We published a detailed parental controls guide recently. If you take a look on the parental controls feature in Windows 7, you’ll notice that it doesn’t have web content filter and activity reports which is there in some editions of Vista. If you want web content filter in your Windows 7 PC then you need [...]
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Previously we told you about ISO files and how to extract, burn and mount them. Windows 7 provides an easy option to convert ISO files into disc. You don’t need any third party tool to perform this operation. To burn the file to disc perform the following steps:
The new jump list feature in Windows 7 is awesome, isn’t it? It lets you jump directly to the files, folders web page you visit frequently just by right clicking on the pinned program icon on taskbar. If you want to go a step further and create a custom jump list then you’ll have to [...]
If you are using Windows Vista or Windows XP and planning to purchase Windows 7, then there is a cool website to test drive Windows 7 professional that you could test the interface of the new OS before buying it. It gives you chance to try most of its important features like Networks, Libraries, Aero [...]
While buying a new computer is a nice experience, transferring data from your old PC to the new one may not be an easy thing to do. Thankfully, Windows provides an in-built tool called Windows Easy Transfer which streamlines the data transfer process and makes it simple enough. With Windows Easy Transfer, you can transfer [...]
There are various tools available that help you capture screenshots. If you are using one of them, great. However, if your screen capture needs are quite simple and you don’t have a third-party tool installed for the purpose, then you could get started with Windows’ inbuilt Snipping tool (in Windows 7 and Vista). Though Windows [...]
If you are going to upgrade from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7 then you should first check if your current PC hardware and software are compatible with Windows 7. If there are compatibility issues then it has to be taken care of before installing the new OS. To check the compatibility of hardware [...]
Sometimes installing new applications, games, software updates could cause your computer to crash. And if it doesn’t come back up and gives errors, there aren’t a lot of things you could do except for restoring the system, using the recovery console to troubleshoot or finally reinstall Windows. System Restore is a useful tool that comes [...]
Windows sidebar is a useful tool that can display a variety of gadgets permanently on the sidebar of your desktop. These gadgets are mini programs or apps which are set to perform a specific task. You can use the clock gadget to see the current time or you can use feed reader to read current [...]
When we start our Windows computer then many other programs also start along with the system. Some of them are important system programs that are required for a successful Windows startup while some are unnecessary and can be avoided. As we install more and more applications on the computer, the startup time increases and the [...]
