The new Windows 7 taskbar

Work more efficiently and reduce the clutter on your desktop

By Peter Tysver

You know what the Windows taskbar is, don’t you? It’s that familiar horizontal strip at the bottom of your desktop where your open files and programs appear. It’s where the Start button lives. It’s where you receive an assortment of pop-up notifications. Face it, you’ve probably never even given it a second thought.

That’s about to change. With Windows 7, the taskbar has been given more than just a facelift. Microsoft rebuilt it and made it better than it was before. Sort of like the Six Million Dollar Man—better, stronger, faster. (Okay, maybe not stronger, but pretty powerful nonetheless.) Check out some of the ways the taskbar will simplify the way you work so you can get things done faster.

Take a Peek at your windows

When I work on a complicated project on my computer, I sometimes find myself with more open windows than I can reasonably comprehend. So I’ll just sit there, dazed and confused by the cascading rectangles that spread out before my eyes like a deck of playing cards scattered on a table. How do I choose which windows I want to look at? How do I switch from one window to another? How do I make all these windows go away?

With a little something called Aero Peek, that’s how.

You can use Aero Peek to quickly preview open windows without leaving your current window behind. Point to a taskbar button to see a thumbnail preview of that window, and point your mouse to that thumbnail to preview the window full-screen. Then, if you decide you want to switch to the window you’re previewing, just click the thumbnail. It’s unbelievably useful.

The power of Aero Peek in action

Source:-windows.microsoft.com

Download Windows 7 system repair discs

If you have a new PC or laptop, you may have felt the taste of Windows 7. And if you’re like 99% of the population of users of Windows 7, you may also get a new machine from one of the major manufacturers like Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, who have one thing in common: they do not provide a complete cd of Windows 7. Instead, they bundle what they call a recovery cd (if lucky, if not, you will only have a recovery partition instead) on the machine you get.

NeoSmart Technologies is a third party that provides easy repair Windows 7 in the form of recovery file. You can download that ISO of 143 MB file (165 MB for 64-bit version) and is ready to be burned directly to CD or DVD. So don’t wait until your PC crashes to obtain a copy of it and burn it in cd form this time, so when the time comes, you’re ready!

Source:-fundigy.com