How To Disable Services In Windows 7

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There are several unnecessary services that run in the background and take enough amount of system resources.

A service is an application type that runs in the system background without a user interface. Services provide core operating system features, such as web serving, event logging, file serving, printing, cryptography, and error reporting.

Many of time, you might want to disable one or more services to free up some system resources. For example, you can safely disable Print Spooler service if your system is not connected to a printer. Not to mention that disabling unnecessary services will speedup your Windows as well.

So, here is how to disable a service in Windows 7:

1. Type services.msc in Start menu search box and hit enter to open Services window.

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2. Once the Services windows is opened, locate the service that you want to disable.

3. Double-click on the particular service to open Properties.

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4. Under the General tab, change Startup type of the service to Disabled to disable the particular service and then click Apply button to save the change.

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5. You are done!

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Posted September 2, 2010 – 4:38 pm in: Themes








After releasing six beautiful Windows 7 themes last week, the team behind Windows 7 personalization gallery is back with four new themes. Yes, the gallery has been updated again with new Taiwanese art themes and are ready to download now.

Choobies

Daydream

The four new themes are: Choobies, Daydream, LotsBears, and Nicole Doll. All these themes come with high-resolution (1900 x 1200) wallpapers.

LotsBears

Nicole Doll

Download and double-click on the theme file to apply













Posted September 2, 2010 – 9:55 pm in: Google Chrome








Four months after the release of Chrome 5.0 and three weeks after the release of 6.0 beta, the stable version of Chrome 6.0.472.53 is ready to download now to celebrate its second anniversary.

Google Chrome 6 Stable

As we have mentioned before in the Chrome 6.0 beta release post, Chrome 6.0 brings slight visual changes to toolbar and omnibox. Along with the old bookmarks, preferences, and themes, one can also sync Autofill data and extensions with this version of Chrome browser.

 

According to the official Chrome blog, Chrome 6.0 is three times

In Windows 7, changing a theme (themepack) is very simple even for a novice user. So, if you are sharing your user account with your family members or friends, you might want to prevent others from changing your favorite theme.

Prevent Users From Changing Windows 7 Theme step5

You can use any of the two methods given below to prevent others from changing your account theme. In the first method, we use the Local Group Policy Editor which is available only in Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions. And the second method can be used in all editions of Windows 7.

Method 1:

1. Type gpedit.msc in Start menu search area and hit enter to open Local Group Policy Editor… Continue reading

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