Enable Most Recently Accessed Files in Windows 7 Similar to Windows XP

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/140781-most-recently-accessed-files.html

Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Do you need to connect to multiple servers in your day to day work then use remote desktop connection manager to organize your server environment connection details.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4603c621-6de7-4ccb-9f51-d53dc7e48047

System Restore

Recently I come across many instances that my friend’s personal computers/laptops got affected with virus and they used to ask me what to do …

Most of the people don’t know about System Restore option its one of the good feature available from Microsoft in XP or later OS versions. Its mainly useful for restoring your system to some previous date (save point) to avoid virus or other issues that your system has due to recent software or device driver installations …

Read more from following links …

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/support/sysrestore.mspx

Exploring Windows 7 System Restore & Restore Previous Versions

Edit Boot.ini file

This post will help you to cleanup the un installed OS entry points during your desktop/laptop startup by removing the entries from Boot.ini file or change the default start up OS and start up wait time.

I always used to select the valid OS entry option during my laptop startup instead of cleaning them. Finally I have decided to clean it up and I found following article useful for Win XP users with all OS start up related activities …

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022