Most of you have already downloaded and installed Windows 7 RC build which was released to public yesterday. If you have not downloaded it yet, then grab your copy now and start enjoying it.
Here we would like to mention a few things which you should do after installing Windows 7 RC build:
1. Download Free Windows 7 Guides and Videos from Microsoft
Microsoft is offering a few free guides and videos which can help you in understanding Windows 7 better. So don't forget to take a look at these goodies:
Learn More About Windows 7 Using Free Guides from Microsoft
2. Make Windows 7 Faster
Although Windows 7 is already very fast but we can make it a bit more fast by disabling unnecessary services, startup items and animations. You should take a look at following tutorial:
Master Tutorial to Make Your Windows 7 Super Fast
3. Customize Windows 7 Login Screen
Windows 7 allows you to easily change the Login Screen (or Welcome Screen) using Windows registry. You even don't need any 3rd party software for it. So change the login screen background with your favorite picture:
Windows 7 Supports Login Screen Customization Without 3rd Party Software
4. Remove Unwanted Windows Components
You can completely remove Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Windows Search and many other Windows components in Windows 7 which was not possible in previous Windows versions:
Windows 7 Allows to Remove IE, WMP and Many Other Windows Components
5. Organize Taskbar Buttons
Did you know you can move Taskbar buttons to change their positions? Windows 7 allows you to re-arrange taskbar buttons:
Did You Know You can Move Taskbar Buttons in Windows 7?
6. Link your Windows User Account with your Windows Live ID
If you have a Windows Live ID, you can link your Windows 7 user account with your Windows Live ID to start communication between various computers:
How to Link Your Windows 7 User Account with Windows Live ID
7. Search AskVG within Windows 7 Explorer
You can add AskVG link in Windows 7 Explorer and can start searching for AskVG articles within your Explorer:
Download AskVG Search Connector for Windows 7 Federated Search
8. Show Titlebar Text in Windows 7 Explorer
Windows 7 doesn't show Titlebar text in Explorer. If you want to enable it, you can use a small utility mentioned in following article:
How to Show Titlebar Text in Windows 7 Explorer?
9. Change Startmenu Power Button Action
By default, Windows 7 Startmenu power button is set to "Hibernate". If you want to change it to Shutdown or anything else, you can follow this tutorial:
How to Customize Power Button Action in Windows 7 Start Menu?
10. Become Familiar with Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts
Learn all useful keyboard shortcuts which can make your Windows 7 experience better and easier:
Some Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7
11. Customize System Tray Clock
Windows 7 shows both date and time in system tray clock. You can customize it to show Day and Month names as well.
How to Show Day and Month Names in System Tray Date in Windows 7
How to Show AM / PM Symbols in System Tray Clock in Windows 7
12. Get Classic Thin Taskbar Back
If you don't like the new Superbar, you can get the classic thin Taskbar back:
How to Get the Old Thin Taskbar Buttons with Text in Windows 7?
13. Get Windows Media Player Taskbar Toolbar Back
Windows Media Player in Windows 7 doesn't contain the mini Taskbar toolbar. If you are missing it, you can get it back using following tutorial:
How to Get Windows Media Player (WMP) Taskbar Toolbar Back in Windows 7?
14. Get Classic Wordpad and Paint Back
Windows 7 contains new redesigned Wordpad and Paint applications which provide Ribbon interface. If you are not used to this new interface, you can get classic Wordpad and Paint back using following tutorials:
How to Get the Good Old Wordpad (without Ribbons) Working in Windows 7?
How to Get the Good Old MS Paint (without Ribbons) Working in Windows 7?
15. Get "Quick Launch" Toolbar and "Show Desktop" button Back
Microsoft has removed the "Quick Launch" toolbar from Taskbar. That's why you can't even access the "Show Desktop" button. You can get both things back using following tutorials:
How to Get the Good Old “Quick Launch” Toolbar Back in Windows 7?
How to Get the Good Old “Show Desktop” Feature Back in Windows 7?
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VG
^^ How much RAM do you have? Is it 1 GB or more? Also try to extract the ISO file using 7-ZIp and then run setup.exe file to install Windows 7.
shariq
I have a 2 GB RAM. A core 2 duo processor, and a 160 GB HD. The upgrade advisor said everything was ok.
I used WINRAR, btw. Not good enough?
VG
^^ Your configuration is OK but I'll advise you to extract the ISO using 7-zip. Or burn the ISO on a DVD and then install it.
Shariq
Doesn't work! It has to be the download then. I'll download it a third time then.
I even tried mounting the ISO. No luck... thanks for yr help, VG.
JohnG
Time to learn how to edit some themes. Last final exam was today, so I got til August 20 to do anything I want. So VG, you got any links to preferred links to tutorials on learning on messing with visual styles? I presume I should be using resource hacker. Thanks. Or I could wait til RTM, but what fun would that be?
Shariq
It was IDM! it didn't download the files properly, i used the normal microsoft's java down manager and it worked! i installed it today! Thanks VG!
VG
^^ Glad to know.
@JohnG
Yup. You should wait for the RTM. It might have a different msstyles structure.
JohnG
I did it!! I went into the msstyle with restorator 2007 and replaced the taskbar png with the ones from beta and wala! Perfection. No coding, just drag and drop. Took my 12 days to understand visual styles, but I did it with no help. Noobs rule!!
Faux
Actually, there IS a Show Desktop button. It's at the very bottom right beside the clock!
Shahnawaz
Windows 7 RC contains Windows 7 ringtones in the following folder
%programdata%/Microsoft/Windows/ringtones.
There are 10 ringtones files in wma format.