How to Create a Restore Point on Windows 7

Click Start
Right Click My Computer
Go to Properties
Click on the System Protection link




If you have already created a system restore point then you click on system restore. Otherwise click create.

To Prevent Applications From Running On Windows 7

Open up the group Policy Editor.



Go user user configuration -> Administrative Template -> System folder then double click don't run specified Windows Applications




Now click enabled on Disabled on Enabled.
If you click Enabled you can select application that you want to disable.

Also under registry editor you can check the settings on the applications.
Type regedit under run.
Then under the disallowrun registry key you can check to see if any application has be disabled.

How to Change the Windows Installer Setting ?

1) First open the group policy editor.




In the GP editor, you select Computer Configuration-> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows installer.
Then Double click the Windows Disable Windows Installer



Windows Installer has 3 settings Always, Never & For-non managed apps only.

Always will disable any application installs.
Never will allow any application installs.
For-non managed apps only will only enabled managed applications only.

Problems Sets Recorder

Program used to record and include detailed information relating to errors experienced when working with software applications in Windows. Within the Problem Steps Recorder, you can include a series of screen shots on queries that are send to a support desk or help center. The screen shots and then converted into a HTML file and send through Email.


To open the recorder type psr.exe in the search bar in the start menu.

Windows 7 DISM

Windows 7 has a new command-line tool called Deployment Image Servicing and Management

DISM enables you to service Windows Images and prepare Windows Pre Installation Environment images . In Windows Vista this was known as Package Manager

DISM is used to

• Add, remove and open packages
• Enable or disable different Windows features
• Use the offline servicing section of an unattended XML answer file to apply changes
• Configure international settings and add language packs
• Use Windows images to upgrade to a different edition
• Prepare for Windows PE images
• Use old package manager scripts
• take advantage of better logging.
• Service down-level OS such as Windows Vista with Service 1 or windows 2008

How Window 7 Improves Boot Times

When A PC boot it

• read files into memory
  
• initialize system services
• identify and start devices
• Authenticate user credentials
• Construct and Display the desktop
• Launch start up applications.

Windows 7 has improved the Boot time by
1) Reducing the amount and demand of System services

• The Windows 7 Services use us less CPU, Space and Memory during boot.

2) Optimizing the Device and Driver
3) Improving Parallelism

• Instead of allowing one driver to run in the boot sequence, in Windows 7 all the drivers can boot up at the same time
  

4)Enabling faster prefetching.

• Prefetching is used to read files from a disk.
  

In Addition Windows 7 has tools to Assist developers to create additional products of a high quality and users to identity which additional products use excessive resources.

Windows 7 & Its 6 Editions

1) Starter
An Edition that performs only limited tasks.
For people with Limited hardware capabilities.
Users with this edition are limited to run only 3 applications at the same time.
Its key features include - Jump lists, An Enhanced Task bar, basic games, games and backup
and restore utilities.
It doesn't include Aero Glass, Media Center, live thumbnail previews, home group creation and Windows touch features.

2) Home Basic-
A Version of Premium that can be run on basic PCs.
It doesn't include Aero Glass, Media Center, live thumbnail previews, or
internet connection sharing.

3) Home Premium - An Edition Aimed at end users.

4) Professional
Has all the features of Home edition plus 3 more features

• Simple and secure networking using domain join
• Advanced Network backup and the encrypting file system, or EFS for short, to protect data
• Location-Aware printing to help you find the correct printer when you're moving between offices and your home.

5) Enterprise
For large enterprise customers that are business volume-licensed.
If offers Bit Locker data protection.
Also offers an enhanced manageability capability.
Some of its key features include direct access, branch cache,
Bit Locker, and Bit locket To Go.

6) Ultimate - Home user who wants the feature of the enterprise.
Its has the same features as Windows 7 Enterprise but it doesn't require volume licensing.

IE 8 Terms & Facts

Smart Address bar
The smart Address bar is a feature you can use to locate the recently-visited web site
containing a word.

Caret Browsing
To navigate a web page using the keywords.


Web splice
Web Splices provide only a preview of the latest web page information
When you subscribe to a website, you are automatically subscribed to its associated
RSS feed

Web page Developers must enable Web Pages for Web Slices

A new Search Feature in IE 8
Find as you type searching
Search provider management

Quick Pick
Allows you to easily switch between search providers.

IE8 New search features.
Visual Search Suggestions
An integrated Find on this Page Feature

Search Enhancement on IE8
Search suggestions based on browsing history
User preference protection.

Compatibility View Feature
It enables you view a site configured for IE 7 in IE 8

What happens after a website you access causes a tab to crash ?
IE 8 re-opens the content in the tab and informs you of what has happened.

How to Enable Compatibity View in Internet Explorer 8 .

There are lot of sites on Internet Explorer 8 which are still not compatible. To fix this problem select the compatibility view option.




After that add the site that you want to configure so it can be compatible.

How to Clear Cache & Cookies in Internet Explorer 8.0

To Clear Cache or Cookies in IE8 go to Tools-> Internet Options



Select Delete then you will get this window.



IE8 now has a preserve favorite option which lets you save the cache of the favorites. This enables you to search your favorites.

Missing Vertical Scroll Bar In Microsoft Word

If the scroll bar is missing in word select Tools>Options> and go under View

You will get the following menu.

How to Enable Caret Browsing

IE provides two new features to aid navigation:

Tab grouping - IE 8 allows you to group tabs containing related web pages.
This is useful for grouping web pages that relate to the same subject.
Group tabs are highlighted in the same color you see how they are grouped/

Caret browsing - This is for users who prefer using their keyboard enables you move a cursor on on web page with a keyboard.

To enable caret browsing go to view and then select Caret Browsing. Another method is to press F7.