Windows 7 Resource Monitor

The  Resource Monitor application is windows 7  enable you to view the detailed information about all the running processes  ,CPU consumption, Network activity and  disk usage info .  You can  open  this   utility from  start >> run and then    typing  RESMON  command

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Show Menus in Explorer Windows – Vista ,Windows 7

By default the  explorer menus( file, edit , view ,Tools, help)  are not  visible  in windows 7 and vista. If you want to  enable these menus   follow the  steps  below

1. Open Control Panel   >> Folder Options

2. Click The  view  Tab

3 . Look For Always Show Menus  And   enable it.

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Show or Hide Drive Letters in Vista and Windows 7

When  you open  My Computer  in windows 7 or windows vista the   default  format of  showing  disk drives is  Drive Name (drive letter e.g. C)  for example Local disk (C) .  You can  change  this format to  only show the name of  drive  like  Local Disk.   To Do this Follow  The instructions below

1. Open  Control Panel   then  Folder Options.
2. Click on   view  Tab
3. Look  for  the  entry  ” Show Drive Letters”  and   Uncheck  it.

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Splitting and Merging Drives in Windows 7 and Vista

In windows 7 and windows vista you can split a drive into two without formatting and losing data. Also you can merge an empty drive into another drive conatining data. This is very helpful when you need a separate drive for any purpose like installing an operating system or any pther purpose. The process is given below

1. Right Click on My Computer

2. Click Manage

3 . Click on Disk Management in the left Pane. Now all the drives will be shown in the right pan.

4 . Right Click on any Drive You want to Split.

Please note That only the drive having some free space can be splitted.

The next steps are given in the screenshots below.

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Downloading and Installing JDK

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Computer Tips and Tricks

Show Desktop Button In Windows 7

So  You have installed  windows 7 and  quite worried about the “Show Desktop Button” which was easily visible in previous versions of  windows   but  now it no longer exists  with other icons located near to start button.

In windows 7 the  the “Show Desktop Button ” has  a new location. Now it is  located in the right most corner of  task bar just near the  clock  as shown in the  image below

Windows VISTA Consuming a lot of Disk space – Solution

One of the major issues that  VISTA users are worried about is that  it  consumes a lot of disk space  with time. The reason fot this  is that VISTA  continuously creates  restore points  which accoupy a lot of  disk space. These restore points helps you to easily restore your system to an earlier stage in case of any  problem with your windows. However if  you want  to  free the disk space occupied by these  restore points then  one   easy and safe method  is to   periodically delete  these  restore  points. You can do it  by  disabling the system restore facilty and then again enabling it.  To  Do this  follow the steps  below

Right Click on My Computer

Then Click on Properties

Then Click on   “Advance System Settings” In the  leeft menu

Go to the system Protection tab in opened window

The system restore status of  C drive will be   “Monitoring”   Uncheck it  and then click on apply button

A dialouge box with cinfirmation to disable system restore will be openend. click on “Disable System Restore” button.

After that you have to again enable the system restore( Highly Recommended).

just   click on that checkbox and   click on apply button.

Now after doing this   you will get about  2 or 3 GB  free Space.

Enabling windows VISTA and windows 7 default admin account

When you installed  windows VISTA or windows 7   the built in administrator account is disabled by  default. If you want  use the windows builtin administrator account you have to first enable  it. to enable the admin account  follow the instructions below.

Right click on  My Computer then click  on Manage

Then  Click on Local Users And  Acounts

double click on   Users   from  right  pan

Now All the user accounts will be displayed

Right Click on  Administrator click and the  click Properties

From Here  Uncheck  ” Account is Disabled”

Congratulations You have Successfully enabled The administrator account.

Internet Explorer Shortcut keys

F1 —– Display Internet Explorer Help
END —– Move to the end of a document
ESC —– Stop downloading a page
F11 —– Toggle full—–screen view
ALT+RIGHT ARROW —– Go to the next page
CTRL+A —– Select all items on the current page
CTRL+S —– Save the current page
F5 —– Refresh the current page
CTRL+V —– Insert contents of the clipboard
CTRL+W —– Close current browser window
CTRL+F —– Find on this page
SHIFT+CLICK —– Open link in new window
CTRL+I —– Open the Favorites bar
F4 —– Display list of typed addresses
ALT+HOME —– Go to your Home page
CTRL+P —– Print the current page or active frame
TAB —– Move forward through items on a page
BACKSPACE —– Go to the previous page
CTRL+C —– Copy selected items to the clipboard
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB —– Move back between frames
SHIFT+TAB —– Move back through the items on a page
CTRL+N —– Open a new window
HOME —– Move to the beginning of a document
CTRL+D —– Add the current page to your Favorites
ENTER —– Activate a selected link

CTRL+E —– Open the Search bar
CTRL+H —– Open the History bar
CTRL+ENTER —– Adds the http://www. (url) .com
CTRL+O —– Go to a new location
F6 —– Change Address bar and page focus
HOME —– Move to the beginning of a document
CTRL+TAB —– Move forward between frames
SHIFT+F10 —– Display a shortcut menu for a link

Windows Run Commands (About 300)

Note :- Some Of These commands may not work with windows vist and windows 7. Service Name	Run Command
Accessibility Controls	access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard	accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard	hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs	appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools	control admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed)	acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)	acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)	acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)	imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)	photoshop
Automatic Updates	wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard	fsquirt
Calculator	calc
Certificate Manager	certmgr.msc
Character Map	charmap
Check Disk Utility	chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer	clipbrd
Command Prompt	cmd
Component Services	dcomcnfg
Computer Management	compmgmt.msc
Control Panel	control
Date and Time Properties	timedate.cpl
DDE Shares	ddeshare
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*	directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter	dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility	cleanmgr
Disk Defragment	dfrg.msc
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager	diskpart
Display Properties	control desktop
Display Properties	desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)	control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility	drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility	verifier
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool	migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool	sigverif
Findfast	findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)	firefox
Folders Properties	control folders
Fonts	control fonts
Fonts Folder	fonts
Free Cell Card Game	freecell
Game Controllers	joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)	gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game	mshearts
Help and Support	helpctr
HyperTerminal	hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard	iexpress
Indexing Service	ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard	icwconn1
Internet Explorer	iexplore
Internet Properties	inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard	inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)	ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)	ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)	ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections)	ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)	ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)	ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)	ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)	ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)	jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)	javaws
Keyboard Properties	control keyboard
Local Security Settings	secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups	lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows	logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool	mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed)	access.cpl
Microsoft Chat	winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed)	excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)	frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker	moviemk
Microsoft Paint	mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)	powerpnt
Microsoft Word (if installed)	winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool	mobsync
Minesweeper Game	winmine
Mouse Properties	control mouse
Mouse Properties	main.cpl
Nero (if installed)	nero
Netmeeting	conf
Network Connections	control netconnections
Network Connections	ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard	netsetup.cpl
Notepad	notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)	nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager	packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator	odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard	osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)	ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express	msimn
Paint	pbrush
Password Properties	password.cpl
Performance Monitor	perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor	perfmon
Phone and Modem Options	telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer	dialer
Pinball Game	pinball
Power Configuration	powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes	control printers
Printers Folder	printers
Private Character Editor	eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)	QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player (if installed)	quicktimeplayer
Real Player (if installed)	realplay
Regional Settings	intl.cpl
Registry Editor	regedit
Registry Editor	regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook	rasphone
Remote Desktop	mstsc
Removable Storage	ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests	ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)	rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras	sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks	control schedtasks
Security Center	wscui.cpl
Services	services.msc
Shared Folders	fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows	shutdown
Sounds and Audio	mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game	spider
SQL Client Configuration	cliconfg
System Configuration Editor	sysedit
System Configuration Utility	msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)	sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)	sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)	sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)	sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)	sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)	sfc /cachesize=x
System Information	msinfo32
System Properties	sysdm.cpl
Task Manager	taskmgr
TCP Tester	tcptest
Telnet Client	telnet
Tweak UI (if installed)	tweakui
User Account Management	nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager	utilman
Windows Address Book	wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility	wabmig
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)	ntbackup
Windows Explorer	explorer
Windows Firewall	firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier	magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure	wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player	wmplayer
Windows Messenger	msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)	wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool	syskey
Windows Update Launches	wupdmgr
Windows Version	winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard	tourstart
Wordpad	write