WINDOWS 7 TUTORIAL

Windows 7

Using the F8 Method:

1. Restart your computer.
2. When the computer starts you will see your computer’s hardware being listed. When you see this information start to gently tap the F8 key on your keyboard repeatedly until you are presented with the Windows 7 Advanced Boot Options screen as shown in the image below.

   
   Figure 11. Windows 7 Advanced Boot Options screen
3. Using the arrow keys, select the Safe Mode option you want.
4. Then press the enter key on your keyboard to boot into Windows 7 Safe Mode.
5. When Windows starts you will be at a typical logon screen. Logon to your computer and Windows 7 will enter Safe mode.
6. Do whatever tasks you require, and when you are done, reboot to go back into normal mode.

Using the System Configuration Tool Method:

Note: If you are having trouble entering Safe Mode via the F8 method, you should not use this method to force it to startup into safe mode. For reasons why, you should read this.

1. Close any running programs and open Windows so you are back at the desktop.
2. Click on the Start () button.
3. In the Start Menu Search Box type msconfig as shown in Figure 12 below.
   
   Figure 12. Windows 7 Search box

   Then press enter on your keyboard.

4. The System Configuration utility will open and you will see a screen similar to the one below.
   Figure 13. Windows 7 System Configuration Utility

   Click on the Boot tab.

5. You will now be at the Boot screen as shown below.
   Figure 14. Windows 7 Boot tab in the System Configuration utility

   Put a checkmark in the checkbox labeled Safe boot

6. Press the Apply button and then press the OK button.
7. You will now be presented with a prompt stating that you need to reboot the computer to apply the change.
   Figure 15. Restart Prompt

   Click on the Restart button to reboot your computer.

8. Your computer will now restart directly into Safe Mode. When you get to the Vista logon screen, log on to the computer and perform any necessary tasks.
9. When done with your tasks, from within Safe Mode, start msconfig.
10. When the program is open, and you are on the General tab, select the option labeled Normal Startup.
11. Then press the Apply button and then the OK button.
12. When the programs prompts you to reboot, allow it to do so, and you will boot back into Windows Vista in normal mode.

Problems that can occur by forcing Safe Mode using the System Configuration Utility

It is possible to make your computer continuously boot up into safe mode using the System Configuration utility as described above. The program does this by changing your boot.ini file, the settings file that configures your computer’s boot sequence, and adding the /safeboot argument to your operating systems startup line. An example of this can be seen below.

When you are done using safe mode, you would then run the System Configuration utility again and uncheck the /Safeboot option, thus removing the /safeboot argument from the boot.ini file, and allowing your computer to boot up normally.

On a computer that is operating properly this is normally not a problem. Unfortunately, though, a new trick that some of the more recent malware are using is to delete certain Windows Registry keys so that your computer can not properly boot into safe mode. It is in these situations that using the System Configuration utility to boot into safe mode can cause the computer to become inoperable for many users.

This is because once you set the computer to boot into Safe Mode using /Safeboot, it will continuously attempt to start Safe Mode until the /safeboot argument is removed from the boot.ini. Since the malware is not allowing us to actually boot into safe mode, you have no way of getting to a point where you can run the System Configuration utility again to uncheck the /Safeboot option. Thus, you are stuck with a computer constantly attempting to get into safe mode and not being able to do so.

If a situation like this has happened to you it is possible to fix this problem by renaming your boot.ini file. The first step would be to use a boot disk to start your computer. If your computer does not have a floppy disk, then you can typically boot off the Windows CD that came with your computer in order to access the Windows Recovery Console. More information about the Windows Recovery Console can be found here. Once booted to a command prompt, you would simply rename your C:\Boot.ini file to another name like C:\Boot.ini.bak. The command to rename the file at the command prompt is:

ren C:\Boot.ini Boot.ini.bak

Once the file is renamed, you can then remove the boot disk and reboot your computer to get back to normal mode. When booting up after the rename, do not be surprised if you see an error stating that you do not have a valid Boot.ini file. When you get back to normal Windows mode, you can then rename C:\Boot.ini.bak to C:\Boot.ini and run Msconfig again to remove the /safeboot flag.

Conclusion

It is not uncommon when people are helping you troubleshoot your computer that they tell you to enter Safe Mode. With this tutorial you should now know how to enter Safe Mode when it is required.

I am often asked whether I believe that if Windows 7 is the value of sale. What is interesting about the release of the latest Microsoft operating systems is that one for themselves freely.

And it can be so in a way that is not on their current team.

That’s because not only has Microsoft made a release candidate of Windows 7 available for anyone to download, but there’s an excellent, free, cross-platform program that lets you run Windows 7 virtually. VirtualBox, which is now owned by Sun Microsystems, works on Windows, Mac and Linux PCs, and if you’re not interested in investing any cash, it’s the best way to try out Windows 7 on the computer you’re currently using.

For those who’ve never experimented with running operating systems virtually, it’s a pretty simple concept. You’re creating a simulated, software-based computer within your physical, hardware-based one. You then install the operating system into this virtual machine, and run it just as you would a “real” PC.

It’s this virtualization technology that enables Windows XP Mode in some versions of Windows 7, on some machines.

You can run the OS in a window on your computer’s desktop, like any other program. You can run it full screen, so it appears that you are running just the guest operating system. Or, you can run it seamlessly, so the Windows desktop is not visible and applications appear to float freely, side by side with your physical machine’s programs.

There are some caveats. You’ll need to have a fairly powerful computer, with a decent amount of memory to run Windows 7. VirtualBox’s system requirements are vague, but I’d recommend at least a 2-gigahertz processor and at least 2 gigabytes of memory. The latter is most important, because you’ll be sharing your system RAM with the operating system you run inside VirtualBox, and you’ll want to set up Windows 7 to use at least a gigabyte of memory.

What follows is a visual tutorial for setting up Windows 7 in the latest version of VirtualBox. I’m going to focus on getting VirtualBox up and running, as well as installing the VBAdditions, which are drivers that make Windows 7 work better. I’m not going to cover installing Windows 7 itself, as it’s pretty much like installing the OS in a physical machine, and there are plenty of tutorials for that on the Web.

The screenshots you see here were captured on a Mac, but VirtualBox interface is similar on Windows and Linux machines.

Begin by downloading and installing VirtualBox on your computer. Once it’s installed, launch the program and you’ll be presented with the welcome screen.

Click the New button to begin the process of setting up your virtual machine.

The Create New Virtual Machine wizard launches. Click Next.

You’ll need to tell VirtualBox what operating system you want to install. While the software can handle all kinds of versions of Windows – as well as Linux, Unix and even OS/2 – you’ll want to select Windows 7 in this case. Give your virtual machine a name on this screen, too. Click Next.

Next, set your memory size. At the very least, you’ll want to set it to 1 GB, though you may be able to get away with 768 MB. (Note that you can go back and change this later.) I’ve got a 4 GB on my iMac, so I set the RAM to 2 GB for the virtual machine. Click Next.

Now you’ll need to set up the virtual hard drive, which is a file that mimics a physical disc. Leave the settings here at their defaults and click Next.

Here you’ll choose the type of virtual drive. You want to choose a dynamically expanding drive, which starts out small and grows as needed. This takes up the least amount of space on your real hard drive. Click Next.

Here you’ll choose the size. The default is 10 GB as shown here, and that’s really not adequate if you’re planning to install many applications on your virtual machine. I recommend between 20-30 GB, though you can go higher. Click Next when you’re done changing the size.

The next screen shows you a summary of your virtual disk. If you’re happy with what you see, click Finish.

You see one more summary screen, which shows the overall configuration of your virtual machine. If everything looks fine, click Finish.

You’ll be back at the screen where you started, which is called the Virtual Media Manager. Make sure the Windows 7 virtual machine you created is selected, then click the green Start arrow.

Here’s where you begin the process of installing the operating system. If you downloaded the Windows 7 RC .ISO file and burned it to a DVD, insert that disc into your DVD drive if it’s not already there. However, you don’t need to use a physical DVD, because the file you downloaded is a disc image – it can substitute for a physical disk.

Click Next.

If you’re using a physical DVD, just click Next at this screen. If you’re installing from the .ISO file, click the Image File button and then the folder icon to navigate to where you stored the file when you downloaded it. Once you’ve selected it, click Next.

The next screen shows you a summary of the source for the operating system installation. Click Finish.

Windows 7 should begin to install.

. . . And you’ll come to the familiar Windows installation screen. From here, follow the prompts to install Windows 7.

Once Windows 7 is place, you’ll need to install the Guest Additions. These improve the way your virtual machine performs, and make it easier to move between your virtual machine and your host operating system.

For example, if you don’t have the Additions installed, clicking inside the virtual machine’s window causes the mouse to be “stuck” there. To move your mouse cursor back to the host operating system, you must hit a pre-determine escape key (on the Mac, it’s the Command or Apple key; in Windows, it’s the Control or CTRL key). With Additions installed, your mouse cursor moves seamlessly between the guest and host operating systems.

Installing the Additions is the trickiest part of this process. The files are in an .ISO file. You have to tell VirtualBox to connect to or mount the .ISO file and then run it.

Begin by clicking on Devices in the VirtualBox menu, then Unmount CD/DVD ROM. (Again, this is on a Mac, but the menus and processes are the same in Windows and Linux.) This will disconnect the physical DVD drive or the .ISO file used for the Windows installation.

Next, in the Devices menu again, click Mount CD/DVD ROM, then CD/DVD-ROM Image.

This will bring up the Virtual Media Manager, and you’ll see the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file. Click it, then click Select.

The AutoPlay box should pop up. Click on Run VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe.

Now you’ll see Guest Additions setup wizard.

Click Next, and follow the prompts. When you’re done, the virtual machine will reboot. When it comes back up, your Windows 7 RC installation will be ready to use.

You’ll note that Windows 7 in VirtualBox doesn’t show the translucent Aero interface. That’s a trade-off for testing the OS this way. Currently, no virtualization software enables Aero.

And VirtualBox is just one way to run Win7 virtually. It’s a decent program, but is not as feature-rich or as polished as VMWare Workstation or Parallels Desktop. But if your goal is to determine whether you want to upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out, it’s the most cost-efficient way to do it.

If you’re interested in reading more about running Windows in virtual environments, particularly if you use a Mac, you may want to read my book on the subject.

Original article By Askavg.com

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NOTE: If you are facing problems while saving a file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher, it can be found in our “Download” section.

Also if you are getting error “Can’t create file…“, that means you have edited and saved the same file in past and there is a backup file which need to be deleted before saving this file again. Go to the folder containing this file and you’ll see a similar file having “_original” in its name. Delete it and try to save the file in resource hacker.

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As you all know Windows 7 Beta build has been released and is available everywhere on the net. We posted a small review of Windows 7 at following link:

What’s New in Windows 7: A Small Review with Screenshots

Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot screen and login screen, etc.

If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows 7 look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.

After following this tutorial, you’ll get the same Windows 7 look in your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change after following this tutorial:

• Windows Theme or Visual Style
• Icons
• Boot Screen
• Login Screen or Welcome Screen
• Cursors
• Taskbar
• Wallpapers and Sounds
• Progress Dialog Box
• Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box
• About Windows Box
• System Properties Dialog Box
• Volume Control Window
• Extras like “Aero Shake“, “Aero Snap“, “Aero Peek” and “Calculator“
• A Few Other Mods…

So here we start our transformation tour:

PS: Please create a Restore point using “System Restore” before applying anything mentioned in this tutorial so that you can restore your system back to a working state if anything goes wrong.

1. Windows Theme or Visual Style:

Windows 7 provides a new refreshing look which includes redesigned taskbar and start menu, Windows Explorer and a few other small changes.

You can get the same look in Windows XP by using following theme:

Download SevenVG Theme for Windows XP

If you want a Black version, then you can get it using following link:

Download SevenVG Black Theme for Windows XP

If you don’t like the new Windows 7 Superbar, then you can download Normal Taskbar versions of these themes as well:

Download SevenVG Theme with Normal Taskbar for Windows XP

Download SevenVG Black Theme with Normal Taskbar for Windows XP

You can also use an excellent WindowBlinds skin created by “fediaFedia“. It requires Stardock WindowBlinds to be installed in your system.

Download Windows 7 WindowBlinds Skin for Windows XP

2. Icons:

You can get Windows 7 icons in XP using “SevenVG Icon Pack“:

Download Windows 7 Icon Pack for XP

3. Boot Screen:

Windows 7 contains a new animated boot screen which shows animated items/balls that come together to form Windows logo.

You can get a similar boot screen in Windows XP:

Download New Windows 7 Beta Boot Screen for Windows XP

4. Login Screen or Welcome Screen:

Windows 7 login screen looks similar to Vista login screen except the new background image and the text displayed at bottom.

Download Windows 7 Login Screen for Windows XP

5. Cursors:

Windows 7 cursors are also similar to Vista which you can download using following link:

Download Windows 7 Cursors

6. Taskbar:

Windows 7 taskbar has been highly redesigned. It doesn’t show opened program’s name in their taskbar buttons, instead it only shows their icons. Also the taskbar buttons are a bit large in their size.

You can get the same Superbar in Windows XP using ViGlance:

ViGlance: Get Windows 7 Look-Like Superbar in Windows XP

Windows 7 taskbar also allows you to move taskbar buttons to change their positions, you can get the same feature in Windows XP by using “Taskbar Shuffle” utility:

Taskbar Shuffle: Move Taskbar and System Tray Buttons in Windows

7. Wallpaper and Sounds:

You can get Windows 7 wallpapers and sounds using following links:

Download Windows 7 Official Wallpaper Shown at PDC 2008

Download Windows 7 Beta Build 6936 Default Desktop Wallpaper

Download Windows 7 RC Build 7048 Sound Schemes, Wallpapers, Icons & Lots More

Download Windows 7 Build 7057 Wallpapers and User Pics

8. Progress Dialog Box:

Windows 7 progress dialog box is similar to Windows Vista. We can make our XP dialog box look like it by using Resource Hacker.

Open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and go to:

Dialog -> 1020 -> 1033

Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code present in following file:

progress_dialog_box_code.txt

Click on Compile Script button.

You’ll also have to replace existing AVIs in the file with new ones. Download following Zip file and extract it:

Download AVIs

After extracting the Zip file you’ll get 3 AVI files. Replace existing AVIs in shell32.dll file with these new ones in following manner:

AVI -> 160 ->1033 with 160.avi

AVI -> 161 ->1033 with 161.avi

AVI -> 162 ->1033 with 162.avi

AVI -> 163 ->1033 with 162.avi

AVI -> 164 ->1033 with 162.avi

And also download a BMP file from here:

Download BMP

After extracting the BMP file from it, add it at 404 location in file. Just click on Action -> Add a new resource and then click on Open file with new resource button. Select the downloaded BMP file and click on Open. Now in Resource Name enter 404 and in Resource Language enter 1033 and click on Add Resource button. That’s it.

9. Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box:

Windows 7, similar to Vista, doesn’t have any shutdown / log off dialog box but we can redesign Windows XP default shutdown box to make it more refreshing like following screenshot:

Download required BMP files from here:

Download Shutdown BMPs

Mirror

Extract the file and you’ll get 4 BMPs with the name:

1.bmp

2.bmp

3.bmp

4.bmp

Now open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 14351 -> 1033 with 1.bmp

Bitmap -> 14353 -> 1033 with 2.bmp

Bitmap -> 14354 -> 1033 with 1.bmp

Bitmap -> 14355 -> 1033 with 2.bmp

Bitmap -> 14356 -> 1033 with 3.bmp

now save the file and open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 20140 -> 1033 with 1.bmp

Bitmap -> 20141 -> 1033 with 2.bmp

Bitmap -> 20142 -> 1033 with 1.bmp

Bitmap -> 20143 -> 1033 with 2.bmp

Bitmap -> 20150 -> 1033 with 4.bmp

Now save the file.

10. About Windows Box:

To change the About Windows box you’ll need to change 2 things: The top logo and the text part.

Download the required BITMAP file from here:

Download About BMP

Open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:

Bitmap -> 131 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)

Bitmap -> 147 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Now open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:

Bitmap -> 101 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)

Bitmap -> 107 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)

Bitmap -> 128 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Bitmap -> 129 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Now to change the text of dialog box, open “%windir%\System32\xpsp1res.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then goto:

Dialog -> 14352 -> 1033

Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code in following file:

About Dialog Box Code

Click on Compile Script button and save the file.

11. System Properties Dialog Box:

To make System Properties dialog box look like Windows 7 one, visit following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 System Properties Dialog Box in Windows XP

12. Volume Control Window:

Windows 7 contains a redesigned Volume Control window which shows better details and graphics for device volumes. Now you can get a similar window in your XP.

Get Windows 7 Volume Control Box in Windows XP

13. A Few Extras:

Windows 7 provides 3 new features which are called “Aero Shake“, “Aero Snap” and “Aero Peek“.

“Aero Shake” is quite useful. Suppose you have more than one windows opened and you want to minimize all other windows except the window which you are working on, then you have to simply shake the current window with your mouse and all other windows will be minimized automatically. Shake it again and all minimized windows will be maximized again.

Using “Aero Snap“, you can minimize, maximize, resize windows by just dragging-dropping them to the screen corners.

“Aero Peek” has replaced the old “Show Desktop” feature in Windows 7. It can be found as a small rectangle present at last in Windows 7 taskbar. When you hover the mouse cursor over it, it allows you to peek behind all open windows by hiding all windows and showing only outlines of all windows.

You can get all these features working in XP using following tutorials:

Get Windows 7 “Aero Shake” Feature in Windows XP

Get Windows 7 “Aero Snap” Feature in Windows XP

Get Windows 7 “Aero Peek” Feature in Windows XP

Windows 7 also contains a new redesigned Calculator which has new GUI and new options.

You can get the same calculator in Windows XP using following link:

Get Windows 7 Like Calculator in Windows XP

14. A Few Other Mods:

1. Windows 7 Desktop context menu is much different than XP one.

Following are a few things which are new in Windows 7 menu:

• “View” menu visible in Desktop context menu
• “Arrange Icons By” renamed to “Sort by“
• “Properties” renamed to “Personalize“
• “Auto arrange icons” and “Align icons to grid” options moved from “Sort by” menu to “View” menu
• 2 new options “Screen resolution” and “Gadgets” added to the menu

So above are a few changes which are new in Windows 7 but we can get them in XP using following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu in Windows XP

2. Windows 7’s Programs menu is similar to Vista but very different from XP, you can use following tutorial to make your XP Programs menu similar to Windows 7:

Change Look-n-Feel of Windows XP Start Menu

3. Windows 7, similar to Vista, shows the same ORB just before the Login screen. You can also get a similar thing in XP. Just download following BMP:

Download ORB BMP

Mirror

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

In right-side pane change the value of Wallpaper String value to the Path of downloaded BMP file. e.g., if you saved the BMP file at “D:\Startup.bmp”, then set the value of Wallpaper to D:\Startup.bmp. Now you’ll get a similar ORB before the Login screen in XP.

4. Windows 7 explorer is quite similar to Vista and shows the same small horizontal progress bar under each drive icon for the drive space.

You can also get the same in XP by using a 3rd party utility, which is uploaded here:

Download Windows 7 Drive Status Utility

Mirror

If the above utility doesn’t work for you, you can try following utility which does the same job:

Download Vista Drive Icon

Just run the file and it’ll add the progress bar under each drive.

5. To get the Breadcrumbs in addressbar you can use “QT Addressbar”:

QT Addressbar: Windows 7 Addressbar Clone for Windows XP

That’s all for now. After following all the above mentioned steps, you’ll get Windows 7 look-n-feel in Windows XP.

We’ll keep updating this tutorial whenever we get something new to add or Microsoft makes some new changes to Windows 7…

You can add your name at top of the menu and can open any program, Explorer, Documents folder or User Accounts by clicking on it.

You can also add an icon for it as shown in the above screenshot.

So here is the step-by-step guide:

1. Type regedit in RUN or startmenu search box and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell

3. Now we’ll need to create a new key under “Shell” key. Right-click on “Shell” key and select “New -> Key“. Give the new key any desired name e.g. “Name” (without quotes).

4. Now in right-side pane, change value of “Default” to your desired name which you want to show in Desktop context menu. We have chosen ~:: VISHAL ::~ in our example.

5. Now right-click on the new key which we created in step 3, e.g. Name and select “New -> Key“. Give the new key name of command.

6. In right-side pane, change value of “Default” to explorer.exe if you want to open Explorer by clicking on it. We have chosen Control userpasswords to open User Accounts applet in our example.

7. To set an icon for the shortcut, select the key created in Step 3 and in right-side pane, create a new String value “Icon“. Set its value to your desired icon. We have set it to imageres.dll,206 in our example.

To set its position in the context menu, create a new String value “Position” and set its value to:

Top (To show it at top)
Bottom (To show it at bottom)

We have set it at top.

8. That’s it. Now you can have your name with an icon in Desktop context menu.

PS. If you want a ready-made registry script to do the task automatically, then copy paste following code in Notepad and save the file with name “AskVG.REG” (including quotes).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\name]
@=”~:: VISHAL ::~”
“Icon”=”imageres.dll,206”
“Position”=”Top”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\name\command]
@=”Control userpasswords“

Run the file and it’ll add the program shortcut in Desktop context menu.

To change the name, icon or associated application path,simply change the BOLD part in the script.

original articel www.askvg.com

1. Registry Tweaks:

Following topic contains a few registry tweaks to optimize your system performance and add a few useful extras:

Collection of Registry Tweaks for Windows 7

You just need to download the ZIP file, extract it and run the file. It’ll ask for confirmation, accept it. Restart your system to take affect.

2. Right-click on Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties (or press WIN + Pause/Break keys). Now click on Advanced system settings link in left side pane (You can open it directly by giving sysdm.cpl command in RUN or start menu search box). Now click on Settings button in Performance section:

It’ll open another window. Disable all unnecessary options in Visual Effects tab, you can remain following options enabled according to your requirements:

• Enable desktop composition (If you want to use Windows Aero theme)
• Enable transparent glass (If you want to use transparency in Windows)
• Show thumbnails instead of icons (If you want to show thumbnails in Explorer)
• Show window contents while dragging (If you want windows to show content while moving them)
• Smooth edges of screen fonts (If you want to show smooth fonts)
• Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop (If you want to show shadows under desktop icon labels)
• Use visual styles on windows and buttons (If you want to use Windows Aero or Basic theme.)

3. Open Windows Explorer and go to “Organize -> Folder and Search Options” and click on View tab.

Now disable following options:

• Display file size information in folder tips
• Hide extensions for known file types
• Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
• Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items

4. Right-click on Computer icon on Desktop and select Manage (You can also open it directly by giving services.msc command in RUN or start menu search box).

Now go to Services & Applications -> Services. Here you can set a few unnecessary services to Manual, so that these services don’t start automatically with Windows and you can get a faster startup. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Type regedit in RUN or Startmenu Searchbox and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI

3. In right-side pane, create a new DWORD value ButtonSet and set its value to any of following according to your requirements:

0 – Lighter text shadows, darker (more opaque) buttons (Windows default)
1 – Darker text shadows, lighter (more translucent) buttons (for lighter backgrounds)
2 – No text shadows, opaque buttons (for darker backgrounds)

4. That’s it. Now you can see the modified text and button set at login screen.

No Shadow:

Light Shadow:

Dark Shadow:

NOTE: If you want a ready-made registry script to do the task automatically, download following ZIP file, extract it and run the desired REG file:

Download Registry Script

Original articles by askvg.com

So after reading our hands-on impressions of Windows 7, they are ready to take the plunge and test the public beta version available. You have searched for instructions for obtaining a beta key and download the large ISO file. But unfortunately it is not a DVD recorder, or, worse still, you used to install Windows 7 on a Netbook paralyzed, with no optical drive whatsoever. Fortunately, you’re not happy, as Windows 7 (Vista and for that matter) can be anything from a USB memory key. Not only that installing a USB device, the circumvention of the DVD, the installation is also greatly reduced – to shave minutes from the entire facility. Our step-by-step instructions with Betta or RC is swimming in no time!

1.    Format Your USB Key

Plug in your USB key and back up any existing data stored on it. You’ll need to format the key before you can make it a bootable device.

Open up a Command Prompt as an Administrator. You can do this by finding the cmd.exe in yoru Windows/System32 folder, right-clicking the executable, and selecting “Run as Administrator”. Alternatively, type CMD in the Start Menu search field and activate the Command Prompt using Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

You should be under c:\Windows\system32 (assuming your Vista partition is the C drive). Type “diskpart” in the command line to enter the Disk Partition command line tool, which lets you format and create partitions on active disks.

Type “list disk” to reveal a list of all your active disks, each of which is associated with a number. Make a note of which one is your USB key, based on the capacity. In our screenshot below, our USB drive is Disk 6 (8GB).

Next, type the following commands, one at a time:

Select Disk # (Where # is the number of your USB disk. We typed “Select Disk 6”)

Clean (removes any existing partitions from the USB disk, including any hidden sectors)

Create Partition Primary (Creates a new primary partition with default parameters)

Select Partition 1 (Focus on the newly created partition)

Active (Sets the in-focus partition to active, informing the disk firmware that this is a valid system partition)

Format FS=NTFS (Formats the partition with the NTFS file system. This may take several minutes to complete, depending on the size of your USB key.)

Assign (Gives the USB drive a Windows volume and next available drive letter, which you should write down. In our case, drive “L” was assigned.)

Exit (Quits the DiskPart tool)

2.    Turn the USB Key into a Bootable Device

Download and Install winRAR, which lets extract files from the install DVD image without burning or mounting it first. Open the utility and navigate to the direction where you downloaded your Windows 7 Beta ISO. Double click the ISO file to examine its contents. Extract all of the files here to a folder on your Desktop. We put the ISO contents in a folder named “Windows 7 Beta”

Go back to your command prompt, running it as an Administrator. Using the “CD” command, find your way to the folder where you extracted the ISO files. Your command line path should look something like “C:\Users\USERNAMEHERE\Desktop\Windows 7 Beta\”.

Type the following commands:

CD Boot (This gets you into the “boot” directory)

Bootsect.exe /nt60 L: (where ‘L’ is the drive letter assigned to your USB key from the previous step)

Bootsect infuses boot manager compatible code into your USB key to make it a bootable device.

IMPORTANT: If you’re currently running Windows Vista 32-bit, Bootsect will only work if you downloaded the 32-bit ISO for Windows 7 Beta. The Bootsect executable from the 64-bit version of the beta will not run in 32-bit Vista.

3.    Load the USB Key Up with the Install Files

Copy all of the extracted ISO files into the USB drive. You don’t need to do this from the command prompt. Just drag and drop the files from the “Windows 7 Beta” folder into the drive using Windows Explorer.

Your USB key is now all ready to go! Plug it into your target system and make sure you enter the BIOS (typically with F2 or F12) to temporarily change the boot order to allow booting from the USB key before your primary hard drive or optical drive. On the next restart, your system should automatically begin speedily loading setup files off of the USB key and entering Windows 7 installation.

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Again,windows 7 tutorial the application for Windows 7 is on the rise. We are confident that there are so many applications before Windows 7 is for the September release and promise you all the updates to the latest version of Windows 7 as far as possible.

Little Tweaker Windows 7th May, more useful features for Windows 7 is a portable application that does not even run on Windows XP or Windows Vista.

With Little Tweaker you can -

• Speed up Explorer navigation by disabling network printers
• Speed up taskbar Thumbnail preview by reducing mouse hover time delay.
• Disable or completely turn off UAC (User Account Control) feature.
• Decrease Menus show delay time.
• Set Windows to automatically end task if a program is hanged or not responding.

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These are just a few things that we’ve discussed. There are many more things int it that can Tweak/Hack your Windows 7 for better performance and looks.

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Windows 7 is another success of the operating system faster progress RTM Release Candidate (mid-July 2009). With the development and long past the 7200 mark, the next version of Windows client is now until the end of the 7227th Construction No official confirmation was for Build 7227, the last stage of development of Windows 7, which left from Redmond, and subsequently reach for illegal downloads on various third-party websites, including the torrent tracker.
As in the past, more than one branch in connection with the process of building Windows 7th In this context, WinMain is the main branch of development. The vast majority of the leak of Windows 7 may be to WinMain, development efforts to curb the production of gold from the plain vanilla version of Windows 7th Plain Vanilla winmain_sp, there is also the industry. In winmain_sp Windows 7 comes bundled with Service Pack 1 This is the case with Windows 7 Build 7227th

Belonging to the branch winmain_sp, Build 7227 is the Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 more Wzor confirmed. The network construction is 6.1.7227.0.winmain_sp.090602-2110, suggesting that the bits were on the 2nd June 2009. I asked him if forked Microsoft (Department for the construction of the tree) the development of Windows 7 and the construction of SP1 RTM and Windows 7 in parallel, but only a “no comment” response from the Redmond company

I’m not really expecting much, because the software giant has been completely silent on the Windows-7 was constructed and used to Tester Technology Adoption Program and close partners, or simply dogfooded (internally). But the fact that Microsoft’s management, to the mother in the development of Windows 7 Build 7100, because the discharge pipe, in early May does not mean that the report based on the platform is not a regular, even daily.

However, users who want to take a look at Windows 7, and the Service Pack 1 (SP1), you can use the Torrent sites. A simple BitTorrent client is all that is required is that Windows 7 Build 7227 by peer-to-peer (P2P). The users find that they are unable to make the installation of the 7227th is in a publication. VHD (virtual hard disk) image, which is based on the work as a guest OS in a virtual machine product like Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual PC for Windows.

Microsoft.Windows.7.Build.7227.PRE-SP1.x86-UP2DATE

File name: 7227.0.x86fre.winmain_sp.090602-2110.client_en-us.ultimate.iso
Size: 2.37GB
SHA1: 3FFE342C8A9FD2CDF0AF937D2A25BCA640C4010B
CRC: 616985FA
MD5: F98F78D86940761D8909023A00C75704

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