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iYogi, the on-demand tech services company with a unique global delivery model, presents an in-depth analysis of various features and applications of Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 7.
Easy-to-understand articles mainly focus on the usability of applications in Windows 7 that will help you upgrade to the latest Windows avatar. Read this section to get comprehensive information and guide on the organizational and other attributes of Desktop in Windows 7.
A collection of pictures, sounds and colors is known as a theme. The themes provide the way to improve the visual appearance of your computer’s screen. Sometimes you like the picture in one theme but don’t like its colors. Also, it might happen that you don’t like the picture used in the particular theme but like the colors used in it. There is something that Windows 7 can offer you for…
Do you know that you can improve the performance of your Windows 7 PC by changing its theme? This article will explain you how the performance will improve.
Let’s start with the definition of theme. A theme is a collection of audio, images and colors on your computer. The desktop background, screen saver, sound scheme are all included in the themes. There are some themes which also include the mouse pointer and…
Windows 7 Gadgets are highly useful mini-applications that keeps you updated by providing access to changing information such as current time, weather, stock quotes, new feeds, etc. Have a look at some of the gadgets:
Clock: It shows an analog clock with the current time for any zone time selected by you.
Slide Show: It shows a continuous slide show of the images stored in pictures library.
Calender: It displays current day and date.
Weather: Always keep yourself updated…
It is very easy to create desktop shortcuts to launch installed applications as well as to open drives, folders, documents on your computer system, and also Web pages on the Internet.
You require to perform only certain things to create a desktop shortcut:
1. You first need to locate the icon for the program, drive, folder, or document for which you need to create the shortcut on the start menu or in the…
We all know that Windows 7 has brought along some pretty cool gadgets with it. Sometimes, the gadgets that have been added by you to the desktop require customization. You might want to resize them, move them or do other desired changes. For example, the clock gadget in windows 7 can be customized by you by selecting a new clock design and a time zone other than your own. You also need…
Want to activate the window in Windows 7 you want to work by displaying it on the top of the others! It’s easy. The Flip and Flip 3-D feature of Windows 7 allows you to activate the window you want. This feature is highly useful when you have opened many windows at the same time.
To use Flip feature, hold down Alt+Tab. Windows 7 exhibits a panel in the middle of the desktop…
Microsoft has introduced many improved features in Windows 7 and remain more focused this time, with the goal to make Windows 7 more compatible and user friendly. Adding to a list of convenience, enhanced desktop is included for better performance.
Windows 7 desktop consists of taskbar, a background image, gadgets and icons. Microsoft has made a remarkable change in taskbar, introduced attractive background themes, you can display gadgets on the screen and place…

As we all know, Control Panel is the area, which allows you to make changes to various computer settings. For opening the control panel in Windows 7, you have to click on the Start button which can be accessed on the taskbar and then you have to click on the Windows 7 Control Panel on the Start menu.
The new Windows 7 operating system provides three different views for looking at the computer’s…
In the new Windows 7, the taskbar functionality have been considerably modified. The taskbar is basically a link to all the current information about what all is happening on your Windows 7 PC. The size of the Windows 7 taskbar, positioned at the bottom of the screen, has been increased to twice the height of the taskbar in the previous version of Windows operating system. This improvement has been made…
Several enhanced features have been introduced in windows 7 that allows the user to customize and work more efficiently the way he wants. Color calibration is one of those feature. Using this option, you can calibrate your display. This feature ensures the colors that are being displayed on your monitor are accurate. Factors such as gamma, brightness, contrast and color can be easily controlled by the users. The wizard is very…