Windows 7 – Taskbar Problems

 The windows 7 taskbar buttons, can make it difficult to tell at a glance whether an icon is a running application or a pinned shortcut. If this sounds like you then there’s an easy way to restore more standard taskbar buttons, though – right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and set Taskbar Buttons to “Never combine”

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Windows 7 – DVD drive not found

In some cases your DVD drive may not be found by Windows 7, even if it’s visible in the BIOS and using the standard driver. Try running REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass, then delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters in the right-hand pane (UpperFilters.bak and LowerFilters.bak entries can be ignored). If this doesnot resolve the issue, resetting

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Can’t disable hibernation in Windows 7

  Windows 7 doesn’t make it easy to turn off hibernation, annoying if you never use it as you’ll permanently have a “hiberfil.sys” file taking up a sizeable portion of your hard drive. To rectify this situation, launch REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPower, and set HibernateEnabled to zero.