Saturday, June 4, 2011

How to Activate the God Mode in Windows 7 [download os]

The Control Panel in Windows 7 is a great improvement over its Vista and XP predecessors, but it is still far from perfect. Considering it is boldly name a ‘control’ panel, there are still many things that users are unable to actually access from this folder. Admittedly, not everyone wants to control every aspect of their Operating System and have an all-in-one master access, but for those that require more command over the Window 7 features, there is a way to create an all-seeing Control Panel.
Activating the God Mode
Calling this ‘God Mode’ is probably a bit dramatic and over the top, but what this feature does allow you to do is to create a single folder where you should be able to access everything you could ever want. The good news is that Microsoft have made is very simple to turn on this feature and create a ‘King of all Folders’.
Here’s what to do:
Create a new folder and then rename it ‘God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}’. You do not actually have to use ‘God Mode’ for the initial part of the rename, you could call it whatever you want, it’s the ‘.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}’ that’s important. Make sure you include the full stop “.” after your folder name and enclose the extension in curly brackets “{}”as shown. The extension must be identical to the example.
Now hit ‘Enter’ to confirm the rename and you will see that the extension has disappeared, leaving only the title that you chose for this new folder. Double-click the folder to access and you will start to see why it has been labelled ‘God Mode’.
The folder has been automatically populated with over 260 separate actions that can be accessed from this one folder. There are shortcuts to the various functions for Power Options, the Action Centre, user accounts, the Network and Sharing Centre, Windows 7 troubleshooting and a whole host of other goodies.
If you are the type of person who enjoys having total control and everything right at your fingertips, all in one handy, easily accessible place – this great little Windows 7 trick should be right up your control-freak street. The Control Panel has now finally become a ‘total control’ panel.

Friday, June 3, 2011

How to Use Windows Vista and Windows 7 in Any Language You Want [download os]

Since Windows XP, multilingual computing has become considerably easier to achieve. With the Ultimate and Enterprise versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, you can choose from a wide variety of interface languages. This is especially useful for those whose native language is not yet available in an off-the-shelf copy of Windows. It is also useful for those who have an English language edition of Windows but want to be able to use the operating system in their own language.
Multilingual user interfaces are also an essential in environments where there are different users of the same computers who need to work in different languages. This is made possible because you can install any number of interface languages you want. Each user account can have its own interface language. Different interface languages are also available for Microsoft Office. All of the language packs available for Windows are provided free for supported operating systems.
For Windows 7 and Windows Vista, there are two types of language packs available. The MUI (multilingual user interface) packs are available only for the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of these operating systems. They can be downloaded via Windows update as optional extras. There are 34 MUI language packs available for Windows 7. These are available for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows and will work with any original language of the copy of Windows that you have. The MUIs translate the vast majority of the Windows interface (including help files) into the target language.
The other type of language pack available is the LIP (language interface pack). These are smaller installation files for less common languages and they will work on any edition of Windows. They do, however, have specific requirements regarding the original language of your copy of Windows (usually English). LIPs only translate the more commonly used parts of the user interface. There are many LIPs available for more obscure languages from Armenian to Welsh.
Every user account can have its own language. To change the language for the user account that you are currently logged in on, simply go to the control panel and click the ‘Change display language’ link. In the classic start menu, this can be found in the ‘Keyboards and Languages’ tab when you double click on the ‘Region and Language’ icon. You can install or uninstall new languages from here as well as select the interface language from the ones available. For the language interface to change, you only need to log off and back on again. You do not need to restart the computer.