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This article describes how to use the Backup utility to back up files and folders on a computer. Before you can back up important information on your computer, you must install. To back up your files and folders, follow these steps:

To Start the Backup utility Click Start, and then click Run. Type ntbackup.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.

Click the Backup tab. On the Job menu, click New. Select the check boxes next to the drives that you want to back up. If you select specific files or folders, expand the drive where these files or folders are located. Then, select the check boxes for the files or for the folders that you want to back up. Select the System State check box that is located under My Computer in the navigation pane.

If the Backup destination list is available, click the backup destination that you want to use.
If you selected File in this step, type the full path and file name for which you want to back up data in the Backup media or file name box. You can specify a network share as a destination for the backup file. Typically, backup files have the .bkf file name extension.

To start the backup Click Start Backup to open the Backup Job Information dialog box. Click Advanced. Select the Verify data after backup check box. In the Backup Type box, click the kind of backup that you want to create. Click Start Backup. A Backup Progress dialog box is displayed, and the backup starts.

To Exit the Backup utility when the backup is complete, click Close. On the Job menu, click Exit.

The System Information tool Msinfo32.exe that is included with Windows XP will gather information about your computer, to diagnose issues with your computer, or to access other tools that are included with Windows XP. To start Microsoft System Information, use either of the following methods: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information or you can Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.

The information that is displayed in System Information is divided into the following five categories:

Hardware Resources The Hardware Resources category displays hardware-specific settings, such as assigned, or used interrupt requests (IRQs), input/output (I/O) addresses, and memory addresses. The following list provides the sub-categories that are included in the Hardware Resources category.

Components The Components category displays information about your Windows XP system configuration. This includes the status of your device drivers, network components, and multimedia software. There is also a comprehensive driver history, and a summary of devices that may not be working correctly. The following list provides the sub-categories that are included in the Components category.

Software Environment The Software Environment category displays the software loaded in your computer’s memory.

Lists network adapter, client, and protocol information. Network protocol information is now presented in much greater detail than in Microsoft Windows 98. The new presentation of network protocols includes much more granular configuration information on the protocol, related to how it operates on the network.

Lists information about hard disks, floppy drives, removable media, and controllers. Each drive is presented with information including drive letter, total size, free space, file system, compression status, drive type, and volume letter.

The System Summary category provides a general profile of your computer. This information includes: The version of Windows, OEM System Information (manufacturer, model, and type), The type of central processing unit (CPU), The amount of memory and system resources, BIOS version, Locale, Time zone, User name in the format DOMAINNAME\USERNAME (only present if the computer is configured to log into a domain), Boot device (if multiple devices are present on the computer) and The path to the Page file.

To reset the folder view settings back to default for all folders that have been optimized with the same folder template in Windows 7. This will restore the default Group by, Sort by, Stack by arrangement, Icon Size, and the View arrangement folder view settings, of all the folders with the same folder template. You will need to navigate to the folder that you want to reset the folder view settings of it and for all folders with the same folder template.

Open Folder Options from within this folder and not through the Control Panel or from another folder.

Click on the View tab, then click on the Reset Folders button.

Click on Yes to confirm
Click on OK.

The folder and all folders with the same folder template as it, will now be restored back to the default folder view settings. You will need to repeat these steps if you would like to reset the folder views of another folder with a different folder template and all folders with the same folder template as it.

When you open a folder or library in Windows 7, you can change how the files look in the window. There are multiple ways to change the file and folder icon size as well as you can change them inot Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons, Small Icons, or custom icons sizes of your choice.

The first way is to Open the Windows Explorer folder or library window that you want to change the icon size. Click on the View menu bar item and select either the Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons, or Small Icons option.

You can also Click on the Views toolbar button drop down arrow to select either the Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons, or Small Icons option.

You click on the left half of Views toolbar button to cycle through the different icon sizes until you have the icon size you want.

You can also Click on the Views toolbar button drop down arrow, then move the slider at the left up is for larger icons and down will make the icons smaller until you have the custom icon size you want.

Lastly, you can click on an empty area in the Windows Explorer window. Then press and hold the Control key and roll your mouse wheel up for larger icons and down for icons that are smaller. This will give you the custom icon size you want, then you can release the Control key.

To assign a password to a Word for Mac document, follow these steps:
Click the Word menu
Select Preferences
Click Security in the left side of the dialog box
Enter a password in the box labeled “password to open”
Click OK
Re-enter the password when prompted
Click OK

You can also require a password to modify the document:
In the security section, type a password in the box labeled “password to modify”
Click OK
Re-enter the password when prompted
Click OK

The Protect Document button allows you to safeguard tracked changes, comments, and forms. Simply select what you would like to protect and enter a password. Click OK. Reconfirm the password when prompted.

This will show you how to specify a BMP or JPG image of your choice as thedesktop background wallpaper in Windows 7 to be displayed on all users’desktops on the computer. You will also be able to specify that the wallpaper image position to have the center, fill, fit, tile, or stretch style on the desktop. The options to change the desktop background in personalization will not be grayed out, but they will not change anything after you have specified a desktop background in this tutorial.

This will also disable the Set as desktop background (image on computer) or Set as Background (image on website) option when a user right clicks on a image. It will not be grayed out, but it will not work.

Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

In the left pane, click on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates,Desktop, and Desktop

To Not Specify a Desktop Background The default setting is to allow users to change their own desktop backgrounds

Select Disabled or Not Configured, and click on OK.

To Specify a Desktop Background and Prevent Change

Select Enabled

In the Wallpaper Name: box, type in the full path of a BMP or JPG image that you want displayed as a wallpaper for all users. For blank wallpaper enter an invalid path

In the Wallpaper Style: drop down menu box, select if you want the wallpaper to be the Center, Fill, Fit, Stretch, or Tile style on the desktop

Click on OK
Close the Local Group Policy Editor window.
Restart the computer

This is a step-by-step article describes how to install and configure a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server for anonymous access.

First you must Install Internet Information Services and the FTP Service
FTP depends on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), IIS and the FTP Service must be installed on the computer. To install IIS and the FTP Service, follow these steps. In Windows Server 2003, the FTP Service is not installed by default when you install IIS. If you already installed IIS on the computer, you must use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to install the FTP Service.

This assumes you have added IIS already to the server.

Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
In the Components list, click Application Server, click Internet Information Services (IIS) but do not select or clear the check box, and then click Details.
Click to select the following check boxes if they are not already selected:
Common Files, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service, Internet Information Services Manager
Click to select the check boxes next to any other IIS-related service or subcomponent that you want to install, and then click OK.
Click Next.

When you are prompted, insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive or provide a path to the location of the files, and then click OK.
Click Finish.

IIS and the FTP service are now installed. You must configure the FTP Service before you can use it. Next you need to Configure The FTP Service

To configure the FTP Service to allow only anonymous connections, follow these steps:
Start Internet Information Services Manager or open the IIS snap-in.
Expand Server_name, where Server_name is the name of the server.
Expand FTP Sites
Right-click Default FTP Site, and then click Properties.
Click the Security Accounts tab.
Click to select the Allow Anonymous Connections check box (if it is not already selected), and then click to select the Allow only anonymous connections check box.

When you click to select the Allow only anonymous connections check box, you configure the FTP Service to allow only anonymous connections. Users cannot log on by using user names and passwords.

Click the Home Directory tab.

Click to select the Read and Log visits check boxes (if they are not already selected), and then click to clear the Write check box (if it is not already cleared).
Click OK.

Quit Internet Information Services Manager or close the IIS snap-in.
The FTP server is now configured to accept incoming FTP requests. Copy or move the files that you want to make available to the FTP publishing folder for access. The default folder is drive:\Inetpub\Ftproot, where drive is the drive on which IIS is installed.

This will show you how to extend the Windows 7 activation trial 30 days at a time for a total of up to 120 days before you must activate or reinstall Windows 7. When you install Windows 7, you will have 30 days to activate by default. Microsoft has allowed this rearm option to extend the period for another 30 days for up to 3 times.

To See How Many To check how many Rearms You Have Left:
Open the Start Menu.
In the search line, type slmgr.vbs -dlv and press enter

After a few seconds, you will see how many remaining rearms you have left.

Let us get Started by Opening the Start Menu.
In the Start Menu search box, type regedit, and press Enter
In the registry, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform
In the right pane, If it is not set to 0 - Right click on SkipRearm and click on Modify.
Type 0 and click on OK.
Close regedit.

Open a command prompt.
In the command prompt, type slmgr -rearm and press Enter.
Click on OK.
Close the command prompt.
Restart the computer to apply the changes and reset your trial period back to 30 days to activate.

This post will show you how to turn Windows 7 Aero Peek, On or Off this will for a short time to make all open windows on the desktop transparent. To achieve this you place the mouse pointer on the button at the far right end of the taskbar. There are few things to keep in mind. Desktop Preview will only work if you have more than one window opened. You need Aero Theme selected and not one of the Basic and High Contrast Themes for Desktop Preview to work.

The best way to turn this feature on or off is through the task bar and start menu properties

Right click on the Start button and click on Properties
Right click on a empty area on the taskbar and click on Properties
Click on the Taskbar tab

To Turn Off Aero Peek -
Uncheck the Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop box
Click on OK

To Turn On Aero Peek - By default, Desktop is turned on in Windows 7
Check the Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop box
Click on OK

This will show you how to create a slideshow of wallpaper images (pictures) on your Windows 7 desktop. You will have the option to select how often the pictures change and to shuffle them.

The default folder that Windows 7 uses to store the pictures in is located atC:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper.

Right click on a empty space on the desktop and click on Personalize

Click on the Desktop Background link at the bottom of the window.
The name in gray under Desktop Background is the current desktop background file name.

You will now see the Desktop Background window.

Select a Picture Location Click on the drop down arrow menu to select from the list of available picture folder locations, or click on the Browse button to navigate to the picture folder location.

Select the picture folder and click on Select Folder.

Click on the drop down arrow menu to select from the list of available picture folder locations,
or click on the Browse button to navigate to the picture folder location.
Select the picture folder and click on Select Folder
Select Desktop Background Pictures -
Select more than one picture by right clicking on an available picture,
or clicking on the check box (to check) in the upper left corner of the picture.

Select the Picture Position click on the drop down arrow menu
click on the picture position you want for the desktop background images

Select How Often to Change Pictures Click on the drop down arrow menu
and click on how often you want the pictures to change.

To Shuffle the Pictures Check the Shuffle box to shuffle the selected pictures
to change in a random order

You need to Uncheck the Shuffle box to have the selected pictures change in order.
Click on OK to apply the changes

Close the Personalize window when done

This can be used if you find the default with of the window borders too thin or too wide. These steps will show you how to change it to fit what you are looking to do. If you have a lot of windows open all the time, you may want to shrink the border. If you only like to have one windows open you might want them larger to help with switching to the desktop

Open control panel and click on Appearance and Personalization

Click on Personalization and then Window Color at the bottom
In the Window Color screen, click on Advanced appearance settings

A dialog box will appear where you can change various aspects of the desktop appearance.
In the item box, scroll down to border padding and change the size value the bigger the border size the higher the number. The smaller the border size the lower the number.

Click Ok

Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

In the System Properties dialog box, click the System Restore tab.

Click to select the Turn off System Restore check box. Or, click to select the Turn off System Restore on all drives check box.

Click OK.

When you receive the following message, click Yes to confirm that you want to turn off System Restore:

You have chosen to turn off System Restore. If you continue, all existing restore points will be deleted, and you will not be able to track or undo changes to your computer.

Do you want to turn off System Restore?

After a few moments, the System Properties dialog box closes.

Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

In the System Properties dialog box, click the System Restore tab.

Click to clear the Turn off System Restore check box. Or, click the Turn off System Restore on all drives check box.

Click OK.

After a few moments, the System Properties dialog box closes.

This will help you to use the net user command to change the user password at a Windows command prompt. This can only be done by administrators can change domain passwords at the Windows command prompt.

To change a user’s password at the command prompt, log on as an administrator and type:

net user user_name * /domain

When you are prompted to type a password for the user, type the new password, not the existing password. After you type the new password, the system prompts you to retype the password to confirm. The password is now changed.

If you are confident in your change you can type the following command:

net user user_name new_password

When you do so, the password changes without prompting you again. This command also enables you to change passwords in a batch file. Non-administrators receive a “System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied” error message when they attempt to change the password.

First you must Unhide the Windows 7 System and Protected Operating System files.

In your Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT
Open a MCT-AU (Australia), CA (Canada), GB (United Kingdom), US (United States), and ZA (South Africa) folder for the regional theme that you want.

Double click to select the .theme file to load it.
You can add multiple themese by reapting this steps for each folder.

Once you select a .theme file, Windows 7 will load it so that you will be able to change or select this theme again from within the My Themes area in the Personalization window.

Remember to return and Hide the Windows 7 System and Protected Operating System files

You can now add the theme to the Aero Themes area instead in the Personalization window

To Change the Advanced Appearance Settings -
Colors and sizes selected here only appear if you have selected from the Basic and High Contrast Themes.

Click on the Advanced appearance settings link.

To Change a Window Item Setting :
To Select a Item - Click on the Item drop down menu and select a window item you want to change. You can also click on the different displayed windows at the top of the “Window Color and Appearance” window to select a Item to.

To Change the Item Size - Change the Size number to what you want.

To Change the Item Color - Click on the Color 1 and Color 2 drop down menu and select a color.

To Change the Font Settings for the Selected Item –

To Change the Item Font - Click on the Font drop down menu and select a font.
To Change the Item Font Size - Click on the Size drop down menu and select a number for the size. The higher the number, the larger the size.
To Change the Item Font Color - Click on the Color drop down menu and select a color.
To Have the Item Font in Bold - Click the B button to highlight it. If it is not highlighted, then the font will not be in bold.
To Have the Item Font in Italic - Click on the I button to highlight it. If it is not highlighted, then the font will not be in italic.

Click on OK when done.

This will show you how to change the color and appearance of windows, the Start Menu, and the taskbar in Windows 7.
Right click on a empty space on the desktop and click on Personalize.
Click on the Window Color link at the bottom of the window. The name under Window Color, is the current color selected.

Select a Color Click on an available color you want.

Enable or Disable Transparency Check or uncheck Enable transparency to enable or disable transparency.

Adjust Color Intensity Slide the Color intensity slider to the left to lighten the color or to the right to darken the color If you slide the slider to far to the right, the Start menu, windows, and taskbar, may no longer be transparent (if enabled) since the color will be to dark. You would just need to slide it some to the left to lighten the color again.

To Adjust the Color Mixer Settings -
If you do not want to adjust the color mixer settings, then skip this step to keep the default color selected in step 3 and go to step 7 instead.

Click on the Show color mixer button. This is if you would like to adjust the color’s hue, saturation, and brightness to create a custom color.

Slide the sliders to adjust the color. If you do not wish to continue to step 7, then click on the Save Changes button to apply the changes and close the window below.

Click on OK when done.

We have had a lot of folks ask about the refreshing the Windows Experience Index (WEI) and what is the base score all about. The new Windows 7 uses the WEI to help measure the capability of your computer. The Windows Experience Index measures the capability of your computer’s hardware and software configuration and expresses this measurement as a number that they call a base score. The higher the base score the better and faster your computer will perform than a computer with a lower base score, this comes into play when using more advanced and resource-intensive tasks.

Each hardware component receives individual sub scores. The computer base score is determined by the lowest sub score. The base score is not an average of the combined sub scores at all. In Windows 7 the WEI score can range from 1.0 to 7.9.

If you want to check, all you need to do is:
Open the Control Panel (All Items view).
Click on the Performance Information and Tools icon.
Click on the Rate this computer button.
Run the assessment link, by hitting the Refresh Now button.
You will now see this status window.
A good best practice during this process is to have no programs open or running in the background.
When the process is finished, you will see your updated WEI base score.
This is a good gauge on what you need to do to improve your machine for more intense uses.

This will show you how to change the amount of time it takes for a menu in Windows 7 to pop, fade, or slide open when you run the mouse pointer over it. The Fade or slide menus into view and Fade out menu items after clicking Visual Effects optiond will also affect how fast menus open and close. Unchecking these options will help speed it up in addition to doing the steps in this tutorial below.

This hack is through the registry

Open the Start Menu.
In the search box, type regedit and press Enter.
In regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop
In the right pane, right click on MenuShowDelay and click on Modify.

Type in a number between 50 to 4000 for how many milliseconds you want the Menu to wait before it opens. The lower the number, the faster the response time.

Click on OK to apply.
Close regedit.
Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.

This will show you how to change the sounds applied to events in Windows and Programs as a Sound Theme in Windows 7.

Open the Control Panel (All Items View). And Click on the Sound icon.

Click on the Sounds tab.

To Turn the Windows Startup Sound On or Off Check or uncheck the Play Windows Startup sound box.

To Change an Event Sound Click on a Program Event to select a sound event.

Click on the Browse button. Navigate to the .wav sound file you want for the sound event and click on Open. Choose the file and then Click on Apply.

To Test Play a Sound Click on a Program Event you want to hear the sound for.
Click on the Test button.

To Change a Sound Scheme Click on the Sound Scheme: drop down arrow menu.
Choose and Click on the Sound Scheme you want.
Click on Apply.

When finished click on OK to close the Sound window.

Close the Personalization window.

This will show you how to turn Aero Snap and Aero Shake feature on or off in Windows 7. Dragging a window by the title bar to the left and right edge of the screen will fill that half the screen with that window when the mouse pointer reaches the edge of the screen. Dragging the window down a bit will restore the window back to how it was before. Placing the mouse pointer on the top or bottom border of a window until the mouse pointer turns into an up-down double arrow and left click and hold, then drag the top or bottom window border to the top or bottom edge of the screen. This will fill the top and bottom of the screen within the left and right borders of the window. Dragging the window down a bit, or double clicking in the window’s title bar, will restore the window back to how it was before. Dragging a window by the title bar to the top edge of the screen will maximize the window to fill the desktop when the mouse pointer reaches the top edge of the screen. Dragging the window down a bit, or double clicking in the window’s title bar, will restore the window back to how it was before.

Open the Control Panel (All Items view), and click on the Ease of Access Center icon.

Click on either the Make the mouse easier to use, Make the Keyboard Easier To Use, or Make it easier to focus on tasks link.

To Turn On Aero Snap and Aero Shake Uncheck the Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edged of the screen box.

To Turn Off Aero Snap and Aero Shake Check the Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edged of the screen box.

Click OK

Close the Ease of Access Center window.

To turn these on you need to reverse the above process.