Aero WinShark: Change Taskbar Thumbnail Settings

Aero WinShark is another free utility to tweak and personalize the Taskbar and thumbnail preview. The best thing about this software is that it supports both Windows 7 and the latest Windows 8 as well. Options are available to set minimum thumbnail size, maximum thumbnail size, top thumbnail margin, bottom margin, left margin, right margin, and taskbar item width.





It also offers settings to change the wait time before the taskbar preview is displayed, and to disable/enable Taskbar thumbnail preview.





If you are trying to change the Taskbar item width, you may need to do a system reboot to apply the change. All other settings can be applied without a reboot.





Aero WinShark is a portable utility, which means that it can be used without an installation. This tool was originally developed for Windows 7, but it works great on Windows 8 as well. We tested this on x64 version of Windows 8 without any issues.



Restore Default option is also available to restore all settings to the default.

Download Aero Winshark 

Change Logon Screen With Logon Controller

Now you can change the default windows 7 logon screen without rebooting your computer. This program was brought to you by Murgee. Just install the program like any other program, its a freeware. Run the program,
Now select the background or image you want to apply as logon screen background, and that's it, Your'e Done!!! To test it just click on the Lock PC button and find out the change.,

Its a small program and doesn't slow down your computer!

 Download Logon Controller

Microsoft Gorgeous Desktop Wallpapers For Windows 7

Birds of Prey, Hopes and Dreams, and Green World themes earlier this week, Microsoft  has updated the  gallery with 7 new desktop backgrounds. All these gorgeous photographs were submitted by Windows community users.



Areca Palm Buds, Bubbling Fountain, Head in the Clouds, Moss, Pride of Barbados Flower, Spider Web, and Wheat Close-up are the new wallpapers for Windows. To download these wallpapers please visit wallpapers section of Windows Personalization gallery.



 If you are interested in sharing your own art or photography with the Windows world, you can send one or more pictures to the Windows personalization gallery team. Do note that the photos must be at least 1920 pixels wide by 1200 pixels tall. Please check out our how to send photos to Windows personalization gallery article to know more about the same.

Use 7z For Compressing & Encrypting Data

In Windows 7, we can easily send and receive files and data to Compressed folder to generate the industry standard compressed file in Zip format and secure  them in EFS format but evenly it’s not quite practical to deal with Zip files which often are accessed by other parties. And when an EFS-encrypted file needs to be accessed outside the organization, exchanging the digital certificate isn’t something that is easy to do.

You can also try out WinRAR and WinZIP, the two arguably the most popular file archiver, but none of them are completely free. Yes, you can basically use them for free but in reality they are both shareware that you should pay for license if you intended to use them in a long run.

7-Zip is another popular file archiver but is an Open Source that can be used on any computers including a computer in a commercial organization without paying a dime. One of the nice things about it is that the encryption that is built in the software is very easy to use and highly secured with AES-256 encryption method.

7-Zip adds a series commands in to the context menu after it’s installed on the computer to make your life easier when it comes to zip the files.

To encrypt the final zip file during the compress process, you can simply highlight the files and folders you want to compress, right-click on any of those, and choose 7-Zip to Add to Archive.

Then in the Add to Archive dialog window, select the Archive format, put in the password, make sure the Encryption method set to AES-256 before pressing OK.

Different archive format offers different encryption methods, since AES-256 is the highest method when it comes to encrypting the data, make sure you use it to take the most advantage out of it.

To encrypt a Zip file, you will need to right-click the file, go to 7-Zip, and choose Add to Archive.  I would hope the program can encrypt directly to a zipped file without adding it to another compressed file but I guess there might be limitations there that prevent the program from encrypting it directly.

Note that making a use of encryption doesn’t mean that you can provide a weak password. You are still vulnerable to the password attack if you choose a password like "abcdef" or "123456" to encrypt a highly confidential compressed zip file. The bottom line is whenever you see a place where it requires a password, picking up a good password that is tough to the hackers but still easy to remember to yourself. :D

Team Viewer For Windows 7

The Beta version of upcoming TeamViewer 7 has been released for Windows and is now available for download. TeamViewer 7 has been packed with numerous new remote control features for enhancing your online meeting experience. For those users who are not familiar with TeamViewer, it’s an excellent software for remote control, desktop sharing, and file transfer between computers.

This free for personal use software lets you control a PC from anywhere on the Internet.

TeamViewer 7 Beta for Windows comes with enhanced multi-monitor support,  AVI converter to convert your recorded sessions into AVI format, movable TeamViewer panel, integrated screenshots feature and performance improvements.

Key features and improvements:

# Direct connections and file transfer are now even faster

# Record your screen presentations and convert videos into the AVI format

# Schedule meeting and send invitations directly from your email client

# Save connection settings for each computer in computers and contact list

# Enhanced multi-monitor support

For more information visit the official website

 Download Teamviewer 7 Free Version Here

Windows 7 activator !

Activate your windows 7 for lifetime, this activator is by DAZ,
Just click on the install button, don't panic if the window disappears, windows will be activated in next reboot.
Enjoy the tweak :D


Windows 7 activator

How to Install Windows 7

Windows 7 DVD is bootable. In order to boot from the DVD you need to set the boot sequence. Look for the boot sequence under your BIOS setup and make sure that the first boot device is set to CD-ROM/DVD-ROM.

Step 1 - Place Windows 7 DVD in your DVD-ROM drive and start your PC. Windows 7 will start to boot up and you will get the following progress bar.  

Step 2 - The next screen allows you to setup your language, time and currency format, keyboard or input method. Choose your required settings and click next to continue. 

 

Step 3 - The next screen allows you to install or repair Windows 7. Since we are doing a clean install we will click on "install now". 

Step 4 - Read the license terms and tick I accept license terms. Then click next to continue.  

Step 5 - You will now be presented with two options. Upgrade or Custom (Advanced). Since we are doing a clean install we will select Custom (Advanced).

Step 6 - Choose where you would like to install Windows 7. If you have one hard drive you will get a similar option to the image below. You can click next to continue. If you have more that one drive or partition then you need to select the appropriate drive and click next. If you need to format or partition a drive then click Drive options (advance) before clicking next.

Step 7 - Windows 7 starts the installation process and starts copying all the necessary files to your hard drive as shown on the image below. 

Step 8 - It will go through various stages of the setup and will reboot your system few times.  

Step 9 - When your PC reboots it attempts to boot from DVD as its the first boot device. Do not press any key during the boot prompt so Windows 7 will continue with the installation by booting from the hard drive.

 

Step 10 - After the reboot your computer will be prepared for first use.

Step 11 - At this stage you need to choose a user name and computer name. Click next to continue. The user account you create here is the Administrator account which is the main account for your Windows 7 that has all the privileges.

Step 12 - Choose your password and password hint just incase you forget your password and need to jog your memory.

Step 13 - You can now type the product key that came with Windows 7 and click next. If you do not enter the product key you can still proceed to the next stage. However Windows 7 will run in trial mode for 30 days. You must therefore activate Windows within 30 days otherwise you can not access your computer after 30 days.

 

 Step 14 - Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically. Choose Use recommended settings.

Step 15 - Review your time and date settings. Select your time zone, correct the date and time and click next to continue. 

Step 16 - Select your computer's current location. If you are a home user then choose Home network otherwise select the appropriate option.

Step 17 - After the final restart Windows 7 will start to boot up.

AND YOU'R DONE,.!!! :D

ILL UPLOAD THE WINDOWS 7 ACTIVATOR BY DAZ IN NEXT POST!

IT WILL ACTIVATE WINDOWS 7 FOR LIFETIME! :D