Here's a quick tip on how you can adjust the mouse pointer speed in Windows 7:
1) Click Start menu, and then open Control Panel.
2) Then click on Hardware and Sound.
3) Now under Devices and Printers, click on Mouse.
4) The Mouse Properties box should pop-up, click on the 'Pointer Options' tab.
5) In the Motion section, adjust the pointer speed by dragging the toggle to the left or right
6) depending on if you want to slow down, or speed up the mouse pointer. You can also check the 7) Enhance pointer precision checkbox, for a more precise mouse pointer.
8) Click OK, to save your changes.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sunday, December 26, 2010
How To Create A Password Protected Folder In Windows 7
Some people like to go all out with security and encrypt files and folders with such complicated codes that no computer hacker could figure them out. But then there’s also people who just want to hide files from casual PC browsers. That’s where this little guide could come in handy for you.
This tutorial will guide you through the steps to create a locked folder in Windows 7, and the best thing is you don’t need to use any additional software. Now anyone who really is serious about accessing your files will probably be able to crack this, but it should deter more than the average passer by.
A heads up to Simplehelp.net for putting this together:
1. First off, create a new folder and name it what you like
2. Go into the folder and create a new text document (Right click on blank area -> New -> Text Document)
3. Now you want to open up the text file you just created and paste in the following text:
cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Private "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== ENTER YOUR PASSWORD HERE goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End
4. Be sure to enter your password in the “Enter Your Password Here” bit
5. Next you want to save your this document in the .bat form and name it locker so it’s called locker.bat To do this make sure you change the Save as type: All Files (*.*)
6. Now you want to go back to the folder you created at the very beginning and double click on the locker.bat file and this should create a new folder named Private, this is where you can put anything you want.
7. Once you add your files to this folder, double click on locker.bat again and it will ask you if you want to lock the folder or not. Press Y and the folder will disappear! You’ve now successfully locked it and hidden it.
8. Now to get back your folder, all you have to do is double click on the locker.bat file again and enter the password that you made and the folder will reappear for you.
This tutorial will guide you through the steps to create a locked folder in Windows 7, and the best thing is you don’t need to use any additional software. Now anyone who really is serious about accessing your files will probably be able to crack this, but it should deter more than the average passer by.
A heads up to Simplehelp.net for putting this together:
1. First off, create a new folder and name it what you like
2. Go into the folder and create a new text document (Right click on blank area -> New -> Text Document)
3. Now you want to open up the text file you just created and paste in the following text:
cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Private "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== ENTER YOUR PASSWORD HERE goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End
4. Be sure to enter your password in the “Enter Your Password Here” bit
5. Next you want to save your this document in the .bat form and name it locker so it’s called locker.bat To do this make sure you change the Save as type: All Files (*.*)
6. Now you want to go back to the folder you created at the very beginning and double click on the locker.bat file and this should create a new folder named Private, this is where you can put anything you want.
7. Once you add your files to this folder, double click on locker.bat again and it will ask you if you want to lock the folder or not. Press Y and the folder will disappear! You’ve now successfully locked it and hidden it.
8. Now to get back your folder, all you have to do is double click on the locker.bat file again and enter the password that you made and the folder will reappear for you.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Windows 7 Gets Ready for Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM
With Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM on the way to Windows 7, Microsoft is taken the necessary measures designed to ensure that the download and deployment of the upgrade will go as smooth as possible.
This is why the operating system received an update set up to ensure that there are no issues in Windows 7 RTM that could prevent the integration of SP1 or additional updates from the Redmond company.
A new release of the System Update Readiness Tool went live this week, and is currently available to customers either through Windows Update or as a standalone download via the Microsoft Download Center.
“This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software. This tool checks your computer for such inconsistencies and tries to resolve issues if found,” Microsoft stated.
The tool is designed to resolve any servicing inconsistencies not only in Windows 7, but also in Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. This particular version of the System Update Readiness Tool was not offered for Windows XP.
“The System Update Readiness Tool verifies the integrity of the following resources:
Files that are located under the following directories:
%SYSTEMROOT%\Servicing\Packages
%SYSTEMROOT%\WinSxS\Manifests
Registry data that is located under the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Components
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Schema
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
When the System Update Readiness Tool detects incorrect manifests, files, or registry data, it might replace the incorrect data with a corrected version,” Microsoft explained.
Microsoft has recently launched the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7 SP1 to early adopters for testing purposes.
Ahead of anything else, the RC is a sign that the release to manufacturing (RTM) development milestone is not that far off into the future.
In fact, the software giant also made sure to release a tool designed to block the automatic delivery and deployment of SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
However, the company still has to reveal the availability deadline for Windows 7 SP1 RTM. Microsoft only confirmed that the service pack will be served to customers by the end of March 2011.
Still, there’s no way of saying when will Windows 7 SP1 actually be released to manufacturing, and when will the first RTM bits be served to customers. Speculation still indicates that Windows 7 SP1 will hit RTM by the end of this year, but rumors of availability do indeed point to March 2011.
This is why the operating system received an update set up to ensure that there are no issues in Windows 7 RTM that could prevent the integration of SP1 or additional updates from the Redmond company.
A new release of the System Update Readiness Tool went live this week, and is currently available to customers either through Windows Update or as a standalone download via the Microsoft Download Center.
“This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software. This tool checks your computer for such inconsistencies and tries to resolve issues if found,” Microsoft stated.
The tool is designed to resolve any servicing inconsistencies not only in Windows 7, but also in Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. This particular version of the System Update Readiness Tool was not offered for Windows XP.
“The System Update Readiness Tool verifies the integrity of the following resources:
Files that are located under the following directories:
%SYSTEMROOT%\Servicing\Packages
%SYSTEMROOT%\WinSxS\Manifests
Registry data that is located under the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Components
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Schema
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
When the System Update Readiness Tool detects incorrect manifests, files, or registry data, it might replace the incorrect data with a corrected version,” Microsoft explained.
Microsoft has recently launched the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7 SP1 to early adopters for testing purposes.
Ahead of anything else, the RC is a sign that the release to manufacturing (RTM) development milestone is not that far off into the future.
In fact, the software giant also made sure to release a tool designed to block the automatic delivery and deployment of SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
However, the company still has to reveal the availability deadline for Windows 7 SP1 RTM. Microsoft only confirmed that the service pack will be served to customers by the end of March 2011.
Still, there’s no way of saying when will Windows 7 SP1 actually be released to manufacturing, and when will the first RTM bits be served to customers. Speculation still indicates that Windows 7 SP1 will hit RTM by the end of this year, but rumors of availability do indeed point to March 2011.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Windows 7 Homegroup
Windows 7 provides offers users a platform that is ease-of-use with a variety of entertainment options, power management, and a lot of flexibility. Its marked improvement over Windows Vista in several key departments makes it far better option for a number of users. The newest OS of Windows has a whole lot to offer. In this article, we will discuss a useful feature called HomeGroup.
HomeGroup facilitates connecting multiple computers to your home network. This is the best medium to share your music, pictures and documents within your home computers. HomeGroup is automatically set up as and when you add the first PC running Windows 7 to your home network. After that you can easily add as many computers as you want to the HomeGroup. You can be absolutely specific about what exactly you want to share with each system in the HomeGroup. This way sharing files and folders across the various systems in your home network becomes as easy as if all of them are available on a single hard drive.
USB connected printers can also be shared through HomeGroup. For instance, you have a printer in the lobby that is shared by HomeGroup; it will be automatically installed on the other HomeGroup enabled computers. Computers connected through domain can also be part of a HomeGroup.
As and when you setup your network, Windows 7 will prompt you to select the type of location. Select Home Network, Windows 7 will now start applying the necessary settings for your new network. The HomeGroup wizard will get opened and will prompt you to create your HomeGroup and choose what you want to share in your HomeGroup. The wizard will then generate a password which can be used to add other computers to your HomeGroup.
As your Home Group gets created, your pictures, music, videos, printers, movies, etc are all ready to be shared with other computers joined with this HomeGroup. These folders - music, videos, and pictures - are named as Libraries in Windows 7.
How to Join a HomeGroup?
It is very simple to join a HomeGroup. When your other computer is connected to the network where a HomeGroup has already been created, the OS will prompt you that there is a HomeGroup available to join. When you choose to join that HomeGroup, the OS will provide you with information about the HomeGroup on your network. When youclick Join now to join to your HomeGroup, you will be prompted to enter the HomeGroup password which was generated during its creation. Entering the correct password will let you join the HomeGroup and choose the files that you want to share with computers on that network.
HomeGroup facilitates connecting multiple computers to your home network. This is the best medium to share your music, pictures and documents within your home computers. HomeGroup is automatically set up as and when you add the first PC running Windows 7 to your home network. After that you can easily add as many computers as you want to the HomeGroup. You can be absolutely specific about what exactly you want to share with each system in the HomeGroup. This way sharing files and folders across the various systems in your home network becomes as easy as if all of them are available on a single hard drive.
USB connected printers can also be shared through HomeGroup. For instance, you have a printer in the lobby that is shared by HomeGroup; it will be automatically installed on the other HomeGroup enabled computers. Computers connected through domain can also be part of a HomeGroup.
As and when you setup your network, Windows 7 will prompt you to select the type of location. Select Home Network, Windows 7 will now start applying the necessary settings for your new network. The HomeGroup wizard will get opened and will prompt you to create your HomeGroup and choose what you want to share in your HomeGroup. The wizard will then generate a password which can be used to add other computers to your HomeGroup.
As your Home Group gets created, your pictures, music, videos, printers, movies, etc are all ready to be shared with other computers joined with this HomeGroup. These folders - music, videos, and pictures - are named as Libraries in Windows 7.
How to Join a HomeGroup?
It is very simple to join a HomeGroup. When your other computer is connected to the network where a HomeGroup has already been created, the OS will prompt you that there is a HomeGroup available to join. When you choose to join that HomeGroup, the OS will provide you with information about the HomeGroup on your network. When youclick Join now to join to your HomeGroup, you will be prompted to enter the HomeGroup password which was generated during its creation. Entering the correct password will let you join the HomeGroup and choose the files that you want to share with computers on that network.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Laptop not shutdown properly? Find the Solution
Notebook computer does not shut down, there are many reasons cause this failure, the following are eight solution:
1. Computer hardware reasons.
Not well supported motherboard BIOS ACPI, the proposed upgrading the motherboard BIOS, generally can be resolved.
2. Computer software causes.
The records listed below may cause the computer to shutdown failure, you can start according to their own computer Bootlog.txt under the root directory shown in the case, find out the reasons:
Terminate = Unload Network can not load the network drivers of conflict
Terminate = RIT sound card or some of the old mouse driver and timer-related problems
Terminate = WIN32 some 32-bit applications locking up the system thread
Terminate = Query Drivers Driver problem
Terminate = Reset Display graphics card driver settings or display problems
3. Check Advanced Power Management (APM)
Open the start->set->Control Panel->System, then open Device Manager and Expand System Devices-Advanced Power Management, click "set" option, removed by force before using the APM method checkmark.Restart the computer if the normal shutdown, the cause of the problem may be that APM, Advanced Power Management function should be closed.
4. Disable Fast Shutdown
Starting->Operation menu, in the command box enter "msconfig" and click on OK, this time appeared"System Configuration Utility" window.Click"Order" Page, then click "Advanced" option appears at this time "advanced troubleshooting settings" window, choose "disable fast shutdown".If the computer shuts down properly, it shows it's a rapid shutdown problem.
5. Check if has closed all the applications when shut down.
If not close, you can close all applications.Because some applications may not properly shut down, and the system can not properly end the application, resulting in failure.
6. Using the IE browser, resource-intensive.
When you use IE 5 or later should pay attention to the Internet, they still occupied large amount of system resources following the withdrawal, often make the system less than 80% of the available resources, after which it is easy to run other software errors may cause the system to not soft shutdown.
7. Some software in the end will probably be doing some operations on the system data or file system and affect then cause the result of can't normal shutdown.
This is different from the poor design of the software, this may be the system of protection of their own disadvantage, sometimes with multi-task related.Although the Windows XP features multi task, but some large multi-task while a software implementation is prone to failure, such as illegal operation, such as blue screen failures and crashes.This situation can not be caused by the shutdown of the problem is usually not appear in the next boot up.
8. Some programs BUG or some 16-bit software may also undermine the memory of the system data or files.
Memory resident software can easily lead to conflict, resulting in abnormal system shutdown.Find out the problem with this software is not very easy, select the "Start" "program" "Annex" "System Tools" "System Information", open the "Microsoft System Information" dialog box, select "Tools" " System Configuration Utility "can be set to allow or prohibit the" start "in the presence of multiple Windows XP program.Other applications in question can only be used in a long process to find their shortcomings, so in a timely manner to avoid the error occurred.
1. Computer hardware reasons.
Not well supported motherboard BIOS ACPI, the proposed upgrading the motherboard BIOS, generally can be resolved.
2. Computer software causes.
The records listed below may cause the computer to shutdown failure, you can start according to their own computer Bootlog.txt under the root directory shown in the case, find out the reasons:
Terminate = Unload Network can not load the network drivers of conflict
Terminate = RIT sound card or some of the old mouse driver and timer-related problems
Terminate = WIN32 some 32-bit applications locking up the system thread
Terminate = Query Drivers Driver problem
Terminate = Reset Display graphics card driver settings or display problems
3. Check Advanced Power Management (APM)
Open the start->set->Control Panel->System, then open Device Manager and Expand System Devices-Advanced Power Management, click "set" option, removed by force before using the APM method checkmark.Restart the computer if the normal shutdown, the cause of the problem may be that APM, Advanced Power Management function should be closed.
4. Disable Fast Shutdown
Starting->Operation menu, in the command box enter "msconfig" and click on OK, this time appeared"System Configuration Utility" window.Click"Order" Page, then click "Advanced" option appears at this time "advanced troubleshooting settings" window, choose "disable fast shutdown".If the computer shuts down properly, it shows it's a rapid shutdown problem.
5. Check if has closed all the applications when shut down.
If not close, you can close all applications.Because some applications may not properly shut down, and the system can not properly end the application, resulting in failure.
6. Using the IE browser, resource-intensive.
When you use IE 5 or later should pay attention to the Internet, they still occupied large amount of system resources following the withdrawal, often make the system less than 80% of the available resources, after which it is easy to run other software errors may cause the system to not soft shutdown.
7. Some software in the end will probably be doing some operations on the system data or file system and affect then cause the result of can't normal shutdown.
This is different from the poor design of the software, this may be the system of protection of their own disadvantage, sometimes with multi-task related.Although the Windows XP features multi task, but some large multi-task while a software implementation is prone to failure, such as illegal operation, such as blue screen failures and crashes.This situation can not be caused by the shutdown of the problem is usually not appear in the next boot up.
8. Some programs BUG or some 16-bit software may also undermine the memory of the system data or files.
Memory resident software can easily lead to conflict, resulting in abnormal system shutdown.Find out the problem with this software is not very easy, select the "Start" "program" "Annex" "System Tools" "System Information", open the "Microsoft System Information" dialog box, select "Tools" " System Configuration Utility "can be set to allow or prohibit the" start "in the presence of multiple Windows XP program.Other applications in question can only be used in a long process to find their shortcomings, so in a timely manner to avoid the error occurred.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Print a document in Windows 7
You can try to print any documents that already exist on your computer to see results from working printers that were installed in Windows 7. Easy enough, click the Popup menu and click Print. In this way you can print your document to the printer. But of course the result is still less satisfactory, because it is not configured properly.
To print to the printer produces a good and proper, after having been on file kalipada you double click the file, then this file will open automatically in accordance with the application program used to create the file. Because you have not installed any applications, then Windows 7 will display these files based on the compatibility of the files concerned with the applications in Windows 7.
As an illustration, the following describes some ways to print documents from Windows 7. This method is not absolute, because there's another way that can be used to print the document. Only here explained how to print the file or document directly without going through another application other than that provided by the application itself is Windows 7.
Right-click on a file or document that will be in print, after the popup menu appears click Print
Click the program, milsanya Wordpad, and not the document and click on the printer icon
You can also use Drag and drop commands. Do I click the Start menu, click Device and Printer and click Printer, then click the Document (s) in queue. Then click and hold your mouse on the document that will be in print, then remove the printer window is open.
To print to the printer produces a good and proper, after having been on file kalipada you double click the file, then this file will open automatically in accordance with the application program used to create the file. Because you have not installed any applications, then Windows 7 will display these files based on the compatibility of the files concerned with the applications in Windows 7.
As an illustration, the following describes some ways to print documents from Windows 7. This method is not absolute, because there's another way that can be used to print the document. Only here explained how to print the file or document directly without going through another application other than that provided by the application itself is Windows 7.
Right-click on a file or document that will be in print, after the popup menu appears click Print
Click the program, milsanya Wordpad, and not the document and click on the printer icon
You can also use Drag and drop commands. Do I click the Start menu, click Device and Printer and click Printer, then click the Document (s) in queue. Then click and hold your mouse on the document that will be in print, then remove the printer window is open.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Drivers for Windows 7 for Motherboards and Software
Install any operating system on our computer, it is not compulsory that your computer will work with all the facilities you have for your computer system, or the software which are installed on your computer system to work or hardware that are attached to your computer device. To make all this run, just installing operating system is not enough, one need to install drivers that support those hardware and software. These drivers come along with the operating system. The device drivers are computer programs which allow the computer programs with the hardware devices of the computer devices. The communication is done with the help of computer bus between the devices and the hardware that is connected to the computer system. With the help of system drivers, a signal is sent for invoking the routine when the device is called for the activity for which it is designed for.
The drivers are different for different operating system. If one is using windows vista and other uses windows 7, no one can use each other's system drivers if they are not compatible with the older versions. The operating system drivers are available on the websites of those operating systems. Updates are easily available for the drivers on the websites once they are released. Since windows 7 is a new operating system, the drivers are still getting released for their products. With the help of updated drivers, the pc can work at its best giving the best performance and all the hardware and software working properly and the way they are designed for.
The drivers can be designed for system software such as audio, video, graphics, etc hardware such as mouse, keyboard and other computer hardware devices such as motherboard, daughterboard, etc. we will discuss few of the drivers designed for various windows 7 application and support. They are as follows.
Windows 7 is present on Acer notebooks as well as desktops, the drivers of windows 7 which can be helpful for working with Acer devices in a proper way so that the hardware can be worked in the way they are designed for. The other device that requires drivers are the Asus motherboards. There are many Asus motherboards which are being used for windows 7 operating system. AMD, Intel socket 775, 1366 and many more devices are the examples of Asus motherboards that use windows 7.
The most important products for which drivers are used are for video and audio. The windows 7 drivers for ATI Radeon display driver is the most updated driver which contains the entire suite of catalyst. Similarly for audio, windows 7 beta drivers are available which gives the best results and provides all the available facilities that can give the best output for the audio and video programs which has X-fi, sound blasters, live, Audigy and many more features in the audio and video programs.
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