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HOW TO ADJUST THE ICON SPACING ON THE DESKTOP

Right click the desktop and click Personalize.
Click Windows Color, (bottom centre of the window).
Click Custom at the bottom of the window.
Click Advanced apperance settings and where it shows Desktop in the item selection box, click the down arrow and choose Icon Spacing (Horizontal or Vertical).
Once selected, adjust the spacing by entering in a number where it say's Size, then click Ok

HOW TO UNLOCK APPLICATIONS USING THE RESOURCE MONITOR

In previous versions of Windows there was no way of repairing a locked-up application unless using third party software. But now in Windows 7 they have added this functionality which should assist you without losing any data.

To access it either go to Start and type in the search box resmon or find it by going to Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->Resource Monitor. Once the Resource Monitor window is open, find the stalled process which should be highlighted in red under the CPU pane, right-click it and select Analyze Wait Chain.

The next window that opens should display a tree like look of the program and the processes that it's waiting for. Now, save any work in other programs you have open and go back to the Resource Monitor window and click the bottom box that displays the background process.

Click the End Process button and the once stalled application should be responsive now. I cannot guaruntee that this will work all the time, but I would recommend you use this method first before trying to kill the offending program.

WARNING: Ending a Windows component or process can crash your PC.

ALLOW NETWORK FILE IMPORT IN WINDOWS LIVE MOVIE MAKER

By default Windows Live Movie Maker won't allow the import of files over a network. Here is a quick registry tip that will enable this function in the propgram:

Run REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Movie Maker, add a DWORD (by right clicking your mouse in the right window) and typing in a value called AllowNetworkFiles. Type in 1 in the Value Data field and click OK to add network support. Close REGEDIT and open WLM.