Hidden Windows 7 themes

Windows 7 Themes and wallpapers are amazing as compared to previous versions of windows.
But do u know that it has several hidden & locked themes provided for regional countries such as Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa.
You can even use there themes..
different ways to find default themes in your system which are alerady available

Easiest way to  Unhide Windows 7 hidden locked Themes:

  1. Navigate to \Windows\Globalization\MCT. (mct is a hidden folder)
  2. Open a MCT-(AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) folder for the regional theme that you want.
  3. Open the Theme folder in the selected region folder.
  4. Select the .theme file to use it.
  5. Enjoy your new themes.

Using windows 7 Search

  1. Go to \Windows\winsxs Directory
  2. Search for *.theme.
  3. you will get all the themes which are available in system.simply click and open the files.

Editing the registry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\InstalledThemes\MCT]
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Theme\\AU.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Theme\\CA.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Theme\\GB.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Theme\\US.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Theme\\ZA.theme”=””
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers\KnownFolders\Windows Wallpapers\MergeFolders]
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Wallpaper”=””

Note: copy the above text and paste in a notepad and save it with.reg extension and open it and add to registry


Now you can access all themes by right clicking on desktop and personalize settings.





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Microsoft PIVOT

This is Microsoft Live labs’ another great experiment called “Pivot”. Its nothing but an Internet browser which works on the basis of Internet Explorer 8(only ie 8 and vista or windows7))
but with the new attractive looks and cool features. Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun.
A concept just like windows media center which is used to organize media in our PC
This project is in BETA stage and it requires an invitation code to install this product
Download related video (size-24MB  quality-SD source-http://www.getpivot.com/ )
More information available here


 

Microsoft pivot at a close look:

System Requirements

Recommended System Configuration: Windows 7 with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) processor, 2 gigabytes of random access memory.
Supported System Configuration: Windows Vista with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
Pivot is supported only on US English-based operating systems with US English date and time formats.
Graphics Card Requirements: at least 256 megabytes of video memory. Pivot does not support Intel integrated video chipsets without additional acceleration hardware.
Pivot requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Internet Explorer 8. Pivot will import your browsing history from Internet Explorer and Firefox during installation.
Windows XP is not supported at this time. Pivot is not compatible with Windows Server Editions.


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Record Steps in Windows 7(used to to Reproduce a Problem)

In Windows 7 if you have any problems and you are not sure how to solve it then you can capture the steps to recreate the problem using in-built tool. This allows the user to send it as a single page with all the screenshots and steps to a friend who know how to solve it or to the customer support for any programs.
Go to Start and type Problem Steps in the search. (then open the "record steps to reproduce problem" in results)
The original location of this program is in control panel->troubleshooting.

watch an example output for this   (if u cant see the result page download as a zip file and open in "INTERNET EXPLORER")

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Fake Antivirus Softwares

These following antivirus softwares are not real and they dont even scan your computer but says that virus is present in your computer and these softwares are itself a virus

  1. Total Security,
  2. System Security,
  3. Windows Protection Suite, 
  4. Windows Police Pro, 
  5. GreenAV, and 
  6. MS Antispyware 2009.

if u see any of the above programs dont download and install them.These are VIRUS not ANTIVIRUS
if u find any related fake softwares post me at just_thambyz@yahoo.co.in

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