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What is the Windows Live Essentials Pack for Windows 7?
The Windows Live Essentials Pack is a group of applications that Microsoft created to go with Windows 7. The Windows Live Essentials Pack is available as a free download and includes four major applications [more…]
Windows Live Movie Maker: Create, Edit, and View Movies
To create, edit, and view digital movies in Windows 7, you must download Windows Live Movie Maker. Windows Live Movie Maker — a stripped-down version of the movie-editing program that came with XP and [more…]
How to Use the New WordPad in Windows 7
With the new version of WordPad that works with Windows 7, you can now create a formatted document without having to use a full-blown word processor like Word. Microsoft beefed up the capabilities of the [more…]
How to Use Content Advisor in Internet Explorer 8
The Internet can be a dangerous place — particularly for minors. You can use the Content Advisor in Internet Explorer 8 to protect kids (or anyone else) from inadvertently stumbling across something you [more…]
How to View RSS Feeds in Internet Explorer 8
RSS Feeds is an Internet Explorer 8 feature you can use to view the latest news updates to sites you monitor. Many kinds of Web sites are updated daily weekly, and news sites update headlines as soon as [more…]
How to Import Images from a Camera Using Windows 7
Not only has Windows 7 changed its photo viewing and organizing features, it has also changed the way you import images from a camera. Now when you transfer images from your camera, Windows asks you to [more…]
Running Automatic Malware Scans in Windows 7 with Windows Defender
In Windows 7, one of the best tools for avoiding and removing spyware and viruses from your PC is Windows Defender. However, Microsoft made the Windows Defender program a bit harder to find in Windows [more…]
Windows 7 Parental Controls Setup
Setting up the Parental Controls feature in Windows 7 is a bit different than it was in Windows Vista, in part because the new parental controls interface is nowhere near as comprehensive as it used to [more…]
View and Organize Images in Windows 7's Pictures Library
Your Pictures Library is easily the best place to store and view your digital images in Windows 7. When Windows 7 imports your digital camera’s photos, it automatically loads them into the Pictures Library [more…]
How to Copy Photos to a CD or DVD Using Windows 7's Pictures Library
Not only is the Pictures Library in Windows 7 the best place to view your photos. it's also a great starting point for copying photos to a CD or DVD. CDs and DVDs are great ways to share your memories [more…]
How to Manage Libraries in Windows Media Player 12
Take control of your Windows Media Player 12 experience by managing its library. Media Player 12 automatically sorts through your libraries’ stash of digital music, pictures, videos, and recorded TV shows [more…]
How to Resize and Crop a Photo in Windows 7's New Paint Application
Windows Paint, Windows 7's improved drawing program, lets you resize or crop photos. Resizing photos makes them small enough for e-mails or size-specific for inclusion in a document. Many photos can also [more…]
How to Move Quick Launch Toolbar Icons to Windows 7 Taskbar
If you installed an older Vista (or Windows XP) program and it told you that it was putting an icon on the Quick Launch toolbar, you can track down that program’s icon and move it to the new and improved [more…]
How to Import Videos into Windows Live Movie Maker
Before you can begin creating your digital movie spectacular, you need to import the video files from your video camera. And if you want to use the video files with Windows Live Movie Maker, for some reason [more…]
How to Update and Correct Song Tags in Windows Media Player 12
Unlike Media Player 11, Windows Media Player 12 no longer offers an advanced editor to allow you to update and correct song tags. Instead, the player edits them for you automatically from an online database [more…]
How to Set Up Microsoft Update for Other Applications in Windows 7
By default, Windows 7 automatically looks for updates to the Windows 7 operating system without you having to do a thing. But you need to manually set up Microsoft Update if you want Windows 7 to look [more…]
How to Install Windows Virtual PC on Your Windows 7 Computer
Microsoft is hoping to take away everyone's reasons for not upgrading to Windows 7 by making sure that you'll be able to run just about any program or operating system you want with your Windows 7 computer [more…]
How to Install a Program in Windows 7 Using Windows XP Mode
Installing an older program in Windows 7 using Windows XP Mode is not that different from installing it in Windows XP itself; you just need to install the program from within the Windows XP Mode window [more…]
How to Install iTunes on a Windows PC
Although it's designed by Apple, iTunes runs just fine on a Windows PC. To install iTunes on a PC, start at the download page for the free iTunes for Windows software at the [more…]
For Seniors: Install a Windows Program on Your Laptop
Windows comes with many built-in programs; others may have been installed by your laptop manufacturer. Install other Windows programs as you need them —some you may find for free, while others you'll need [more…]
For Seniors: Copy or Move Data between Windows Programs
Data in one Windows program, such as a list of items, can be copied or moved into another program when needed. Copy or move data from program to program in order to use the tools in that new program to [more…]
For Seniors: Start a Windows 7 Program Automatically
If you use a Windows 7 program often, you can have it launch automatically every time you start your computer. Having Windows automatically start your favorite programs for you whenever you startup your [more…]
For Seniors: Set Default Programs for Your Windows Files
Control which Windows programs open your files, and you make working with files easier. When you double-click a file, the program associated with that file type opens it. For example, if you have several [more…]
For Seniors: Access an Online Program Through Your Laptop
Online programs are complete applications that you can access with your laptop, from anywhere you have Internet access. The benefits of online programs are obvious — you save hard drive space on your laptop [more…]
For Seniors: Remove a Program From Your Laptop
If you don’t need a program, removing it from your Windows laptop helps improve performance. Unwanted programs you should remove but haven't, end up cluttering the hard drive and slowing down access to [more…]
