For most users, that means Windows 8 won’t inundate you with a long list of unfriendly-looking processes, as the Task Managers in Vista and Windows 7 do. Instead, the new OS will show a ...

In Windows 7, the Start menu and the taskbar have become both easier to use and more sophisticated. However, they also offer a slew of additional capabilities and customization options that aren ...

Click here to view a demo of the Windows 7 desktop features. Time will tell if this is just lipstick on a pig, but the look, feel and functionality of the new Taskbar appears impressive.

Jumplist Launcher is a free download for Windows 7 only. For more, check out how Winfox adds jumplists to Firefox, and then read about some of the other great underhyped features in Windows 7.

In this week’s Windows 7 screencast, I offer a closer look at the new taskbar, which represents a striking departure in form and function from its predecessors. Its design is clearly intended to ...

Here's an early look at what you'll get. Among Microsoft Windows 7’s features, a taskbar overhaul is arguably the feature in Microsoft’s upcoming OS that has aroused the most interest.

3. Drag the icon to the taskbar and then delete the file from the desktop. 4. Right-click the icon on the taskbar, mouse over the file name, right-click the name, and then select Properties. 5.

Now look at the unlocked taskbar in Windows 7 Build 6801, the one handed out at PDC. You can see the same split button and the same behavior where I've clicked to the right of the stack of ...

Pin it to the taskbar. You can pin any number of folders to the Windows Explorer folder in the taskbar. I think that Windows 7 actually simplifies file management, but YMMV.

Windows 7's new Taskbar has drawn many comparisons to Mac OS X's Dock, and many of them negative, with the overwhelming concern that Windows is becoming too Mac-like.