Change logon screen in Windows 7

Hey Guys, by this method to change logon screen in windows 7 you people need to change registry. Now just follow the simple steps:


Step 1: Open Run and type regedit and press enter.
Step 2: Now go to edit menu in click on find, and type OEMBackground and press enter.

Step 3: Double click on OEMBackground and change its value from 0 to 1.

Step 4: Open Run and type %windir%\system32\oobe, and press enter.

Step 5: Create a new folder named info, and open it. If its already there, then no need to create it.

Step 6: Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 7: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder bagkgrounds, and images must be less than 245 KB in size.

Close all open application with one click

At the end of the day I always like to close the open applications to prepare my computer for the next day. Since I rarely reboot my desktop, I manually close each application. Depending on the number of open applications this can be a waste of time.   The people at NTWind Software have a perfect utility for this situation aptly called Close All Windows. Instead of manually closing each application just click the Close All Windows button on your taskbar.


To get started head over to NTWind Software and download the latest version of Close All Windows.


After the file is downloaded extract the CloseAll folder to a permanent location on your computer.  Since Close All Windows is an application I extracted the folder to C:\Program Files\ where applications are typically installed.

For easy access it is best to pin the application to the taskbar. Drag the Close All Windows application from the CloseAll folder onto the taskbar.

Congratulations, you are now more efficient.

Hidden 'Send To' menu in Windows 7

When you right click on an file or folder in Windows Explorer the default Send To menu contains only a few locations, as shown in following snap:

What many users do not know is that it is possible to expand the Windows 7 Send To menu by pressing Shift before right-clicking on a file or folder. Pressing the Shift key before right-clicking will expand the Send To menu with more than ten new entries like My Documents folders, Downloads or Contacts.

Open Command Prompt From Any Folder

Here is a quick time saver that I use all the time: Hold down the Shift key and right click on any folder in Windows 7 and select Open command window here. A command prompt will open with the current directory set automatically.

3D Cube Virtual Desktop for Windows 7

Hey friends, now you can enjoy popular 3D cube desktop of ubuntu in windows 7 also by using yod'm. Yod'm 3D is a virtual desktop manager that allows you to have 4 different desktops arranged on a 3D cube.  Holding down CTRL+SHIFT and using the left or right arrow keys rotate the cube showing the virtual desktops. Alternatively, you can click and drag your mouse to switch desktops.


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Create a Shortcut or Hotkey for the Safely Remove Hardware Dialog

If you often use removable USB devices like a flash drive, you are probably already familiar with the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon that sits in the system tray. The problem for many people is that the icon is  tiny, and clicking it just right to bring up the menu is a pain. Can’t we just make a shortcut to bring up the dialog?

Of course you can, and it’s really quite easy. Easier than trying to click the tiny icon in the tray, at least…

Create a Shortcut to the Safely Remove Hardware Dialog

Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut: 

 

Then paste in the following into the location box: RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

Give it a name, and you’ll have a shortcut icon…

that will pull up the Safely Remove Hardware dialog.

Assign a Shortcut Key

If you want to assign a shortcut key to this dialog, you can right-click the icon and open the properties dialog, then go to the Shortcut tab.

Add in the shortcut key and close the dialog. As long as the shortcut is on your desktop you shouldn’t have to restart anything for the hotkey to work. You can also move the shortcut to another folder, for instance your quick launch bar.