How to Show all icons on Task bar?

1) Click on the ‘Show Hidden Icons’ button and select customize. (Or, Click Windows Start -> Control Panel -> Appearance and personalization -> Customize Icons on Task bar)

2) In the Notification Area Icons panel, check on Always show all icons and notification on the taskbar.

Click on OK to save the setting. Now, you can have all icons show up on the taskbar.

If you have too many icons and want to hide them back,

1) Right click on the task bar and select Properties

2) Now, Click on the customize button,

you will see Notification Area icon panel and unmark the settings to Hide Icons in taskbar.

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WLW Backup is a backup application for Windows Live Writer.It will backup all Windows Live Writer’s posts, settings and plugins with a single click.This is a very simple utility to backup and restore Windows Live Writer.

How to Backup WLW Backup:

Open Windows Live Writer Backup Program.Choose what you want to backup (like posts, settings, plugins, etc), and then click the Backup button

After setting the backup name, the program does rest

Now the Backup completed.

How to restore:

To restore, you must have to run WLW Backup as administrator

This will take you to the main window as with backing up, select restore and choose the WLW backup file you wish to restore, it will then prompt you to check that you’re sure

This will then restore the settings

There you are, the windows live Backup and restore completes.

The only downside of the program is that it is still in Release Candidate 1(RC1)

But this still works good without any bugs.IF you encounter any problem contact them at codeplex.

http://wlwbackup.codeplex.com/

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Chris Lewis, Microsoft’s Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business for the EMEA region, today told GamesIndustry.biz that Windows 7 is the Best OS for Games than any other versions of Windows, Windows 7 will be more robust,quick and efficient than other versions.

Here is what he said

“Windows 7 will be great for games, undoubtedly. It’s all good news – it’s even more robust, it’s quicker relatively, and the early testing cycles are proving very promising overall. I think it’ll be nothing but good news for PC gamers, but we’ll have more to say on that later on this year.”

This would be a great news to the computer games freaks. All they have to do is to wait for few months to experience games on Windows 7.

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Using Set Program Access and Defaults :-

This is accessible from the right pane of the start menu, Start > Set Program Access and defaults or from control panel, Start> control panel > add or remove programs , and Set Program Access and Defaults.

Access Set Program Access and Defaults via Start menu.

Here you select custom which is the most flexible of all, this allows us to choose the default applications for different works, a mixture of Microsoft and non-Microsoft products.

Choosing the Custom default application option( Here i choose IE )

Then Press Ok, Now your default browser option is saved and the default browser for your system changes

Even though this is illustrated for changing the default browser options , You can extend it to others also, like choosing  your default e-mail program, media player, instant messaging program, and Java virtual machine.

The second method, by “check default browser status” in the respective browsers .

Some might  have previously turned off the default browser prompt, It is necessary to turn it on. You can do it by selecting the following options in internet explorer, Firefox, and Opera respectively

1.Internet Explorer – Click on Tools >> Internet Options >> Programs tab. Select the Tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default browser check box.

2.Firefox – Click on Tools >> Options >>General. Select the Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when starting check box.

3.Opera – Click on Tools >> Preferences >> Default Application. Select the Check if Opera is default browser on startup check box.

Then restart the browser and select it as the default browser when prompted. To avoid the repeated message prompts from other browsers, uncheck the same option in others.

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