

You can also peek into the contents of specific open windows. This replacement for Show Desktop in Windows 7 lets you "peek" behind all of the open windows on your desktop and easily view and Windows Gadgets or files on your desktop. In addition to monitoring security, Action Center also monitors the OS's maintenance features and consolidates alerts from numerous Windows features into a single interface. While previous versions of Windows included a feature called Windows Security Center that monitored the various security features of the system, Windows 7 takes this functionality to the next level with Action Center. Windows 7 features | More new Windows 7 features | Removed features I will be adding new articles to this series on a regular basis going forward. If you find a missing feature, or would prefer for me to cover certain features first, please do let me know. Here are the new features I've identified in Windows 7. (And if you do want to take it to the next level, please check out my latest book, Windows 7 Secrets.) But with Windows 7 now completed and generally available, I will be filling it out throughout 2010. And that's why I'm writing this Feature Focus series: To focus on the new features in Windows 7, Microsoft's new client operating system. And when it comes to the next version of Windows, what you want to know-what you need to know-is what's changed, what's different.

You're already a Windows user, so we can make certain assumptions about your needs and wants. While you could always shell out $60 for a pointlessly long Windows 7 book that teaches you everything from how to use a mouse to the vagaries and history of TCP/IP networking, I think there's a better way.
