Tutorials

A lot of people ask me how to create Windows 7 themes. If you want to create some themes in Windows 7, you have to know that Microsoft made creating and sharing themes really simple, thanks to a new file format “.themepack”, which is basically a special ZIP format that includes cursors, sounds, wallpapers, icons, colors and more.

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Sometimes, you might want to clear the icon cache in Windows 7. You could probably just restart, but if you want to do it like pros, then here’s a quick tutorial how to clear the icon cache without restarting.

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Well, if you frequently customize your system, you might get to point where you want to know how to remove the shortcut arrow icon in Windows 7. With a little registry hack, we can safely remove the shortcut arrow icon.

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The hosts file location hasn’t changed in Windows 7 and is the same in Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and Windows 7. It’s an important system file to map hostnames to IP addresses. For example it can map domains to your PC (localhost) by adding the IP 127.0.0.1 in front of a domain name.

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Ok, so after checking out our TOP5 Spyware Removal Tools for Windows 7, you might want to know how to remove Windows Defender from Windows 7. It’s a buitl-in feature that you can disable if you want to, but you should only do it if you have a good replacement like Malbytes spyware removal tool!

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No one is completely protected against spyware and malware. If you are looking for a Windows 7 spyware scanner, here are the TOP 5 free spyware removal tools that will help you to get rid of spyware, malware, viruses, trojans and other malicious files.

Our top choice to secure Windows 7 and remove malware is: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

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Windows 2000 and higher supports symbolic links and junction points. The problem is that you can only manage them, but you can’t create junctions points in Windows 7 without some add-ons.

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To create shortcuts in Windows 7, you don’t need really need 3rd-party tools, but some tools come in handy for managing a lot of shortcuts. Creating shortcuts can help you to improve your productivity dramatically. If you don’t know all of them you should at least learn all Windows 7 shortcuts.

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