AuditPol utility in windows 7
AuditPol is inbuilt feature in windows 7 which is used to control and audit sub-category policy settings accurately. It is located in system 32 folder, as AuditPol.exe, to enable this feature, Go to local security policy – local policies – security options, AuditPol has several functions such as, Set and query a system audit policy. […]
How to reset a password using USB flash drive when you forgot your password
Sometimes we may forgot our user account password, and without knowing the password you cannot do anything in windows. But there is way to reset your password using USB flash drive in windows 7. Using this utility when you forgot your password, you can reset the password using this USB flash drive and create a […]
To customize your windows to run only specified programs
You can restrict others to use only the programs which you specifiy using windows group policy editor. To do that, Open start – type gpedit.msc – group policy editor. In Group policy editor – user configuration – system – double click run only specified window applications. Enable it and click show to show you the […]
Adaptive brightness in windows 7
Adaptive brightness is another windows 7 feature to aid users eye health. To protect users eye from high resolution, adaptive brightness feature, adjust the brightness level as per the ambient light level. If the ambient light level increases, the screen brightness increases and if it gets low, the screen brightness decreases. Light sensors are needed […]
Functions of Task manager in windows 7
The functions of task manager is to monitor the applications, processes, services, CPU performance and current user of the system. As default only five columns are displayed in task manager, but you can include more tab to check more operations. To include more tabs, open task manager – click view – select coloums where you […]
Booting in last known good configuration
When your system shutdown suddenly due to power failure or you turned off it without closing any current program, will affect your system settings. Next time when your restart your system, it may get stuck or hard to recover any last program. To avoid that, your system will show you some advanced boot option when […]
Creating explorer taskbar shortcut to open your favorite folder
Windows 7 has default windows explorer icon shortcut to open library files. You can make that explorer icon to open your favourite instead of default library folders. To do that click on that icon – right click on windows explorer – properties – shortcut. In shortcut tab, insert the link of folder which you want […]