Saturday, November 8, 2008

Windows 7 Review Part 2

One feature today, the solution center. The solution center is the result of years of control panels and security centers. Anything that might be wrong, or needs fixing, or could be changed and has to do with reliability and security, is available here.

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This center makes it easy to fix problems, backup the system, run windows update, and change firewall or internet settings. It also allows control of the dreaded UAC(user account control). UAC was a menace in Vista, and there were only to modes, overprotective, and off. Windows 7 fixes this:

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In the version I’m running, there are four options, and the least protective is enabled on the Admin account by default. You can also tell it what to bug you about:

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There are also many new maintenance features, or rather, the old ones are aggregated here in an easy to use way:

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The solution center does what third party programs have been failing to do for so long, provide an easy and not bloated interface for controlling your computer’s security and doing basic maintenance.

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