How to Prevent themes from changing Desktop icons

Allow or Prevent themes from changing Desktop icons in Windows 7

We all like to customize the feel and look of our Desktop in Windows Operating System. Users like to change themes, windows colors, icons, mouse pointers, desktop wallpapers and even more to give it a cool new look.

In Windows Operating System one of the most popular customization option is the themes. Changing a theme in Windows involves changing the color, desktop wallpaper, sounds, mouse pointers and maybe icons. If you want to prevent the theme from changing your desktop icons, you can prevent by doing few simple steps.

Prevent themes from changing Desktop icons

1. Right-click on an empty area on your Windows desktop, and click on Personalize.

2. The Personalization settings app will open. Click on Change Desktop Icons in the left panel.

 

3. Under Desktop Icon Settings dialog box, Uncheck the Allow themes to change desktop icons option,



5. Click on Apply/OK.

6. Close the Personalization window and allow the changes to take effect.

Now no theme will be able to change your favorite icons automatically.

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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.

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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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HOW TO AUTOMATICALLY LOGON TO WINDOWS 8

If You don’t want to enter a Microsoft account password every time you boot your windows 8, you can bypass the windows 8 password screen just follow it

1. Hold down the Windows key and then tap X (Win -x ) and click on Command Prompt (Admin).

2. In command prompt window type control user passwords2 then press ENTER.

3. After that will appear User Accounts dialog where you need to uncheck the box marked Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.

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Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive for Installing Windows 10

Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive for Installing Windows 10

For those who have downloaded the technical preview of Windows 10 or are going to download the OS when it releases in the future, here’s how you use the ISO file of windows 10 to create a Bootable windows 10 ISO USB Flash Drive. 

Before we go ahead with creating aBootable USB Flash Drive for installing windows 10, here’s what you will be needing.

First of all, you will have to download a ISO image of Windows 10.

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