Home Group
With this feature you can easily connect two or more computers that are running windows 7 on your home network. If the user is concerned about his data, not a problem, since this feature comes with a password-protected. You can also set your files into read-only so that other people can look at your work but not modify any progress.
To enable home group you have to:
To create a home group go to Start > control panel > on the search bar type ‘Home’ > click on Home Group > then click ‘Create a Homegroup’ > select any library that you want to share on your network and click ‘Next’ > Write down the Homegroup password and click ‘Finish’ > now you can access your library from other PCs that are using Windows 7.
Below there are some screen shots on how to do the HomeGroup:
To enable home group you have to:
To create a home group go to Start > control panel > on the search bar type ‘Home’ > click on Home Group > then click ‘Create a Homegroup’ > select any library that you want to share on your network and click ‘Next’ > Write down the Homegroup password and click ‘Finish’ > now you can access your library from other PCs that are using Windows 7.
Below there are some screen shots on how to do the HomeGroup:
Jump Lists
This is new for windows 7, the purpose of this feature is that it will take you right to those documents, music, pictures and website that you most access each day. To open a Jump List right-click a program button on the taskbar.
Here are some screenshots on how a Jump List looks like:
Here are some screenshots on how a Jump List looks like:
Snap
This feature will help the user to resize his windows, by simply drag them to the edge of the screen. Depending on which edge of the screen you will drag the window it will change the size of the window. For example: if you drag the window to the left or to the right edge of the screen the window will be vertically expanded so that you can see two windows on the same screen. If you drag the window on the Top edge of the screen the window will be in full size (Maximized).
Windows Search
This is a new feature developed for the user to search the desired documents, email messages, songs and much more. This feature is very easy to use, the user only have to start typing in the Start Menu search box, and the user will instantly see a list of related files on his PC. The user can find his desired file by typing the name, type or content of the file that the user wants to access.
Calculator
On windows 7 the calculator has been updated so that the user will not only add some numbers but also the user can use the calculator as a Scientific, converter, programmer, statistics. With the calculator the user can also have worksheets to calculate mortgage (loan) payment and car’s Fuel consumption. Here are some screenshots on how to get the most out of the calculator.