How to print windows 7 sticky notes

Windows 7 Sticky Notes is very useful for me. You can write down your notes and change the fonts or colors of the note, but how to print sticky notes in windows 7. When Right-click on a note, I con't find out printing function in the menu.
It's necessary to copy the note text into MS Office Word or WordPad to print for me. But it's an extra step. MS will add that feature in sticky notes.

To get printing function in notes, you can use Microsoft Office OneNote 2003. You can print a page of notes by clicking Print on the Standard toolbar in OneNote.

Disable searchindexer.exe in Windows 7

SearchIndexer.exe (Microsofts Windows Search Indexer) in Windows 7 is the powerful windows search, but sometimes it uses a amount of CPU Usage and may utilizes near 100% CPU usage. Looking at the Resource Monitor the process 'Searchindexer.exe' is getting High CPU. So you need to disable or Delete SearchIndexer.exe to stop Windows Enhanced Search.

How to disable searchindexer.exe in windows 7.

* Click Start Button --> Control Panel --> Programs and Features --> Turn Windows Features on or off.
* Clear the Indexing Service's chek box on the "Windows Features" window and click ok.

Now you turn off Windows Search's Index service and Windows 7 still has its simple search functionality.

How to print list of files in a folder windows 7

How to print a list of files in a Windows 7 directory.

There is very easy to print a list of files in directory on Windows xp. You just need to dropdown file, hit print director, and it provided a basic listing of files in the director.

I wonder if there is a simpler way to do in Windows 7.

1. Click Start button --> All Programs--> Accessories --> Command Prompt.
2. Use "cd directoryname" command to go to the directory from which you want to print a file list.
3. Type "dir > filelist.txt".
4. Double-click on the filelist.txt file and press "Ctrl-P" to print list of files in a folder on windows 7.

Or you need to instll firefox on Windows 7. And drop the folder on the Firefox icon, then firefox will open with a printable file list. It's the easier way.

windows 7 paint invert colors

How to invert colors in the windows 7 paint?

Under the Image tab on the menu, once drop-down menu, you can choose "Invert Colors".

Change Windows 7 wordpad line spacing

Are you having trouble with WordPad in Windows 7?

Line spacing: Change the spacing between lines of the text. Add orr remove the space after paragraphs.

How to Change Windows 7’s WordPad line spacing:

On the menu bar of WordPad, there is a “line-spacing” button. Click the button, a menu will appear. You can select 1.0, 1.15, 1.5 or 2 to meet your needs. Select the "Add 10pt space after paragraphs.” can remove the blank line.
Or you can use keyboard shortcuts to change the line spacing:
Set single line spacing by Ctrl+1
Set double line spacing by Ctrl+2
Set line spacing to 1.5 by Ctrl+5

Windows 7 WordPad Keyboard shortcuts

Windows 7’s WordPad is a very good program for me. Now I had collected some useful keyboard shortcuts for WordPad.

F1 Open WordPad Help
F3 Find the next instance of that text
F10 Display keytips
F12 Save the document as a new file

Ctrl+A: Select the entire document
Ctrl+B: Make selected text bold
Ctrl+D: Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing
Ctrl+F: Find text in a document
Ctrl+I: Italicize selected text
Ctrl+U: Underline selected text
Ctrl+N: Create a new document
Ctrl+O: Open an existing document
Ctrl+S: Save changes to a document
Ctrl+H Replace text in a document
Ctrl+Y: Redo a change
Ctrl+P: Print a document
Ctrl+L: Align text left
Ctrl+E: Align text center
Ctrl+R: Align text right
Ctrl+J: Justify text
Ctrl+X: Cut a selection
Ctrl+C: Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+V: Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl+Z: Undo a change
Ctrl+1 Set single line spacing
Ctrl+2 Set double line spacing
Ctrl+5 Set line spacing to 1.5

Ctrl+= Make selected text subscript
Ctrl+Shift+= Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+Shift+> Increase the font size
Ctrl+Shift+< Decrease the font size
Ctrl+Shift+A Change characters to ALL CAPITALS
Ctrl+Shift+L Change the bullet style

Ctrl+Left Arrow Move the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl+Up Arrow Move the cursor to the line above
Ctrl+Down Arrow Move the cursor to the line below
Ctrl+Home Move to the beginning of the document
Ctrl+End Move to the end of the document
Ctrl+Page Up Move up one page
Ctrl+Page Down Move down one page
Ctrl+Delete Delete the next word

Alt+F4 Close WordPad
Shift+F10 Show the current shortcut menu

Cannot add new folder in start menu

After I create or add a new folder in start menu, but can't rename the folder with some error:

The action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program. Close the folder or file and try again.

How to Fix the issues:
* First you should be administrator in Windows 7.
* Click Start button --> All Programs --> Accessories --> Command Prompt.
* Enter the following commands in Command Prompt:
cd C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
mkdir Multimedia
mkdir " The folder name you want to create"

Change start menu size

How to Change the Height of the Windows 7 Start Menu?
If you are not sure where can go to the settings to resize the start menu,
there is a quick and simple way to change the Start Menu size. I think many new users don't realiz it.

Right-click the Start button --> select Properties --> Under the Start Menu tab --> uncheck "Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu."--> Click the Customize button --> change the Number of recent programs to display to 8 --> click the OK button.

How to delete all RSS feeds on windows 7

I had added hundreds of RSS feeds to IE 8.0 on Windows 7. But i need to delete all RSS feeds in IE at once. There is a simple way to do.

Go to

C:\Users\$user-name$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds

$user-name$ is your Account name in the computer. Now you just delete all contents.

Modify Windows 7 Boot Loader

How to set up your PC to dual-boot between Windows 7, XP or Vista! In Windows 7, try to modify Boot Loader.

1. Click Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories --> right-click the Command prompt --> Select "Run as administrator"

2. In the elevated command prompt, type the following command to modify Windows 7 Boot Loader.

bcdedit /default {ntldr}
*******This places Windows XP as the default OS to boot first with.

bcdedit /set {current} description "My edited Windows Boot Entry"
******* It changes the title of the boot menu entry "{current}".

bcdedit /timeout 5
******* It changes the wait-to-select-OS menu timeout.

To show more informations about bcdedit, type "bcdedit /?".

Reset windows 7 boot manager

I have installed Windows 7 & Xp. Now I want to reinstall XP, but I don't want it to kill the boot manager.

Personally you should use Easy BCD Software(It required Net Framework 2.0).

You would install XP then recover Windows 7 with the "recovery disc". Then run Easy BCD in XP to reset the Windows 7 boot manager.

Google sidewiki disable in Internet Explorer 8

Today I find a Sidewiki is currently available in Internet Explorer 8. I had installed Google Toolbar in Windows 7. Because I don't want to use the feature, try to disable google sidewiki by the following steps:

Open your Internet Explorer --> Click the Google Toolbar's wrench icon to adjust the options --> deselect the 'Sidewiki' checkbox on the Tools tab -->
Click Save --> Now you have remove google sidewiki.

Remove This copy of windows is not genuine

After I restarted my computer, I got the following text in the bottom of the screen in windows 7 7022 beta:

this copy of windows is not genuine

Lots of windows users should face the common problem these days, because you don’t have the legit copy of windows 7. Each time you logged in windows 7, the message would show in the image above appears.

How to resolve this issue
How To Remove Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage

I suggest you buy an upgrade before expiration. You can buy it from the MS store, such as Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade costs $120.00.

windows media player cannot play dvd video on windows 7

When I use Windows Media Player to play a DVD video on windows 7, there is no video on dvd playback or PC gets the message “Cannot play DVD video.".

There are some possible reasons:

1. The video card driver is out-of-date.
Go to download the last driver and install it.

2. Your PC without a compatible DVD decoder.

3. Your computer hardware is not powerful enough to play DVDs.
Update your hardware.

Sound Recorder - record audio

How to open Sound Recorder in Windows 7?

Click Start button --> All programs --> Accessories --> Sound Recorder

TO Start Recording, make sure your system have installed Windows Media Player Plugin(Download Windows Media Player Plugin for Sound Recorder), and also computer have a sound card and microphone.

* Click "Start Recording" to start.
* To finish Recording, click "Stop Recording" button and save it as a .wma audio file.

Windows Mobility Center - adjust laptop settings

Windows Mobility Center in Windows 7 is a very useful tool. You can easily adjust all the settings related to your laptop or Tablet PC. Several options and settings which you can customize include Brightness, Volume, Battery Status, Wireless Network, Screen Rotation, External Display, Sync Center setting.

How to Open Windows 7 Mobility Center

The Mobility Center .exe file is located at C:\Windows\System32\mblctr.exe

Click the Start Menu --> type mblctr.exe in the box --> press Enter --> then open it quickly to Click an icon to open options for the setting.
Or you can also use the Windows key + X key to open.

Notes: Windows Mobility Center is only available on laptops.

If you find the wireless connection icon is gone in Windows Mobility Center, your wireless card might be disabled. In the case enable it. Or the driver is missing.

windows 7 headphones not working

I have an HP laptop with two headphone jacks. But I found in windows 7 headphones not working.

How to fix Headphones don't work in Windows 7

For Realtek HD integrated sound:
* Go to the sound manager --> disable your front panel detction.
* Also Upgrade to the last sound drivers.

Windows 7 password reset

Do you have forgotten Windows 7 login password? If it happens, you need to reset Windows 7 Password with your password recovery disk.

How to make windows 7 password reset?

* First you should have a Recovery Disk since you forget windows 7 password.

Click the Start button --> type Backup in the search box --> Click "Backup and Restore" --> click "Create a system repair disc" link in the left of the window --> Use a USB flash, a floppy disk or a CD/DVD and click Create disk button --> Waiting for a moment, then a Recovery Disk will be created.

* Reset your windows 7 password.

Start your computer --> On the Windows 7 Welcome screen, type a blank password in the password box and click on the Go button --> After the Windows 7 provide the password is incorrect, click OK button to come back to the Welcome screen --> click on the Reset password link --> click on Next in the Password Reset wizard --> click on the Insert the Password Reset Disk and choose the drive you want to use --> and also inster your password reset disk --> click Next --> Enter a new password for your account in Windows 7 --> click Next and then Click on Finish.

Now you can use your new windows 7 password to login.

Windows 7 scan and fax pdf

Fax & scan is available in the Windows 7 Ultimate.

1.How to scan a document or photo with Windows fax and scan

* Go to Start --> type "Windows fax and scan" in the search box --> preess Enter.
* On the left sidebar of the window, select Scan button --> click New Scan --> Select the profile: a photo or a document, and also select the color format, file type, and the resolution(DPI) --> click Scan --> wait, then it completes.


2.The feature that windows 7 scan and fax convert to pdf is not embedded in Windows 7, but you can use any third party software. For me, I use a free Scan To PDF Software named Scan To PDF(STP v1.00). The tool can scan multiple pages documents and convert them to PDF files. Also it can mix JPEG images with scanned documents.

3.When I use canon lide scanner scans documents with many pages by Windows 7 scan and fax, it can't scan a multi page document.

How to fix the ISSUE? Update driver software.

Right click the Computer on the desktop --> choose Device Manager --> in the
device list find out your scaner device --> right click it and select Update Driver Software --> Search automatically for updated driver software. --> Windows 7 will directly provided by hardware manufacturers via the Windows Update site --> Then install it with "Run as administrator".

With fax and scan, now I can scan the docs into Acrobat as a multi page pdf , then fax the pdf file easily.

solved windows 7 gadgets not working

Windows 7 Sidebar & Gadgets is very useful for us. But sometimes windows 7 gadgets not working. This maybe cause by disable UAC.

How to fix windows 7 gadgets (Including Windows 7 X64 bit):

Click the Start button --> type regedit in the search box and press Enter --> in the registry editor, navigate to following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings

Then in right pan of the editor, right-click to create A New 32 Bit Value DWORD and named “AllowElevatedProcess” with set value as “1”.

The gadgets will work properly. Now I rightclick anywhere on desktop and select gadgets. Add something and put them on desktop.