Windows 7 TIPS and TRICKS

Windows 7 TIPS and TRICKS







Well... it looks like a lot of us are now working with win7. Figured we
can start posting all of the tips and tricks we find here.

hold down Ctrl+Shift while you click on the icon, and you’ll immediately launch it with full administrative rights

Hold SHIFT + RIGHT-CLICK on any folder in Windows Explorer to show the
advanced items in the context menu such as Open command prompt here:

Click on Start -> All Programs -> Maintenance to create a repair disk

Windows 7 tweaker: http://tevfikbinen.turkiye.it/Projects/SetteMaxer/

Change the Win 7 Login Background Picture: http://www.technosamrat.com/windows/...round-changer/

UAC is far better than it is on Vista, but if you still want to change
the settings: Type UAC in the start menu search field and hit Enter

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If you turn UAC off, you won’t be able to run gadgets that run on your
desktop. Windows regards them as a security threat, you see. However,
that threat is only potential and most likely nothing bad will happen.
If you are comfortable with that, here’s how to use gadgets with UAC
turned off:

1. Create a Restore point or backup the Registry, because you’ll need to edit the Registry
2. Type regedit in the Search bar and press Enter to launch Registry Editor
3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Sidebar\Settings
4. Create a new DWORD value called AllowElevatedProcess. To do that
select Edit - New DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it AllowElevatedProcess
5. Set its value to 1
6. Close Registry Editor. Right-click the desktop and select Gadgets.
Now you will be able to add and use gadgets as you would normally.