How To Install Windows 7 From USB Flash Drive

Jeff Alexander has written an awesome regarding this and would like to invite you to take the advantage of this and install windows 7 from USB flash drive. Thank you


here we go: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/archive/2009/04/22/windows-7-setting-up-a-usb-bootable-device-for-installs.aspx

error 0xC004F074

Problem:

Unable to activate windows 7 which was upgraded from Vista SP1 or even a clean

install. When trying to activate via KMS receive an error 0xC004F074.

How to Resolve:

This Error 0xC004F074 stands for The Software licensing service Reported that the computer could not be activated. The key management service (KMS) is unavailable.

This is a DNS issue that the necessary KMS server was not auto discovered in the particular DOMAIN

The workaround is to set the KMS server explicitly using "slmgr /skms re-vl-vm".

/skms specifies the name of a KMS host. this disables auto-discovery.

In my example, this instructs the client to use re-vl-vm as a KMS host.

Note that there is a typo. The KMS host for W7 in Corpnet is "red-vl-vm"

Note: use this only when a client machine is not receiving the KMS SRV records from DNS.

Manual uninstall of Windows Media Player 7

Windows Media Player (abbreviated WMP) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but development of these has since been discontinued.

Requirements: Want to uninstall windows Medial Player 7.0

How to delete ? here we go, please follow the below mentioned steps and your requirement will be accomplished without any problems, Thank you

Deleted the following files:

C:\windows\wmplibrary_v_0_12

C:\windows\system\wmplenc.dll

C:\windows\system\wmpui.dll

C:\windows\system\wmp.ocx

C:\windows\system\wmploc.dll

C:\windows\system\wmpcore.dll

C:\windows\system\wmpcd.dll

C:\windows\system\wmpscheme.xml

C:\windows\inf\wmp.inf

C:\windows\help\wmplayer.chm

Windows Media Player 7 is now removed.

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Using Jump Lists to open programs and items

Jump Lists are lists of recently opened items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program that you use to open them. You can use a Jump List to open items, and you can also pin favorites to a Jump List, so you can quickly get to the items that you use every day.

Managing programs and items with Jump Lists

On the taskbar, Jump Lists appear for programs that you've pinned to the taskbar and programs that are currently running. On the Start menu, Jump Lists appear for programs that you've pinned to the Start menu and programs that you've opened recently. (Jump Lists don't appear in All Programs on the Start menu.)

Jump Lists can include recently opened items, frequently opened items, tasks, or websites, in addition to any items that you've pinned.

You'll always see the same items in the Jump List for a program, regardless of whether you view the list on the Start menu or the taskbar. For example, if you pin an item to a program’s Jump List on the taskbar, the item also appears in that program's Jump List on the Start menu.

Notes

• In addition to any pinned or currently open items, Jump Lists on the taskbar contain several commands that you can use to close an item or unpin the program from the taskbar.
• You can drag an item from a Jump List to copy it to another location. For example, you can drag a document from a Jump List to an e‑mail message if you want to send it to someone.

Working with Jump Lists on the Start menu

Jump Lists on the Start menu give you quick access to the things you use most often.

Pinning an item to the Jump List on the Start menu

To view the Jump List for a program

• Click Start, point to a pinned program or to a recently used program near the top of the Start menu, and then point to or click the arrow next to the program.

To open an item

• Click Start, point to a pinned program or to a recently used program near the top of the Start menu to open the program's Jump List, and then click the item.

To pin an item to a Jump List

1. Click Start, and then open the program's Jump List.
2. Point to the item, click the pushpin icon, and then click Pin to this list.

To unpin an item

1. Click Start, and then open the Jump List for the program.
2. Point to the item, click the pushpin icon, and then click Unpin from this list.

Notes

• The next time you open an item that you've unpinned, it might reappear in the Jump List. To remove an item from the list, right-click the item, and then click Remove from this list.
• To learn how to clear the history from Jump Lists, see Clear lists on the Start menu and taskbar.

Working with Jump Lists on the taskbar

Jump Lists on the taskbar give you quick access to the things you use most often.

Pinning an item to a Jump List on the taskbar

To view the Jump List for a program

• Right-click the program's button on the taskbar.

To open an item from a Jump List

• Open the program's Jump List, and then click the item.

To pin an item to a Jump List

• Open the program's Jump List, point to the item, click the pushpin icon, and then click Pin to this list.
  

  Notes

  • You can also drag a file icon or a shortcut from the Start menu or the desktop to the taskbar. This pins the item to the Jump List and also pins the program to the taskbar, if it isn't pinned already.
  • Folders are considered Windows Explorer items, and appear in theWindows Explorer Jump List when pinned or opened.

To unpin an item

• Open the program's Jump List, point to the item, click the pushpin icon, and then click Unpin from this list.
  

  Notes

  • The next time you open an item that you've unpinned, it might reappear in the Jump List. To remove an item from the list, right-click the item, and then click Remove from this list.
  • To learn how to clear the history from all Jump Lists, see Clear lists on the Start menu and taskbar.

Disable Windows 7 jumplist

Jump Lists—new in Windows 7—take you right to the documents, pictures, songs, or websites you turn to each day. To open a Jump List, just right-click a program button on the Windows 7 taskbar. (You can also get to Jump Lists by clicking the arrow next to the program name on the Start menu.)

What you see in a Jump List depends entirely on the program. The Jump List for Internet Explorer shows frequently viewed websites.Windows Media Player 12 lists commonly played tunes. Is your Jump List missing a favorite? You can "pin" whatever files you like there.

Jump Lists don't just show shortcuts to files. Sometimes they also provide quick access to commands for things like composing new email messages or playing music.

How to disable windows 7 jumplist:

1. Right click Takbar and choose properties
2. select the start menu tab
3. Uncheck the "Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar" option

The corresponding registry setting is under: 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

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