How to Hide Drives in Windows 7

You may want to prevent others from accessing certain drives in your computer or you may also want to protect windows files on C Drive. There may be several other reasons as well for you to hide drives. So the question arises how to hide drives temporarily? Today, I’ll show you how to hide drives on Windows 7.

How to Remove Floppy Drive Icon

Floppy Drives are almost extinct now. Well, there may be instances where we still need them. But, I hate the sound they make when we click on the empty floppy drive icon in explorer. So, I decided to get rid of it so that I don’t click on it accidently. Here’s a tutorial that explains you how to remove a Floppy Drive Icon.

Download Windows 7 Icons for XP, Vista

Windows 7 Icons are simply amazing. Today, I came across a Windows 7 Icons pack for Windows Vista and XP users developed by a user with the name- NhatPG from deviantart. These icons are ideal for those who don’t want to migrate to Windows 7 and would like to spice up their Windows Vista or XP look to match with Windows 7. Well, apart from this icon set I have also listed some other wonderful icons for you’ll. So here they are:

Shortcut key to Create New Folder

A shortcut key to create a new folder is essential especially when you deal with many folders. You just can’t go to right click menu and create a new folder every time, it’s time consuming isn’t it? So, let’s speak about Windows shortcut keys to create new folders with ease.

Windows 8 Transformation Pack

Windows 7 is not yet out and people like me have already started thinking about Windows 8. I’m sure it’s not just me, there are many out there who have Windows 8 in their mind. Previously, I had mentioned about several transformation packs like- Windows 7 transformation pack, Kubuntu 9.04 to Windows 7, etc.

Rearrange Taskbar Tabs

If you’re using Windows 7 you may have noticed that you can simply drag the task bar tabs left or right and change their positions. But, you can’t do the same thing in Windows XP and Vista. Don’t you worry! There’s a software- Taskix which helps you to get this feature on Vista and XP.

How to Get Mac OSX Stacks in Windows 7 Taskbar

Today, I came across a program known as 7stacks. It is an easy to use, freeware that lets Windows 7, Vista and XP users to have “stacks” of icons. In Windows 7 stacks appear in the taskbar and in Windows XP and Vista stacks appear in the QuickLaunch Toolbar. So what’s the use of stacks? By using stacks, users can reduce icon clutter, and combine a group of related icons into a single icon. If programs like Yahoo messenger, Google talk, and msn messenger are open then they all will be grouped under one stack in the taskbar.

How to Check if a Processor is 32 or 64bit

We usually look into big things and tend to forget how to do simple things. Well, this happens with almost everyone, me too! I got an email from a user asking me if his computer would install 64 bit operating system. So, I thought of writing this topic over here.

Before you get a 64 bit operating system you must make sure that your processor is 64bit. You can do so by having a look at My computer> Properties in Windows Xp, Vista and Windows 7. For Windows Vista and 7, here’s how you check it: