How to change mouse setting in XP

• Change the mouse speed
• Change the scrolling options to scroll the entire page
• Change mouse to highlight the window without clicking on it
• Change the speed in which right click option open

We would use Power Toys software to perform these tasks. We have installed power toys software in our previous article.
Launch power toys tweak UI
Start ==> program ==> power ==> toys Tweak UI

Widow display all available options of menu items when we right click on it. With following option you could control the speed in which it opens.
Select mouse option

Speed slider showing in right pane control the speed at which cascading menu automatically open when you move mouse over the menu items. The fastest setting causes them to open immediately. The slowest setting is extraordinarily slow.
You can set this speed after testing here to test the mouse speed setting right click the test icon.
When you keep mouse on any object it sense it and give you a brief description about it with this option you can control time in which it should sense.
Select Hover subkey from mouse options

For a hover to be detected, the mouse must remain within a small region for the specified hover time. The size of the region is determined by the hover sensitivity.
To test the mouse hover settings move the mouse to the test icon when a hover is detected the icon will change
With this option you can control the default behavior of mouse scrolling
Select Wheel subkey from mouse options

Check the "Use mouse wheel for scrolling" box to enable the use of the mouse wheel to scroll data. When the mouse wheel is enabled you can specify whether rotating the wheel should cause data to scroll by a page or by a specified number of lines.

With this option you can do a tricky setting. Just enable it and mouse will automatically focus and select the window on which it would be
Select X-mouse subkey from mouse options

If you check the "Autoraise when activating" check box, then moving the mouse into a window will not only give it focus, but also raise it to the top as if you had clicked on it.
This setting requires " activation follows mouse " to be enabled for it to have any effect.
This setting is not available on all platforms. This is available only in pro editions its not available in home or basic editions
To test this setting open 3 windows and after enabling this options. Now rotate the mouse over these windows, you will when the window is now selecting automatically

Windows 7 best tips and tricks

# 1: The screen resolution setting up Windows 7 trick:

In the typical Windows machine, set the screen resolution is the only way to access the display properties. Instead, the Windows 7 we set up manually by right-clicking the mouse on the menu of the Windows resolution provides a shortcut.
Resolution of Windows, right-click and select the screen resolution, and then select your preferred screen resolution.

# 2: speedily Windows folder to access the Windows 7 trick:

Windows 7, the task bar icon provides an explorer, we can directly access the libraries folder. Library folder, documents, music, pictures and videos are as the folder.

# 3: Change the background of Windows Media Player:
Windows Media Player provides the option to change the background is not perfect, but we have to follow these steps to change the background of Windows Media Player So, the problem is not to change it through the registry in Windows 7 is the trick:

1) Go to run and "Regedit" type registry editor will open.
2) the registry editor, locate the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ MediaPlayer \ Preferences
3) Click on the key LibraryBackgroundImage 0 6 (no background in each data) between the value of the double.

# 4: Open the windows to move to:
Windows to the logo key + arrow key press, then we are forced to hover window, according to the arrow key to see the different sides of the moves. We also down the Windows logo key + arrow key two times by pressing our window opened sharply lower.

# 5: In order to access the hidden themes Windows 7 trick:
Windows 7 comes with a large set of themes we have here, so that is not bundled with Windows 7 themes can be used to plot a normal Windows 7.
Just type C: in the search box and press enter \ Windows \ Globalization \ MCT. If you are the themes for the USA and Canada, as in other countries, you'll see some folders.

# 6: netbook with a pendrive or flash drive to install the Windows 7:
Windows 7 installed on a pendrive with a net book, take a 4GB pendrive and then just copy the ISO image to a pendrive by xcopy d, FAT32 file system format: \ e: \ / d / e (name d: is this and have the Windows CD e DVD :) drive, pen drive is the location. It is easy for you to install Windows 7 on a netbook to create a bootable pendrive.

# 7: Do a system repair disc:
When the problems faced by almost all versions of Windows, Windows to boot the system repair disc, which is helpful in the making, this is a handy feature support.
System repair disk data on your hard disk without affecting Windows to restore the old status. After managing to create a system repair disc, and then go to start to create a system repair disc.

# 8: New Windows 7 calculator:
A new windows 7 calculator looks like Vista, but if you look closely you can then Standard, Scientific, Programmer and Statistics modes in advance, as many will find. Support the activities of the thousands of models to solve this complex problem. To activate, just click on View and select which mode to mode.

# 9: The new Windows 7 WordPad Experience:
All new windows 7 WordPad. such as support for docx format. Odt, so now you can open the document in an MS Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office 2007, do not need to download.

# 10: A simple way to zoom in and zoom:
- Windows 7 press the Windows key and + to zoom in and zoom out, press the Windows key and the magnifier to access more easily than before

# 11: Windows 7 with built in burner to burn CD and DVD's:
Windows 7 CD's and DVD's to burn its own burner, so Nero to burn the ISO as we do not need to download software. Burn an ISO file, right-click the ISO file and burn the disk image, or just click on the two ISO file, select easily.

# 12: Windows 7 trick to calibrate the screen:
To calibrate the screen, start menu search and press enter, just type dccw. The gamma, brightness and contrast of the misranalanevi goes.

# 13: Windows 7 Trick tune clear type font display:
Tune in to clear the display font type, the first run and then go to cttune.exe type. You will get a text on the screen looking for the perfect.

# 14: In order to save user names and passwords to use Windows 7 Manager credential:
We can save our user names and passwords in Windows 7 credential manager, with the help of a standardized document called a tank introduced a new tool in the control panel, the user names and passwords can be recovered if needed will be saved in a vault.

# 15: Change the order of the taskbar options:
You are one of them, so many windows users, their concern for the taskbar, here is a good news. You can easily drag and drop the Taskbar options can be installed in any order.

Windows 7 tips and tricks,15 best secrets

        Whether you’ve just bought a new PC running Windows 7 or you’ve been using it for a while, there are bound to be things you didn’t know you could do. Whether it’s tweaks to get the desktop the way you want it, tips for troubleshooting or ways to squeeze more performance from Windows 7, I have got it covered with 15 popular Windows 7 tips.

1. Troubleshoot problems
If some part of Windows 7 is behaving strangely, and you don’t know why, then click Control Panel > Find and fix problems (or ‘Troubleshooting’) to access the new troubleshooting packs. These are simple wizards that will resolve common problems, check your settings, clean up your system and more.

2. Startup repair
If you’ve downloaded Windows 7 (and even if you haven’t) it’s a good idea to create a system repair disc straight away in case you run into problems booting the OS later on. Click Start > Maintenance > Create a System Repair Disc, and let Windows 7 build a bootable emergency disc. If the worst does happen then it could be the only way to get your PC running again.

3. Burn images
Windows 7 finally introduces a feature that other operating systems have had for years – the ability to burn ISO images to CDs or DVDs. And it couldn’t be much easier to use. Just double-click the ISO image, choose the drive with the blank disc, click Burn and watch as your disc is created.

4. Calculate more

Calculate more

At first glance the Windows 7 calculator looks just like Vista’s version, but explore the Mode menu and you’ll see powerful new Statistics and Programmer views. And if you’re clueless about bitwise manipulation, then try the Options menu instead. This offers many different unit conversions (length, weight, volume and more), date calculations (how many days between two dates?), and spreadsheet-type templates to help you calculate vehicle mileage, mortgage rates and more.Don’t take any Windows 7 applet at face value, then – there are some very powerful new features hidden in the background. Be sure to explore every option in all Windows applets to ensure you don’t miss anything important.

5. Switch to a projector

Switch to a projector

Windows 7 now provides a standard way to switch your display from one monitor to another, or a projector – just press Win+P or run DisplaySwitch.exe and choose your preferred display. (This will have no effect if you’ve only one display connected.)

6. Get a power efficiency report

Get a power efficiency report

If you have a laptop, you can use the efficiency calculator to get Windows 7 to generate loads of useful information about its power consumption. Used in the right way, this can help you make huge gains in terms of battery life and performance. To do this you must open a command prompt as an administrator by typing ‘cmd’ in Start Search, and when the cmd icon appears, right-click it and choose Run as administrator.
Then at the command line, just type in ‘powercfg -energy’ (without quotes) and hit Return, and Windows 7 will scan your system looking for ways to improve power efficiency. It will then publish the results in an HTML file, usually in the System32 folder. Just follow the path it gives you to find your report. If you fail to open report in browser, same can be opened with notepad as well.

7. Understanding System Restore

Understanding System Restore

Using System Restore in previous versions of Windows has been something of a gamble. There’s no way of telling which applications or drivers it might affect – you just have to try it and see.Windows 7 is different. Right-click Computer, select Properties > System Protection > System Restore > Next, and choose the restore point you’d like to use. Click the new button to ‘Scan for affected programs’ and Windows will tell you which (if any) programs and drivers will be deleted or recovered by selecting this restore point. (Read our full Windows 7 System Restore tutorial.)
8. Set the time zone

Set the time zone

System administrators will appreciate the new command line tzutil.exe utility, which lets you set a PC’s time zone from scripts. If you wanted to set a PC to Greenwich Mean Time, for instance, you’d use the command tzutil /s “gmt standard time”
The command “tzutil /g” displays the current time zone, “tzutil /l” lists all possible time zones, and “tzutil /?” displays details on how the command works. tzutil /s “india standard time” for IST.

9. Calibrate your screen
The colours you see on your screen will vary depending on your monitor, graphics cards settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default Windows colour profile. And that means a digital photo you think looks perfect might appear very poor to everybody else. Fortunately Windows 7 now provides a Display Colour Calibration Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and colour settings, and a ClearType tuner to ensure text is crisp and sharp. Click Start, type DCCW and press Enter to give it a try.

10. Clean up Live Essentials
Installing Windows Live Essentials will get you the new versions of Mail, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery and others – great. Unfortunately it also includes other components that may be unnecessary, but if you like to keep a clean system then these can be quickly removed.
If you left the default “Set your search provider” option selected during installation, for instance, Windows Live will install Choice Guard, a tool to set your browser home page and search engine, and prevent other programs from changing them. If this causes problems later, or you just decide you don’t need it, then Choice Guard may be removed by clicking Start, typing msiexec /x {F0E12BBA- AD66-4022-A453-A1C8A0C4D570} and pressing [Enter].
Windows Live Essentials also adds an ActiveX Control to help upload your files to Windows Live SkyDrive, as well as the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant, which makes it easier to manage and switch between multiple Windows Live accounts. If you’re sure you’ll never need either then remove them with the Control Panel “Uninstall a Program” applet.

11. Add network support
By default Windows Live MovieMaker won’t let you import files over a network, but a quick Registry tweak will change this. Run REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
\Windows Live\Movie Maker, add a DWORD value called AllowNetworkFiles and set it to 1 to add network support.

12. Enable virtual Wi-Fi
Windows 7 includes a little-known new feature called Virtual Wi-Fi, which effectively turns your PC or laptop into a software-based router. Any other Wi-Fi-enabled devices within range – a desktop, laptop, an iPod perhaps – will “see” you as a new network and, once logged on, immediately be able to share your internet connection.
This will only work if your wireless adapter driver supports it, though, and not all do. Check with your adapter manufacturer and make sure you’ve installed the very latest drivers to give you the best chance.
Once you have driver support then the easiest approach is to get a network tool that can set up virtual Wi-Fi for you. Virtual Router (below) is free, easy to use and should have you sharing your internet connection very quickly.
If you don’t mind working with the command line, though, maybe setting up some batch files or scripts, then it’s not that difficult to set this up manually. See Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a wireless hotspot for more.

13. Recover locked-up apps
If an application locks up under a previous version of Windows then there was nothing you could do about it. A new Windows 7 option, however, can not only explain the problem, but may get your program working again without any loss of data.
When the lockup occurs, click Start, type RESMON and click the RESMON.EXE link to launch the Resource Monitor. Find your frozen process in the CPU pane (it should be highlighted in red), right-click it and select Analyze Wait Chain.If you see at least two processes in the list, then the lowest, at the end of the tree, is the one holding up your program. If it’s not a vital Windows component, or anything else critical, then save any
work in other open applications, check the box next to this process, click End Process, and your locked-up program will often spring back to life.

14. Fault-Tolerant Help
Windows 7 includes a new feature called the Fault Tolerant Help (FTH), a clever technology that looks out for unstable processes, detects those that may be crashing due to memory issues, and applies several real-time fixes to try and help. If these work, that’s fine – if not, the fixes will be undone and they won’t be applied to that process again.
While this is very good in theory, it can leave you confused as some applications crash, then start working (sometimes) for no apparent reason. So if you’d like to check if the FTH is running on your PC, launch REGEDIT, and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\FTH – any program currently being protected by the FTH will be listed in the State key.Experienced users may also try tweaking the FTH settings to catch more problems, and perhaps improve system stability.

15. Automatically switch your default printer
Windows 7′s location-aware printing allows the operating system to automatically switch your default printer as you move from one network to another. To set this up, first click Start, type Devices, and click the Devices and Printers link.Select a printer and click Manage Default Printers (this is only visible on a mobile device, like a laptop – you won’t see it on a PC).
Choose the “Change my default printer when I change networks” option, select a network, the default printer you’d like to use, and click Add. Repeat the process for other networks available, and pick a default printer for each one. And now, as you connect to a new network, Windows 7 will check this list and set the default printer to the one that you’ve defined.

how to change the background of windows media player:

1) Go to Run and type “Regedit”, It will open a registry editor.
2) locate this key in registry editor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\P references
3) Double click on the key LibraryBackgroundImage and enter a value between 0 to 6 (each number represents a background).