How to Remove the App Store Icon from the Windows 8 Taskbar
The taskbar at the bottom of your screen in Windows 8 Desktop mode is a convenient way to access some commonly used programs, as well …
Microsoft Windows How-To Guides
Tutorials and articles to help you make changes in Microsoft Windows operating systems like Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
Not sure where to start? Check out our featured Microsoft Windows guides below:
- How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows – if you aren’t sure what the password is for your wireless network, this guide can help you find it.
- How to Create a Zip File in Windows – Microsoft Windows has a default tool that you can use to zip files, which we show you how to use in this article.
- How to Change Your Printer from Offline to Online in Windows – find out how to fix a printer that won’t print because it is showing as offline.
How to Completely Uninstall a Printer in Windows 7
Printers can be a source of problems for many computer users. They have a lot of moving parts that need to be replaced, and they …
How Do You Eject a Flash Drive in Windows 7?
Flash drives are tiny, portable file storage systems that are meant to be shared between multiple computers. You simply copy files from one computer to …
How to Put Files on a Flash Drive
If you work on multiple computers, or if you need to take files to another location to have them printed, then it’s important to be …
How to Set the Default Printer in Windows 7
Most modern printers include helpful installation programs that will almost completely configure the printer so that it can be used effectively on your computer. This …
Faster Way to Rename Files in Windows 7
The right-click shortcut menu in Windows 7 is very useful and once you start using it, you will find that it becomes your preferred method …
How to Create a Dropbox Shortcut on Your Desktop in Windows 7
Cloud storage services like Dropbox are great solutions when you need to back up important files, or store files in a location where you can …
How to Remove the Windows Media Player Icon from the Taskbar
The taskbar at the bottom of your screen in Windows 7 is a great place to put links to programs, because it is always visible. …
How to Add a Favorite Location in Windows 7
Windows Explorer is the application that opens whenever you have a folder open in Windows 7. It can be accessed quickly by clicking the folder …
How to Add a Folder to Your Windows 8 Video Library
Whether you are actively using them or not, the quick links in the left column of Windows Explorer can be very convenient. They allow you …
How to Rotate an iPhone Video in Windows Live Movie Maker
It is very easy to capture video using the camera on your iPhone 5, and there are a number of options available to you for …
How to Change the Default Program for GIF Files in Windows 7
Windows 7 ships with a number of presets for opening certain types of files. These presets are based upon the programs that a default Windows …
Select Items in a Windows 7 Folder to Count Them
You can find out a lot of information about your files in Windows 7 by simply selecting them and viewing the information at the bottom …
How to Create a New User in Windows 7
When you initially set up your computer in Windows 7, you created a user account with administrator privileges. This configured the computer for one user, …
How Do You Change Your Computer Name in Windows 7
There are two primary ways that Windows 7 identifies your computer. The first is through a user name that you sign into when you start …
How to Change the Command Key for a Mac on a Windows Keyboard
Many people that are looking to purchase a Mac computer choose a Mac Mini. It is one of the most affordable Mac options and it …
How to Change the Name of a Memory Card in Windows 7
While external hard drives and memory cards were previously not devices that were used by everyone, our increasingly computer-driven and data-dependent culture has demanded that …
How to Change a Wireless Network Security Key in Windows 7
Windows 7 does a great job of remembering the security and password information for wireless networks to which you have connected in the past. But …
How to Optimize a Folder in Windows 7
Windows 7, like many previous versions of the Windows operating system, gives you a couple of different folders by default that are meant to store …
How to Change What the Power Button Does in Windows 7
There are many different ways that people manage their computers when they are done using them. Some people like to turn off their computers by …
How to Change Screen Resolution for Windows 7
Screen resolution is not something that a lot of people think about until it becomes a problem. But, when your screen resolution is incorrect, it …
How to Create a Control Panel Icon on the Desktop in Windows 7
The Control Panel is an extremely useful set of tools that you can use to customize nearly every setting or experience on your computer. But, …
How Do I Restore Taskbar to Bottom of Screen in Windows 7?
You may be wondering how to move the taskbar to the bottom of the screen if you have turned on your computer and found that …
How to Hide the Recycle Bin from the Desktop in Windows 7
People use their desktops in Windows 7 in a variety of ways. Some people like to save everything to their Desktop because they know how …
How to Uninstall a Program in Windows 7
Whether you have been using your Windows 7 computer for a long time, or have just purchased a brand new computer, you will inevitable need …
How to Manually Run Windows Update in Windows 7
The Windows Update feature helps to provide you with updates that are available for your operating system. Typically it will install these updates at convenient …
How to Remove a Program Icon From the Taskbar
You might have heard the term “taskbar” before if you were trying to solve some problems with your computer, but you might not be familiar …
How to Change a Port Setting in Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail is a great free desktop email management program that is included with Windows 7. It is very efficient at configuring popular email …
Stop Windows 7 Laptop Computer from Going to Sleep
While it’s easy to understand why most laptop users would want their computers to automatically go to sleep after a certain time in order to …
Move the Dropbox Folder Location on Your PC
Dropbox is a very popular cloud storage application, and one of the reasons for this popularity is because of the number of devices on which …
How to Access SkyDrive from Desktop
Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service rivals the offerings available from both Dropbox and Google Drive. You can upload files to your SkyDrive account either through …
How to Restore Default Search Options in Windows 7
The search feature in Windows 7 is very useful, largely because you can customize it to include specific folders or drives, then further customize it …
How to Show the Preview Panel at the Right Side of a Folder
If you are unhappy with the appearance of your folders in Windows 7, then there is no reason to continue using settings that you dislike. …
How to Disable the Clock in Windows 7
The clock display at the bottom-right corner of your Windows 7 computer is something that you have probably come to take for granted. It has …
Launch a Windows 7 Program with a Keyboard Shortcut
The default way to open a program in Windows 7 is from the All Programs menu on the Start Menu. It is a convenient location …
How to Open a GIF File in Windows 7
GIF files are among the most popular form of images that you will find on the Internet. If you choose to download or save those …
Unable to Add a New Folder in Windows 7 Pictures Folder
Windows 7 gives you a lot of different ways to customize the things you see on your screen, and the ways that you display your …
How to Change the Folder View in Windows 7
There are many different ways that Windows 7 can display the files that are stored inside of the folders on your computer. Whether you want …
How to Use Check Boxes to Select Files in Windows 7
Windows 7 has some pretty interesting ways that you can customize the files and folders that you view in Windows Explorer. Whether you want to …
How to Add a Shortcut to the Start Menu in Windows 7
The Start menu on your Windows computer gives you ways to access the application and tools that you need to use the most on your …
How to Split a Clip in Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Movie Maker gives you a good assortment of editing tools for making common changes to a video that you open in the program. …
How to Flip a Video Clip in Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Movie Maker is the video editing program that you can download for free with your Windows 7 license. It is included as part …
How to Speed Up a Clip in Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Movie Maker for Windows Live Essentials is a very approachable video editing tool for Windows 7 users. It is freely available to anyone …
How to Make a Windows 7 Desktop Background Slideshow
Windows 7 has so many ways that you can customize the various display elements that it contains that you will find yourself continuing to learn …
View Windows 7 Pictures as a Slideshow
There are a lot of different ways to view pictures that are stored in folders on your Windows 7 computer. You can double-click an image …
How to Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 7
If you have used previous versions of the Windows operating system and remember seeing files and folders that were slightly transparent in comparison to the …
How to Shorten the Duration of Title Screens in Windows Live Movie Maker
When making a video project in Windows Live Movie Maker, you can use the Title Screen tool to insert a blank, black screen. You can …
How to Show the Menu Bar in Windows 7 Explorer
Windows 7 brought about a lot of changes to the way that you were probably used to navigating and making changes in earlier versions of …
How to Join Video Clip Files in Windows Live Movie Maker
Many people that are just learning how to edit video files on their Windows 7 computers might wind up taking the route of downloading third-party …
How to Create a Folder on Your Desktop in Windows 7
When you are creating and downloading a lot of files to your Windows 7 computer, it can become difficult to locate those files over time. …
How to Change the Mouse Pointer on Windows 7 Computers
If you saw someone else working on their computer and they had a custom mouse cursor, you might have thought it was pretty cool. You …
How to Add Music or Audio to Windows Live Movie Maker
Creating a video or slideshow with your Windows 7 computer is a process that can take a lot of directions. If you have Microsoft Powerpoint, …
How to Stop Windows 7 From Opening a Link in Microsoft Word
Your Windows 7 computer, when brand new, included a default set of programs and configurations that it used to handle specific file types and protocols. …
How to Make a GIF Folder
If you find yourself with a number of GIF files that you have either created or downloaded from the Internet, then it may be difficult …
How to Edit Startup Programs – Windows 7
Many of the programs that you install on your computer include a couple of settings that you may not care about or realize you are …
How to Back Up to SkyDrive from Windows
The ability to create files and folders in Microsoft Windows that sync with your online cloud storage solutions presents some interesting options for file backups. …
Combine CSV Files
Many web-based applications and utilities rely upon data that is stored in databases. This data can then be used to populate reports and display information …
How to Remove Old Printer Drivers
If you have been using the same computer for a while, or if you have recently cycled through printer installations, then you probably have some …
Windows 7 Default ZIP Program
You might be looking for a Windows zip program if you are currently unable to interact with .zip files on your computer, or if you …
SkyDrive Folder in Windows 7
Microsoft has recently made some updates to their SkyDrive online storage option that makes the service much easier to work with. In addition to offering …
What is the Windows 7 Taskbar?
Modern operating systems on computers and other electronic devices try to make common tasks as simple as possible. This often means placing important settings and …
Screen Video Capture
When you are instructing someone how to perform certain actions on their computer, such as how to perform a screen video capture, there are several …
Add New Icons to Windows 7 Desktop
There are many different ways that you can use your computer, and it is hard to say that the particular way that a person accesses …
Configure iCloud on a Windows PC
Using the cloud to back up your files is a smart way to ensure that important files, such as documents and pictures, are not lost …
DVD Backup
You probably have a lot of video on DVD discs because it is a great way to transport that information. The proliferation of software that …
How to Upload Pictures on a Computer or Mobile Device
While not too long ago, the process of getting pictures from your digital camera to a computer may have seemed unapproachable for the average person, …
Complimentary PC Programs for your iPad
Your new iPad is a very functional device, capable of performing most of the tasks that you would otherwise be performing on your desktop or …
Open XML Files with Excel in Windows 7
XML files can provide a variety of information to multiple programs, but a common use for them is storing data in a tabular format, similar …
Run Another Operating System on Your Windows 7 Computer with Virtual Box
Virtual Box is a program from Oracle that you can use to run another operating system on your Windows 7 computer without removing your current …
How to Change a Shortcut Icon in Windows 7
Windows computers have a bunch of different ways that you can customize them. Some of these are things that people commonly modify, like their desktop …