How To Install windows drivers Manually

What Is Drivers?

A driver is software that allows your computer to communicate with hardware or devices. Without drivers, the hardware you connect to your computer—for example, a video card or a printer—won't work properly. At times, hardware might not work properly either due to being corrupted by a virus or incorrectly updated software. 

How to take backup of System Registry

What is Registry?

 

Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components and for running applications.

The data stored in the registry varies according to the version of Microsoft Windows.

Note :- You should not edit registry data that does not belong to your application unless it is absolutely necessary. If there is an error in the registry, your system may not function properly.

Before you make changes to a registry key or subkey, we recommend that you export, or make a backup copy, of the key or subkey. You can save the backup copy to a location you specify, such as a folder on your hard disk or a removable storage device. If you make changes that you want to undo, you can import the backup copy.

How to Take Backup Of Windows Registry?

Windows 8.1 and Windows 8

1. Press Windows Key on Keyboard and start typing in Search Box.

2. In the Search Box, type regedit.exe, and then press Enter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3. In Registry Editor, locate and click the registry key or subkey that you want to back up.
Click File > Export.

4. In the Export Registry File dialog box, select the location where you want to save the backup copy to, and then type a name for the backup file in the File name field.

5. Click Save.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe in the search box, and then press Enter. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

2. In Registry Editor, locate and click the registry key or subkey that you want to back up.
Click File > Export.

3. In the Export Registry File dialog box, select the location where you want to save the backup copy to, and then type a name for the backup file in the File name field.

4. Click Save.

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Remove Shortcut Icon Arrow in Windows 7

Remove Windows 7 Shortcut Icon Arrow

While the arrow is useful for differentiating between a shortcut and original file or an application, Shortcuts point to files or programs that are stored elsewhere on your hard drive. If you drag and drop a program from start menu to the desktop, you create a shortcut to the original program. To make it clear that it's a shortcut and not the original file, Windows displays an arrow in the lower-left corner of the icon. Since you don’t put shortcuts anywhere except the Desktop or Start menu it isn’t too hard to manage them.

If you don't like the arrows, you can turn them off by editing the Windows Registry or using the free software available. Here is how you get rid of that arrow.

Get Rid of The Windows 7 Shortcut Arrows (Using Regedit.exe):

This method involves manually editing the Windows registry. If you aren’t comfortable with this or editing the registry you might want to use Software freely available to download.

Note : Please take backup of Registry or create a System Restore Point before doing the changes.

Steps :-

1. Click the Start Menu, Type regedit into the search box.

2. Browse to the following registry key:

KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons

If the Shell Icons key does not exist you’ll need to create it. To do so Right-Click the Explorer key and Select New > Key.

Be sure to exactly name the new key Shell Icons.

3. In the Left pane Right Click on the Shell Icons key and Select New > String Value. Name the new string as "29" (Without Quotes).

4. Right or Double-Click the 29 entry to modify it. In the value data box enter the following:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\shell32.dll,50

5. Click OK to Save changes.

6. You needs to restart your computer for the settings to take effect.

Done!

Now all of your shortcuts should now longer have an arrow overlay in the bottom-left corner!

Revert The Settings :

To change this back simply go back to the registry key and delete the 29 entry.

Note : Please take backup of Registry or create a System Restore Point before doing the changes.

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Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device

Sometimes when you try to safely eject your USB drive or Hard drive, you might see a warning message “ This device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and then try again. “

The Windows “Safely Remove Hardware” feature lets you know when you can unplug your USB devices. This feature is used in OS to save you from corrupting any files on Flash Drive. Sometimes when trying to unplug your device you may get this message:



This message clearly states that the designated USB device is being used by your PC. But windows doesn’t have any feature that allows us to view the program or process that is making use of the USB flash drive.

In this situation, forcefully removing the USB storage device might be your only option but doing this can permanently damage it. So the only way you can safely eject your USB storage device will be to find and kill the program or service that is using it.

How to Fix ” This device is currently in use ” Error?

How you can find out services and programs that are using your USB flash drive or any other external storage device and stop them. This problem is usually caused because a program you might not expect is accessing the drive in the background. More....

Extended Control Panel Settings

Windows 7 God Mode

Obviously It is not the simple control panel settings, it contains some of the good options like "Add Clock for different time zone" and "Login Credentials" and stuff like that.

Steps..

This is very easy one.

1. Create a new folder anywhere you like. 

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