{"id":18016,"date":"2010-08-16T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T15:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=18016"},"modified":"2010-08-16T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T15:54:05","slug":"bits-from-bill-pytlovany-what-my-wife-loves-about-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-what-my-wife-loves-about-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits from Bill Pytlovany: What My Wife Loves About Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/billpwp.jpg\" alt=\"billpwp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<p>My wife Cindi is a typical computer user who knows how to do what she needs and no more. She has no interest in how it all works but she expects her computer to work in a consistent manner. She enjoys learning new features but only if it\u2019s related to her daily activities and\/or makes life easier.<\/p>\n<p>When her new ThinkPad came earlier this year I worried that she wouldn\u2019t welcome the changes.&#160; I don\u2019t know about other geek husbands out there but \u201canything\u201d that doesn\u2019t work right on Cindi\u2019s computer is my fault. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>So I was nervous when I upgraded Cindi from her Windows XP machine to a brand new Windows 7 interface. To my surprise and delight the conversion was successful and Cindi has been very happy with Windows 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Network Discovery      <br \/><\/strong>The first new treat she discovered using Windows 7 was the quick detection of our wireless network. In the past, Cindi\u2019s laptop would boot up and while it appeared to be ready it was my fault when she couldn\u2019t get online.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/WhatMyWifeLovesAboutWindows7_12C74\/win7b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"win7b\" border=\"0\" alt=\"win7b\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/WhatMyWifeLovesAboutWindows7_12C74\/win7b_thumb.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a>&#160; The engineers at Microsoft made this feature a priority and they nailed it.&#160; Cindi can now check for new baby photos on Facebook&#160; before her first sip of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>System Tray Management<\/strong>     <br \/>While we\u2019re looking at the Windows 7 system tray I can tell you about another new feature that makes her happy.&#160; Note the little up arrow that now contains all the icons that used to mess up&#160; the system tray. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/WhatMyWifeLovesAboutWindows7_12C74\/win7e.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"win7e\" border=\"0\" alt=\"win7e\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/WhatMyWifeLovesAboutWindows7_12C74\/win7e_thumb.jpg\" width=\"328\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a> This keeps the Windows system tray much neater and more manageable. 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