Unlock Global Themes for Windows 7
Although there are already several different transparency and wallpaper options available for the Aero Theme within Windows 7, there are several global options that are hidden by default. These include specialized themes for the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and South Africa. The following explains how to utilize these hidden themes:
- Navigate to Computer/Local Disk (C:)/Windows/Globalization
- The folder in question is hidden by default, so click on the ‘Organize’ dropdown tab and select ‘Folder and Search Options’
- Click on the View Tab and select the radio button that says ‘Show hidden files, folders, and drives’
- A folder entitled ‘MCT’ should appear, and within it contain five folders, which correspond with the themes available for the corresponding country
- Selecting, for example, MCT-AU, and opening the Theme folder within, double-clicking ‘AU.theme’ will both apply this theme and all wallpapers to your theme menu
- After applying the themes, consider hiding the hidden files to prevent ‘desktop.ini’ files from showing on your desktop.
Run LogMeIn with Windows 7
Update – From what I can tell, if you install the newest version of the LogMeIn desktop software, you shouldn’t have any problems on Windows 7. Thus, this is now outdated and might be useful to a few for reference purposes.
How to use LogMeIn Free with Windows 7 Beta:
1. Download the LogMeIn software to your desktop from this site: https://secure.logmein.com/logmein.zip
2. Unzip the folder to a new folder on your desktop named “logmein”.
3. Go to the start menu and search for “cmd. When you find the Command Prompt entry, right click it and select “Run as Administrator”, and Click through the warning prompt.
4.In command prompt type “cd\users\\desktop\logmein\x86” without quotes and press enter. (If you are running 64-bit Windows change the ‘x86′ to ‘x64′)
5. In command prompt type “logmein install” without quotes and press enter.
6. The installer will run and you should then see the tray icon when it’s finished. Right click on the icon and select “Open LogMeIn…”
7. Firefox will open and you’ll get an error box. Just click “OK“.
8. Copy and paste this address into the address bar: https://127.0.0.1:2002/
9. Click through if you get a popup warning you about a certificate. On the page itself you will see something to allow an exception. Click on that and then click ‘Get Certificate‘ in the next box. Again you will probably get another warning but just click add anyway.
10. You should see the familiar LogMeIn screen. UPDATE- Make sure to login using COMPUTERNAME/USERNAME, then your regular computer password. For example- davidscomputer/david as the username. There are comments below outlining this as well.
It is a pretty straightforward process, but does take a bit of workaround to get it setup. Hopefully over the next few months LogMeIn will add support to Windows 7 for its installer package.
Thank you to user doober for the directions via the LMI forums.
-DPollitt