Sometimes jump list items will get “stuck” within Windows 7.
To remove these entries, open a Explorer window and enter the following path:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
The list displayed will be odd file names. You can open the files within Notepad to hopefully determine the entry to delete.
This utility offers a GUI for several Registry hacks.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-fix-windows-7-vista-problems-with-fixwin-utility
Core Configurator is a piece of software designed to offer some GUI configuration options for a Windows Server Core installation.
Certain files within Windows 7 can not be deleted even as using the administrator account. Launch a command prompt with administrative privileges and use the following commands.
takeown /f C:\folder\file
cacls C:\folder\file /G account:F
The links below are for Linux distributions that are intended for children.
Windows 7 (and Vista) have an option to create a system image backup. Click on the Start Menu and type “backup” in the search dialog box. Select the Backup and Restore menu item.
Click on the “Create a system image” option.
It is easier to create a system image using an external USB hard drive. If you have one connected, select the device under the hard drive drop-down box. Click on the Next button once a selection has been made.
Once selected, click on the “Start backup” button.
A dialog box should appear displaying progress of the backup.
A dialog box will appear asking if you wish to create a System Repair disc. You can create one now or later.
Once a decision has been made concerning the System Repair disc, the final dialog box should be displayed.
Windows 7 includes a new type of service called trigger. A trigger-start service is a regular service that you can configure to run (or stop running) only when certain criteria and conditions that you define are met. Some conditions would be:
Device arrival or departure
Joining or leaving a domain
Opening or closing a firewall port
Group policy change
To view trigger information, use the sc command with the parameter of qtriggerinfo.
Certain services will not have any triggers present.
Dia is a diagram application that could be considered a replacement for Microsoft’s Visio.
http://dia-installer.de/index_en.html
A portable version is also available.
A System Repair disc can be used to boot a computer to attempt to recover the locally installed operating system. To create a disc, access the Start Menu and type “system repair” in the search dialog box.
Place a blank DVD disc in your DVD writable drive and click on the “Create disc” button.
As long as the blank disc is found successfully, a progress bar should appear.
A final dialog box should appear asking for you to label the disc that was created.
The link below contains the instructions to enable the Quick Launch toolbar within Windows 7.
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD.
