There are a host of UI tricks in Windows 7. Drag the title bar of a window on top of the screen, and it maximizes, pull it away and it returns to previous state. To enable viewing two documents side by side, drag one to each edge and they'll snap into place, half a screen each. Once one gets beyond the user interface, there are a couple of other seriously useful features. One important and easy feature is the location-aware printing, for example. It has the ability to allow you to set a default printer for each network you're on, the result is that print jobs won't end up on the company printer back at the office when a user is working remotely. One can even specify the default for the time when you're not on a network at all (here in this case maybe a PDF writer). VPN Reconnect takes care of the times when communication hiccups temporarily tend to get you disconnected – when the Internet connection returns to its native state , Windows 7 restores your VPN connection too.

Device Stage is another one of those helpful portmanteau features. It covers and assembles all of the functional and management capabilities of a device to a single screen, which is complete with a photo-realistic image (in case it is supplied by the manufacturer). For instance, a camera might provide links to its download and photo management, photo editing, customer support, and maybe also a link for accessories shopping. A laptop may have the ability to store vendor utilities, links to Windows updates, and tech support links. A multi-function device might include of its print spool, printer utilities, scanning software, supplies purchase, support, and anything else the vendor would feel they would be useful. Vendors are encouraged to go into a frenzy.

Windows Explorer has had a image-make over , introducing the concept of Libraries. Owing to a much-improved Windows Search, Windows 7 can collect links to related files into these logical folders for Music, Documents, Photos and Videos, which comes not only from the local machine, but from any location on the network that has been indexed. Users often don't need to know or care about where the file is physically located. Security-wise, User account control is much user-friendly, and more compatible to users. The default now alerts users if a program is attempting to make a change to Windows, and doesn't bother them if they are. Experts complain that the slowing down of the default is a security risk, but it is believed that it's a necessary compromise. The constant pop-ups and nags were starting to make users shut off UAC in Vista, which is even more insecure. One issue Microsoft didn't look into was that of a security threat being the default setting "Don't display file extensions for known file types". Thefts and spoilsports have sneaked malware onto machines by inserting double extensions on files (such as filename.txt.exe) that have poor results when clicked; users really have to make aware of the need to be what a file actually is.

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