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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.

This will show you how to create a slideshow of wallpaper 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 at C:\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.

You will now see this window.

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 more than one picture by right clicking on an available picture, or clicking on the check box in the upper left corner of the picture.

Click on the drop down arrow menu, and 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.

Click on OK to apply the changes

Close the Personalize window when done.