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Top 7 Desktop Gadgets

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 18:24 — Bogdan

In my previous article, I have shown How to work with Desktop Gadgets. Now it is time to continue this subject and share a list with the top 7 desktop gadgets you should install on your Windows 7 computer. They cover different functionality and I'm certain many of them will prove to be useful.
In this article I will present each gadget in detail and also share some good locations for downloading gadgets and how to install them once downloaded to your computer.

Reviewing www.online-tech-tips.com

Sun, 02/07/2010 - 13:16 — Ciprian

It is time for our first episode of the Genuine Help for Windows 7 series in 2010. In this review I will take a look at Online Tech Tips, a site with plenty of content, mostly for Windows users. The site has articles about Windows XP, Windows Vista but covers Windows 7 too. Let's see if it is worthy of our blue badge.

How to Share a Printer with Your Network

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 20:35 — Ciprian

In this article, I will continue our series on Windows 7 networking with a tutorial on how to share a printer with other computers from your network. If all the other computers are using Windows 7, the procedure is extremely simple and everything works instantly. If you have computers with other operating systems, then you might want to read the end part of the article too.

An Overview of System Recovery Options for Windows 7

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 19:31 — George

Sooner or later, everyone has problems with their operating system, no matter the version. When the going gets tough, some system recovery tools come in handy. Windows 7 has a few tools available which can help you when the system no longer behaves as it is supposed to. These tools can be used in the following scenarios: boot errors, upgrade failures or reboot loops.

In this article I will share with you the list of available tools, explain what they do and the scenarios when they are helpful.

Announcing our Lucky Facebook Winners!

Mon, 02/01/2010 - 21:21 — Ciprian

Yesterday we have finished our Be Our Facebook Fan campaign. We wanted to get our custom URL: www.facebook.com/7tutorials and see how many fans we have on this social network. Today it is time to announce our lucky winners. One of our Facebook fans will win a 1-year license of BitDefender Total Security 2010 and a 2nd one a 1-year license of Kaspersky Internet Security 2010. To see if you are one of the winners, click on read more.

How to Setup Parental Controls

Sun, 01/31/2010 - 17:29 — Florina

Parental Controls is a feature which was first introduced by Windows Vista. The aim of this tool is to give parents a way to manage the computing activity of their children. With Parental Controls, parents can easily define when children are allowed to use the PC, which games they play, which applications they can use and also block sites with adult content. This tool has been kept in Windows 7 and it was also changed by Microsoft in a couple of ways. In this article I will show how to enable Parental Controls and how to set access rules for your children.

How to Burn CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

Thu, 01/28/2010 - 23:01 — Jack Busch

Windows Media Player 12 allows computers with built-in CD and/or DVD burners to quickly and easily create audio CDs, data CDs and Data DVDs. This functionality makes creating mix CDs and copying audio CDs for playback in car stereos and other CD players incredibly simple. Alternately, Windows Media Player 12 can burn data CDs for playback in devices that support .mp3 and .wma playback. Windows Media Player 12 can also burn pictures, songs and videos onto Data DVDs. Read on how to find out how to burn CDs and DVDs with Windows Media Player 12.