Six missing features in Windows 7

 
 
 
Windows 7 has been on the market for more than a year. media attention to Windows 7 is more about sales volume and vulnerabilities. Over the past one year, Windows 7 has been proven to be a successful operating system, microsoft's reputation in the operating system market has been recovered.

 

However, Windows 7 still lacks some important functions. Some functions have been discarded by the previous version of Windows, while some functions have been missing from the Windows system. The technology website InformationWeek recently lists the important functions missing from Windows 7:

 

Windows SteadyState Account Management

SteadyState is a multi-user account management tool that prevents untrusted users from modifying shared computers or installing unwanted software. It also helps protect system resources.

By default, Windows does not have the built-in account management tool. An effective sharing management tool is especially important for computer administrators in schools, Internet cafes, game halls, libraries, and community centers. By limiting system permissions, administrators can prevent users from re-configuring system settings or installing unwanted software, viruses, and other harmful programs.

For a long time, administrators have to manage shared computers through third-party programs and Windows Local programs. Previously, Microsoft provided SteadyState programs for Windows XP and Windows Vista for free to download. However, when Windows 7 appeared, administrators found that SteadyState's support for the new system was unstable, therefore, they urgently need Microsoft to update SteadyState.

On the contrary, Microsoft has terminated the free download service of SteadyState on January 1, December 31, 2010.

Windows SteadyState disk Protection

SteadyState can also protect Windows partitions where Windows operating systems and other programs are located, so that they are not modified without the Administrator's permission.

With SteadyState, administrators can set Windows disk protection to delete all changes upon restart, delete changes on a specific date or time, or do not delete any changes.

If the administrator chooses to use Windows disk protection to delete the changes, the administrator can delete any changes made by the shared user when logging on to the computer when the computer is restarted.

Hardware driver update

Everyone may have encountered this situation: When you install Windows on a new computer, you have to find a variety of drivers on your own. Therefore, Microsoft and hardware manufacturers should provide users with a set of standardized and reasonable hardware drive update solutions.

Dell hardware driver update

Dell is ahead of major manufacturers in terms of hardware-driven updates. We have mentioned the Dell support center so that you can easily download the latest driver. There is no doubt that other manufacturers should learn from this.

Program upgrade

In Windows, you can add a local package update mechanism, or directly add an "App Store" to the system for users to download and install programs. From the perspective of the design concept of Windows 8, Microsoft has been actively moving closer to this aspect, but the current situation seems to be worth further research.

When upgrading a program, there are not many options for users in Windows 7. They either download the new version of the program or upgrade the program through the built-in automatic upgrade mechanism. Most program developers generally adopt the latter, but this method has a big problem-how to ensure that automatic upgrades do not affect each other.

As a result, there are some application upgrade management programs on the network, and ipvnap is one of them. AppSnap helps you search for updates to installed common programs. Obviously, this type of program has a major defect, that is, the programs they can update are very limited.

Touch support

Another important feature missing from Windows 7 is tablet support. This does not mean that Windows 7 does not support touch screen devices at all, but the Windows 7 user interface is not suitable for touch operations.

This defect was related to the Time Windows 7 went public, and the iPad was just a fantasy. Therefore, Windows 7 has not achieved the goal of preemptible action. Microsoft can only sigh with hope.