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Tips, Fixes and Articles on Windows 7.
The navigation pane in Windows 7 lists Libraries as a separate category by default, as in the picture below:
In some systems, Libraries may be listed under Desktop, and users may be wondering why it’s listed so all of a sudden, or think it may be due to inadvertent dragging of Desktop icon over Libraries or vice-versa. It’s not so. There is a simple (but overlooked) setting for the navigation pane where in you can choose to show all folders or not.
When you start your computer, the user accounts listing in the Welcome Screen may show up with an empty frame. Result would be the same if you open the User Accounts window in the Control Panel. Also, the user accounts icon may be missing in the Start menu.
When you open Explorer, all the libraries may be missing, and clicking the "Restore default libraries" context menu option would have no effect. For reasons unexplained, in some cases the libraries may become hidden, and all you need to do is to remove the hidden attribute set from the "library-ms" files.
Did the Homegroup icon all of a sudden appear on the desktop after running a registry cleaner or using a third party tweaking tool? This article shows you the way to hide the Homegroup icon from desktop.
Removing the Homegroup icon via user interface is not possible, as the "Change desktop icons" dialog in Windows 7 doesn’t list Homegroup as an available option. The only way to remove the Homegroup icon is via the registry. Use these steps:Read more
After a malware attack, your Action Center may report that the Security Center service has stopped… .. and when you click the button to turn on the service, the following error may show up: Windows could not start the Security Center service on Local Computer. Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. This … Read more
When you start the Print Spooler service in Windows 7, error 1053 may occur: Windows could not start the Print Spooler on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. To resolve the problem, use these steps: 1. Open Services MMC (services.msc) 2. Double-click … Read more
When you attempt to browse the web, a dial-up window may appear prompting for username and password even though the obsolete dial-up connectoid had been deleted from Network Connections window long ago. This may occur when your Wireless goes out of range, or when internet connection goes down in your network. To resolve the problem, … Read more
When you click on the Documents, Pictures, Music or Videos library from the Start menu, nothing may happen. Also, these library links may show up with the file extension ".library-ms" in the Windows 7 Start menu.
And the libraries (both the built-in and custom ones) don’t work when double-clicked from Explorer, and they show up with a generic icon.Read more
After installing Internet Explorer 11, some of your desktop gadgets may not render correctly. The gadgets may appear transparent with pink border and text, as in the graphic below: And here is how it’s supposed to appear: This has to do with a bug in Internet Explorer 11 RTM, which breaks some desktop gadgets, if … Read more
When you try to enable Internet Connection Sharing in your Windows 7 computer via your network connection properties, one of the following errors may occur:
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