More Windows How-To

• 08 December 2011

• How-Tos: How to change the Window Glass colour in Windows 7

  Microsoft's Window operating system offers plenty of ways to customise the interface of your PC.

• 07 December 2011

• How-Tos: How to adjust the screen resolution in Windows 7

  Microsoft's Windows operating system allows PC users to adjust the screen resolution, to ensure text and images are displayed clearly and sharply.

• 06 December 2011

• How-Tos: Fix Your Windows 7 Network

  Setting up and maintaining your home PC network is easier than ever before with Windows 7--but that's not saying much. Many networking issues still aren't easily fixed from Windows 7's control panels. That's why we've compiled a list of common networking problems and their quick fixes.

• How-Tos: How to change the Theme in Windows 7

  Microsoft's Window operating system offers plenty of ways to customise the interface of your PC

• 05 December 2011

• How-Tos: How to change the desktop background in Windows 7

  Microsoft's Window operating system offers plenty of ways to customise the interface of your PC, and changing the image displayed on the background is just one of the ways you can put your stamp on the Windows 7 desktop

• 02 December 2011

• How-Tos: How to add a printer in Windows 7

  Many Windows PC users don't rely on a printer connected to their machine via USB.

• 29 November 2011

• How-Tos: Select multiple photo files without creating duplicates

  Selecting multiple files using Ctrl click is a great time saver. But sometimes it creates copies of the files you want to select. Our Helproom Expert explains.

• 28 November 2011

• How-Tos: Keep using Windows XP programs, upgrade to Windows 7

  If you use a Windows XP PC but would like to upgrade to Windows 7, our Helproom Expert has some advice.

• 25 November 2011

• How-Tos: Manage space when Windows is installed on a small SSD

  To make a PC faster, a reader moved its operating system from a hard disk to an SSD. But the reduced storage space is causing problems for Windows. Our Helproom expert explains what to do.

• 18 November 2011

• How-Tos: How to secure a smartphone

  Antivirus is one thing, but much more important is to make sure you can remotely locate, lock and wipe your smartphone.

• 17 November 2011

• How-Tos: How to burn digital music files to a CD in Windows Media Centre

  Windows Media Centre, which was first introduced in Vista and given a new user-interface and improved functions in Windows 7, is a media player designed to bring music, pictures and even digital TV and movies to one location on a Windows PC

• 16 November 2011

• How-Tos: How to watch MSN Video Player using Windows Media Centre

  Windows Media Centre, which was first introduced in Vista and given a new user-interface and improved functions in Windows 7, is a media player designed to bring music, pictures and TV and movies to one location on a Windows PC.

• How-Tos: Fixes for Outlook General Failure Error, Unwanted Windows Reboots

  Back in July I promised to help track down a solution to the "General failure" error that appears in Microsoft Outlook when you click a link embedded in an e-mail. Judging from the number of pleas for help I continue to get from readers, this problem hasn't gone away. And it appears to affect users of all browsers, not just Firefox or Internet Explorer.

• 11 November 2011

• How-Tos: Stop Windows from Rebooting After Automatic Updates, 2011 Edition

  This is an update of a post from a couple years ago. Recently I migrated to a new PC, but neglected to update the settings as described below--and suffered the same consequences. Curse you, Microsoft--again!

• 08 November 2011

• How-Tos: Help! My PC can see only 3GB of RAM, 8GB is installed

  When a reader complained that his PC could utilise only 3.25GB of the 8GB RAM he's installed, our Helproom Expert was quick to diagnose the problem: a 32bit version of Windows 7.

• 07 November 2011

• How-Tos: How to convert a hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS

  A reader wrote in asking if there was a way of converting an external hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS without losing the data stored on it. Our Helproom Expert explains.

• How-Tos: Help! A Windows update won't install

  A reader found his PC was getting stuck on a particular Windows update. Our Helproom Expert explained how to break the cycle.

• 06 November 2011

• How-Tos: How to Repair a Corrupt Windows 7 Installation

  Every operating system needs an occasional repair job, and Windows 7 is no exception. Whether the source of the problem is corrupt data, a particularly brutal piece of malware, or some other serious issue, you'll occasionally have to reinstall your copy of Windows.

• 31 October 2011

• How-Tos: How to remove an autorun worm

  If your Word documents suddenly have the file extention .exe, rather than .doc, and other files have been converted to link files, your PC has probably been infected by an autorun worm. Our Helproom expert explains what you should do.

• How-Tos: How to fix 'invalid COM' Registry errors

  What do you do when your laptop simply won't work unless you run a lengthy Registry scan and and fix the errors found? One reader had this problem, with most of the errors reported concerning 'invalid COM' references. Our Helproom expert offered advice.

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