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How to Install, Remove and Hide Fonts in Windows 7

Mon, 04/05/2010 - 13:35 — Florina

When in a quest for an interesting document or presentation, the solution can sometimes be a new font. Although Windows 7 comes with a wide range of fonts, you can find many websites that offer fonts, either free or for purchase. After you download a font you will have to install it and, when you don't need it any more, you will want to remove it or just hide it. Therefore, in this article, I will show how to install, remove and hide a font.

Top 7 Screen Savers for Windows 7

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 19:35 — Florina

In one of our previous tutorials I've shared how to customize Windows 7 themes, including how to set your screen saver. Because of the small range of screen savers offered by default with Windows 7, I decided to search the web for other, better looking ones. Unfortunately most of the sceensavers found were not free or, were free to download but you had to register and pay to use them after some time. Some are installed with some additional software such as unwanted toolbars, programs and even viruses, while others, even if they are announced to be compatible with Windows 7, do not actually work on this operating system.
Surprisingly, there's a lot of complexity in finding, downloading and installing such trivial software as screen savers. That's why I will share with you the top seven screen savers I've found, which you can safely install without getting your computer infected.

Taskbar Productivity Tips & Shortcuts

Sat, 01/02/2010 - 13:52 — Alin-Cristian

TaskbarSince Windows 7 was launched, our team is a big fan of the new taskbar and its features. Working with it seriously improves your productivity compared with all previous version of Windows. In this article we will continue to talk about it and share a roundup of tips & shortcuts which will further improve your productivity. You will learn things like: how to control the position of taskbar icons, preview contents of windows without opening them, use the keyboard to navigate between opened windows and many other tips.

How to Customize Your Logon Screen

Thu, 12/31/2009 - 16:09 — Florina

PersonalizationWe will continue our series on customizing the appearance of Windows 7 with an article about logon screens. Even though now you can customize lots of visual elements directly from the Control Panel, you still cannot change the logon screen. As with previous versions of Windows, you need to use third-party tools for this task. In this guide I will show you which tools you can use for changing the logon screen, show how to work with them and also share a few download locations.

How to Clean the Notification Area Icon Cache

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 22:46 — Alin-Cristian

Notification AreaWe were asked to provide a simple solution to the problem of removing obsolete notification area icons (i.e. icons for programs that are no longer installed) which appear in the list icons for which you can change the notification area behavior. Apart from dedicated software solutions, a simple trick is to remove two registry values and then restart the explorer.exe process. Doing this will basically reset all your notification area icons and keep only your active ones. Since editing the registry is a task for advanced users, we decided to provide a simple tool to assist our readers.

Best Download Locations for Windows 7 Themes

Wed, 12/16/2009 - 22:19 — Florina
Personalization

I will continue our series about to customizing visual aspects in Windows 7 with an article in which I will share some of the most interesting themes which can be found online. Even though there aren't too many great locations for downloading such themes, you can still find some good looking ones to download and install. At the end of the article I'll also show you how to install the themes you download.

How to Customize the Notification Area

Sun, 12/06/2009 - 00:22 — Alin-Cristian

Notification AreaWe continue our series about the taskbar with a tutorial about the notification area. Although the notification area is present in the Windows graphical user interface since Windows 95, never before had it been so easy to customize as it is in Windows 7. This article shows you several tricks about configuring it and transforming it into something more appropriate to your needs. I will show: how to locate the notification area, control the display behavior of notification icons, turn on or off system icons, restore the default behavior of the notification area, set the notification icons to be always displayed, and change the position of individual notification icons.

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