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Calibrate your screen colours windows 7 and vista

fazle321 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:03:56 +0000

Calibrate your screen colours

The colours you actually see on your screen can vary depending on your monitor

graphics cards settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default

Windows colour profile. And that means a digital photo that looks perfect on your

screen might appear very poor on everybody else.

Fortunately, Windows 7 now provides a Display Colour Calibration Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and colour settings, and a ClearType tuner to ensure your text is crisp and sharp.

Click Start, type DCCW and press Return to give it a try (Windows 7)

Create a mute shortcut in windows xp

fazle321 — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:48:38 +0000

A easy way to mute and unmute your speakers

Make a custom shortcut that mutes and unmutes your PC’s sound using Nircmd,

from www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html Download and extract the contents

to My Documents. Right-click the desktop and choose New Shortcut.

Enter this location: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\nircmd\nircmd.exe" mutesysvolume 2. Ensure that the path points

to where you extracted the Nircmd.exe file. Name the shortcut mute_ unmute’. Double-click it to mute your speakers and do so again to turn them back on.

Its really easy. have fun and share with your friend.

Windows 7 Tutorial Part 3 – Installing Windows 7 on a Fresh Computer 1

fazle321 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:29:55 +0000

The following steps will walk you through the process of installing Windows 7 on a fresh computer.
Installing Windows 7 is straightforward—if you’re doing a clean install, simply boot up your computer with the Windows 7 installation DVD inside the DVD drive and instruct your computer to boot from the DVD (you may need to press a key, such as F11 or F12, while the computer is starting to enter the boot selection screen). If you’re upgrading, simply boot into Windows Vista, insert the disc, and run the installer (if you are using Windows XP, see the previous post “Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7”).
When the installer has booted up, you will be greeted with the screen shown in Figure 1-2 (the upgrade screen is slightly different; you will have an option to check the compatibility of your system or start the installation). You will be asked to select the language to install, the time and currency format, and your keyboard type.

Figure 1-2. Installing Windows 7: the first step

With the selections made, you can now install Windows 7 by clicking the “Install now”
button (see Figure 1-3).

You will be asked to accept the license agreement. (If you are upgrading, you’ll first have the option to go online to get any updates to the installer first.) Check the licensing checkbox and continue.

Figure 1-3. Click the “Install now” button to start the Windows 7 installation process

On the next screen, you have a choice between upgrading your existing Windows or installing a fresh copy of Windows. If you are using Windows XP or earlier, the first option will not work for you—select the Custom (advanced) option (see Figure 1-4).

Figure 1-4. Two ways to install Windows 7—upgrade or fresh installation

You can upgrade from Windows Vista only if you run the installer from within Windows Vista. If you do a fresh boot using the Windows 7 installation disc, you will not be able to upgrade (you will be asked to rerun the installation from within Windows.

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Complete Windows 7 Guide Part 2 – Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

fazle321 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:21:29 +0000

Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Although Windows XP users cannot upgrade directly to Windows 7, Microsoft provides the Windows Easy Transfer utility, which allows you to easily transfer your computer’s settings and files to the new Windows 7.

To launch the Windows Easy Transfer utility, log in to Windows XP, insert the Windows 7 installation disc, and navigate to the \support\migwiz folder. Double-click migwiz.exe to launch the Windows Easy Transfer utility (see Figure 1-1). Follow the instructions on the screen to save the settings to another computer via a cable or network, or save them to a hard disk or USB drive. When Windows 7 has been installed, you can run the Windows Easy Transfer utility via Start?All Programs?Accessories?System Tools?Windows Easy Transfer. Follow the online instructions to copy the saved settings onto the new Windows 7 installation.