How To Make Windows 7 like windows 10

Windows 10 offers a number of benefits over its predecessors, including improved boot and wake-from-sleep times, the ability to run Universal apps, the Cortana voice assistant and Xbox game streaming. It even has a Start Menu, a key feature  that is infamously missing from Windows 8. But what if you like the improved performance and features of Windows 10, but you prefer the look and feel of Windows 7? While you can't make everything look identical to Microsoft's old operating system, you can change many key elements, including the Start Menu, wallpaper and taskbar.

I. Install a New Start Menu

Windows 10 brings back the Start Menu . . . sort of. While there is a Start Menu, it's very different from the one in Windows 7 and you may not like the differences. Instead of providing a list of icons and folders, the new Start Menu has a set of flashy, but space-wasting, live tiles on its right side and a list of frequently used apps on the left side. You can add live tiles, but you cannot pin a simple icon to the left side like you could in Windows 7 and XP. Fortunately, you can install a third-party Start Menu that looks and functions the way you want it to. There are a couple of Windows 10-compatible Start apps out there, but we like Classic Shell, because it's free and very customizable.

1. Download and install Classic Shell version 4.2.2 or higher. As of this writing is 4.2.2 is in beta and available for download from the Classic Shell forums. Earlier versions don't work properly with Windows 10.

2. Deselect Classic Explorer and Classic IE during the install process. You can try those programs if you want, but we didn't find them particularly useful

3. Open Classic Start Menu settings. If Classic Shell is already running, you will see a Shell icon in the lower right corner and can right click it and select settings. Otherwise, you can search for "Classic Start Menu Settings."

4. Check Show All Settings  if it is not already checked.

5. Navigate to the Start Menu Style tab and select Windows 7 Style if it is not already selected.

6. Download the Windows 7 Start button image  from this thread if you want your Start button to look authentic. There are several custom buttons available. Then navigate to the Start Button tab, select Custom button and browse to the image. If you don't see a Start Button tab, make sure Show All Settings is checked.

7. Navigate to the Skin tab and select Windows Aero from the pulldown menu.

8. Click Ok. Your Start Menu should look something like this.

II. Hide the Cortana / Search Box

On its taskbar, Windows 10 has a prominent search box which invokes Cortana when you click in it. While this box is actually quite useful, it doesn't exist in Windows 7 so you may want to get rid of it. Besides, if you install Classic Shell or another Start Menu replacement, that will come with its own built-in search box. To hide the Cortana box:

1.  Right click on the search box. A context menu appears.

2. Select Hidden from the Cortana menu.

III. Get Rid of the Lock Screen

 The Windows 10 lock screen you get when you boot up or wake from sleep looks attractive but wastes your time. You have to click or swipe to get rid of it, and then you still get hit with the login prompt. In Windows 7, you boot straight to login prompt and you can do the same in Windows 10 if you make a simple registry edit.

1. Hit Windows +R to bring up the Run dialog.

2. Type "regedit" and hit Enter.

 

3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows in the registry tree.

4. Right click in the right pane and select New > Key. A new key (looks like a folder) appears in the left pane.

5. Rename the key to Personalization and select it.

6. Right click and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value in the right pane.

7. Rename the new value to "NoLockScreen."

8. Double click on it, set the value to 1 and click Ok.

IV. Add Windows 7 Wallpaper

Nothing makes a computer look like Windows 7 more than using the default Windows 7 wallpaper with the bright blue background and the giant Windows logo in the middle.

1. Acquire the Windows 7 wallpaper. Windows 10 doesn't come with the old wallpaper, but you can get it a couple of ways. If you still have access to a computer with Windows 7 on it, you'll find the wallpaper at C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg. You can also download the wallpaper from various places that have posted it online, including here.

2. Right click on your desktop and select Personalize.

3. Click the Browse button and select the wallpaper file.

 V. Give the Window Bars Colors

Windows 10 allows applications to select their own title bar colors, but most programs don't have a custom color set and end up with a depressingly bland white bar. While you can't get back the transparent aero effect in title bars, you can make them show a nice Windows 7 blue. Here's how.

1. Download the Themes.rar file.

2. Extract the colored.theme file and colored folder to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes. You will need to install an application that open .rar files. 7-Zip is a good free choice.

3. Double click on colored theme. Your computer will take a second to switch themes and your windows will now have title bars that match the overall Windows accent color. If you're happy with the title bar color you get, you can skip the following steps. However, you can also control the accent color to make it more Windows 7-like.

4. Right Click on the desktop and select Personalization.

5. Select Colors from the left pane.

6. Toggle "Automatically pick an accent color from my background" to off if you want to choose a custom color. Or leave it / toggle it to on to have it change colors based on your wallpaper.

7. Select a color if you chose to pick a custom color. We recommend the dark blue in the second row for the most Windows 7-like shade.

VI. Replace Edge with Internet Explorer

Windows 7 came with Internet Explrorer as its default browser, with the IE icon pinned to the taskar. If you don't like Edge browser, Chrome or Firefox, you can easily go back to using Internet Explorer as your default browser in Windows 10.

1. Right click on the Edge browser taskbar icon and select Unpin.

2. Search for Internet Explorer in the search bar. By the time you type Internet, you should see the icon for it.

3. Right click on the Internet Explorer icon and select Pin to Taskbar. The IE logo will appear on your taskbar. You might want to drag it to the left so it sits next to the Start button.

4. Launch Internet Explorer.

5. Select Internet Options from the menu.

6. Navigate to the Programs tab and click "Make Internet Explorer the default browser." A new window opens with a list of programs.

7. Select Internet Explorer in the left pane and click "Set this program as default."

8. Click Ok.

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MAKE A BOOTABLE USB STICK ON UBUNTU

To create a USB stick from which you can install Ubuntu, you must first download Ubuntu. Then, follow these instructions:

1. Insert a USB stick with at least 2GB of free space 
2. Open the dash and search for Startup Disk Creator.
3. Select the Startup Disk Creator to launch the app.
   
4. Click 'Other' to choose the downloaded ISO file.
5. Select the file and click 'Open'.
   
6. Select the USB stick in the bottom box and click 'Make Startup Disk'.
   
7. That’s it! When the process completes, you’ll be ready to restart your computer and begin installing Ubuntu.

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MAKE A BOOTABLE LINUX MINT ON WINDOWS

1.  Download Linux Mint

The current version of Linux Mint is version 17. 

To get Linux Mint 17 visit http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php.

There are a number of download options available and the one you choose to download will be based on the specifications of your host machine.

If you have a new and modern computer then click on the link for Cinnamon. If you have a 64-bit computer click on the 64-bit link otherwise click the 32-bit link. If after following this guide you decide that Cinnamon isn't your thing then try again but go for the KDE version.

If you have an older computer then click on the link for MATE. Again if you have a 64-bit computer click on the 64-bit link otherwise click the 32-bit link. If after following this guide you decide that MATE isn't your thing then try out the XFCE version.

Ignore the links with no codecs and the OEM versions.

When you get to the download page click on the link of the server that is closest to you.

The download of the Linux Mint ISO should start and depending on your speed can take some time. 

2. Create a bootable USB drive

Insert a blank USB drive into your computer.

To create a bootable USB drive the tool that I advocate using is the Universal USB Installer from www.pendrivelinux.com.

Follow the above link for pendrive Linux and scroll half way down the page until you see the "Download UUI" link. Click on the download link and wait for the program to download.

When the download has completed double click on the executable.

When the license agreement screen appears read it and then click "I Agree" if you accept the license.

Creating the drive is fairly straight forward.

The first thing to do is choose your distribution of choice, in this case Linux Mint, from the dropdown list.

Click on the "Browse" button. Find the downloaded Linux Mint ISO.

Select your chosen USB drive letter and make sure that the "We will format" option is checked.

At this point you can create the USB drive so that it persists data. This makes it possible to install software when using the live Linux Mint version and it will still be available the next time you boot from the USB drive.

Click "Create" to continue.

A summary screen will tell you what is about to happen.

Basically your USB drive is about to be completely wiped and Linux Mint is about to be installed as a live image to it.

If you are happy to continue click "Yes".

You will now see a progress bar showing how far through the process the installer is and how long it is expected to last.

The last

Reboot your computer and Linux Mint should now boot from the live USB.

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YOU KNOW WHAT IS INTERNET

Understanding the Internet? Internet itself is derived from the word - (interconnectionnetworking), an entire global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite ( TCP / IP ) to serve billions of users worldwide . When the Internet ( the letter 'I ' huge ) computer systems is common, since globally and using TCP / IP as the packet exchange protocol ( packet switching communication protocol ) . Internet is the largest series of so-called Internet . How to connect a series with Siwak is called internetworking .

while understanding the internet in terms of science , the Internet is a huge library of which there are millions ( even billions ) of information or data that can be text ,
graphics , animation and audio as well as others in the form of electronic media . Everyone can visit the library anytime and from anywhere , if viewed in terms of communication , the internet is a tool that is very effective and efficient to exchange information distance and short distance , such as in an office environment , where education , relevant agencies .

Increasing number of users access the internet is very reasonable once , now the internet is not only used as a means of communication or a means of finding information , but also has been used as a means to make money . Internet access tariff rates were now also cheaper when compared to a few years ago . and user access to the Internet is not just people who are in urban areas , people living in rural areas were also able to access the internet .

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QUICK WAY TO MAKE BOOTABLE WINDOWS 7

The fastest way to install windows 7 is from a bootable usb drive. You can cut the install time down to around 15 minutes compared with 30-40 via DVD if you use a fast drive.
 People still asking me to explain what is the best way to do this as many of the guides online are too complex, or require third party software which doesn’t always work as they supposed to.
 With this BootableUSB guide all you need to ensure is that your motherboard supports USB booting, and this is a common feature now for most of the computers.
 Today I am going to publish a step by step guide which works perfectly and doesn’t require any additional tools – I have been doing it for some time now to create bootable Windows install drives.
 You need to get hold of a fast USB 2.0 flash drive. It doesn’t need to be 32GB or bigger,however, all you need is a 4GB unit. The faster it is, the better.

 What you need:
– Windows 7 DVD install disc or ISO image
– USB Drive (4GB+ and as fast as you can get)
– Running Windows Operating system
– Working set of hands and eyes
– A few minutes of your life
 Plug in your USB drive in the USB port:
 
 Before going any further, make sure you have removed any important files on your drive to a safe location, what we are about to do next is to erase the entire contents of the drive.
Insert your DVD of Windows 7 into the computer, but don’t start the normal install process.
Open your ‘My Computer’ and make a note of the drive numbers of both the USB drive and the DVD drive with Windows 7 files on it.
 
 As you can see from the image above, the DVD drive is drive has letter D assigned and the USB drive is E.
Open the command prompt with admin rights. Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Shift+Ctrl+Enter.
To keep things really easy, if you see text in upper case, it means this is what you type into the command prompt (you don’t need to type in upper case).
 
 Next type : 
 DISKPART
 this loads the diskpart application we need to proceed
 Then type
 LIST DISK
 the image above shows our 32 GB USB drive is listed as DISK 2
 so you have to type
 SELECT DISK 2 (your USB Drive may have a different number, don’t follow exactly this text it depends on your usb drive)
 You will get a successful response “Disk 2 is now the selected disk”
 
 Next we want to clean the USB drive
 Type:
 CLEAN
 you will get a successful response ‘DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk”.
 
 After the drive is cleaned follow the list in the image above (detailed below in list order) – you can also note the successful text responses from the OS as you enter each command.
 SELECT DISK 2 (or what number your USB drive has)
 CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
 SELECT PARTITION 1
 ACTIVE
 FORMAT FS=NTFS
 Formatting can take a little time depending on the size of the drive, our 32GB unit took about 10 minutes to format - you will see a percentage readout until it is finished.
 
 Next type:
 ASSIGN
 EXIT (DISK PART will exit)
 Type D: CD BOOT (substitute the “D” if necessary with the letter of your Windows 7 DVD drive)
 then key
 CD BOOT
 then
 BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E: (substitute the “E” if necessary with the letter of your now ready USB drive) – we are telling the system to create a boot sector file on the USB drive.
 Now you can exit the command prompt and copy all the files on the Windows 7 DVD to the USB drive.
 Once this step is finished you’ll be ready to boot from this drive, all you need to do is configure your motherboard bios setup to boot first from USB rather than hard drive or optical drive. If you don’t know how to do this, refer to your specific motherboard manual or search the internet.
 Now, Windows 7 installation should take between 40% and 60% of the time it does from the DVD disc.

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