windows customization

hi, I've created a couple of new toolbars with shortcuts to my most used programs and documents inside. the problem is, the jumplists for them are not big enough. Idealy I'd prefer to just have icons in the jumplist and have them twice the size. Also, I'd like to have the button for the jumplist...

Hi - I'm trying to use older .theme files with Windows 7. The Personalize area doesn't recognize these themes so I'm trying to first apply them with a theme manager then save them in the Personalize area so they will be an up to date theme. However, I'm having trouble doing this. I've tried a...

I've read how the brightness of LCD displays, directly in the eyes, contributes to insomnia. So I want to switch to a dark aero theme. I'm disappointed that the only available dark themes are "high contrast." I can't find any aero themes that are dark, but also have a background slide-show...

In Win XP, I could add a folder, and move shortcuts around to my liking. Can I do that in Win 7? For example, when I installed Office, it did not offer the choice of where to put the shortcuts. I'd like to create a folder called MS Office, and move all the Office shortcuts into it. Thanks, Mikey

The easiest way to start Regedit is to hit the Window key on your keyboard, type regedit, and then hit Enter. (You can also do this by clicking on the Start button as well.) Before you make any changes it's probably smart to back up the key or subkey you're planning on tinkering with. Once...

This has been a pet peeve of mine on Win7 ever since I upgraded months ago. I'm real big on using Windows Explorer to navigate around my drives, looking at files, photos, movies, whatever. There are two things that the folder list, on the left side of the screen, does differently from it's XP...

Sorry if this is not the appropriate place for this post, but it seems to be most proper. I was using kde desktop and there is one very helpful trick to select multiple files only with mouse - when the cursor is over an icon a circle with plus sign appear next to it if it is not selected, and...

When I mouse over on an active icon in the taskbar, say internet explorer. I get text that pops up instead of an icon showing what I have opened. Is there a way to change this from a text popup to a window icon pop up? Thanks

How can I use custom images (.PNGs or whatever) for shortcut icons?

Macos X for windows 7 . Macos X is a Mac OS X port for WIndows 7, made by idas = ZEUS osX. (Pavlos Pitselas). Macos (1)word meaning : 'mecos'= length in ancient Athenian also Ionian language and in Byzantine and in nowdays Greek, and 'macos' in doric and aeolian ancient greek dialects and...

Hey guys, I am putting together a computer system to be used at bars and clubs etc. It is going to contain a piece of software that will be able to run music videos out of it. Basically I want to be able to boot the system into windows 7 and have it appear on the Desktop with my icons. The...

I tried to use StarDock's Bootskin Vista, but it removed the default windows loading animation and failed to replace it with the new one. It then failed to restore the default. I uninstalled it with no luck - the files have been changed. I then tried running various restore programs found...

Hi. I just installed Windows 7. I live in Israel and I use English as my display language. However, I do need to use Hebrew sometimes. The problem is that the font that Windows uses to display Hebrew in places like Notepad text or FireFox tabs is ugly. I wish to change this font but I can't seem...

Hi all, i,ve downloaded a new gadget, the continuum gadget, that looks like these: and i want to know if have some way to enable this transparency on all windows of our win7 =) thanks!

I got two these I want to chat about with you guys. Right when I start my pc, the bootloader comes up where you pick which os you want to go into, since I dont use Vista anymore or Ubuntu ones that I installed with Wubi, I want to delete them, but I dont know how can someone tell me how to...

Hi, figured I'd kick off my first post with a tutorial. I read the board rules before posting this to make sure I can post this tutorial. This isn't illegal, I don't condone piracy myself. This tutorial simply shows users how to change and/or remove the Windows 7 watermark. Hope you enjoy it...

When I press Win-Left/Right, the current window snaps to the edge of the screen and is resized to half a screen. I want to customize the feature: i.e. I want snapping to the left make a window two thirds of the screen and snapping to the right one third. Is that possible? Google found nothing...

how can I patch Windows 7 UXTheme?