Windows 7 Tips.More to come.!

Want to rearrange your system tray icons? Read this: You can rearrange icons on the taskbar as you wish and start new (or switch to running) instances of the first ten taskbar programs using Win+1, Win+2, and so on. The cool thing is you can also rearrange system tray icons. Reorder them on the tray or move them outside or back in the tray. Take control of what you want to always keep an eye on, and from which apps you’ll require notifications.



Pin frequently used programs to the taskbar.Right-click, drag, and pin your favorite folders to Windows Explorer on the taskbar. They will now show up in the Jump List when you right click on Explorer giving you quick access to your favorite folders.



Add any folder to favoritesJust navigate to that folder, right click favorites in the navigation pane on the left hand side and select "Add current location to favorites.

Use Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 7

1. Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Using the mouse, you can drag-‘n-dock windows to either side of the screen, or drag it to the top to maximize it. These keyboard shortcuts are even faster:

1 Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock the window to the left and right side of the screen
2 Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximize and restore/minimize
3 Win+M minimizes everything
4 Alt+Up, Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow navigate to parent folder, or browse Back and Forward through folders in Explorer
5 Win+Home minimizes/restores all open windows except the active window
6 Alt+Win+# accesses the Jump List of program number ‘#’ on the taskbar

Hack into a Computer running Windows XP that is password protected!

This is to hack into a windows xp protected computer without changing the password.
This makes windows xp accept any password.

Here are the steps:

1. The first step is that you need physical access to there machine and it must have a CD or DVD drive.
2. Download this file
3. Unzip the file folder and you will get the dpl.iso
4. Use a burning program that can burn iso images such as UltraISO, PowerISO or Nero.
5. After you have the disk, boot from the CD or DVD drive. You will see Windows 2000 Setup and it will load some of the files.
6. Press "R" to install Dreampackpl
7. Press “C” to install DreamPackPL by using the recovery console.
8. 8. Select the Windows installation that is currently on the computer (Normally is “1″ if you only have one Windows installed)
9. Backup your original sfcfiles.dll by typing:
“ren C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll sfcfiles.lld” (without quotes)
10. Copy the hacked file from CD to system32 folder. Type:
“copy D:\i386\pinball.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll” (without quotes and assuming your CD drive is D:)
11. Type “exit”, take out disk and reboot.
12. In the password field, type “dreamon” (without quotes) and DreamPack menu will appear.
13. Click the top graphic on the DreamPack menu and you will get a menu popup.

14. Go to commands and enable the options and enable the god command.

15. Type “god” in the password field to get in Windows.

If you have a anti virus running in the background, it might label it as a hack tool. A hack tool is not a virus. and i assure you the file i gave you is clean and no viruses are in it or associated with it.

Change your Vista Taskbar to Windows 7 style Icons

In Windows 7 on the taskbar, it does not show text on the application buttons. The only thing it shows is it's icon.


The Windows 7 application buttons saves a lot of space on the taskbar and actually looks really good. If you want it in Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, 2008 follow these steps below:

1. Get to your Run dialog box. Then type regedit in it and press the OK button. This will open your registry editor.

2.go to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics.

3. When you get to WindowsMetrics, click the edit drop down button and go to New and then string value and type in MinWidth and set its value to -255.

4. Thats all you need to do. Turn off or restart your computer and it shall be there just like in the Windows 7 taskbar.

5. If you want to change it back just delete the MinWidth string value and then restart again

Are you one of those who love the command prompt? Or miss the 'Open Command Window Here' from Windows XP?All you have to do in Windows 7 to get that option in the context menu is to press "Shift" when your right click on a folder. It also works on the desktop!

Add Videos to Start Menu in Windows 7!

Windows 7 does not place a link to your video folder on the Start Menu when you first get your OS. To add a link to your videos on the Start Menu, right-click Start, select Properties, click on Customize. In the Videos section at the bottom, choose Display as a link.

Change Windows XP Start Text and Logo

1. Download Resource Hacker from http://grandfiles.com/programs/utilities/resource-hacker.html

2. Locate explorer.exe in C:\WINDOWS. Copy the file and name it explorer1.exe.

3.Run Resource Hacker. Select File, then Open, and select C:\WINDOWS\explorer1.exe..

4. Expand the “String Table” menu, then select folder 37 and click on 1033. Change “start” to whatever you want. Click on the button labeled Compile Script. Try chaning it to “start” and see if anyone notices.

5. Collapse the String Table folder and expand the Bitmap folder, then select folder 142 and right-click on 1033. Select “Replace Resource“, then click on “Open file with new bitmap“. Select a Bitmap picture (.bmp extension) with a size of 25 pixels by 20 pixels. Click the Replace button. if you would like to make a bitmap image with transparency, you will need an advanced icon making program such as Axialis IconWorkshop

6. Select File, then Save.

7. Exit Resource Hacker and click on the start button and select “Run…“. Type in “regedit” without quotes.

8. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

9. Double click on the Shell entry and input “Explorer1.exe” without quotes in “Value data“.

10.Restart Windows. Tada! There you have it folks, the definitive way to change your start button easily and reasonably safely. To change the start button back to it’s normal self, simply Explorer.exe in the registy entry you changed.Very cool hack in my opinion.