The second episode of Windows 7 little known skills

Although the official version of Windows 7 has not been released yet, there are quite a few computer users who are currently using Windows 7 Beta, but there are many little-known tips for using Windows 7, do you know? We have already revealed the tips of the first 15 Windows 7 for you, and then introduce some of them.

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Windows 7

16. Screen space recovery

Windows 7's latest taskbar acts as a large quick-start toolbar that can hold any shortcut you like (right click on the program and select Insert to the taskbar). This is of course convenient, but the larger and larger taskbar size will definitely take up more screen space. If you suddenly want to let your taskbar "slim down" one day, what should you do? simple! Right-click on the Start menu and select Properties “Properties > Taskbar > Use small icons > OK” This will reduce the icon on the taskbar and use more screen space.

Windows 7 Start Menu

17. Restore Quick Launch Toolbar

If you don't like the new style taskbar in Windows 7, even if you After it has been scaled down, it still doesn't satisfy you, so you can restore the Quick Launch toolbar you've been using all the time with a little bit of time. To do this, right-click on the taskbar and select “Toolbars > New Toolbar”, type the command “UserProfile%ApPDAtaRoamingMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch” in the folder window (do not enter the quotation marks) and click Select Folder. Now right click on the taskbar and cancel “Lock the taskbar', then you should see the familiar Quick Launch taskbar. Then right-click on the split to clear the text and title to make the taskbar take up the least amount of desktop space. The last step is to right-click on the taskbar and change the view to “Small Icons” to see the old Quick Launch toolbar.

18. Custom Power Switch

By default, Windows 7 will display the shutdown button as text in the Start menu, but you only need a few seconds to make this default. The way is changed. If you need to restart your computer many times a day, then this change is more interesting than the default. Right click on the Start menu and select Properties <Properties” Then set “Power boot action> After restarting the computer you will notice that the change has quietly occurred.

Windows 7 Desktop

19. Desktop Auto-Ordering

If you have a lot of shortcuts on your Windows 7 system desktop, It's very messy, right-click on the desktop and select “View > Auto arrange” to let Windows automatically arrange the icons for you. Maybe you will say that this function is also available in the vista system, then Windows 7 allows you to do this more easily, just press and hold the F5 function key, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that the desktop has become very neat.

Desktop Automation

20. Hiding Smart Windows

Windows 7 has a nice feature that intelligently opens all windows opened by the user. Finishing, once you drag a window to the front of the screen it will automatically maximize. We like this new system very much because it is so smart, but if you feel that its intelligence will make you uncomfortable, you can hide this feature. Run “REGEDIT”Open the registry, find “HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop", set WindowArrangementActive to 0, restart your computer, your Windows system will not be so "smart".

21. Removing Send Feedback

Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has received a lot of feedback from the public, so it's important to make the most of it. If you don't like any features or have any good ideas, you can click on “Send Feedback” to send a feedback message to tell Microsoft what you think. This does make you look different, but you may have to remove the “Send Feedback” link from your desktop after you have completed the feedback, because this is no longer useful for you, now Windows 7 It can be done very easily. First open the registry, and then find the "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop" location, set the FeedbackToolEnabled key to 0 and finally restart the computer is complete, very simple.

Brand new desktop

22. Show all disks

Turn on “My computer when using Windows 7 for the first time. Maybe you will feel Strange why some of the disks on my computer are missing? Oh, please don't panic! This is just some of the meaningful attempts Microsoft has made in Windows 7: they want the hard drives in their computers to behave like memory card readers, and they won't show up when the disks are empty and no information is stored. We think this is a big improvement, but if you can't adapt to this way, you can let Windows display all the empty disks. The operation is very simple. First start the resource manager and select “Tools > Folder Options > View” Then remove the hidden empty disk option.

Show all disks

23. Let you see more details

A new magnifying glass help is available in the new Windows 7 operating system You can easily zoom in on any area of ​​the screen to view it. After launching the tool, you can define a coordinate and zoom ratio. It can even track your keyboard focus to move freely on the screen. When you move the cursor focus on a dialog window, press the <Tab” button. Automatically zoom in on the currently active area.

24. Protecting Your MP3 Files

While there are a lot of great new features, the Windows 7 beta also includes an annoying bug. The included Windows Media Player 12 automatically adds missing tag information to the media file, such as the album cover, which overwrites the first few seconds of the original file. This issue can be fixed after installing the upgrade package, but on the other hand, this may be a good way to back up MP3 files.

25. Custom UAC

The UAC (User Account Control) function in the Windows Vista system is a good idea to use in practice, but due to some implementation problems, many people Can't stand the reminder window that pops up frequently and close this feature. Fortunately, Windows 7 will have fewer pop-up prompts by default, and can allow users to make UAC settings themselves. Finding the best balance between security and pop-up prompts is more suitable for your own habits. . Select Change UAC Settings to change in the system's control panel.

Scoring in Windows 7

26. Easy-to-use notes

The Windows 7 system has a simple and useful notes feature. Run the application StikyNot.exe and you can record a number of notes. You can change the color of any note by right-clicking on it. You can add another note by typing the "+” number in one of the note title bars. Select a note to use the shortcut key "Alt+4", you can close this note immediately, but all the notes you create will be automatically saved by Windows.