Windows Tools, Help & Guides

Dishant has written a helpful post on using the sidebar with UAC disabled in Windows 7 on Windows Forums.

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Microsoft has a site where you can get more themes. In this site, you’ll learn the easiest way to get to that site when you need it.

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Windows 7 is a worldwide operating system and Microsoft made a really good move by adding regional wallpapers into the operating system. When you choose your region settings, the appropriate theme is displayed. In this guide, you’ll learn how to activate hidden regional settings in Windows 7.

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Windows 7 has the option to display your desktop background as a customizable slideshow. In this guide, you’ll learn how to enable this feature.

If you would like more wallpapers to use with this option, go here.

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The start menu power option is set to Shut Down, by default, in Windows 7. In this guide, you’ll learn how to change this default option.

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There are many free fonts available online; to install a new font (note: if you’re an XP user, scroll down to the XP Method Section):

1. Download a font
   If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
2. Right click on the font file and click Install

Install a New Font – Method 2

To install a font through the font manager, do the following:

1. Download a font
   If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
   
2. Click the Start button, type font, and click on Fonts
3. Drag the font file into the Font manager

XP Method

For Windows XP users:

1. Download a font
   If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
2. Open C:\Windows\Fonts
3. Drag the font file to the Fonts folder:

Enjoy your new fonts.