Customize folder backgrounds in Windows 7

Usually, if you open an explorer window in Windows 7, you're greeted with a familiar white window. If that's getting too boring, you can use Windows 7 Folder Background Changer. Apart from setting a photograph or color as your background, you can also change the color of the text or show shadows under text. Also, you needn't apply it one folder at a time; you can apply the same background to all sub-folders within a single folder.

Windows 7 shortcuts

Unknown Windows 7 shortcuts

There are a lot of shortcuts in Windows 7 that use the Windows key. For example, holding the Windows key and clicking + will bring up the magnifier. You can then use + and - to zoom in or out. Windows + T cycles through thumbnails of all open windows. Windows + Spacebar makes every window transparent. And Windows + Left or Windows + Right will make the active window fill up one half of the screen.

Windows Calculator - date calculations

The calculator in Windows 7 can do more than just crunch numbers; it can crunch dates too. Just open up the calculator, click view and then click on date calculation (or simply hit the shortcut Ctrl+E with the calculator open). You can choose between calculating the difference between two dates or adding/subtracting days to a specific date.

Windows 7 Shortcut

Know some unknown Windows 7 shortcuts

There are a lot of shortcuts in Windows 7 that use the Windows key. For example, holding the Windows key and clicking + will bring up the magnifier. You can then use + and - to zoom in or out. Windows + T cycles through thumbnails of all open windows. Windows + Spacebar makes every window transparent. And Windows + Left or Windows + Right will make the active window fill up one half of the screen

Secret Windows 7 'send to' menu

If you use Windows, you've probably used the 'send to' command; right clicking on a file and clicking 'send to', to send a file to a bluetooth device or a portable device for example. But if you press and hold the shift key, right click on a file and then go to the 'send to' menu option, you'll see a whole bunch of new options specific to your computer.

Task Manager in Windows
The Task Manager used to open through the infamous control+alt+del key combination but now it opens up the Windows Security Dialog Box for added security in Windows Vista onwards and XP systems which are part of a domain having fast user switching off. The easiest way to directly open up the task manager without navigating through the extra dialog menu or changing any settings is by pressing control+shift+escape.