Changing wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter Edition
There is a program that is made to change your background wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter Edition.
Here is the link: http://cid-e2e0fbb97504d64e.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/Starter%20Wallpaper%20Changer.exe
Instructions are given below:
1. Download the program. save it on your computer.
2. Click on the application. Click Yes on the security alert.
3. Click on Browse. Now select the image that you want to make your background.
4. Click OK.
5. Then click Apply.
6. Exit the application.
7. Log out and log back in.
8. Voila!!! You have successfully changed your background on a Windows 7 Starter!!!
Notepad on Windows 7
Once upgraded to Windows 7, you may realized that Notepad no logner exists. It’s migrated to it’s own standalone app, included in the OS – Sticky Notes.
Can’t delete files on Windows 7
If you can’t delete files on Windows 7 due to permission issue, here is a quick and easy way to fix the problem.
1. The first step is to take ownership of the files.
Start a Command Prompt box (cmd) as administrator, and enter:
takeown /f file
takeown /f /r directory
2. Then to give yourself full rights on the file:
cacls file /G username:F
Enabling 4GB RAM in 32 bit Windows OS
To enable 4GB RAM in 32 bit Windows OS, you can use PAE, but it’s not nearly as good as just going 64 bit. For more information, you can check this MSDN Page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366796%28VS.85%29.aspx
Active desktop for Windows 7
Since the default IE for Windows 7 is IE8. Windows Vista and 7 do not include Active Desktop. The closest thing to it is Ave’s DesktopSites. The software can be downloaded from: http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/AveDesktopSites2.zip
Locating MAC address in Windows 7
To locate MAC address in Windows 7 is easy.
Run those commands through the command prompt.
1. in the start menu search, type cmd
2. hit Enter
3. type in ipconfig /all or getmac and it should locate both commands and the window will remain open
Notepad++ load langs.xml failed
If you open NotePad++ and have the following error message, here is a easy way to fix it.
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Load langs.xml failed!
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The reason you see the error is because somehow, your langs.xml has errors in it. Perhaps while exploring various Notepad++ options you accidentally made unintended changes to it. That’s what happened to me.
To fix the problem, go to the installation folder for Notepad++ and rename langs.xml to langs.xml.bad. Then, in that same folder, find langs.model.xml, make a copy of it, and rename the copy to langs.xml.
You will want to then compare the langs.xml to langs.xml.bad and see if there is anything legitimate that you want back.
Mounting SSH/SFTP shares on Windows 7
There are two ways to mount SSH/SFTP shares on Windows 7.
a. Dokan SSHFS is a program that mounts remote file systems using SSH. You will need to install the MSVC 2005 redistributable and the Dokan library available on the SSHFS download page.
b. Another solution is to use MindTerm along with NetDrive (both have free home versions):
1.Download and extract mindTerm
2.Run mindterm.jar (double click it if you can, otherwise in command prompt type in java -jar mindterm.jar)
3.Type in the host you want to ssh into followed by the username and password
4.In the menu click on Plugins>FTP To SFTP Bridge…
5.Type in 127.0.0.1 for the Listen address
6.Type in 21 for the Listen port
7.Select the Remote system type
8.Click Enable
9.Click Dismiss
10.Next we want to install NetDrive
11.Once netdrive is installed, open it up, and click New Site on the bottom
12.Type in localhost (or whatever you want to call it) for the Site name
13.Type in localhost for the Site IP
14.Type in 21 for the Port
15.Select FTP for the Port
16.Select a Drive letter
17.Check Connect as anonymous
18.Click Save
19.Click Connect
20.Click the X to close the window (will minimize to system tray)
Windows 7 Sigmatel Audio
If you have installed Windows 7 on an Acer Computer, (for instance Travelmate 3002WTci), to get the audio work is not easy. You have to find out what model number you audio component has.
Since the Vista (and hopefully 7) driver, it only works for a couple of models:
The Sigmatel AC97 audio driver is for Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2000. Technically, it is the rather long winded: Sigmatel C-Major STAC 9750 AC97 WDM Audio Driver. Whatever way you want to label it, the driver package installs version 5.1 of the driver onto your system and can be used as an update to an earlier driver or as part of a new installation. The driver can be used for the following Sigmatel models: STAC 9200, STAC 9204, STAC 9205, STAC 9220, STAC 9221, STAC 9223, STAC 9227, STAC 9228, STAC 9229, STAC 9230, STAC 9254, STAC 9255, STAC 9271, STAC 9272, STAC 9273, STAC 9274.
Here is a link for more information: http://sigmatel-audio.software.informer.com/
Windows 7 Show Desktop
In Windows 7, to show desktop at taskbar is easy. Many people who newly upgrade to Windows 7 may not not know how to show desktop when many windows are opened. To quickly show desktop without minimizing the windows, click on the icon shown in the picture below:
Window 7 Show Desktop
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