Windows 7

Need to show hidden files and folders in Windows 7? This handy step-by-step tutorial will show you how.

Learn how to edit the hosts file in Windows 7 to block specific websites and redirect users to different URLs in this handy how-to guide.

An accurate network map can be an invaluable troubleshooting aid. Discover how to create a network map for Windows 7 in this handy tutorial.

If you’re in a position where you are responsible for managing or supporting several laptops, it’s likely that one task you have is ensuring their power settings are properly configured. Having to do this on multiple machines can be time consuming though. In this post, Jeff Hicks demonstrates the use of POWERCONFIG.EXE, a command line that comes with Windows 7 and streamlines the process.

The “Access Denied” error message is a common issue when accessing administrative shares on one Windows 7 PC from another, especially when they are members of a workgroup. In this article we’ll show you how to troubleshoot and fix this issue by doing a quick registry edit.

In this quick tutorial, we’ll show how sysprep and ImageX can be used capture a custom system image of Windows 7.

In this article, Jason Zandri provides a step-by-step installation walkthrough of Windows 7 SP1 Beta and information on major changes that the service pack provides for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems.

In this article, Daniel explains how to replace the default Windows Recovery Environment with DaRT version 6.5. Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) is a part of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2009 R2 and is the new version of Winternals ERD Commander.

Another great Windows 7 tip from Daniel as he explains how to remove the Windows Live Messenger Icon from the taskbar without closing down the application.

Jason Zandri goes inside the Windows 7 Action Center and explains how to configure which Windows 7 alerts you see in the taskbar as well as a couple of maintenance and troubleshooting tasks that can be performed.