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Update! Windows 7 Beta download extend to Feb 10th, 2009. Via WTB

Today is the last day of unlimited Microsoft Windows 7 Beta download. To celebrate this closing date after remove the initial 2.5 million limit, here is the hot Windows 7 tips and trick from me which been collected from many source on the net.

Windows Media Player 12 - MP3 file corruption issues

Install this update to resolve live and recorded TV issues in Windows Media Center, recorded TV playback issues in Windows Media Player, and MP3 file corruption issues in Windows.

Download (32 bit) or Download (64 bit)

Remove Windows 7 Watermark

Download the file below, just unzip it and right click the executable program and select “run as administrator”. Make sure you choose the right version.

Remove Watermark (support 32 and 64 bit) or Remove7Watermark (32 bit)

Remove Windows 7 Send Feedback

Download this file and run that registry file as administrator. After that reboot your system.

But if you want to manually edit registry, just follow all step below:

1. Open up the Start Menu
2. Type “regedit.exe” (without quotes) into the search box and hit enter
3. Navigate to “HKEY_Current_User\Control Panel\Desktop
4. Locate the key on the right side that says FeedbackToolEnabled
5. Double Click on FeedBackToolEnabled
6. Change the value from 3 to 0
7. Reboot

Windows 7 Activation - It is already in use

You got a message “it is already in use when activate Windows 7. Follow the step below for the solution.

1. Go to enter a new key, enter one of these:

7xrcq-rpy28-yy9p8-r6hd8-84gh3
rfftv-j6k7w-mhbqj-xymmj-q8dch
d9rhv-jg8xc-c77h2-3yf6d-ryrj9
482xp-6j9wr-4jxt3-vbpp6-fqf4m
6jkv2-qpb8h-rq893-fw7tm-pbj73
tq32r-wfbdm-gfhd2-qgvmh-3p9gc
gg4mq-mgk72-hvxfw-khcrf-kw6ky
6jkv2-qpb8h-rq893-fw7tm-pbj73
4hjrk-x6q28-hwrfy-wdyhj-k8hdh
qxv7b-k78w2-qgpr6-9fwh9-kgmm7

2. It will say it is already in use, thats ok!, click activate by phone
3. Call that free number
4. Press 1 when it tells you
5. Enter your Confirmation ID, IT WILL WORK!
6. Write down or enter the Numbers given back to you in the space provided on the screen.
7. Enjoy activated Windows 7

Activate Gadget Feature

When the UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 7 Beta is disabled or set to no notify, the gadgets stop working (happens in at least build 6956 and 7000). Other error symptom is that when right click on Desktop to select “Gadgets” won’t bring up dialog window with list of gadgets, and any added gadgets won’t be showing or displaying, even after restarting or rebooting computer.

Follow these steps to perform the hack:

1. Close all gadgets on desktop.
2. Take ownership and grant full control permissions for Administrators user group of the following files located in C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar folder (settings.ini and sidebar.exe) and inside the en-US Folder (sbdrop.dll.mui and sidebar.exe.mui).
3. Rename to backup the 4 files listed above.
4. Download Win7-Sidebar-Fix.zip.
5. Extract and copy the contents of the ZIP file to their corresponding folders in C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar folder, overwrite and replace existing files if applicable.
6. Re-add gadgets to desktop.

Notes: There is another trick to disable UAC while allowing gadgets to continue working without replacing any files.

Windows 7 Quick Launch

No quick launch on Windows 7? Follow the step below to showing quick launch like in earlier Windows.

1. Right click on the taskbar and choose “Toolbars” then select “New Toolbar”
2. Type “C:\Users\default\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch” (without quotes) since that folder is hidden then path to that folder.
3. Right click on the taskbar again and unmark/uncheck “Lock the Taskbar”
4. Drag and drop Quick Launch on the taskbar to the left
5. Right click at taskbar and choose “View: Large Icon” then unmark/uncheck “No Text” and “No Title”.
6. Right click on the taskbar at the last then mark/check “Lock the Taskbar”.

Unlock Windows 7 Region Themes

Follow the step below to unlock/use any themes that available for each region. Works in build 6965 and 7000

1. Unhide the Windows 7 protected operating system files and system files
2. Go to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT
3. Open a MCT-(AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) folder for the regional theme that you want
4. Open the “Theme” folder in the selected region folder
5. Select the .theme file to use it

Windows 7 Classic Show Desktop

“Show Desktop” shortcut has been moved to end of Windows 7 taskbar in form of a small rectangle. Here is the step to creating the old style of show desktop.

1. Create a new folder anywhere you want with any name.
2. Download Show Desktop.scf file and unzip it to to the folder that you created before.
3. Right-click on the taskbar and choose “Toolbars” then select “New Toolbar”
4. Path it to the folder which you created in 1st step.
5. Right click on the taskbar again and unmark/uncheck “Lock the taskbar” to unlock.
6. Right click again at taskbar and choose “View: Large Icon” then unmark/uncheck “No Text” and “No Title”.
7. Drag and drop Show Desktop toolbar on the taskbar to the left beside Start button.
8. Now lock the taskbar again and you have the good classic “Show Desktop” shortcut back in Windows 7.

Windows 7 Start Menu - Unpin Irremovable Programs

Some application programs or folder shortcuts cannot be unpinned or removed from Start Menu in Windows 7 after user pins it to Start Menu. Here is the trick to remove/unpin it. Download Reset_Pin_to_Start_Menu.zip file and unzip it anywhere then run the registry file as administrator. That’s all.

Windows 7 Start Menu - Show Run… Feature

Here is the trick to show “Run…” feature on Windows 7. Right click on Windows logo at left corner then choose “Properties”. Go to Start Menu tabbing and choose “Customize” then mark/check “Run Command”. Done!

There are a lot of another tips and tricks for Windows 7 out there, this post just cover a small piece of that. Just googling it by yourself.

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