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SCREENSHOTS

Start Menu: the visual design of search box and shutdown/lock buttons are changed. The right panel is simplified.

What programs are installed?

Accessories

Calculator

User Account Control appeared only once during my experience. When I clicked SnagIt installer UAC popped up. That’s very nice to see Microsoft has decided to restrain UAC.

Obviously the Welcome is a draft. Don’t’ make it wrong, the SKUs (Ultimate, Home Basic etc.) have not been finalized. The strings are just inherited from Vista.

Yes, the UI: Ribbon! First introduced in Office 2007 and now we can see it in Windows 7 Paint and WordPad. No Notepad isn’t in Ribbon style.

My Computer:
Check the left panel. Libraries is the My Documents equalvent in Windows 7.

Toolbar reorganized:

New Control Panel items:
Systray icon settings:

Context menu on Desktop

Setup your monitor

Gadget: looks same as in Vista

Games: first startup

Internet Explorer 8:
Welcome

the error page

Web Slice

Some integrated services found in Page menu

Safety

Tools

Compatibility mode

Open a new tab

Light Windows Media Player?
Click a video file and a ‘light’ WMP appears. For details, check my video later.

This is the full Windows Media Player

Power Shell

VIDEOS

Start Menu, look the start button when mouse hovers on it.

New Calculator, really different.

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Zakeh blog team