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If you haven’t already heard, the Windows 7 Public Beta is , and anybody that registers from now until January 24th will receive a temporary license key for the Beta 1 version. Today we’ll run through the features and what you should expect.

如果您还没有听说过，则Windows 7 Public Beta，并且从即日起至1月24日注册的任何人都将收到Beta 1版本的临时许可证密钥。 今天，我们将介绍这些功能以及您应该期望的内容。

I’ve been using the beta for a couple of weeks, and yesterday I got my hands on the official Beta 1 release, which is good enough to use on a regular basis if it wasn’t for the hard cut-off date… yes, the beta release has an expiration date on August 1st 2009, after which it will stop working.

我已经使用Beta数周了，昨天我接触了Beta 1的正式发行版，如果不是在严格的截止日期，它就可以定期使用，足以满足需要。 ，该Beta版本的有效日期为2009年8月1日，此后它将停止工作。

If you wanted to sum up Windows 7 in a few words: it’s Windows Vista with a few new features and almost all the annoyances and bugs removed… and a really shiny coat of paint. It’s impressive, so we’ll hop straight into the screenshots.

如果您想用几句话来概括Windows 7：它是Windows Vista，具有一些新功能，几乎消除了所有烦恼和错误……并具有真正的光泽。 令人印象深刻，因此我们将直接跳入屏幕截图。

The Screenshot Tour

屏幕截图之旅

The default desktop for Windows 7 is clean and simple, and like almost everything in this release, is really quite impressive.

Windows 7的默认桌面干净整洁，并且像此版本中的几乎所有内容一样，确实给人留下了深刻的印象。

The first thing that you can’t miss is the new taskbar, which uses large icons instead of taskbar buttons and integrates Quick Launch functionality at the same time. You’ll notice in this screenshot that the Windows Media Player icon isn’t “active”, because I don’t have an instance open…  but it’s been Pinned to the taskbar.

您不能错过的第一件事是新的任务栏，它使用大图标而不是任务栏按钮，并且同时集成了快速启动功能。 您会在此屏幕截图中注意到Windows Media Player图标未处于“活动状态”，因为我没有打开实例…但是它已固定在任务栏上。

The popup preview thumbnails have been enhanced to show multiple windows side by side, which is much more useful than the Vista way, especially since Windows 7 combines windows by default: even if you have only two windows open, they will be combined into a single taskbar button.

弹出预览缩略图已得到增强，可以并排显示多个窗口，这比Vista方式要有用得多，尤其是因为Windows 7默认情况下会合并多个窗口：即使您只打开两个窗口，它们也将合并为一个窗口任务栏按钮。

When hovering over one of the previews, Windows 7 will automatically flip to that window so you can see in a larger view which window it is. Very useful for Word documents, I think.

将鼠标悬停在其中一个预览上时，Windows 7会自动翻转到该窗口，因此您可以在更大的视图中看到它是哪个窗口。 我认为对于Word文档非常有用。

The new taskbar buttons also have a new right-click menu, which gives you access to special folders or recent documents. There’s a new API that allows applications to add items to this list, so expect in the future for this to become a big deal.

新的任务栏按钮还具有一个新的右键单击菜单，使您可以访问特殊文件夹或最新文档。 有一个新的API，允许应用程序将项目添加到此列表中，因此，希望将来会成为一件大事。

If you don’t like the taskbar functionality, you can revert back to the Windows Vista method by opening up Taskbar and Start Menu Properties (right click \ Properties). The “Taskbar buttons” setting will let you turn off the single icon mode, and you can choose “Use small icons” to turn off the big icons.

如果您不喜欢任务栏功能，则可以通过打开任务栏和“开始”菜单属性(右键单击\属性)来恢复到Windows Vista方法。 “任务栏按钮”设置将使您可以关闭单个图标模式，并且可以选择“使用小图标”来关闭大图标。

The next thing you might notice is that there is no longer a “Sidebar” for the Gadgets… you’ll have to right-click on the desktop and choose Gadgets to add more, which can be dragged to the desktop anywhere you’d like. You’ll also notice you can get quick access to your resolution from here.

您可能会注意到的下一件事是，该小工具不再具有“侧边栏”……您必须右键单击桌面，然后选择“小工具”以添加更多内容，然后可以将其拖动到桌面上的任何位置。 。 您还会注意到，您可以从此处快速访问您的分辨率。

If you want to dock the gadgets to the side like you used to, you still can: If you drag the desktops to the side of the screen, they will dock there:

如果要像以前一样将小工具停靠在侧面，则仍然可以：如果将桌面拖到屏幕的侧面，它们将停靠在此处：

The Start Menu is roughly the same as before, although you’ll notice the Shut Down button is much simpler, and can be configured to a different action right in the Taskbar and Start menu properties screen.

“开始”菜单与以前大致相同，尽管您会发现“关闭”按钮更为简单，并且可以在“任务栏”和“开始”菜单属性屏幕中将其配置为其他操作。

You’ll notice the arrow next to Getting Started… whenever you see an arrow on a pinned item, you can hover over it to see a list of tasks on the right-hand side, with a rather fun “slide out” effect that I can’t really show in a screenshot.

您会注意到“入门”旁边的箭头...每当您看到固定项目上的箭头时，都可以将鼠标悬停在该项目上以查看右侧的任务列表，这具有相当有趣的“滑出”效果，不能真正显示在屏幕截图中。

In fact, it’s tough to show off the real “slickness” of the UI in these screenshots… you have to try it for yourself to understand: things are just smooth.

实际上，很难在这些屏幕快照中展示UI的真正“光滑性”……您必须自己尝试一下才能理解：事情很顺利。

When you search, the taskbar “morphs” into a full-size search screen – a huge improvement from Vista, and the search results are pretty good, although still not perfect.

搜索时，任务栏会“变形”为完整尺寸的搜索屏幕-与Vista相比有了很大的改进，尽管效果仍然不理想，但搜索结果还是不错的。

Another really slick new feature lets you maximize or tile windows by dragging them to one of the sides of the screen… for instance, you drag the current window to the left side of the screen and you’ll see a glass window effect…

另一个非常漂亮的新功能使您可以通过将窗口拖动到屏幕的一侧来最大化或平铺窗口……例如，将当前窗口拖动到屏幕的左侧，您将看到玻璃窗效果……

And once you let go of the mouse, the window will take up exactly half of the screen. Very useful for tiling windows.

放开鼠标后，窗口将恰好占据屏幕的一半。 平铺窗口非常有用。

This also works for maximizing by dragging to the top of the screen… letting go of the mouse at this point would maximize the current window:

这也可以通过拖动到屏幕顶部来最大化，在这一点上放开鼠标可以最大化当前窗口：

This also works if you drag a window corner to one of the edges of the screen, Windows 7 will let you make the window fill the whole space from top to bottom.

如果将窗口角拖动到屏幕边缘之一，这也将起作用，Windows 7将使您使窗口从上到下填充整个空间。

You might have noticed a little unused area on the taskbar right next to the clock… this is the new “Show Desktop” icon, with an added twist: if you hover your mouse over it, it will turn all of the open windows to glass, letting you see what is beneath. This would maybe be useful if you have desktop gadgets on the screen, or just want to see your wallpaper.

您可能已经注意到时钟旁边任务栏上有一个未使用的区域……这是新的“显示桌面”图标，带有一个额外的变化：如果将鼠标悬停在它上面，它将把所有打开的窗口变成玻璃，让您看到下面的内容。 如果屏幕上有桌面小工具，或者只是想看墙纸，这可能会很有用。

The system tray is also changed, with all extra icons being hidden behind a little arrow. You’ll also note that the current date is shown on the screen now, since the taskbar is taller.

系统托盘也已更改，所有其他图标都隐藏在一个小箭头后面。 您还会注意到，由于任务栏较高，因此当前日期会立即显示在屏幕上。

One of the default items is important: the Action Center icon now consolidates all of the Windows Security error or notification messages into a single icon…

默认项之一很重要：“操作中心”图标现在将所有Windows安全错误或通知消息合并为一个图标...

And even better, you get to choose which errors you want to hear about, and which ones you don’t. HUGE improvement over Vista.

甚至更好的是，您可以选择要听到的错误以及不希望听到的错误。 与Vista相比有了巨大的改进。

By clicking on the wrench icon you can choose which notifications appear on the taskbar:

通过单击扳手图标，您可以选择哪些通知显示在任务栏上：

You can also change which security messages show up:

您还可以更改显示哪些安全消息：

The Action Center is your new “hub” to review all of the messages and notifications… more on that in a future article, but one of the biggest changes in Windows 7 is hidden behind it… click on the User Account Control settings:

“操作中心”是您查看所有消息和通知的新“枢纽”……在以后的文章中将对此进行更多介绍，但是Windows 7的最大变化之一就是隐藏在其中……单击“用户帐户控制”设置：

And you’ll see a new “Slider”, which lets you change the amount of UAC notifications, and by default UAC is nearly disabled for users with administrative rights. The only time you will see UAC messages is during a new application install.

而且，您将看到一个新的“滑块”，它使您可以更改UAC通知的数量，并且默认情况下，具有管理权限的用户几乎禁用了UAC。 在新的应用程序安装期间，您唯一会看到UAC消息。

Continuing through the Control Panel, there is a completely new panel for customizing your desktop using themes, with easy access to all the relevant settings from a single window.

继续通过“控制面板”，有一个全新的面板可用于使用主题自定义桌面，并且可以从一个窗口轻松访问所有相关设置。

Many of the windows that used to be separate dialogs are now integrated directly into the regular Control Panel, like this one for changing your display appearance:

现在，许多以前是单独对话框的窗口都直接集成到常规控制面板中，例如用于更改显示外观的窗口：

A smaller thing to note… the Windows Experience score maximum has been increased to 7.9 instead of 5.9 in Vista.

需要注意的一点是……Windows Experience最高分数已从Vista中的5.9提高到7.9。

One important thing to note is that when you go to your user folder, you will see a bunch of “Libraries”, which are essentially search folders banded together so you can find all your pictures, documents, or music in a single place. This feature is quite useful, but is going to take some time to get used to.

需要注意的重要一件事是，当您转到用户文件夹时，会看到一堆“库”，它们实际上是捆绑在一起的搜索文件夹，因此您可以在一个地方找到所有图片，文档或音乐。 此功能非常有用，但要花一些时间才能习惯。

You’ll notice in the screenshot above there’s a new “Homegroup” item in the list, and yes, they’ve completely revamped network sharing in Windows 7 with a much simpler interface that we’ll cover in future articles.

您会在上面的屏幕截图中注意到，列表中有一个新的“家庭组”项目，是的，它们已经以更简单的界面完全改进了Windows 7中的网络共享，我们将在以后的文章中介绍。

Other Features

其他特性

There’s a whole bunch of other features in Windows 7 that we don’t really have time to cover today…

Windows 7中还有很多其他功能，我们今天真的没有时间讨论……

• New Calculator.
  新计算器。
• Internet Explorer 8 is integrated by default.
  默认情况下，Internet Explorer 8是集成的。
• XPS Viewer integrated.
  集成了XPS Viewer。
• New versions of Paint and Wordpad with the “Ribbon” interface.
  具有“ Ribbon”界面的新版本的Paint和Wordpad。
• Revamped Windows Backup.
  改进了Windows备份。
• New “Home Groups” for sharing files and folders.
  新的“家庭组”用于共享文件和文件夹。
• New, easier Wireless connections tray icon.
  新的，更简单的无线连接托盘图标。
• Media Center is Updated with new features.
  Media Center已更新，具有新功能。
• Faster bootup and installation times.
  更快的启动和安装时间。
• Other stuff.
  其他的东西。

The other thing to note is that Windows Mail, Calendar, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker and Contacts have been removed from Windows 7 and are now part of the downloadable .

要注意的另一件事是Windows Mail，日历，照片库，Movie Maker和Contacts已从Windows 7中删除，现在已成为可下载的。

Installing Windows 7

安装Windows 7

I realize it’s illogical, but now we’ll skip to installing it (the other screenshots were more interesting). The startup installation screen is pretty familiar looking…

我意识到这是不合逻辑的，但是现在我们跳过安装(其他屏幕截图更有趣)。 启动安装屏幕看起来很熟悉...

Should I Install Windows 7?

我应该安装Windows 7吗？

If you don’t mind the fact that it will stop working on August 1st, Windows 7 beta 1 is very stable and usable.

如果您不介意它将在8月1日停止工作的事实，则Windows 7 beta 1非常稳定且可用。

Do I Need a License?

我需要许可证吗？

Windows 7 works just like Windows Vista did… you can install it and run it in “Trial mode” for 30 days. Yes, this does mean that you can borrow the disc from a friend, or download it “illegally” and use it, at least for a trial period. (I’m not advocating piracy here).

Windows 7的工作方式与Windows Vista一样……您可以安装它并在“试用模式”下运行30天。 是的，这确实意味着您至少可以在试用期内向朋友借用该光盘，或者“非法”下载它并使用它。 (我这里不提倡盗版)。

It’s Only a Download?

只是下载？

That’s right, you will need to download the ISO image file and then burn it to a DVD in order to do an installation… I recommend .

没错，您需要下载ISO映像文件，然后将其刻录到DVD以进行安装……我建议使用 。

What About Drivers?

司机呢？

Windows 7 uses the exact same drivers as Windows Vista, and by this point the majority of devices have drivers. You most likely won’t even need to install drivers, since Windows 7 has a lot more drivers included by default.

Windows 7使用与Windows Vista完全相同的驱动程序，并且到目前为止，大多数设备都具有驱动程序。 您极有可能甚至不需要安装驱动程序，因为Windows 7默认包含更多的驱动程序。

Important Installation Notes

重要安装说明

When you get to the screen which recommends upgrading vs custom installation, I would recommend installing a new installation into a completely blank partition. If you want to test it on the same machine as Vista, you should dual-boot. I would recommend against using the upgrade feature unless you are very brave (also note that it only supports upgrading from Vista SP1)

当您到达建议升级与自定义安装的屏幕时，我建议将新安装安装到完全空白的分区中。 如果要在与Vista相同的计算机上进行测试，则应双重引导。 我建议不要使用升级功能，除非您非常勇敢(还请注意，它仅支持从Vista SP1升级)

If you don’t have a second hard drive or partition already, you can use the . If that doesn’t work, you can as well. If none of that works, you can .

如果您还没有第二个硬盘驱动器或分区，则可以使用的“。 如果这不起作用，您也可以。 如果这些都，则可以。

Once it installs (which doesn’t take that long), you’ll be prompted for a computer name and user name:

安装完成(时间不长)后，系统将提示您输入计算机名和用户名：

You’ll be prompted for what your default homegroup settings are (personally I’d probably turn most of them off, but I’m security-conscious). Make sure to write down this homegroup password and save it somewhere!

系统将提示您输入默认的家庭组设置(就我个人而言，我可能会关闭其中的大多数设置，但我对安全性很敏感)。 确保写下此家庭组密码并将其保存在某个地方！

From this point you will be able to get to your desktop, and start actually using Windows 7.

从这一点开始，您将可以进入桌面并开始实际使用Windows 7。

Windows 7 Bug

Windows 7错误

There is a known bug in Windows 7 that will potentially damage some mp3 files if you load them into Windows Media Player. You’ll want to make sure to install this patch, or turn on automatic updates once you have Windows 7 installed… it should update automatically.

如果您将某些mp3文件加载到Windows Media Player中，则Windows 7中存在一个已知的错误可能会损坏某些mp3文件。 您需要确保安装此修补程序，或者在安装Windows 7后打开自动更新…它应该自动更新。

For more information and the download links check out .

有关更多信息和下载链接，请查看。

What Should We Cover?

我们应该涵盖什么？

One of my recent articles asked what exactly we should cover in 2009, and Windows 7 is definitely going to be on that list. The question is: What do YOU want to see about Windows 7? What is the most important topic when it comes to learning a new operating system?

我最近的一篇文章问我们在2009年应该涵盖哪些内容，Windows 7肯定会出现在该列表中。 问题是：关于Windows 7，您希望看到什么？ 学习新操作系统时最重要的主题是什么？

Leave your thoughts in the comments, and we’ll try our best to cover that topic in a future article. (If you are reading through RSS or Email )

将您的想法留在评论中，我们将尽力在以后的文章中介绍该主题。 (如果您正在阅读RSS或电子邮件，)

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