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What's New: Windows 7 features

There are some new ways of launching some Control Panel applets from the command line in Windows 7, see this post on the Ask The Performance Team blog for details.

Frequently Asked Questions: Windows 7 features

Q-6. How can I prevent users from accidentally shutting down their computers when the click the Shutdown button mistakenly when they only wanted to log off or lock their workstations?

A-6. In Windows 7, when you want to lock your workstation or log off, you click Start and then click the tiny little triangle to the right of the Shutdown button and then click either Lock or Logoff as desired. But how many times have you (or your users) tried to do this and accidentally clicked the much larger Shutdown button instead of the tiny little triangle?

To prevent users (or yourself) from accidently shutting down your computer when you only want to lock it or logoff, use Group Policy to configure the setting named "Change Start Menu power button" so that Shutdown button is changed to either Lock or Logoff as desired. This policy setting is found under User Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, Start Menu and Taskbar.

Now when a user wants to shutdown her computer, she'll have to click Start and then click the tiny little triangle to the right of the Lock (or Logoff) button and then click Shutdown. This will reduce the chance of unintended shutdowns occuring.

Q-5. What does it mean when I see a padlock superimposed on a file or folder icon in Windows Explorer?

A-5. It means that the file or folder is private (can only be accessed by one user) while located in a non-private folder (a folder accessible by multiple users).

Q-4. Does Windows 7 support core parking like Windows Server 2008 R2 does?

A-4. No.

Q-3. What happened to the net print command in Windows 7?

A-3. It's been deprecated,see ASKPERF for details. Use prnjobs.vbs instead.

Q-2. Can you enable/disable Windows 7 features from the command-line?

A-2. Yes, you can use DISM.exe to do this, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744582.aspx

Q-1. Windows Vista used registry reflection to enable a 32-bit application to access registry data as if it were running on 32-bit Windows even if the data is stored in a different location on 64-bit Windows. Does Windows 7 still use this feature?

A-1. No, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384235.aspx

Additional Resources: Windows 7 Architecture

For a deep discussion of the architecture of Windows Vista and Windows 7, see Windows Internals, Fifth Edition from Microsoft Press.

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