January 14, 2009

The Bumper List Of Microsoft Windows 7 Secrets

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As most of you know the talk on the web over the last few days has been about Microsoft Windows 7 and it’s release into beta status. Those power users keen on having a look on what’s new have been frantically downloading it to get it installed. I now have two machines running Windows 7 and considering installing it on another.

I have been running Windows 7 since the PDC build which was released late last year at Microsoft PDC 2008 and have got to play with some of the cool new features and check out some of improvements. Windows 7 Beta was released late last week and comes packed with even more features and improvements than the PDC build.

In trying to keep up with all these new improvements and features, I came across Tim Sneath’s post. Tim has posted a bumper list of Windows 7 secrets. This is great because it’s certain secrets that many users might miss.

Tim’s thirty favourite secrets are:

  1. Windows Management
  2. Display Projection
  3. Cut Out The Clutter
  4. Multi-Monitor Windows Management
  5. Command Junkies Only
  6. It’s a Global Village
  7. The Black Box Recorder
  8. The Font of All Knowledge
  9. Gabriola
  10. Who Stole My Browser?
  11. Rearranging The Furniture
  12. Installing From a USB Memory Stick
  13. I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back!
  14. It’s a Drag
  15. Standards Support
  16. Windows Vista Style Taskbar
  17. Peeking At The Desktop
  18. Running With Elevated Rights
  19. One More of The Same, Please
  20. Specialized Windows Switching
  21. Walking Through The Taskbar
  22. The Widescreen Tip
  23. Pin You Favourite Folders
  24. Starting Explorer From “My Computer”
  25. ClearType Text Tuning and Display Color Calibration
  26. ISO Burning
  27. Windows Movie Maker
  28. Hiding The Windows Live Messenger Icon
  29. Enjoy The Fish
  30. When All Else Fails …

As you can see this is a pretty comprehensive list. If you head over to Tim’s post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/… you will find descriptions with screenshots of all the above secrets that can be found in Windows 7! This is worth checking out.

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