Key features of Windows 7

Key features of  Windows 7

Windows 7 is designed in such a way that it is considered to be the easiest, fastest, and most engaging version of Windows yet. It is
focused on helping your PC perform the way you want it to—quickly, easily, and with less effort. Although
many of the new improvements are under the covers, Windows 7 also includes many more visible
enhancements that will help you play with, work with, and manage your PC.

Aero Shake 

Click a window pane and shake your mouse to minimize all
other open windows. Shake the pane again to restore the
windows to their original sizes.

Aero Themes and Aero Background 

Use new themes or choose a slideshow of your favorite photos
to make your PC reflect your personal taste.

BitLocker and BitLocker To Go 

Help protect sensitive data with new, easier ways to protect
and recover drives and extend that protection to USB removable
storage devices, such as flash memory drives and
portable hard disk drives.

Home Media Streaming 

Use your PC as a hub and make music, videos, photos, and
recorded TV available on other PCs or stream it to supported
devices using Play To.

HomeGroup 

Easily share files and printers between PCs running Windows 7
that are connected to your home network.

Improved Windows Taskbar 

Open files and get around your PC faster. Pin programs you
use often to the taskbar and launch them with a single click.

Internet and Digital TV 

Watch Internet TV content and turn your PC into a digital
video recorder by using the support in Windows Media Center
for many new broadcast TV tuners.

Internet Explorer 8: Visual Search 

See rich, relevant, visual suggestions as you type search terms.

Internet Explorer 8: Web Slices 

Get the information you want from the Web updated and available
at your fingertips, without leaving the page you’re on.

Jump Lists 

Reduce clutter and quickly get to tasks and your favorite,
recent, and frequently used files.

Live Thumbnail Previews 

Manage lots of open windows easily with live thumbnail
previews of active windows

Location Aware Printing 

Set different default printers for your home and work
networks.

Mobile Broadband 

Eliminate the need to install additional software when you use
your data card for Internet access.

Remote Media Streaming 

Access your home-based digital media libraries over the Internet
from another PC running Windows 7 outside the home.

Snap 

Resize and expand windows more quickly and easily compare
the contents of two different windows.

View Available Network (VAN) 

See and connect to available networks—including Wi-Fi,
broadband, dial-up, and virtual private network (VPN)—in just
a few clicks.

VPN Reconnect 

Get consistent VPN connectivity by automatically reestablishing
a VPN connection whenever the Internet connection is
temporarily lost.

Windows Search and Libraries

 Search your own PC and the PCs and devices connected
to your network to find items regardless of where they’re
stored.

Windows Touch

 Interact with your PC with a touch-screen monitor by using
your fingers and multitouch gestures.

Windows Troubleshooting 

Resolve common issues quickly without having to call for help.

Windows XP Mode 

Run many older Windows XP productivity applications right on
your Windows 7 desktop.

AppLocker 

Control which applications are allowed to run on user PCs.

BranchCache

 Improve application responsiveness and end user productivity
at branch offices while reducing the load on your Wide Area
Network (WAN).

DirectAccess 

Enable workers to more securely connect to corporate
networks over any Internet connection—without requiring the
extra step of initiating a VPN connection.

Federated Search and Enterprise

Search Scopes

Enable search engines, document repositories, Web applications,
and proprietary data stores to be searched from
Windows 7, without writing and deploying client code.

Problem Steps Recorder 

Help your workers troubleshoot application failures by giving
them the ability to reproduce and record their experiences and
then send that information to support staff.

VHD Boot 

Ease the transition between virtual and physical environments
by reusing the same master image within a VDI infrastructure
and on physical PCs.

Windows PowerShell 2.0™

Automate repetitive tasks with this graphical scripting editor that
helps you write scripts that access underlying technologies.