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<blockquote data-quote="wisal" data-source="post: 10079226" data-attributes="member: 220276">57. Manage Services from Task Manager.&nbsp; The Windows 7&nbsp; Task Manager now includes a tab to manage services. You&nbsp; can quickly&nbsp; see at a glance the status of all services on your machine.&nbsp; Click a&nbsp; column heading to sort. You can even start and stop services&nbsp; with a&nbsp; simple right-click. If you need full-blown service management,&nbsp; use the&nbsp; Services button to launch the Services management console. You&nbsp; may&nbsp; often have the Task Manager running in the system tray; now, having&nbsp;&nbsp; service management access means one less window to have open.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 58. Get Under the Hood.&nbsp; Windows 7 offers more ways&nbsp; to peek under the hood without adding&nbsp; third-party solutions. A terrific&nbsp; example is the Resource Monitor. The&nbsp; performance tab in Windows Task&nbsp; Manager is a good start, but sometimes&nbsp; you need more information. Click&nbsp; the Resource Monitor button to get more&nbsp; detailed information and&nbsp; performance graphs for key subsystems like CPU&nbsp; and Disk. You can also&nbsp; find the Resource Monitor under Accessories |&nbsp; System Tools.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 59. Check Vital Signs.&nbsp; Another new system tool&nbsp; you'll enjoy is the System Health report. In&nbsp; the Run dialog box, type&nbsp; perfmon /report, which generates a system&nbsp; health report. This report&nbsp; records details about your computer's&nbsp; performance, resource usage and&nbsp; more. The report also includes&nbsp; diagnostic information about things that&nbsp; aren't working as they should&nbsp; and suggested steps to resolve. The&nbsp; reports are saved and can be&nbsp; accessed with the Performance Monitor&nbsp; management console. You can also&nbsp; save as an HTML file or send via&nbsp; e-mail.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 60. Get More Windows PowerShell.&nbsp; Windows PowerShell&nbsp; v2 promises to be a game-changer for many system&nbsp; administrators. Many&nbsp; will prefer to use the graphical Windows PowerShell&nbsp; console, also known&nbsp; as the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).&nbsp; You'll find this in the&nbsp; Windows PowerShell folder under Accessories.&nbsp; Add a keyboard shortcut&nbsp; of Ctrl+Alt+I to quickly launch it. Run any&nbsp; Windows PowerShell command&nbsp; in the lower panel and see the results in the&nbsp; middle. Create or edit&nbsp; scripts in the top pane. Open multiple Windows&nbsp; PowerShell sessions&nbsp; connected to remote computers. The ISE makes Windows&nbsp; PowerShell v2 easy&nbsp; to use and fun (see Figure 7).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://i.technet.microsoft.com/ee529571.ward.fig7.powershell%28en-us%29.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Figure 7 Windows PowerShell has been much more tightly integrated with Windows 7, and adds the Integrated Scripting Environment. (Click the image for a larger view)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 61. Put It on Old Stuff.&nbsp; One perhaps-not-so-obvious&nbsp; Windows 7 tip is that you should attempt to&nbsp; install it everywhere. One&nbsp; user has a 6-year-old laptop that originally&nbsp; shipped with Windows XP.&nbsp; He could never get Windows Vista to install on&nbsp; it. But Windows 7&nbsp; installed without complaint and runs extremely smooth.&nbsp; Granted, there&nbsp; are some Windows 7 features he can't take advantage of&nbsp; because the&nbsp; processor lacks certain features, but these are minor issues&nbsp;&nbsp; considering the laptop now has life again.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 62. Improve Security.&nbsp; In Vista it was difficult to&nbsp; manage system protection via restore&nbsp; points. The System Protection tab&nbsp; in Windows 7 is a vast improvement. In&nbsp; one spot you can configure how&nbsp; much space to devote to restore points,&nbsp; delete and create restore&nbsp; points or even turn off system protection&nbsp; altogether. This is very&nbsp; useful on older systems where disk space may be&nbsp; at a premium.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 63. Actually Use Help and Support.&nbsp; Much of Vista's&nbsp; clutter has been reduced in Windows 7. For instance,&nbsp; the Help and&nbsp; Support page has three links, a search window and a link&nbsp; back to&nbsp; Microsoft's Windows site. It's much less intimidating for end&nbsp; users, so&nbsp; make sure they know about it. Search is much improved as well,&nbsp; making&nbsp; for a better, faster experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wisal, post: 10079226, member: 220276"] 57. Manage Services from Task Manager. The Windows 7 Task Manager now includes a tab to manage services. You can quickly see at a glance the status of all services on your machine. Click a column heading to sort. You can even start and stop services with a simple right-click. If you need full-blown service management, use the Services button to launch the Services management console. You may often have the Task Manager running in the system tray; now, having service management access means one less window to have open. 58. Get Under the Hood. Windows 7 offers more ways to peek under the hood without adding third-party solutions. A terrific example is the Resource Monitor. The performance tab in Windows Task Manager is a good start, but sometimes you need more information. Click the Resource Monitor button to get more detailed information and performance graphs for key subsystems like CPU and Disk. You can also find the Resource Monitor under Accessories | System Tools. 59. Check Vital Signs. Another new system tool you'll enjoy is the System Health report. In the Run dialog box, type perfmon /report, which generates a system health report. This report records details about your computer's performance, resource usage and more. The report also includes diagnostic information about things that aren't working as they should and suggested steps to resolve. The reports are saved and can be accessed with the Performance Monitor management console. You can also save as an HTML file or send via e-mail. 60. Get More Windows PowerShell. Windows PowerShell v2 promises to be a game-changer for many system administrators. Many will prefer to use the graphical Windows PowerShell console, also known as the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). You'll find this in the Windows PowerShell folder under Accessories. Add a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Alt+I to quickly launch it. Run any Windows PowerShell command in the lower panel and see the results in the middle. Create or edit scripts in the top pane. Open multiple Windows PowerShell sessions connected to remote computers. The ISE makes Windows PowerShell v2 easy to use and fun (see [B]Figure 7[/B]). [IMG]http://i.technet.microsoft.com/ee529571.ward.fig7.powershell%28en-us%29.gif[/IMG] Figure 7 [B]Windows PowerShell has been much more tightly integrated with Windows 7, and adds the Integrated Scripting Environment.[/B] (Click the image for a larger view) 61. Put It on Old Stuff. One perhaps-not-so-obvious Windows 7 tip is that you should attempt to install it everywhere. One user has a 6-year-old laptop that originally shipped with Windows XP. He could never get Windows Vista to install on it. But Windows 7 installed without complaint and runs extremely smooth. Granted, there are some Windows 7 features he can't take advantage of because the processor lacks certain features, but these are minor issues considering the laptop now has life again. 62. Improve Security. In Vista it was difficult to manage system protection via restore points. The System Protection tab in Windows 7 is a vast improvement. In one spot you can configure how much space to devote to restore points, delete and create restore points or even turn off system protection altogether. This is very useful on older systems where disk space may be at a premium. 63. Actually Use Help and Support. Much of Vista's clutter has been reduced in Windows 7. For instance, the Help and Support page has three links, a search window and a link back to Microsoft's Windows site. It's much less intimidating for end users, so make sure they know about it. Search is much improved as well, making for a better, faster experience. [/QUOTE]

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