Tips to Help You Get More Out of Windows
It makes no difference how up-to-date your PC is, there are always ways you can learn to make it perform better with Windows tips. The Windows operating system is very intricate, and there are a lot of little fine-tuning tricks you can use – ones that even computer gurus may not be aware of – that can improve different areas of your computer. There is no end to the things that you can do on Windows and, therein, lies the problem. Nobody can learn everything. In this article, we’ll be focusing on a few of the more useful Windows tips that are worth knowing about.
Windows 7 has five different theme sets and wallpapers based on different regions of the world. Your PC will come pre-loaded with the theme set for the area closest to where you live.
If you want to change your Theme set to something more exotic, it’s not hard to do so. Open Windows Explorer; click on your ‘C’ drive; type "globalization" in the search box; click on the result; type "MCT" in the search box, and the list of files will open. These files are "hidden" so you won’t simply see them listed. These folders will have all the geographic themes, as well as wallpapers, for different areas such as the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Canada, and the US. Even though these files are hidden, when you know where to look you can easily change the look of your desktop from Themes already installed on your PC.
How do you search for information online? Most of us open our browser and then initiate our search. But Windows 7 has a convenient feature that allows you to conduct searches from your desktop without having to launch a web browser. If you wanted to be able to search a site like YouTube, for example, you would use a ‘search connector’ for that site. One of the benefits of this feature is the fact that you can do quick search of websites you frequently visit without the need of going through your browser. Websites have been created that can help you create a search connector for any website you are interested in if it doesn’t already have one you can download.
If you have owned your computer for some time, you have undoubtedly collected a lot of different files. Organizing, and knowing where your files are located, can be an intimidating project. Maybe you have already found a system that works for you, and maybe you just don’t know where to start. If your operating system is Windows XP or Windows Vista, you can organize your files in folders called My Documents and My Music, among others. Inside these folders, you can put your files which will show you date last modified, size of file, and what type of file it is, such as .txt. Windows 7 goes a step further and uses what it calls "Libraries." The choices are Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music, and Podcasts and you can add your own. If you make use of this feature, you will be able to keep track of all of your different types of files, no matter where they’re stored. The Library feature is more convenient, and advanced, than previous Windows organizational systems. There’s no doubt that the last few years has seen major improvements in the Windows operating system. Those of you who have Windows 7 can testify to the fact that Windows continues to improve with each new version. If you run on Windows XP or Vista, there are many features you can discover to run your PC more efficiently that you may not know about. This is just a small taste of the types of things you can do within the Windows operating system when you learn the correct techniques.
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