Windows 7 Improvements by Chapter

Windows 7 has hundreds of improvements over earlier Windows client operating systems. This chapter provides a very high-level overview of those features, focusing on features that are not discussed in depth elsewhere in this resource kit. Table 1-1 lists some of the key improvements to Windows 7 that will be of interest to IT professionals and indicates the chapters in this book that provide detailed information about each improvement.

Table 1-1. Windows 7 Improvements

IMPROVEMENT

CHAPTER

Security improvements

2

Deployment improvements

3 through 12

Application compatibility

4

Windows PowerShell 2.0

13

Group Policy preferences

14

Starter Group Policy Objects (GPOs)

14

Group Policy PowerShell cmdlets

14

Libraries

15

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