10 Features of Windows 7 You should know

Windows 7 is coming with lot of new features Windows 7 certificate and improvements. I had been using it for last 2 days and it seems there are some great enhancements. Though I can not use it to extreme but seeing the features its very clear that this version will be better than even Vista.

In further upcoming posts, We are rolling out some out of the box features which is going to be in Windows 7 and tell you what it is about.

 

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1. Windows 7 Solution Center
This should be the one stop place where you can find all the problems related with your windows 7 configuration. The user gets notified on the taskbar which ultimately points here. Windows 7 seems to be better organized as you will be able to see related features also available like System Restore or Performance report. This comes under Security

2. Windows 7 Credential Manager
This is a totally new feature which allows you to maintain all your credentials related to websites or when you connect to another computer. Its called as CredMan KeyRing which is a vault. Its further divided into Windows Credentials where you can Resource name, user name and Password. The resource could be a printer or a computer or any other device.

Certificate Based Credentials : There is a certificate manager here which keeps track of all your personal certificates personal or third party. You can create a quick reference over here.

3. Windows 7 Bitlocker Encryption
Encrypting individual files is a story of old days, Its time Windows 7 certificate is going to put a lock on the complete drive itself which includes system files and also files required for booting. Bitlocker encryption will be useful to safe guard from hackers and unauthorized users. However when you copy the files to another drive it will automatically decrypt. I suppose it should always do whenever its taken out of drive to anywhere else. Stay Tuned for more

4. Turn Windows 7 features on or off
Prior to this version of windows if you did not wanted to use a features of windows, the only option was to uninstall this but with MCITP Certification you can just turn it off by selecting or deselecting a check box. However this will not reduce any space on your hard disk. It still stays on your computer.

5. Windows 7 : Install Program from Network
We could not find a exact on this but seeing the description it seems this place will be either list of software which you install from network or Cd or Internet. This will maintain a list in case you want to install it again. However to uninstall the program you will have to still use Add remove stuff.

6. Windows 7 : Display Color Calibration
This is a wizard program which allows user to create a complete display profile which includes brightness adjustments, RGB mode and others. This will be very useful for people to even restore their display settings when it screws up.

7. Windows 7 : Workspace Center
Through this you will be able to add a complete computer to a workspace and share. Moreover You will be also availing the resources from the workspace and the Setup wizard will do that. Not sure but this concept could be similar to document workspace or team work space.

8. Windows 7 : Notification Areas Icons
This will be a central place to manage all your notification which keeps on popping up on your taskbar. You will be able to turn it off or restore icons back.

9. Windows 7 : Sharing Files and Folders
Sharing your files and folders in Windows 7 will be max 2 clicks. You can create predefined groups and add people with rights as per your requirement. Next time when you right click and folder and then click on share, it gives you all the list of predefined groups you created.

10. Windows 7 : Version and Restore
From this version of Windows your drives comptia network files and everything ( almost ) will have different versions i.e. Every time as change is made it will keep backup of old copy. This helps you in restoring it back in case you do something wrong with the available version.