Many users need to keep track of time in multiple time zones, there's a nice feature in Windows 7 to help users keep track of time in Multiple Time zones. The feature is multiple clocks in your system tray. This feature can display up to 3 clocks in your taskbar from 3 different Time Zones.

Click on the Clock in System tray. Next, click on the „Change date and time settings‟ to open Date and Time Window.

Click on the tab for Additional Clocks.

Here you can add up to two additional clocks .Enter time Zone and Clock Display name. Check the „Show this clock‟ box to enable the clock. Click OK.

Hover over the clock and it would show you Time in text for all 3 Time Zones (including the one your Local one).

Windows 7 makes it easy changing the Windows log-on screen.

1. Go to start, and click on Run, type Regedit & press enter there.

2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

3. Double-click the "OEMBackground" DWORD key

4. Set value of the key to 1.

5. Select a background image for Logon Screen with size less than 256KB in size (Use of Image Resize software like VSO Resizer can help)

6. Copy that image into the C:\Windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds folder

7. Rename the image to backgroundDefault.jpg

8. Reboot, and now your logon Image would have changed.

One of the most troublesome issues of troubleshooting is to find out exactly how it happened and for what. Obviously, some processes are non-recoverable. For them you cannot repeat the process and risk hardware just because a troubleshooter wasn't able to understand where it had error. Here is a wonderful tool for Windows 7. A feature new to Windows 7, called Problem Steps Recorder looks to be the missing tool for documenting where it all goes wrong.

The tool is just an advanced version of the screen capture software but with other in-depth functionalities. It is kind of an automated Print Screen plus background documenting all the mouse clicks, key strokes and gathering some technical reading material, which are stored and saved as the results.

You get them stored in a zipped MHTML report page which can be sent off directly to the help desk.

How to Use Problem Steps Recorder
 - Go to Start Menu -> Run.
 - Type and select psr.exe and ENTER.
 - Now press Start Record and do whatever made you upset. You can add a comment to crucial moments by pressing Add comment.
 - When you are done - press Stop Record, choose a name for the archive and save it.

MHT document would contain all the screenshots recorded at particular events.

Apart from Screenshots additional details which describe each and every event including the programs and UI are stored in the MHT file which can be later on used to troubleshoot the problem.

From Desktop
 - Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows]
 - Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched.
 - Windows Key + R = Run Command is launched.
 - Windows Key + F = Search (which is there in previous Windows versions too)
 - Windows Key + X = Mobility Center
 - Windows Key + L = Lock Computer (It is there from the earlier versions as well)
 - Windows Key + U = Ease of Access
 - Windows Key + P = Projector
 - Windows Key + T = Cycle Super Taskbar Items
 - Windows Key + S = OneNote Screen Clipping Tool [requires OneNote]
 - Windows Key + M = Minimize All Windows
 - Windows Key + D = Show/Hide Desktop
 - Windows Key + Up = Maximize Current Window
 - Windows Key + Down = Restore Down / Minimize Current Windows
 - Windows Key + Left = Tile Current Window to the Left
 - Windows Key + Right = Tile Current Windows to the Right [Continue pressing the Left and Right keys to rotate the window as well]
 - Windows Key + # = Quicklaunch
 - Windows Key + = = Magnifier
From Windows Explorer
 - Alt + Up = Go up one level
 - Alt + Left/ Right = Back/ Forward

Have a good number of files in your drive to rename? It gives plenty of time to rename all by one. Although you can save some time if you follow the steps to rename all files @ a go given below:

Step 1: Open the folder where you have all the files you wish to rename (that sounds pretty obvious!)

Step 2: Select the files you wish to rename

Step 3: Press F2 (Dell users press Fn + F2) or right click any one of the file in your selection and select rename option. Keep all the files are selected.

Step 4: Rename one of the file amongst your selection.

Step 5: You are done. All files have been renamed with a counter value different in each one of them.

This trick can be used to rename multiple Files like Images of a particular occasion, files of particular genre etc.

Working online and using your Internet Banking Facility, Key logging Software‟s can take out your password the moment you type them and further misuse them. You can simply take advantage of On screen Keyboard utility provided by Microsoft to type without using keyboard. It will bring a keyboard on your desktop and you can use your mouse pointer to click to type any key. How to get it? 1. Use Win+R key to get Run dialog box 2. Write "OSK" and press enter. 3. Your Onscreen Keyboard is at your service.
Alternatively you can find the same in "StartMenu->All Programs->Accessories->Ease of Access->On screen Keyboard".

This is how an On Screen Keyboard looks in Windows 7.

Application can be assigned a shortcut key in Windows 7. The application would launch when the combo of keys is pressed which you entered as the Shortcut Key for that application.
To create Shortcut key for any application in Windows 7:
1. Right-click the program icon and select Properties.
2. Select the Shortcut tab
3. Click in Shortcut key textbox
4. Enter the keyboard shortcut for that program.
5. Press OK to exit.
6. Use the Keyboard shortcut combo to launch the application.

Like the way i have used a combo of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to launch calculator application other applications can also be launched using Shortcut keys.

Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB thumb drive has a few advantages—a small USB key is much more convenient for carrying around than a DVD, the OS will actually install much faster, and you can use a USB key to install Windows 7 on systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook. In fact, you can even install Windows 7 on netbooks that have fairly modest hardware. Here’s a quick look at the process:

* First, you’ll need the DiskPart utility on the system you will use to prep the thumb drive. This is a free disk partitioning utility that is likely already installed on your Windows system. If not, you can download DiskPart here.
* Launch the DiskPart utility by typing diskpart at the Start Menu.
* Then run the list disk command to check the status of your drive.
* Now run select disk 1 where the "1" is actually the corresponding number of your USB drive.
* Run clean.
* Once the thumb drive is clean, you can run create partition primary.
* Now make the partition active by entering active.
* Then you need to set up the file system as Fat32 by running format fs=fat32 quick (quick, of course, specifies that you want to perform a quick format to speed up the process).
* Entering the assign command gives the USB drive a drive letter, making it easy to access from Windows Explorer.
* Then you can copy everything from the Windows 7 installation DVD onto the USB key (a simple drag and drop will do).
* Now you can insert the thumb drive into the system you want to install Windows 7 onto and boot the system. The installation will now proceed as usual—but faster.