Saturday, January 12, 2013

Windows 7 theme change your custom icon

There are so many spectacular themes are available for windows but when you install them then you will see the side effect of those themes. These themes change your custom icons. Your custom icon either disappears or it changes according to theme. But yes you can prevent this change manually from your computer. You can do it by- 
  • Right click on the Empty part of the desktop and select Personalize. 
  • Then on the left hand side you will see the option Change Desktop Icons, click there. 
  • Unselect the checkbox named as Allow themes to change desktop icons. 
  • Then press OK. 
Now this will preserve to change the icons and this is the only way to preserve it. If you have any problem with your windows then you can also go for free online technical support

Friday, January 11, 2013

Taskbar problems

Sometimes the icons of the taskbar are merges with each other then user faces a problem that how we can recognize the icons. You can see the icon separately by the help of taskbar settings. Right click on the taskbar and select the properties. Now you will see an option like Taskbar buttons with a Drop down button with different-different options. Select the Never Combine or Combine when Taskbar is full. Then press OK.

you can also launch a quick launch bar on your task bar. Simply right-click the taskbar, click Toolbars > New Toolbar, type %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch in the folder box and click Select Folder. now you can see the quick launch bar and customize it according to your need.


Thursday, January 3, 2013

DVD drive not found

This is the common problem in windows 7. Sometimes you find that your DVD drive is not found even if your BIOS showing the DVD drive. So the question is that how will you remove this problem? This is a Windows 7 installation problem. Solution is here- 

Open RUN and type the REGDIT in it and press Enter. Now you have to browse for the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}, then you have to delete both the upper and lower filters in the right hand panel. Now you DVD drive should visible if not then try to change the drive letter. To change the drive letter you have to click on the Start button and type Disk Management in the search box and choose the Create and format hard disk partitions link. If you see your optical drive here then Right click on it and select the Change Drive Letter and Paths, click on the change and choose a new letter. Now you can find the drive in your explorer and you can also switch back to old letter. If it is still not visible then restart your computer. I hope it will show you after it.