If you change your desktop wallpapers, observe that Windows 7 will show your locale wallpapers. Actually Windows 7 have several sets of themed wallpapers installed based on the language you choose, but the others are in a hidden directory. If you like to enjoy other wallpapers, go to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and you will see a series of pictures under the Wallpaper directory for each country. Directly select the wallpaper of your choice to get international look.

In Windows 7, it is really simple to connect to external projector. Press Win + P and a menu will appear with connecting options of Clone, Extend and External Only. You can select this option by pressing Win + P again or by using arrow keys.
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In Windows 7, hold the Shift key down when selecting for the context menu. If you are working on a network location, it will automatically map a drive letter in command prompt.
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To quickly run taskbar-docked applications with administrator rights (assuming that you have required privileges and permissions), press Ctrl + Shift keys and click on the application. It will launch the application with administrator rights.

While working on diferent windows, to get rid of all other windows, press Win+Home to minimize all the non-active background windows, keeping the window you are using in its current position. To go back to original state press Win+Home again to restore the background windows to their original locations.
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You can move the windows from one monitor to another by using Win+Shift+Left Arrow and Win+Shift+Right Arrow keys. Also, it maintains the same relative location to the monitors top-left origin.

In Windows 7, when you press ALT+TAB, to select an application, it gives you live status of aplpication. The thumbnails look/behave the same way as the taskbar thumbnails when you hover the mouse over them.
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Windows 7 introduces, new keyboard shortcuts to open and switch taskbar application by pressing Windows Logo + <#> (where <#> corresponds to an item order in Quick Launch). Launch the application using the shortcut. Also, same shortcut can both launch and switch. For example, if IE is not running then press Windows Logo + 2 (assuming IE shortcut is at location 2) will launch the program. If IE is running with a single window, the same shortcut will now switch to the program. The fun really begins when IE is running with several windows or tabs—holding down the Windows Logo and tapping the 2 key repeatedly will actually cycle through the open IE items off the taskbar. If you need a new instance for IE, simply use SHIFT + Windows Logo + <#>.

Needy window is the internal term use for a window that requires user attention. With the new taskbar, flashing animation curve is more noticeable (from a sine to a sawtooth wave) with a bolder orange color and flashes for seven times.
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To send feed back regarding Windows 7, run or create a shortcut with command rundll32.exe FeedbackTool.dll,ShowWizard.

To create a flip 3D shortcut, right-click on Desktop, select New > Shortcut and type location of item C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe DwmApi #105. Select the icons of your choice or select from imageres.dll located at \windows\system32 folder. This give you windows default flip 3d icon.

To create a Recycle Bin shortcut, right-click on Desktop, select New > Shortcut and type location of item C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder. Select the icons of your choice or select from imageres.dll located at \windows\system32 folder. This give you windows default Recycle Bin icon.

Windows 7 sticky notes provides formatting options which helps user to create effective sticky. Use following formatting options:
Bold: Ctrl+B
Italics: Ctrl+I
Underline: Ctrl+U
Strikethrough: Ctrl+T
For bullets and numbering press Ctrl+Shift+L, different options of numbering can be achieved by pressing multiple times.

Windows 7, comes with a uility called Problem Steps Recorder which records user actions. To run the tool, go to run window by pressing Win Key + R and type command psr and click on ok button, this will launch Problem Steps Recorder. User can record the problem of his system and can send across. The output file is in MHTML zip format and can be viewed through internet explorer.
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Open the Registry Editor using regdit command. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell. Observe, Screen resolution, Gadgets and Personalize sub-keys will appear. Delete the desired key. This will remove context menu option of Screen resolution, Gadgets and Personalize from Desktop.
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To create a virtual disk (.vhd), goto, Start > Run and type diskmgmt.msc. This will open Disk Management window. From Action Menu select Create VHD. A new Window Create and Attach Virtual Hard Disk window will appear. Select the location and hard disk size. You can also select Virtual hard disk format, prefer Dynamically expanding, this will expand according to disk size. Click on OK button. In Disk Management Window, newly created disk will appear as Unknown disk. Right click and select Initialize Disk option. After initializing disk, right click on disk and select New Simple Volume. Follow the wizard and your new Virtual disk is ready for use

From Start/Orb, Run > regedit.exe, navigate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{DC6EFB56-9CFA-464D-8880-44885D7DC193}, set the value of AppID key to {534A1E02-D58F-44f0-B58B-36CBED287C7C}. Restart the computer to take affect.

Goto libraries folder, from Start/Orb, Run > AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries. Drag the Library to Notepad. Search for string icon path. Save the file in Notepad. Press F5 to refresh Windows Explorer.

By default, when you type in Search box, Windows display older search entries in drop down. You can disable it using Local Group Policy Editor. From Orb/Start, Run > gpedit.msc. Goto User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer, select Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer Search box and Enable the policy. This might require a restart. From next time you will not see recent search entries.

To disable the preview in taskbar go to Windows Registry, navigate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced, create or edit DWORD value DisablePreviewWindow and set its value to 1. Restart the machine to take affect.

To listen music from internet radio, using Windows Meda Player, goto Orb/Start > Run and execute wmplayer. This will open Windows Media Player. Click on Media Guide button and click on Internet Radio. Select the Stream Speed and station. Click on Listen to hear your choice of music.

Use the God Mode in Windows 7 to access most of the settings of Windows. To access Gode Mode, create a new folder and rename to GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. Now double click to access most of your settings from single location.
You can rename the folder according to your choice but append the exact GUID value .{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} is important.

Like Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, you can add Shutdown Event Tracker when you shutdown Windows 7 machine. Click on Start/Orb button, type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter. This will open Group Policy Editor. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System. From left pane look for Display Shutdown Event Tracker setting. Enable the policy. Next time when you shutdown machine, shut down dialog box will appear with Shutdown Event Tracker.

To change the name of Guest account in Windows 7, Go to Start/Orb Button > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. Under Local Security Policy go to Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options and under Policy on the left side select Accounts: Rename guest account. Change the name of the account according to your choice.

Click on Start/Orb button, type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter. This will open Group Policy Editor. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar. From left pane look for Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands setting. Enable the policy. The setting goes into effect right away for all users of the machine. The button to turn off the computer if the user hits Ctrl+Alt+Del will be gone as well. This policy setting prevents users from performing the following commands from the Start menu or Windows Security screen: Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate. This policy setting does not prevent users from running Windows-based programs that perform these functions. If you enable this policy setting, the Power button and the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands are removed from the Start menu. The Power button is also removed from the Windows Security screen, which appears when you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

To display a message before logging, goto Run > type Regedit and press OK. This will open Windows Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System. On RHS double click on legalnoticetext key. Type you message here. The message you type here, will be displayed during next boot.

To display a message caption before logging, goto Run > type Regedit and press OK. This will open Windows Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System. On RHS double click on legalnoticecaption key. Type you message here. The message you type here, will be displayed during next boot.

From Run windows, type command cmd /k echo %processor_architecture% and press enter. Command Windows will appear and display processor architecture. Eg: x86.