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Windows 7: Presentation of the new features ( 2 / 2 )

In this second par of our article dedicated to the new features of the future Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, we will look at the multimedia options with Windows Media Player 12, the Internet and networks (IE8, Advanced sharing, Parental control...) and to finish with, the security aspect which has once again been improved over Vista (Action Centre, System Repair, UAC to level 4...).

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Windows 7: Presentation of the new features ( 2 / 2 )

January 28th, 2009 - 05:05 pm ET by
  1. 1 - Windows Média Player 12 and multimedia content access
  2. 2 - Internet browsing and parental control
  3. 3 - Wired, wireless and remonte connections - part one
  4. 4 - Wired, wireless and remonte connections - part two
  5. 5 - Security: Windows Defender, Action Center, Firewall
  6. 6 - Security: Windows Update, Backup, Boot CD, Defragmenting
  7. 7 - Conclusion

Windows Update reviewed
Why separate these two functions when they are relatively effective? The program is still used to manually or automatically download updates for Windows Seven, just like with XP and Vista. The installation history is a lot better then before and now has its own uninstall mode for the elements.

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Create a complete image of your system drive!
As you will have worked out, this is a tool that allows you to save either your entire machine or certain files. This will create a complete image of your drive in the same way as Norton Ghost. The administrator can perform backups to CD/DVD, an internal or external hard drive or even a network location like a NAS for example.

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Create of restore CD / DVD
Instead of a disk image, the user can also create a start up disk for Windows 7. The repair disk for a damaged IOS is also integrated into the disk image restore.

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Defragment hard drives and even memory sticks
The defrag can still be found, assuring that access to your data is improved with better hard drive performance. The new feature in this version is that memory sticks are also supported. When you take into account that recent memory sticks can reach sizes of 32 and 64GB, then this is a rather useful feature! The defrag tool is still basic, but remains essential. You do have the possibility here of also scheduling the task!

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