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Windows 7 doesn’t provide any convenient tools to associate more than one

application with a file type or even customize file icons. The backup tool

doesn’t let you restore individual files from a complete PC backup, meaning

that you have to back up your data twice in order to get complete protection.

Sharing files with older PCs, non-Windows machines, and in some cases, even

Windows 7 PCs can be needlessly frustrating. And the list goes on and on.

Fortunately, Windows 7 is pliable. UAC can be tamed. The Green Ribbon of

Death found in Windows Explorer can be dealt with. The Backup and Search

tools can be reconfigured to be more useful. You can hack up the Registry to

protect Windows from itself and customize the interface in ways Microsoft

never intended. And Windows 7’s networking can do everything you need if

you know where to look.

Think of it like carving a jack-o’-lantern: a little planning, hacking, and clean-

ing, and your face will light up!

Editions of Windows 7

Ironically, the internal version number of Windows 7 is version 6.1,

which

implies that Microsoft considers its newest operating system to be a (relatively)

minor revision of Windows Vista (version 6.0). This relationship is more or

less accurate as it turns out, and is akin to that between Windows XP (inter-

nally, Windows 5.1) and its predecessor, Windows 2000 (Windows 5.0).

Windows 7 is available in six different editions, all targeted for different mar-

kets and carefully designed to give customers the illusion of choice. They’re

all the same version of Windows—effectively, the same software—differing

only in some of the toys included in the box. Only three editions, Ultimate,

Professional, and Home Premium, are available to the general public.

Home Premium lacks some of the data security, management, and networking

features found in the Professional and Ultimate editions, but comes with the

“premium” games (Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans, Purble Place) missing in

Professional. Of course, Ultimate has it all; the only thing you lose with Ulti-

mate is a little hard disk space (not to mention a large sum of cash).

On the fringe, you’ll find the Starter and Home Basic editions, intended for so-

called emerging markets, and the Enterprise edition, which has more or less

the same feature set as Ultimate (minus the games and Media Player) but with

volume-licensing for large corporations.

* Open a Command Prompt window (cmd.exe) and type ver at the prompt to see Windows’ internal

version number.

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