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Use Your Favorite Wallpapers in Windows 7 Starter Edition

If you have Windows 7 Starter Edition installed on your netbook, the default wallpaper can get old. If you are tired of looking at the default wallpaper, then join us today as we look at changing it with Oceanis Change Backgr…

Akemi Iwaya May 12th, 2010

How To Customize Wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter Edition

If you have the Starter Edition of Windows 7 installed on your netbook you may be sick of looking at the default wallpaper. With Starter Background Changer you can access other customization options with ease….

Akemi Iwaya May 6th, 2010

Customize the Default Screensavers in Windows 7 and Vista

Windows 7 and Vista include a nice set of backgrounds, but unfortunately most of them aren’t configurable by default. Thanks to a free app and some registry changes, however, you can make the default screensavers uniq…

Matthew Guay Apr 19th, 2010

How To Completely Disable Subtitles in VLC

If you watch a lot of videos using VLC, you might have noticed that it enables subtitles by default if they are there, which can be pretty annoying at times. Here’s the quick tip to disable them entirely….

Lowell Heddings Apr 8th, 2010

Change The Windows 7 Start Orb the Easy Way

Want to make your Windows 7 PC even more unique and personalized? Then check out this easy guide on how to change your start orb in Windows 7.

Matthew Guay Apr 7th, 2010

Increase the size of Taskbar Preview Thumbnails in Windows 7

Taskbar thumbnail previews are incredibly useful in Windows 7, but for some users they may be too small. Here’s a tool to help you make your taskbar thumbnail previews just like you want them.

Matthew Guay Apr 7th, 2010

Make Your 64 bit Computer Look like a Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 was one of the bestselling home computers ever, and many geeks got their first computing experience on one of these early personal computers. Here’s an easy way to revisit the early years of personal comput…

Matthew Guay Apr 2nd, 2010

Make Your PC Look Like Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 offers a unique and exciting UI that displays lots of information efficiently on the screen. And with a simple Rainmeter theme, you can have the same UI and content directly on your Windows 7 desktop….

Matthew Guay Apr 1st, 2010

Download New Themes in Windows 7

If you want to spice up your desktop easily in Windows 7 a good method is changing the Theme. If you’ve already exhausted the default Themes included in the OS, you might want to download new ones. Here we take a look at ea…

Brian Burgess Feb 9th, 2010

Add OS X Styled Stacks to Your Computer with 7Stacks

Do you love how Stacks look in Mac OS X and want to add that kind of functionality to your Windows system? Here we look at 7Stacks which gives you a similar experience.

Akemi Iwaya Feb 4th, 2010

Learning Windows 7: Desktop Themes and Backgrounds

When getting a new Windows computer, the first thing many people do is tweak the background and themes to change the look and feel. In this article we will show you how to change themes and backgrounds, find hidden themes, an…

Brian Burgess Jan 11th, 2010

Customize the Windows 7 Logon Screen

Do you like to customize the Windows interface, and tired of the standard log on screen in Windows 7? Today we take a look at Windows 7 Logon Background Changer which is a free and Open Source app that lets you easily customi…

Brian Burgess Dec 18th, 2009

Create Customized Desktop Wallpapers with Photovisi

Got some great family photos and looking for a way to make nice collage wallpapers for the upcoming holidays? See how easy it is to do at the Photovisi website.

Akemi Iwaya Dec 18th, 2009

Turn Your Desktop into a Picture Slideshow in Windows 7

Are you looking for a way to easily change your desktop background periodically throughout the day? Today we look at using the desktop slideshow feature in Windows 7 that will automatically change the wallpaper at different t…

Brian Burgess Nov 4th, 2009

Work On and Enhance Your Photos with PhotoFiltre

Looking for a good reliable photo program with a nice set of tools included? Now you can enjoy working on and enhancing your photos with PhotoFiltre.

Akemi Iwaya Oct 1st, 2009

Change Your Desktop Wallpapers the Easy Way with DeskSlide

Looking to add some variety to your desktop instead of looking at the same wallpaper day in and day out? Have fun changing your wallpapers automatically with DeskSlide.

Akemi Iwaya Sep 4th, 2009

Access Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7

Windows 7 offers you location specific Aero themes based on the language and location you pick during installation. Here we will take a look at accessing other hidden themes from different countries….

Brian Burgess Aug 24th, 2009

Give Your Desktop Artistic Flair with FotoSketcher

Tired of the same old desktop wallpapers and wishing for something more artistic to suit your mood? Now you can enjoy turning your favorite wallpapers and pictures into works of art with FotoSketcher.

Akemi Iwaya Aug 20th, 2009

Awesome Desktop Wallpapers: The Windows 7 Edition

Today we’ve got some awesome, high-quality, and just generally amazing desktop wallpapers for your system tweaking pleasure. Unlike some of the previous roundups, we made sure to only pick wallpaper with large resolution vers…

Lowell Heddings Aug 14th, 2009

Use a Random XKCD Comic as Your Desktop Wallpaper

If you are a big fan of the popular xkcd webcomic you might have wondered how to use the comic as your desktop wallpaper, and today I’ve got that answer for you in the form of a tiny application that rotates your wallpaper wi…

Lowell Heddings Jan 27th, 2009

Customize Your Windows Vista Logon Screen

For those of us looking to customize the Windows Vista UI experience, there’s nothing more annoying than seeing the default logon screen every time you start up your computer, or when you lock your workstation. Thankfully the…

Lowell Heddings Jul 20th, 2007