10 Best & Useful Windows Phone 7 Tips & Tricks

Many of us are shifting from Java and Symbian operating systems to either Android or to Microsoft’s Windows platform devices. So, if you have recently bought a new Windows 7 phone then let’s check out the ten top most tips and tricks which will help you in getting accustomed to it faster.

Ten tips and tricks for Windows Phone 7:

How to Add apps to the Start screen?

In the world of long application list its evident that you may be having certain important applications which you use more often and which can be pulled on to the start screen itself so that instantly you can open the application. So when you press on the application icon a contextual menu will be popping up in which just select Pin to Start option and this is it that app will be shown in the Start screen.

How to Remove apps from the Start screen?

Now, if you have added any app in the start screen and if you wish to remove that app from the start screen then all you need to do is to just hold your finger on the tile till it highlights and then press the No Pin icon in the top right-hand corner.

How to change the theme?

Next up is changing the visual appearance of the device means if you wish to change the theme then just head over to the Menu list, select Settings option, and then select Theme. Now, from here you can choose the background colour of your choice and also you can choose the accent colour. Background options are “Black” or “White” while you get nine accent colours to pick from.

How to Turn off data Roaming?

Since Windows Phone 7 is more of a internet friendly phone data is must for your device and if you plan to go in roaming then definitely you would want to get away with the roaming data charges, so for that you will need to turn off the data roaming. Just head to Settings, Mobile Networks and there you go, you can turn off the data roaming.

How to Turn off 3G connectivity?

Since 3G eats up the battery like anything sometimes you would want to get back to 2G Network, so for this you need to turn off the 3G connectivity. Just go to Settings, Mobile networks and you will find an option to turn off the 3G connectivity.

How to Turn on Wi-Fi?

So, now when you have turn off the 3G, the best way to surf internet instantly and faster is with the help of Wi Fi. It even saves the battery if compared with 3G network. Just go to the Settings option from your device and that’s it you can find the Wi Fi option over there.

How to Set the screen time-out?



Your phone may get locked automatically so that accidentally you don’t end up calling your friends from your pocket by mistake. Just head to Settings, Lock & Wallpaper, and choose how long you want your Windows Phone 7 handset to go before locking down. You can choose from the time ranging from 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, or even you can choose to screen time out to never.



How to Setup an email account?

Your device will only be called a smart device when you converge more things into your device. One of those convergence is setting an email account on your Windows Phone 7, there’s a support for Windows Live, Outlook and also for Yahoo Mail and also other accounts. Just feed in some information like Login ID, password etc and you will be able to set up an email account within minutes.

How to Enable Google apps email?

What if you could not use an Android device, you can always power your device with the Google flavor in your device. Just Log in to your Google Apps dashboard, go to Service settings, choose Mobile and just Enable Google Sync option and you are done with powering your phone with Google.

How to Turn off Geo tagging?

By default the Geo tagging facility comes activated out of the box and sometimes when you are taking any image then it sometimes create nuisance, so to turn off, just go to Settings, Applications, Pictures and camera and just toggle the include location (GPS Information) in pictures you click to the Off position.

How to create a shortcut for locking the Computer Screen in Windows 7?

There are many ways in which you can lock the computer screen. The most popular as well as the fastest way to lock it is to use a keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut used to lock the computer screen is Win+L. A few of us choose to utilize the mouse to lock it. And of course many people like to use both the options.

There is another method in which we can lock the computer screen. It is to create a shortcut for locking the computer screen in Windows 7. You can create a shortcut for locking the computer screen in Windows 7, XP and Vista too. Follow these steps in order to create a shortcut for locking the computer screen in Windows 7 as well as other editions:

Right-click on the desktop where you would like to create the shortcut.

Point to New.



Click on Shortcut from the menu.



Type in this text in the shortcut textbox. (This text will work for Windows XP as well even though the screen will be different)

rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation



Click on the Next button.

Type in a name for your shortcut.

Click on the Finish button.

You have successfully created a shortcut to lock your workstation. Just click on the shortcut whenever you want to lock the computer screen.

How to clear all windows history files with a single click?

Today tip will help you to manage the all types of user history in windows operating system. This is a built-in feature of all windows keeps track the user's history, for example the websites you have visited, the documents you have opened and the keywords or files for which you've searched. However this tip is very useful for you, if you are sharing your computer with others or you do not want that the other persons know about your last visited documents history. You can clear these kinds of user's history with a single click on desktop icon named Cleanmru.reg. There is no need to clear each history file one by one. This trick will work in nearly all of the windows versions like windows 2000, XP and 2003.

Follow the given steps for configuration to clear recently opened documents automatically:

To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

Here copy the following 6 lines and paste in notepad then save with the name Cleanmru.reg on your desktop.





REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\

LastVisitedMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru]

When you double-click Cleanmru.reg icon to remove the windows history, a small dialog box will appear with the information "Are you sure you want to add the information in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\desktop\Clearmru.reg to the registry?"



At the end, you will get the message "Information in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\desktop\Clearmru.reg has been successfully entered into the registry." Click on Ok button and verify that your all history will have been clear.