'Devices and Printers' is a simpler alternative to Device Manager, and allows a casual user to control the pluggable devices with ease. Windows 7 introduces two new features for this. The icons are more pleasing, and could be customized according to you.īetter device management More and more devices are getting plugged into the systems today, which make it essential to manage them efficiently. The size could be controlled manually, although it is capable of adjusting according to screen size. Windows aero strikes again with its beautiful glass color, while the taskbar itself can be customized to match your requirements. In windows 7, it is revamped to be better than ever. Taskbar Ever since its introduction in Windows 95, the Taskbar has been a much loved feature of Windows. The start menu retains the search field of Vista, but now comes with enhanced ability to search the control panel options quickly. It still has a 2-column arrangement, but functionalities are changed for the good. Thanks to Windows Aero, both the menu icon and menu itself has fade-in effects complimented by glass color. Impressive Start Menu The new Star menu comes as a breath of fresh air, keeping up with the amazing interface Windows 7 had promised. A new feature is the Search filter, which not only searches for file items, but also shows recent searches and auto-completes the file names you might want to search. With the Arrangement features, you can arrange the files in any library according to its metadata like name, date of creation, size etc. You can decide the layout and look of the libraries, as well as their location. Furthermore, Libraries grant users a lot of control over it.

There are four libraries supported in Windows 7: Music, Videos, Pictures and Documents. What makes Libraries unique is the physical space it comes with, which allows you to segregate files physically rather than by reference. This ends with Libraries, which collects files and present them in a unified form. All new Libraries Cluttering has always been a problem for normal Windows users, where they had a hard time in arranging files.

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