Windows Tools, Help & Guides

As there are so many wallpapers on this site now (I haven’t counted, but I’d say 3,000+), it can be hard to find the ones you like. To help you dig through wallpapers here on Windows Guides, I’ve divided the wallpapers up into 15 different genres over 19 different collections. Today we released the 3D and Abstract Desktop Wallpaper Collection [Set 1] and we’ll release a new collection every Wednesday for the next 18 weeks. Want to be the first to know when the latest collection is released?

So here’s today’s (check back Wednesday for more great wallpapers or read the rest of the guide to see the other genre’s we have coming up):

3D and Abstract Desktop Wallpaper Collection [Set 1]

3D and Abstract Desktop Wallpaper Collection [Set 2]

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On Windows Forums, members have shared some great customizations and to help you find them, we’ve created a Windows 7 Customization forum.

Here are some of the recent topics in the forum:

• Custom Windows 7 Start Orbs
• Bing Dynamic Wallpaper Windows 7 Theme
• Akropovic Theme for Windows 7
• Token Start Orbs

Windows 7 Customization forum

We have a number of new writers on the team lately and, in this article, I’d like to share a little about each of our writers so you can get to know us all a little better.

Here’s a quick overview of the team:

	Name (Username)	Joined Team	Location	Operating System	Profile
	RSVR85	September 2009			rsvr85
	Mike	November 2009			Mike
	Thomas	January 2010			Thomas
	Harry	February 2010			Harry
	Steven Downer (DarkNovaGamer)	March 2010			DarkNovaGamer
	Angel Luis	April 2010			Angel Luis
	Taylor Ling (ghost 301)	July 2010			ghost301
	Deck Hazen (Deck)	July 2010			Deck
	swooper	July 2010			swooper
	Spazz	August 2010			Spazz
	N J West (Nicholas)	October 2009			Nicholas
	ashmsa (Scragg)	January 2010			Scragg
	sergiogarcia9	May 2010			sergiogarcia9
	Rich Robinson (Rich)	February 2008			Rich

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I’ve done a major rework on the PC Maintenance Handbook and the second edition is now available as a free download. Below is a changelog of some of the changes you’ll see in the new edition. As always, feedback–whether positive or constructive–is always welcome.
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I’ve done a major rework on the PC Security Handbook and the second edition is now available as a free download. Below is a changelog of some of the changes you’ll see in the new edition. As always, feedback–whether positive or constructive–is always welcome.

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