The Disk Defragmenter is a piece of software included in Windows 7, designed to increase access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, a technique commonly known as defragmenting. The purpose is to optimize the time it takes to read and write files to/from the disk by minimizing head travel time and maximizing the transfer rate.

Tutorial tags: disk, defragment, windows 7

Since Windows Vista and now in Windows 7, the Administrator account is by default disable as a security measure. This is not a bad thing for people who don't know about the Administrator account, like back in Windows XP they forget to set a password, rendering their system vulnerable to attacks, but for those experienced users who need the account, this is how to enable it and even how to rename it, just to be safe!

Tutorial tags: administrator, account, windows 7

Sticky Notes became more easy to use and more customizable. If you need some way to add notes on your desktop with appointments, phone numbers or just your shopping list, Sticky Notes can help.

Tutorial tags: sticky notes, features, windows 7

When you minimize or maximize a window in Windows 7, you can see a fast animation. There is a way to delay that animation, like to play it in slow motion when you keep your shift key pressed. Here's how you do it!

Tutorial tags: theme, interface, slow, delay

A few things you should know about the new Action Center in Windows 7.

Tutorial tags: action center, windows 7

This is how you can have a custom slide show instead of your regular wallpaper as desktop background.

Tutorial tags: aero, windows 7, background

If you have a good anti-virus software and you want to save some useful resources you can safely remove Windows Defender.

Tutorial tags: disable, defender, windows 7

HomeGroup is a new feature of Windows 7. If you don't want to share files with your home network you can disable this feature and gain some resources too.

Tutorial tags: windows 7, feature, homegroup

If you don't use the Windows Vista Sidebar and its Gadgets and you want to save some useful resources, then this is how you do it.

Tutorial tags: windows 7, sidebar, gadgets

If you don't like the new Windows 7 taskbar, you can always revert to the old order and make it look like the one from Windows Vista.
When you get to the part where you create the quick launch toolbar, this is what you paste in the address: "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch". What we forgot in the video because we thought is implied is that you must hit Enter after pasting the address. Good luck!

Tutorial tags: windows 7, taskbar