Start Menu 7 is a new piece of software which replaces the standard Windows Start Menu.
Start Menu 7 key features:
The list of menu items is alphabetically sorted, so you can easily find any program or command by its name.
Open any location on your PC with a single click.
You can create, modify, and reorder items in Start Menu 7. So it’s easy to create a list of the most used locations, popular directories, and virtual folders to access them with a single click.
There is a special Run button to access seldom used locations without adding them into menu.
Start Menu 7 has a customizable Power Buttons panel.
With Power Timer feature you can delay any of power management operations.
Currently there is a free version of the software, but you can also buy the pro version which has even more added features.
The following pieces of anti-spyware / anti-malware software have been checked to see if they, or a more recent version, run under Windows 7 according to vendor home page information:
Jumplists are part of the new Windows 7 taskbar. The jumplists basically provide access to program related options.
The latest dev version of Google Chrome is now offering jumplist support in Windows 7. The jumplist can be opened by right-clicking the Google Chrome icon in the Windows taskbar. The Google Chrome jumplist is divided into four areas of which three are always visible and one only if the user has added at least one item to it.
The Google Browser will display the most visited websites, the recently closed websites and tasks in the jumplist. The most visited and recent websites are directly taken from the web browser’s history while the task allow the user to open a new window (either normal or in incognito mode).
The fourth group only becomes available if the user pins an element in the jumplist. This is for example excellent for quickly accessing favorite websites from the Windows 7 jumplist. The latest developer build of Google Chrome can be downloaded from the dev channel page. It is interesting to see that the Google Chrome development team has added jumplist support while the Mozilla Firefox team has not shown any signs that they intend to support that feature in the near future.
NirmalTV has a great article about migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7. As the public release for Windows 7 RC is on the 5th May it is the right time to migrate.
Upgrading to Windows 7 is a simple process and you will not lose any files and documents which you had in Windows XP. User State Migration Tool (USMT) can be used to migrate user files and settings from Windows XP to Windows 7 using a default installation.
USMT captures desktop, and application settings, as well as user accounts and users’ files, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation. Using USMT can help you improve and simplify your migration process. TechNet has a video demo on how to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Windows 7 is the new operating system that Microsoft will be releasing officially in early 2010. However, some users have been able to download Windows 7 for free via the Microsoft website. Thus, I though we would let everyone know about some free Windows 7 wallpapers they can download. These are
high resolution
wallpapers created at Devianart. All credits to creators and owners of the images.
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