To turn Windows 7 Firewall off:

1. Open “Start menu”.
2. Click “Control Panel”.
3. Type in “firewall”, in the search box.
4. Click “Windows Firewall”.
5. On the left side, click “Turn Windows Firewall on or off”.
6. Select “Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended)”, for the types of network you want.
7. Click “OK”.

By default Windows 7 hides most of the file extensions. Here we will show you how you can show all file extensions:

1. Open “Start menu”.
2. Click “Computer”.
3. Click “Organize”.
4. Choose “Folder and search options”, from the menu.
5. Choose “View” tab.
6. From the list below, clear “Hide extensions from known file types” checkbox.
7. Click “OK”.

To show the hidden files and folders, do this:

1. Open “Start menu”.
2. Click “Computer”.
3. Click “Organize”.
4. Choose “Folder and search options”, from the menu.
5. Choose “View” tab.
6. From the list below, choose “Show hidden files, folders and drives”.
7. Click “OK”.
8. Now you will be able to see the hidden files and folders (except the system ones).

This is how you can change your Desktop background (wallpaper) with image or color:

1. Click with your right mouse button on the desktop.
2. Select ‘Personalize”.
3. Click “Desktop Background”.
4. Choose the image you like.
5. Click “Save changes”.
6. Close the window.

To hide Network from the Start Menu:

1. Click with your right mouse button on the taskbar.
2. Select “Properties”.
3. Click on “Start Menu” tab.
4. Click “Customize”.
5. Find “Network” and clear the checkbox.
6. Click “OK”.
7. Click “OK”.

To show Network inside the Start Menu:

1. Click with your right mouse button on the taskbar.
2. Select “Properties”.
3. Click on “Start Menu” tab.
4. Click “Customize”.
5. Find “Network” and tick the checkbox.
6. Click “OK”.
7. Click “OK”.
8. You will see “Network” below “Computer” inside the Start Menu

When you install new programs, some of them automatically add an icon to the notification area during installation. You can change which icons and notifications appear in the notification area:

1. Click with your right mouse button on the taskbar.
2. Select “Properties”.
3. In the field, labeled “Notification area” click “Customize…”.
4. A new window is opened. On the lower left side you should see checkbox with title “Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar”. Clear it.
5. Click “OK”.
6. Click “OK”.
7. You will notice that most of the icons are gone. You can find them inside the small arrow.

If you want to show all icons on the taskbar (in notification area), this is how you can do it:

1. Click on the little arrow, next to the icons.
2. Click “Customize”.
3. A new window is opened. On the lower left side you should see checkbox with title “Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar”. Put a tick on it.
4. Click “OK”.
5. You should see all your icons now.

If you want to change your Windows 7 account picture, this is how you can do it:

1. Open Start Menu.
2. Click on your account image.
3. Click “Change your picture”.
4. Select new image.
5. Click “Change Picture”.

This video shows how to install Microsoft WIndows 7, on a computer, which does not have installed operating system and the hard drive is empty.

What do you need to begin:

• Installation DVD or USB drive.
• Computer or laptop that meets the MS Windows 7 system requirements.
• Between 10 and 30 minutes to complete the installation.

MS Windows 7 system requirements:

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Steps:

1. Turn On the computer and insert the installation disk into the DVD drive. If you have a USB Drive, connect it into one of the USB ports.
2. Wait for the installation software.
3. Select your prefered language.
4. Select time and currency format.
5. Select your main keyboard.
6. Click “Next”
7. Click “Install now”
8. Read carefully the license terms. You need to agree with them to continue. If so tick “I accept the license terms”.
9. Click “Next”.
10. Click “Custom (advanced)”.
11. Select on which drive you want to install MS Windows 7.
12. Click “Next”.
13. Wait the installation software to do its work. Typically this takes between 10 and 25 minutes. The system will restart several times.
14. Type in your name. This is for your Windows 7 Account. This will become your computer’s name also (you can change that).
15. Click “Next”.
16. If you want you can set up a password, for your account.
17. Click “Next”.
18. Enter your Product key.
19. Click “Next”.
20. Select “Use recommended settings”.
21. Set up your clock, if necessary. And your timezone also.
22. Click “Next”.
23. If the computer is connected to a network, select the type of your network (your computer’s current location).
    If you want you can join a homegroup in your network (we will skip that step).
24. Wait for the installation to complete.
25. Congratulations! You have a freshly installed MS Windows 7