disk Image in Windows 7
81. How to change the default boot after installing Windows 7 in dual boot
82. How to create a new library in Windows 7
83. How to share the same virtual memory pagefilesys on a hard disk with multiple operating systems
84. How to change your partition volume label in DOS
85. Extend grace period to 120 days in Windows 7

Shortcuts and Commands

1. Create a Shortcut to Shutdown and Restart Windows 7
2. How to Run Control Panel Tools from DOS Command Prompt
3. How to Force Kill a Process in Windows 7/Vista/XP
4. How to Force Kill a Process in Windows 7/Vista/XP
5. How to Retrieve and Show Files Hidden by Virus Thanks to a Simple Trick
6. How to Preview Documents and Files Without Opening in Windows 7
7. How to Backup Sticky Notes in Windows 7
8. How to Open Applications as Administrator from the Search Box
9. How to Rename Multiple Files and Folders at Once in Windows 7
10. How to Find “My Network Places” in Windows 7
11. How to Easily Uninstall Windows 7 SP1 from DOS
12. How to Fix the File System in Windows 7
13. How to Shut Down Your Computer Automatically Without Using any Software
14. How to Destroy a Hard Disk Drive in less than 30 Seconds with DOS Commands
15. How to Fix the MBR in Windows 7
16. Secret Shortcuts to Turn Off Windows Operating Systems
17. Hidden Utilities and Shortcuts in Windows
18. Secret Windows 7 Media Center Commands
19. Become a Windows God! How to Enable GodMode on Windows 7
20. How to Make a Shutdown and Reboot shortcut on your Windows Desktop
21. How to Recover and Retrieve WiFi Passwords in Windows 7
22. How to Disable Windows 7 Hibernation
23. How to Save Windows Registry in Windows 7
24. How to make a list of drivers installed in your Windows 7
25. How to reset the thumbnail cache in Windows 7
26. How to customize sticky notes in Windows 7
27. How to activate a window by hovering over it in Windows
28. How to add website shortcuts to desktop context menu
29. How to add “Encrypt” feature on right-click context menu
30. How to open a file quickly using your favorite applications
31. Keyboard shortcuts

Enhancements

1. How to Show Your Downloads on Windows 7 Start Menu
2. Know Everything About your Windows 7 in One Click!
3. How to Make your Windows 7 Computer Talk at Start Up
4. How to Add Delete Button in Windows Explorer in Windows 7
5. How to Uninstall Games in Windows 7
6. How to Change the User Name in Windows 7
7. How to Change Power Button Settings in Windows 7
8. How to Turn Off and Disable “This Device Can Perform Faster…” Message in Windows 7
9. How to Change Windows Explorer Folder Destination in Windows 7
10. How to Improve the Battery Life of Your Laptop
11. How to Create a StartUp Custom Message in Windows 7
12. How to Auto Login in Windows 7 and Vista
13. How to Run Windows XP Mode on Windows 7 Basic and Premium
14. How to Change the Delay of the Taskbar Preview Thumbnail in Windows 7
15. How to Move Default Location of Folders in Windows 7
16. How to Disable and Turn Off Useless Icons and Utilities from the Taskbar
17. How to Install Windows Calendar in Windows 7
18. How to Open Files and Folders with a Single Click
19. How to make your own Windows 7 theme
20. How to change Windows 7 taskbar live preview delay
21. How to change Windows 7 Aero Peek delay time
22. How to shuffle wallpapers in Windows 7 automatically
23. How to make Aero theme faster in Windows 7
24. How to increase or decrease the number of recent items to display in the Jump Lists
25. How to add Control Panel on the taskbar in Windows 7
26. How to add the Recycle Bin on the taskbar in Windows 7
27. How to add a website to the Desktop Context Menu
28. How to customize items in the “Send to” right-click menu

Security

1. How to Remove your Computer from a Homegroup in Windows 7
2. How to Delete Wifi History in Windows 7
3. How to Stop Programs From Accessing the Internet on Windows 7
4. How to Remove Incompatible, Third-Party Software from your Computer
5. How to Remove Username from the Start Menu in Windows 7
6. How to Set a Program to Automatically Run with Administrator Privileges in Windows 7
7. How to Hack Administrator Account in a Ridiculously Easy Way in Windows
8. How to Block and Stop Programs from Opening in Windows 7
9. How to Turn On and Restore the Command Prompt
10. How to Time Limit Users in Windows 7
11. An Easy Way to Lock Your Windows Desktop
12. How to Know When a Twitter Follower Stops Following You
13. How to Enable USB Ports
14. How to Prevent and Forbid Access to Control Panel in Windows 7
15. How to Auto Disconnect Internet Connection in Windows 7
16. How to Hide the Map Network Drive in Windows 7
17. How to Turn Off the Control Panel in Windows 7
18. How to Create and Delete a Undeletable Folder in Windows Operating Systems
19. How to Get Full Administrator Rights in Windows 7
20. How to Turn On Super Administrator Account in Windows 7
21. How to Turn Off and Disable “Do You Want to Run This File?” Warning in Windows 7 and Vista
22. How to Really Make your Internet Surfing Anonymous and Private
23. How to Lock the Desktop in One Click in Windows 7
24. How to Protect User Accounts. How to Turn on Ctrl+Alt+Del in Windows 7 and Vista
25. How to Hide User Accounts from the Welcome Screen in Windows 7 and Vista
26. How to Delete Private Information from Files (.Docx) in Windows 7
27. Download Windows 7 Application Compatibility List
28. How to Hide and Conceal Pictures and Images Using DOS
29. Turn a Folder to a Safe in One Click With a Hidden Windows Command!
30. How to Hide and Conceal Hard Disk Drives
31. How to Enable/Disable the Last Access Timestamp in Windows Opearting Systems
32. How to Block Website Access in Windows Operating Systems
33. How to enable Telnet in Windows Vista and Windows 7
34. How to stop Windows 7 reboot loop
35. How to lock and encrypt any drive in Windows 7
36. How to enable and turn on the Hidden Administrator account in Windows 7
37. How to disable UAC in Windows 7

Windows 7 errors (This list contains the most known and dreaded errors in Windows 7. If what you are looking for is not posted here, drop me a few lines and ask me whatever you want. I will write an article about your request.)

1. Fix Desktop Gadgets Have Stopped Working in Windows 7
2. Fix “Windows Installer Service Could Not Be Accessed” Error in Windows 7
3. How to Fix Microsoft AppLocale Won’t Install on Windows 7
4. How to Fix Error Code 0xC004C008 in Windows 7
5. How to Fix Windows 7 hangs on Welcome Login Screen
6. How to Fix No Erase CD/DVD/Disc Option Available in Windows 7
7. How to Fix “Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer” Error in Windows
8. How to Fix “The Windows Logon Process Has Unexpectedly Terminated” Error in Windows
9. How to Fix “Please Insert a Disk into Drive” Error
10. How to Fix Windows 7 Jumplists Without Recent Items
11. How to Fix “Installation Was Not Successful” Error During Windows 7 SP1 Installation
12. How to Fix Windows Stops at Logon Screen After Installing VMWare (Virtual Machine)
13. How to Fix Taskbar Reset to the Default Settings When You Use the “Automatically Log On” in Windows 7
14. How to Fix “Windows Installer Could not be Accessed” in Windows 7
15. How to Fix “0xA or IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Stop Error” (BSOD) in Windows 7
16. How to Fix “0×24 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM Stop Error” (BSOD) in Windows 7
17. How to Fix Desktop Shortcuts Missing in Windows 7
18. How to Fix Computer Freezing while Copying Files to USB Flash Drive in Windows 7
19. How to Fix Start Menu Search Not Showing Correct Results
20. Microsoft Complete list of Errors in Windows Operating Systems
21. How to fix system’s firmware did not preserve the system memory map across the hibernation transition error in Windows 7
22. How to Fix uTorrent not Working on Windows 7
23. How to Fix Update KB974431 Won’t Install on Windows 7 (Error C004F050)
24. How to Fix Windows Activation Status Not Available in Windows 7
25. Solve Windows 7 Upgrade Problem. Product key is not Valid (Error 0xC004F061)
26. How to fix Windows 7 does not start after you force computer shut down
27. How to fix hibernation error (STOP 0×000000A0 INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR) in Windows 7
28. How to fix the Start Menu behind taskbar issue in Windows 7
29. How to fix screen flash in Windows 7
30. How to fix blank desktop shortcut icons
31. Download hotfix (KB962921) for Windows 7 to fix Internet Explorer 8 compatibility issue
32. How to fix Windows Vista partition not seen from Windows 7
33. How to fix “Windows Explorer has stopped working” in Windows 7
34. How to fix “Host process for Windows Services has stopped working”
35. How to fix Windows Vista partition not seen from Windows 7
36. How to remove pinned icons from Start Menu in Windows 7

As you see the lists available on this page are constantly updated, almost on a daily basis. All the procedures contained in these How to Windows 7 tutorials have been tested and tried before being published.  Also, before applying a trick for example, don’t forget to give a look at the comments other users have written at the end of each post. In this way if something doesn’t work or a workaround have been found to your issue, you will know that beforehand. This will save you from a lot of work. If  a tutorial doesn’t work, if you can not find a registry key or if the results obtained don’t reflect your expectation, keep in mind that Windows 7 operating system, as all Microsoft operating systems is a  dynamic system. Hotfixes, updates, service packs (SP) constantly change the inner “works” of your Windows without you noticing it at all! If instead you can not find a piece of information, you can contact me by filling out the form available on this page. I will do my best to provide you with the tutorial you have been looking for. As a final note, I am not responsible for damages or data loss these articles may cause to your computer. Everything here is provided without warranty or guarantee.

The Best Free Programs for Your Computer

The need for a more detailed analysis of the various functional features of Windows Operating Systems cannot be overemphasized. There is a slew of bundled free programs, applications, tweaks and tricks that help in making it run as efficiently as possible. Clearly, this calls for a personal manifestation of the various ideas and commitments to better the brilliant operating system the world has ever known. However, this might be not sufficient. Despite Windows OS have got a huge variety of applications and tools embedded into its gears, sometimes you might need a special tool or a feature that Windows doesn’t own. That’s why it is important to know what software and program you need,where to get it and possibly how to get it for free!

There is a whole gamut of free programs that can be gainfully applied in furthering the operational efficiency of Windows systems. The software applications are listed here according to the various categories:

Email Utilities
This is a single most popular utility that links up communication channels across the global network through a robust software inbuilt in Windows OS. There are other equally popular and more powerful standalone software applications that take on the email functioning comfortably. Most of these email applications are vying to provide free additional storage space, backup features and a better email managing for those users who get and sent a lot of messages over the Internet.

1. How to Look for Email Info
2. How to Create a Disposable Email Address
3. How to backup email messages from one server to an other
4. How to save emails in your computer
5. How to let the computer ask what email account you want to use
6. How to import and export bookmarks between Web browsers
7. Official Microsoft Outlook backup tool
8. Gmail Desktop Notifier
9. How to get rid of spam in your e-mail inbox once for all
10. How to log-in to Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Windows Live Mail from the same place

Photo Utilities
Imaging, scanning, sizing and filtering have never been as easy as it is today. Thanks to a range of imaging products, you can make your own albums, email specific album pages, add music and do a lot of things that could never be thought of before. But that’s only one side of the whole story! In fact, thanks to new,incredible, free tools you can even edit your photos, turn them into sketches and retouch them to eliminate flaws or objects which spoil the scene! With the increasing use of digital cameras, such programs are now essential tools for any computer users.

1. How to Make Sketches from your Photos
2. How to safely resize your favorite images
3. How to compress and optimize pictures
4. How to reduce the file size of a pdf
5. How to enhance the quality of your picture and images
6. How to convert PDF to TXT
7. How to know and understand if a picture is original or fake
8. How to optimize pictures and images and make them lighter
9. How to extract text from an image on the screen
10. Edit your pictures online and for free
11. Convert images to ICO and PNG
12. How to convert PDF files to JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG files
13. How to convert pictures to PDF
14. Turn your digital photos into beautiful sketches with FotoSketcher
15. Paint.NET

Video Utilities
Every new version of Windows has brought about dynamic changes in the video displays. The smooth transitioning of the Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7 has been a remarkable success. The very fact that apart from the Windows Media Player there are a host of other powerful and dynamic players available as free downloads, proves the fact that research behind the Windows Media Player has been going on feverishly. Precision software calibrations and the tying up of the loose ends have resulted in the transformation of the CD of the golden era to the image specific DVD today. Video recording, data storage and data sharing across the net have been now possible through technologically advanced quantum based processes today.

1. How to Download a WMP file (Windows Media Player)
2. How to Watch YouTube Videos in Windows Media Center
3. How to Make YouTube Videos Faster and Smoothier (Improve Buffer)
4. How to download music videos from Google
5. How to download video and audio from ANY website
6. How to trick your boss into thinking that you are working
7. Multi Video Screening Multiplayer
8. How to convert, split and merge your videos easily
9. How to download Dailymotion videos
10. Download FormatFactory to convert your favorite videos and audios
11. Convert YouTube videos into iPod and PSP videos

Internet Explorer and Other Web Browser Utilities
Walking along with the new operating system there has been simultaneous up gradation of the Internet Explorer – the net gateway. The faults and the shortcomings of the earlier version have been dealt with extensively and new features tweaked in so that there is a more robust and widely acceptable gateway to the Internet world. Downtimes are minimal now. However, why to limit the number of features and add-ons with the one offered by Internet Explorer? New Web browsers have come out lately, and tons of add-ons have been created to enhance your surfing experience. Internet Experience is the first step you take in the Internet once you buy a new computer. But that’s just the beginning. You can use other more flexible browsers such as Firefox and Google Chrome or you can add new features to IE to make your surfing experience faster and more secure. Find out what you can use along with Internet Explorer thanks to these interesting articles. Surfing the Internet has never been so easy!

1. Retrieve and Recover Facebook Password and Username from Any Computer
2. How to Extract Any Cache File in Internet Explorer and Other Internet Borwsers
3. How to Recover Passwords and Usernames in Opera Web Browser
4. How to restore favicons in Internet Explorer
5. Pimp your browser with free Bookmarklets
6. How to use Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome in one browser
7. How to backup your profile (history and bookmarks) in Google Chrome
8. The best unconventional alternative to Google Chrome
9. Surf anonymously with xB browser

Internet Utilities
The Internet browser has developed over the years, and along with it, there have been a number of new products developed that supplement the functioning of the net. The video grabber, the web grabber, Internet accelerator, You Tube Downloader are some of the many other tiny applications that are working in close synchronization with the browser.

1. How to Download Everything from Internet
2. Improve your Internet connection with Internet Cell Boost
3. How to download multiple files from Rapidshare
4. How to increase the speed of your Bittorent downloads
5. How to download files from Rapidshare without waiting
6. How to see blocked websites

Windows OS Utilities
So many micro OS utilities are working in tandem with the Windows OS. The system repair, better backup, disk derangement, disk cleanup, system restore and a host of other software applications and tools that are clubbed together to get your machine out of a spot. Such is the versatility of Windows  that it has an incredible capacity to repair itself and get out of a jam at short notice. But why to limit your computer experience with the limited number of programs offered by Windows? Read on and find out what you can add to your operating system in order to enhance it and boost its features to new limits! These article are meant to open your mind to new possibilities that maybe your computer doesn’t know yet. Once you will be familiar with terms such as system explorer, disk defrag, backup manager etc, you will soon find out that beyond the short horizon offered by Microsoft Windows, a multitude of free applications are waiting for you!

1. How to Fix “Cannot Delete File…” Error in Windows Operating System
2. How to Spy Your Computer Monitor
3. How to Recover a Password from your Router
4. How to Download All Programs For Your Computer at Once
5. Download Official Microsoft Download Manager
6. How to Fix Windows Errors
7. How to Install Windows Updates Offline
8. System Explorer. A Powerful Task Manager Replacement
9. How to Limit the Time your Kids Spend in Front of the Computer
10. How to Retrieve/Recover and Reset your Bios Password
11. How to Lock Your Computer’s Mouse and Keyboard
12. How to Create a Shortcut (Hotkey) for Everything
13. How to Check Hard Drive for Bad Sectors
14. How to Retrieve a Deleted File
15. How to Delete Old Files by Date
16. How to Delete Junk Files
17. How to Defrag Windows 7 Efficently with Defraggler
18. Download Auslogics disk defrag for free
19. A great way to clean up your hard disk
20. How to wipe-clean your computer hard disk
21. How to restore deleted files in Windows
22. How to restore your hard disk drive
23. How to store usernames and passwords safely
24. How to convert any software to portable applications for your USB flash drive
25. How to make your children surf safely
26. How to conceal folders and private data in your computer
27. How to automatically delete any file on your computer
28. How to protect and disguise your computer games
29. How to backup your Windows Vista and XP drivers
30. Recover your Windows Administrator password with PCLoginNow
31. How to change Windows Vista operating system language

Antivirus and Anti-spyware Utilities
Windows 7 comes in built with its own anti-spyware software. Though there are other third party robust products available in this arena, Microsoft has geared up its own mechanisms and have been firing on all 16 cylinders to produce its own in-house anti-spyware.

1. Repair and Recover Windows 7/Vista/XP After a Virus Attack
2. How to Detect and Remove Rootkits
3. Download Free Panda Cloud Antivirus for Free
4. How to Remove False Antivirus Software
5. Bitdefender free edition software
6. Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
7. How to detect and uninstall Rootkits
8. A valid and powerful antivirus: Rising Antivirus

Windows  is again one of the rare operating systems that functions admirably well under immense pressure. Based on its past performance it must be said that the OS has taken one giant step in the computing technology today. Side by side, it has also opened up great avenues for revenues and profits from genuine third party manufactures who are available with the latest ancillaries and accessories that augment the system’s performance many times over. This section wants to open your eyes over a new panorama of free applications and programs, which in most cases are even better than their paid counterparts. Internet is an immense sea which contains a big quantity of free stuff. Looking for them is not always easy and most users give up their quest and buy expensive software. Don’t give up your quest! This section contains a lot of free stuff. Plus its author updates it continuously. Come here every now and then and find out what Web Talk managed to find for you! Only the best, free tools manage to make their way on the lists above!

List of How to Firefox

Firefox is the most used browser by Internet surfers. It is fast, reliable, constantly updated, safe to use and best of all, it is free. No wonder that a lot of people are using this incredible Internet browser more and more, thus abandoning the famous, but alas, full of bugs, Microsoft browser, Internet Explorer. This section contains a lot of tricks, hacks, How to Firefox tutorials and the best add-ons for your surfing, red fox!  Feel free to try them all without worrying of messing things up. In fact, especially for the hacks reported here, if something goes wrong, the worst thing which will happen to you is that the browser will stop working. This won’t affect your private data nor your computer or operating system safety. Restoring the functionality of Firefox is very easy. A double-click procedure, a swift shift change in the settings ( from true to false or vice-verse) and you are done! The articles and mini-guides  have been divided int two main categories: “tricks and tips” and “Add-ons”. Thanks to them you will be able to achieve interesting and amazing results. You will be able to make Firefox faster,  add interesting extra options,  tweaks secrets settings only seasoned experts know and how to use and improve the way you surf the Web!

Firefox tricks and tips (This list contains the most useful and known tips, tricks to enhance your Firefox experience. If what you are looking for is not posted here, drop me a few lines and ask me whatever you want. I will write an article about your request.)

1. Change the Number of Suggestions (Most Visited Websites) in Firefox 7 Address Bar
2. How to Display “http://” in Firefox 7 Address Bar
3. Install Incompatible, Old Addons on Firefox Recent Versions without Software
4. How to Fix Addons Have Stopped Working in Firefox
5. How to Restrict Website Access in Firefox
6. How to Resize the Address Bar in Firefox 4
7. How to Delete and Restore a Master Password in Firefox 4
8. How to Lock and Password Protect Firefox 4 Stored Passwords
9. How to Change and Fake Geolocation in Firefox
10. How to Fix Blurry Text Rendering in Firefox 4
11. Download SkyDrive Upload Tool Addon for Firefox
12. How to Fix Firefox History is Blank Issue
13. Download Megavideo Addon for Firefox to Bypass and Skip Time Limit
14. How to Turn On “Do Not Track” Feature in Firefox 4
15. How to Move and Change the Toobar Position in Firefox
16. How to Secretively Monitor Online Activity in Firefox
17. Force Firefox to Remember More Recently Closed Tabs
18. How to Turn Off Automatic Image Resizing in Firefox
19. How to Open Google Results in a New Tab in Firefox
20. How to Change Firefox Buttons
21. How to Add Website Shortcuts to Firefox
22. How to Solve Google Instant Search Doesn’t Work in Fireox
23. How to Create Strong, Encrypted Passwords and Text using Firefox
24. Fast and Easy Google Search Commands on Firefox
25. How to Restore Internet Sessions in Firefox 4
26. How to Add or Replace Firefox Button with Menu Bar in Firefox 4
27. How to Move and Change the Position of Firefox 4 Buttons
28. How to Turn On and Enable All Tab Preview Feature in Firefox 4
29. How to Add Google SSL Search to Firefox Search Bar
30. How to Run Old Addons in Firefox 4
31. How to Turn On and Enable Tab Preview in Firefox
32. How to Get Support from Firefox in One Click
33. How to Duplicate a Tab in Firefox
34. How to Increse the Scrolling Speed of Websites in Firefox
35. How to Turn Off and Disable Google Search Suggestions from Firefox
36. How to Restore Closed Tabs in Firefox and Internet Explorer
37. How to Enable and Turn on the Cursor on any Website in Firefox
38. How to Use Old Add-ons (Extensions) in Firefox
39. How to Activate Firefox Autofill Address feature
40. How to change the mouse scrolling speed in Firefox
41. How to restore default settings in Firefox
42. How to modify the address bar in Firefox 3 and get search results
43. Boost your Mozilla Firefox
44. How to fix Firefox logging you out of websites for no reasons
45. How to make your Firefox load faster at startup
46. How to prevent Firefox from opening tab saying you “You have been updated to the latest version of Firefox”
47. How to close the Download Manager automatically in Firefox
48. How to open Firefox 3.x (and further versions) in Private Browsing
49. How to add dictionary and enable spell checking in Firefox
50. How to watch YouTube videos in Firefox sidebar
51. Dirty trick to make your Firefox run at light-speed
52. How to force Firefox to display big pictures
53. Tricks to improve Firefox Download Manager
54. How to make your Firefox faster
55. How to change the location where Firefox puts your downloaded files
56. How to turn off prefetching feature in Firefox
57. Disable “Scanning for Virus” feature in Firefox
58. Put Google Chrome feature into your Firefox
59. How to export bookmarks from Firefox to Internet Explorer
60. Enable spellchecking in Firefox 3
61. How to make Firefox faster
62. How to write urls in the address bar quickly
63. How to shrink back button in Firefox 3
64. How to increase the number of tabs Firefox manages to display
65. How to set Yahoo mail as Firefox default e-mail client
66. How to set Gmail as Firefox default e-mail client
67. Change the number of url results in Firefox 3 smart location bar
68. Another Firefox egg
69. Uninstall/remove or delete Firefox add-ons with uninstall button disabled
70. How to remove Windows Genuine WGA plug-in from Firefox
71. Easter egg in Firefox

Firefox add-ons (This list contains the most useful add-ons for Firefox. If what you are looking for is not posted here, drop me a few lines and ask me whatever you want. I will write an article about your request.)

1. Schedule Gmail Emails to Be Sent Later in Chrome and Firefox
2. How to Know How Big a File Is (File Size) Before Downlaoding it in Firefox
3. Download Turn Off the Lights Addon for Firefox
4. Official Google Shortcuts Add-Ons for Firefox and Chrome
5. How to Add Voice Commands Features on Firefox
6. Google Shortcuts. How to Place All Google Services in One Place
7. How to Save a Video From Facebook Using Firefox
8. How to Convert a Website to Mp3
9. How to Remove and Turn Off the Chat Features from Facebook
10. How to Add a Quick Restart Shortcut in Firefox
11. How to Delete “Super Cookies” (Non Deletable Cookies) in Firefox”
12. How to Translate Everything in Firefox Using Google Translation
13. How to View and Display Lyrics Next to YouTube Videos
14. How to Delete and Clean Firefox and Chrome From Your Internet Footprints
15. How to Hide Bookmarks in Firefox
16. How to import and export saved passwords in Firefox
17. How to monitor and spy Internet activity on your computer
18. How to create a customized bookmarks in Firefox
19. How to skip and avoid the countdown on RapidShare, MegaUpload etc.
20. How to find and save documents from any website in Firefox
21. How to install a light theme on Firefox
22. How to recognize if an e-mail is fake or legit
23. How to improve Google and Yahoo! Search
24. How to block advertising from websites in Google Chrome and Opera
25. How to display Firefox tabs as thumbnails
26. How to insert thumbnails in Google and Yahoo! search
27. How to load Web pages faster in Firefox
28. How to save your browser’s bookmarks online
29. How to watch YouTube videos in cinema sytle
30. How to open any document on the Web in Google Docs
31. How to control your downloads better in Firefox
32. How to show unread e-mails in the favicon tab in Firefox
33. How to improve your Gmail
34. How to create customized themes in Firefox
35. How to enhance Gmail Inbox
36. How to improve the history sidebar in Firefox
37. How to login to different Gmail accounts from Firefox
38. How to browse the Internet without mouse
39. How to watch a YouTube video in slow motion
40. How to open a bunch of links in a matter of seconds in Firefox
41. How to download images and links contained in a website
42. How to customize your Gmail account
43. How to fill out forms and log in automatically
44. How to customize Google
45. How to add your e-mail signature to Gmail, Yahoo, Aol Mail, Hotmail
46. How to add Google Chrome Omnibar to Firefox
47. Change Google Gmail theme with Better Gmail
48. Add Vista glass effects to Firefox with Add Glass
49. How to open links in Google Chrome from Firefox
50. Surf faster while using Firefox 3 thanks to Firetune
51. Delete and clean Firefox from any surfing data with Close n’Forget
52. Change the smart location bar to the classic bar with Oldbar
53. Use Google Talk in Firefox 3 and further versions
54. Export and save your Firefox passwords with Password Exporter and Mozbackup
55. Play with more than 2500 Ninendo games with Firefox
56. Web of trust WOT people driven Internet Security
57. The best image add-ons for Firefox
58. Firefox Preloader
59. Speak it
60. Gdocs Bar
61. Spoken Text
62. The best Firefox Add ons

The lists reported here are constantly updated. If you wish to share a trick or add a new How to Firefox tutorial, feel free to contact me by filling out the form reported on this page. Before starting tweaking Firefox, please read comments other users have posted at the end of each article and find out what they have discovered. In this way, if something doesn’t work or if a tutorial misses some important steps you will know that beforehand thus sparing you from a lot of work! Keep in mind that Firefox is constantly updated. New versions come out at a fast pace and new improvement are brought under its hood. Because of this some guide may not work for you, depending on what Firefox version you have got. If so, write a comment at the end of the post and let the community know your findings. Thanks!