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This small utility, SetOwner will let you quickly and safely change the registered owner and organization.

How to Change Owner Information of Windows 7

1. Download Setowner from the link given below.
2. Run the application and input the new owner names.
3. Click Apply.

Features of SetOwner

• Quickly change registration information of windows 7
• Change Organization name currently used in Windows7.
• Free and small in size

Download SetOwner for Windows 7 [1.13 MB]

There is no possible upgrade from XP to 7. When you install 7 from XP at a stage of the process, it will reboot, format your system hard drive (hope you did two partitions, system and datas!) and copy 7 files.

So, you’re the owner of an XP licence and a 7 upgrade licence. For whatever reason, you need to install 7 on a new drive (I assume your XP was not oem – if we speak about legality). Will you really need to go through the hassle of installing XP just for win 7 installer erase it?

You must know that it is possible to do a clean install of win 7 from an uprade dvd as it is the same as the full version disc. But your upgrade serial number won’t activate if a previous registered version of windows is not found… so? here is this little procedure:

* Install win 7
* Turn all internet connection off and avoid update through Microsoft Update
* Go to the registry : Start-> run-> regedit
* Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
* Set MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0
* Close regedit

* Go to start and type “cmd” to show the command line icon. Right click on it and select “Run as administrator”
* In the command line window, type: « slmgr /rearm » then press enter
* Reboot the computer and win 7 is loaded, launch the activation program. Type your serial and activate win 7

As this allows to activate an upgrade licence without owning a previous licence, Microsoft may block this in the future. (it would be quite fair and legit).

Get Quick Launch toolbar back

1. Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
2. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
3. Turn off the “lock the taskbar” setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that “Show text” and “Show title” are disabled and the view is set to “small icons”.
4. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.

Windows Vista taskbar

Right-click on the taskbar and choose the properties dialog. Select the “small icons” checkbox and under the “taskbar buttons” setting, choose “combine when taskbar is full”.

Starting explorer from “My Computer”

To do this, navigate to Windows Explorer in the Start Menu (it’s in the Accessories folder). Then edit the properties and change the target to read:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Old behaviour for Windows Live Messenger

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\ and set the properties of msnmsgr.exe to Vista compatibility mode. This will place the Messenger icon back in your system tray and remove the 2 annoying tabs on the taskbar.

Got yourself a shiny new Windows 7 Beta install? Here’s a little cheat sheet I made up for some of the handy new hotkey combinations, many of which I’ve become quite dependent on!

General
Win+Up Maximize
Win+Down Restore / Minimize
Win+Left Snap to left
Win+Right Snap to right
Win+Shift+Left Jump to left monitor
Win+Shift+Right Jump to right monitor
Win+Home Minimize / Restore all other windows
Win+T Focus the first taskbar entry
Pressing again will cycle through them, you can can arrow around.
Win+Shift+T cycles backwards.
Win+Space Peek at the desktop
Win+G Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order
Win+P External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc)
Win+X Mobility Center (same as Vista, but still handy!)
Win+#
(# = a number key) Launches a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar.
Example: Win+1 launches first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc.
Win + +
Win + -
(plus or minus key) Zoom in or out.

Windows Explorer
Alt+P Show/hide Preview Pane

Taskbar modifiers
Shift + Click on icon Open a new instance
Middle click on icon Open a new instance
Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon Open a new instance with Admin privileges
Shift + Right-click on icon Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc)
Note: Normally you can just right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu
Shift + Right-click on grouped icon Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc.
Ctrl + Click on grouped icon Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

Buy Upgrade or Full. Download or Disks. Direct from Microsoft® Store

 

Windows® 7 Now Available

www.MicrosoftStore.com/Windows_7