Remove the Recycle Bin from your desktop

If you ever wondered how you can make the Recycle Bin disappear from your Windows 7 desktop just follow this tutorial.

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Change the size of the icons from desktop

This is maybe easy for most of you, but some people need even the most basic tutorials, so bare with us. In this video you can learn how to change the size of the desktop icons, smaller or larger. And in Windows 7 the quality of those icons, at least the default ones are excellent.

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How to record sound from speakers in Windows 7

This tutorial is for all of you out there who try to make the "Stereo Mix" work and record sound from your speakers.

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Custom folder backgrounds in Windows 7

As of Windows Vista, custom backgrounds in folders is gone. This is how to tweak Windows 7 to allow custom background again.

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Free windows tutorial: How to block a custom website in Windows 7

Free windows tutorial: How to block a custom website in Windows 7

This is a simple and quick tutorial on how to block a webpage. You can use it to block a webpage you don't want your kids to visit or stop visiting your ex her/his friendpage like Facebook or something. So use it anyway you like.

The location of the "hosts" file is "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc".

Now in the video you can see this guy editing some permissions, but when you browse to that location you can first try to edit the "hosts" file directly and fix the permissions only if you're not allowed to open that file.

Windows 7 multiple tips video

This is a multiple tips video that include:

- how to make the action center disappear;
- how to autologon to Windows 7;
- add as much as two extra clocks;
- how to find out if a system is on 32 bit architecture or 64 bit architecture;
- quick introduction to the reliability monitor;

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Useful programs to monitor your computer

These are some free programs for monitoring your computer's temperatures, fan speeds, voltages, wattage, and more. It also gives a look at Prime95, a good stability testing application.

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Reduce wait time for live previews in Windows 7

In the new Windows 7 toolbar, if you hover your mouse over some icon, a little live preview is shown. But if you have a lot of programs with multiple windows opened, the time before the preview is available is kind of long. This is how you can speed that preview to even show it instantly.

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Add or remove search providers from Internet Explorer

In this video tutorial you will learn how to get rid of that boring Live Search engine from Internet Explorer and unleash the real power of Google or any provider you want.

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Windows 7 System Recovery Discs

What will you do if you don't have some Windows 7 installation DVD and Windows doesn't boot anymore? You can use a system recovery disk.

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Windows 7 System Recovery Discs

What will you do if you don't have some Windows 7 installation DVD and Windows doesn't boot anymore? You can use a system recovery disk.

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How to optimize your Windows 7 PC for audio

This tutorial made by Focusrite support team guides you through how to tune your Windows 7 computer for audio recording and playback using a FireWire interface.

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Renaming your Recycle Bin

This is a tutorial on changing the name of the Recycle Bin, since it's name can't be changed by a right click like any other folder or file.

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How to change the Windows 7 Logon Screen Background

This is how you can change your default background image from the boot screen. No registry editing, no messy instructions, just use this little program.

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Windows 7: 7 tips in 7 minutes!

This is like 7 in 1 video, with 7 tips for Windows 7. Check them out.

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Disable sidebar and gadgets in Windows 7

If you don't use the Windows Vista Sidebar and its Gadgets and you want to save some useful resources, then this is how you do it.

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How to create a virtual hard disk in Windows 7

Everyone knows about virtual CD drives and virtual DVD drives, but how many of you knew that in Windows 7 you can create virtual hard disks? No outside software is needed, this is a feature built in Windows 7. Basically Windows will create a file and save it wherever you like, then use it as a drive. Cool, isn't it? Take a look!

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Put back the Flip 3D shortcut in Windows 7s taskbar

This is for all you Windows Vista users that upgraded to Windows 7. The shortcut for the Flip 3D is right back where it should be: on your taskbar!

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Turning Windows XP into Windows 7: The Seven Transformation Pack review

This tutorial will review a program that claims it can turn the Windows XP interface into one similar to Windows 7s. We saw the screenshot from their website and decided to try it out ourselves.

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How to put the Recycle Bin to the Taskbar in Windows 7

If you're like me and often delete, by accident, files or folders and need to use the Recycle Bin to recover them, then this tutorial is for you. Normally Windows 7 doesn't allow you to use the Recycle Bin in your taskbar, so this tutorial will show you how to put a Recycle Bin shortcut in there, which is gold if you use it a lot.

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Troubleshooting common Windows 7 problems

We all know that no Operating System is perfect and Windows 7 makes no exception from that rule. But for once, Microsoft has tried to integrate in Windows 7 some features that helps you solve the most common problems you may encounter. Of course, they can't help with all your problems, but certainly can get you started.

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Center the taskbar icons in Windows 7

If you're like us and always on the lookout for a new tweak or trick to customize your Windows 7, then this is a really nice one. This is how you can center those icons from the Windows 7 Taskbar. All you need to do is watch this video and keep in mind that after you center those icons, any other program that's not pinned to the taskbar will appear more to the right, so it's better to add all your icons in the taskbar first and then center it. Otherwise, if you know other icons will appear there, you should leave space for them. Enjoy!

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How to edit the Windows Game Explorer data

This is a video on how to edit data from the Windows Vista Game Explorer. Sometimes the Game Explorer doesn't integrate your games how it should, so you need to come in and take matters into your own hands. Edit any existing game information, add other games that doesn't appear there, anything you want.

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How to disable the beep made by the PC speaker

From time to time, when some error occurs in Windows, or maybe caused by a program, this little annoying beep sound is made by your PC speaker. If you didn't know, there is a little speaker inside your computer case and it's responsible for that beep. This is how you can disable it. Of course, you can undo these steps at any time to enable it back.

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What do you do if your hard drive fails?

We live in the age of the Gigabyte, at the brink of the TerraByte. Hard drives now have more space than you could imagine a couple of years ago, but there's a price we all have to pay for all this: probability of failure. Hard drive failure has become a real problem nowadays, so this is how you can always think ahead. Watch this video and learn how to restore your PC if your hard drive fails. It's a very important piece of information that everyone should have.

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Protect your family with Parental Controls

Parental Control in Windows 7 are easy to set up, and by mixing it with Family Safety, the perfect control environment is ready. Check out the variety of options you can have and give them a try. Now the little members of your family can be protected from some of that improper online content. Sweet!

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Organize your photos in Windows 7, the easy way!

If you want an easy way to organize your photos that are piled up in one place, the Windows Live Gallery can do the job. Your images are organized automatically by date, you can create tags as categories and even more, there's a built in face recognition system. Give it a try.

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Windows 7 GodMode hack

Windows 7 has some built in developer shortcuts that you can easily access. One of these shortcuts allows you to create a folder with practically all settings of your computer.

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Five tips before upgrading to Windows 7

If you plan upgrading to Windows 7, these tips will surely come handy. Watch and keep your ears pealed! :)

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Install Windows 7 from bootable USB drive

Nowadays the USB devices are the thing, no more CDs or DVDs. And it's cooler to have your Windows installation disk on a little USB device than the old fashion CD or DVD.

So how can one use some USB Device to install Windows 7?

First you need a motherboard that's capable to boot from USB and second, a USB device large enough for the installation files to fit (4GB is fine). The rest you can find out by watching the video.

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How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7

If you upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, you'll notice that it's a bumby road. Microsoft doesn't provide a direct path for this upgrade, so watch this video and find out how to do it easily.

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How to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7

This is a basic tutorial on how you can upgrade your Operating System from Windows Vista to Windows 7. It's pretty easy actually, all you need to do if you're not sure is to check the compatibility online, a cool feature of the Windows 7 setup and go right ahead. If you want to be 100% sure, just backup your files.

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Low game sound when using VOIP software

If you like to play games and talk to you friends and you're frustrated when suddenly your game sound volume becomes extremely low, this video is for you!

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Increase sound volume in Windows 7

When upgrading to Windows 7, one notices a significant change to the sound volume. For whatever reason, Windows 7's sound volume is much lower!
Even if you have the latest drivers, no improvement. This setting we found worked for us and maybe for you, try it out! Don't expect some dramatic increase, but still, the volume is higher.

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Allow only specified applications to run - Windows 7 features videos - HackyourWindows.com

This is a new feature available in Windows 7. Previous Windows versions only gave the option to set which program not to start, so if you had a user that wasn't allow to start a lot of programs it could get messy.
Now you can set exactly what the user can access. Say you want them to start only Notepad and Internet Explorer, or maybe Microsoft Word. This is a very useful option here.

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