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How to organize windows on one half of your desktop in Windows 7?

There are often times when a person is working with two documents simultaneously. Switching in between the two windows can be time consuming and troublesome. If you have opened one document for reference purpose, you would need it in front of you at all times while you enter text in the other window. In this tutorial, we will show you how to place to windows right next to one another. Each window would be covering exactly one half of your desktop. This would help you in organizing your work better and help you work more efficiently and effectively.
Follow this step by step tutorial to learn how to organize windows on one half of your desktop in Windows 7.


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How To Install Video Wallpaper on Your Desktop?

Nowadays moving wallpaper backgrounds are among the most popular searches. With constant upgrades and technological advancements, you can now set up moving images and even videos for your background instead of static pictures for desktop wallpapers. You can easily find tons of moving desktop backgrounds on the internet. Animations, GIF images and even flash content can now be used as desktop wallpapers. Furthermore, many video players now give the option of making the video, that is currently being played, to become your desktop wallpaper. Video wallpapers allow you to give your desktop a dynamic look.
Here in this tutorial we will be using the VLC media player to set videos as desktop wallpapers. Follow these simple steps to learn how to install video wallpaper on desktop.


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How To Restore Desktop Icons?

You can easily restore the My Computer, Recycling Bin and other desktop icons. The desktop icons can easily get deleted and disappear. One way of restoring your desktop the way it was is backing up your computer to a particular restore point. A drawback of this particular method is that it will restore the complete system, meaning that all the recent items can get deleted.
There is a simpler way of restoring the desktop and system icons. All you need to do is open the desktop properties window where you can see a number of options, including restoring the desktop icons, selecting and customizing them according to your desire.
This tutorial shows you how to restore desktop icons in just a few simple steps. Follow the step by step procedure mentioned below:


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How To Install Widgets on Your PC?

Widgets are small programs which use, what is called, a GUI interface. They can be directly placed on your web page where they are able run independently. They are the best source available to make your website interactive without getting into complicated programming codes. There are many applications available which provide many interactive desktop widgets which can be installed and set up in a matter of minutes. These widgets may take the form of desktop clocks, calendars, cartoons etc. You can also search and download more widgets from the internet
In this tutorial we would be teaching you how to install widget on your PC by following a few simple steps. For this tutorial we would be using Yahoo! Widgets.
Before starting with the steps you would need to get your hands on the widgets. In order to download a Yahoo! Widget application, go to the URL: widgets.yahoo.com


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