5 Top-Secret Features on Windows 7

Uncovering secrets and finding hidden materials has always been fascinating; be it Easter eggs in your video game or some loose change in your pockets or couch. In the same way Windows 7 has quite a lot of such interesting secrets to uncover: some of them are very much obvious and yet some of them are completely out of the blue!  As Microsoft had included a lot of features in while designing Windows 7, it is not unexpected that they forget to mention a few. This article will make you familiar with 5 top secret Windows 7 features of which you had absolutely no clue about! Let us discover together!

1. God Mode

The name may be a bit exaggerated in some sense but Microsoft’s God Mode feature is indeed “omnipresent”. It groups all countless settings which are present throughout the entire length and breadth of your operating system, under one folder. Thus it becomes highly convenient for you to access it. In order to create this folder: choose any location and create a folder with the name: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

This folder will contain 270 items which will include all the settings running on your OS.

2. Enhanced Calculator

Over the various operating systems that Microsoft had launched, there hadn’t been much change in the calculator application in terms of functionality. However, in Windows 7 we find the Calculator application is equipped with added features which allow you to carry out various operations namely: 12 kinds of unit conversions and date based calculations. Also, you can calculate your car mileage or your mortgage payment dues.

3. Reliability Monitor

At times when your system fluctuates in its performance and stability you might want to figure out its cause. The Reliability Monitor is a great help in this case. This displays the performance graph of your system over a period of time and also rates it on a scale of 1 to 10. In addition to this it also lists out the various programs which have been causing the system stability to hamper , like the number of programs that crashed on a particular day and so on.

4. Problem Steps Recorder

You might need external help to fix and provide a solution to certain problems that you may be facing. If there is no availability of remote access then Problem Steps Recorder is the best application suited for the purpose. Run “psr” from the start menu. This application will record your PC activities throughout the day and take snap shots and add noted to the actions that you were carrying out. The best part is they will create a self generated report that is in the MHTML form and ready to be dispatched in the form of e-mail.

5. Power Efficient Report

This application or service is used to hunt out problems in your system. Run command prompt as an administrator from the start menu. Run powercfg-energy through cmd.exe and it will generate a file named as energy-report.html in less than a minute in your ‘systems32’ folder. Copy the file from this folder and paste it on a different location and then open it. If you try to access it from the ‘systems32’ folder it will show error. Now this file will point out specifications which are causing in efficient power management.

There are several hidden features in Windows 7 OS that you may not be aware of. Now you have gained the knowledge to the 5 top-secret Windows 7 features. They assist you as well as make your work easier in most cases.