Get Windows 8 Start button in Windows 7

Windows 8 is the next major release of Microsoft and Windows 7 is the successfully running OS in most of the computers today. The one who is interested in changing the Start button of Windows 7 to make it look as Windows 8 start button, then below are the steps to carry on.

Steps:-

• Download this Windows 8 metro pack from here.

• Extract the .zip file you downloaded.

• Now download Windows 7 Start Orb Changer utility from here and extract this file.

• Open Windows 7 Start Orb Changer utility and then click on Change button and browse to Windows 8 metro pack extracted folder and select big.bmp.

This will automatically replace the old Start button with new button. Once done, you will see “The Start orb has been changed successfully” message.

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Solution for Msvcp71.dll And Msvcr71.dll Missing Error In Windows 7

When we try to run some program, windows will show error "The program can't start because MSVCP71.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem" or "The program can't start because MSVCR71.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem".

Solution for above problems under Windows 7 32-Bit OS is

• Download this file.


• Unzip and copy files to Windows/System32 folder.

Solution for above problems under Windows 7 64-Bit OS is

• Download this file.


• Unzip and copy files to  Windows/SysWOW64 folder.

Problem solved :)  Please do comment if you are helped with this article.

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How to lock and protect folders in windows 7/vista

Do you want to lock  your important folders in Windows 7 or Vista? If you are an administrator and have multiple accounts set up in Windows 7 / Vista, then you can block few important folders so that they can not be accessed by other users. Every time the blocked folder will be accessed, Therefore the folder will be locked permanently unless you don’t remove the lock yourself.

To lock a folder, right-click on that folder and select Properties and click Edit as shown in the screenshot below.

A new window will pop-up, now under “Group and User Names”, select the user from the list whom you want to deny access to a specific folder, now under “Permissions for Users” check the Deny checkbox next to Modify(all other checkbox will get ticked automatically) as shown in the screenshot below.

Click OK and then click Yes when a Windows Security window will pops-up as shown in the screenshot below

Now click OK again and you are done. Now the specific user that you selected from the list will be denied access to this folder.

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Windows 8 transformation pack for windows 7

There are lots of Windows 8 Transformation Pack around the web, in which some are really beautiful. Well Windows 8 Milestone has been leaked on web. Many testers get it installed and found many features along with new Windows 8 Wallpaper.

In this Transformation Pack you will get newely designed Windows start button with designed taskbar, system icons are changed, new logon screen, new Boot screen and many other features. Windows 8 Transformation Pack is designed to help you to get Windows 8 appearance in your Windows 7 computer without having Windows 8.

Link for downloading Windows 8 transformation pack...

http://www.ziddu.com/download/8397239/Themes.zip.html

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