19 major windows7 system improvements

  
1. Windows 7 taskbar allows you to do more things
Since most users set the Windows taskbar to always visible at all times, so the more you can effectively use This piece "land" is better. The taskbar of Windows 7 has been greatly improved in two ways. First, you can pin the application to the taskbar for quick start, similar to RocketDock or Mac OS X Dock. Second, on a crowded desktop covered by multiple windows, you can use the new “Aero Peek” function to preview individual windows from a grouped taskbar program. You can even close the file with a thumbnail. . In theory, this doesn't sound like a big improvement, but in practice, when you open two displays and have more than a dozen open windows, "Aero Peek" Still very convenient.
At the far right of the taskbar, there is a permanent "Show desktop" button, click on it to clear all the windows on the desktop, and click again to restore all the windows to Their original location.
As you can see, Windows 7 has improved Vista in a number of small ways, and it is because of these many minor improvements that ultimately improve the overall performance of Windows 7.
2, you can complete the screenshot capture action in an instant, and can clear the desktop with one click.
Because the widescreen display becomes more and more common, it is easier to get parallel window management becomes more and more critical--- Windows is equipped with such a feature. Although not as configurable as the third-party program GridMove, Windows 7 provides a very useful feature - you just need to drag and drop the target window to the left or right of the screen, you can get the equivalent of half the screen size A screenshot of the window. The following image shows a process: Release your mouse button and you'll get a screenshot of the Half-screen Lifehacker browser window.
Similarly, the new "Aero Shake" feature allows you to clear all desktop background windows by grabbing the top bar of the active window and moving back and forth quickly.
3, Library (LibrarIEs) feature allows users to group similar content; while Homegroups makes it easier for users to share libraries
Windows network is a very annoying thing, and Windows 7 It has been improved through two new features of the library (Libraries) and Homegroups. A library is a way of grouping similar files, even if they are placed in different folders. For example, your video library can include your TV folder, movie folder, DVD folder, and Home MovIEs folder. Then, you can create a Homegroup (basically an improvement to the existing Windows workgroup) that will make it easier for your libraries to share among family groups. Since I haven't personally tested how easy it is to share files between two computers via Homegroup, the layout and user interface of the entire file share seems more intuitive.
4, you will have more control over UAC (User Account Control)
The biggest complaint of users to Windows Vista is that its User Account Control (UAC) constantly pops up a dialog box asking you Is it "always trust" you just asked the computer to do something. Although under the banner of security, Vista's UAC will even check the action of running Notepad.
Although most Vista users would rather choose to turn off UAC's good security tips (in order to keep these tips confused and keep a clear head), in Windows 7 you can define the details that need to be popped up. Warnings, confirmation prompts, this will greatly reduce the frequency of the prompt box pop-up.
5, you can decide what you want to display in the system tray.
Windows 7 allows you to set which icons and notifications you want to see in the system tray through a detailed dialog box. Trivial and responsible registry editing. Just right click on the system tray and select “Customize from the pop-up menu. . .” It’s OK.
6, you can switch between Wi-Fi networks by clicking on the system tray. You can deeply understand that a small change can bring huge differences. The true meaning of the words: In Windows 7, you only need to point out the Wi-Fi adapter, it will pop up the list of currently available wireless networks, you can refresh the list, and choose one you want to connect to, click. This is very convenient for roaming laptop users.
7, Windows 7's power management features are even better, greatly extending the battery life of laptops
Although I am running Windows 7 preview on the desktop, but notebook users will be happy to know Windows 7 promise Will run more efficiently, extending battery life.
Vista's power management is undoubtedly better than XP, and Windows 7 is better than Vista. Part of the reason is because the overall background management is smarter, such as turning it off more frequently when the processor is idle, running a standard definition DVD with less power, automatically turning off the Ethernet adapter, and so on. However, Windows is not carrying you all the energy-saving measures, it will provide you with a detailed battery efficiency report - which hardware and process consumes power.
8, calculator, tablet, drawing tools were carried out "Overhaul"
Windows 7 stripped Vista's built-in photo gallery (Photo Gallery) and movie production software, (even the calculator in Windows 7 preview It doesn't appear in the version. It's too bad. However, several built-in features of Windows 7 are still worthy of attention. Both the WordPad and the Paint tool draw on the look of Office 2007 ribbons, while the Calculator adds some more useful features. Although few people currently use drawing tools and WordPad, extending the ribbon interface to these insignificant applets may indicate that Windows 7 will upgrade and improve them more.
9, the toolbar (Sidebar) disappeared
If you ask me the most want to kill in Windows Vista, the first thing I will choose the toolbar (Sidebar). In Vista, it is loaded by default, and Vista's gadget "soldly soldered" is on the right side of the desktop and cannot be moved at will. In Windows 7, Sidebar has been cancelled, and you can place these gadgets as you like.
10. Accelerated Disk Defragmentation
The Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7 offers more controllable options than Windows Vista, and its command line version also provides some interesting new features. The following is a description of the parameters:
/r Parallel processing of multiple drives
/h Let the Disk Defragmenter use more system resources to speed up the run
/u Provide regular progress reports, you can see the finishing Detailed procedure for fragmentation
Command usage example:
defrag /c /h /u /r
Action: Quickly organize multiple drives in a single command line window.
More parameters and usage can be obtained with defrag /?
11, let IE load faster
Some IE plugins use more time to start, no doubt this will slow down the performance of the entire browser. In IE8 in Windows 7, users can know which browser plugins (extensions) are running the slowest.
Usage: Click on Tools > Manage Add-ons. The loading time list on the right shows the operation of the plugin.
12. Fixing the taskbar
Windows 7 enhances security. Therefore, when UAC is turned off, the gadgets for the desktop sidebar will not be enabled. If you disable UAC and plan to use gadgets normally, follow the instructions below.
Run the registration editor, find the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSidebarSettings
Create a new DWORD value, the key name is AllowElevatedProcess, the value is set to 1, so that the gadgets can start normally.
13, Alt+Tab Enhanced Usage
Assuming you have opened five resource managers and running many other programs, you need to find the traditional Alt+Tab in so many programs. Switching windows is really time consuming.
What should I do? Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the Explorer icon. Windows 7 will only switch between these resource manager windows, which makes the window positioning faster. This tip is for any application that supports multiple instances at the same time.
14, disable smart window arrangement
Another new feature of Windows 7 is to intelligently arrange the window, when you drag a window to the top of the screen, it will automatically maximize. This feature is love and hate, we like Windows 7, but do not want to use some of its features, what should I do? Or resort to the registry, run REGEDIT, jump to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop
settings WindowArrangementActive key value is 0, restart
15, better system restore
In Windows Vista, there are few setting options for system restore. This has finally been improved in Windows 7, with several useful options to choose from.
Click the Start button, right click on My Computer, select Properties, System Protection, Settings. Here, you can set the maximum size of the system restore according to your needs. The larger the size, the more restore points, the smaller the size. Free up more disk space. In addition to this, you can also set the default protection range for System Restore.
16, magnifying glass
The magnifying glass in Windows 7 has been improved, it is more convenient to use. You can define a scale and coordinates to let the magnifying glass track the keyboard focus. Press the Tab key to move the dialog and zoom automatically.
17. Run the program in different identities
Hold down the Shift key and right click on any program shortcut to display an option to run the program as a different user. For example, when using a limited account for a child at home, you can temporarily Use higher permissions.
In fact, this is not a new feature, and it can be done in Windows XP, but in Vista, Microsoft has made it "get" Very good, Microsoft has changed its mind!
Translator's Note: To use this feature in Windows XP, you need to open the Secondary Logon service.
18, set the time zone with the command line
Windows 7 has added a command to set the time zone: tzutil.exe. This means that the time zone can be set for the PC via a script, and IT administrators will definitely like it.
For example, to set a PC to Greenwich Mean Time, use the following command:
tzutil /s “gmt standard time”
There are several parameters to choose from, such as tzutil /g, displays the current time zone, and tzutil /l lists all time zones.
19. Adjusting the computer volume
In the default state of Windows 7, when a voice call (PC-based) is played or called in, it will automatically lower the volume of the PC speaker. If you don't want to use this feature, you can turn it off at any time. Right click on the speaker icon on the taskbar and select Sounds 》 Communications to set it according to your needs.

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