Please also check out the Vista page, as most of that applies to Windows 7 too!
Windows 7 Resources
- Windows 7 Beta Forums
- Windows 7 Springboard Series
- 30 Windows 7 Secrets - features you may not have heard about
- Engineering 7 - team blog with lots of useful info
- Windows 7 Features Announced
Networking
- Share files between Windows 7 and XP
- How to add a network shared folder to a Document Library
- HomeGroup makes it MUCH easier to set up peer-to-peer networks between computers running Windows 7
- DHCP Improvements in Windows 7 - basically it used to be that wireless clients would always do a full re-negotiation even if it had seen the network before (unlike LAN connections which would try to reclaim their old IP, making the connection experience shorted) - this is no longer true with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Security
System
- Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals - a downloadable Excel spreadsheet (Vista)
- Windows Vista Compatibility - online search for hardware and software compatible with Vista
- Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 supports Windows 7
- Installing Vista Drivers in Windows 7
- Install Windows 7 from a USB thumb drive
- Remove the Feedback Link in Windows 7 (if you use another avenue to submit bugs & feedback, of course)
- Unlock protected features in Windows 7
Devices, Printers, etc
New Features
- Network Aware Default Printer - you can now have a different default printer for each network that you connect to
Speed Tips
Hold CTRL when clicking to select a window that has been grouped with other similar windows - you will automatically be taken to the last active window. Keep clicking and you'll cycle through them, in order of last access.
Win+Right/Left - snap to side of screen
Win + SHIFT + Right/Left - move window between multiple screens
