Microsoft

Introduction

The Purpose of This Book

In every new operating system release, Microsoft introduces some new tools and features. Sometimes, however, it is easy to miss these improvements unless someone shines a big light on them and says, “Hey! Look over here at this great new feature!” And that is what this book is designed to do: highlight all the new features of Windows 7.

Keep in mind, however, that this book is more than a bulleted list of new features to explore. After all, the goal of this book is to help Windows XP/Vista users smoothly transition over to Windows 7. That goal remains the focus from the beginning to the end. You will learn when a particular feature is new in Windows 7. Thus, XP/Vista users will understand when ...