Windows 7 System Restore

This time Microsoft has worked really hard to come up with improved System Restore in windows 7, once you explore power of System Restore feature in Windows 7, i am damn sure you will start loving Windows 7 right now.

Windows 7's System Restore is different from earlier Windows versions.In Win 7 , it  will list all Previous versions of selected file or folder from various restore points. You can simply copy, restore or open to see files from Previous Restore point.So there is no need of full system restore. If you have accidentally deleted any specific file or folder you can  simply use “Restore previous versions” feature to copy or restore to its original state.

Eventhough Restore points can take up several gigabytes of hard drive space.If you are disabling System Restore  ,you can reclaim the space but  by doing so, you will not be able to restore your computer to a given point in time. An alternative you can  delete all the restore points except for the most recent one. To accomplish this in Windows 7:

1. Press Windows key + R and  type Cleanmgr.exe and press Enter.

2. Select the appropriate drive letter from the list and click OK.
3. Click Clean up system files. Disk Cleanup restarts in elevated mode.

4. Select the appropriate drive letter from the list and click OK.
5. Click the More Options tab.
6. Under System Restore and Shadow Copies, click Clean up.

7. Click OK.

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Multiple File Selection in Windows 7

Whenever you have to select multiple files, you need to keep the [Ctrl] key pressed while clicking on filenames. How many times has it happened to you that you let go of the
[Ctrl] key before selecting another file and your entire selection was lost? It’s irritating when sorting large number of files. Windows 7, however, comes to your rescue with checkboxes that allow you to select files without having to hold the [Ctrl] key.

• Once in a folder, Click on
• Organize > Folder and Search Options.
• Go to the View tab.
• Under Advanced settings, check the item labeled “Use check boxes to select items”
• Press Ok and you are done.

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Compose or replay your email in Malayalam from Gmail

You would have already used Google Indic Transliteration or Transliteration Bots. Now Google has launched Google Indic Language Transliteration feature in Gmail compose window, which enables you to select Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada or Telugu from the compose box menu and start type in English.

When you compose a new mail in Gmail, you should now see an icon with an Indic character. This feature is enabled by default for Gmail users in India. If you do not see this function enabled by default, you will need to go the “Settings” page and tick “Enable Transliteration” from “Language” section. then choose “Default transliteration language: മലയാളം” (Malayalam) then click on save changes button from bottom of Gmail settings window.

 

 

When you click the Indian languages icon from Gmail compose window, you can type words the way they sound in English (type in Manglish) and Gmail will automatically convert the word to its Indian local language equivalent. if you press backspace from keyboard you will get suggestions words, also you can select the language of your choice from the drop-down list next to the icon.

(EDIT on 07-02-2013) From 2013 there are some changes made by Gmail

After go to settings> Click on Enable Input Tools > Edit tools

 

Select Malayalam from the left list and add then click OK.

 

From now your can select Malayalam input from your Gmail.

 

Google already supports this feature in most of their products.

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