With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft has also released the Remote Desktop Connection client 7.0 as the default RDP client. Microsoft has also released this client for Windows Vista and Windows XP. With RDC Client 7.0 lots of the features are geared towards Windows 2008 and Windows 7 environments and less for Windows Vista and XP.
In Windows server 2008/2003, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP, by default NTFS filesystem maintains file names in old 8dot3 format for every file in long filename format to allow legacy applications to be able to access to these files. If you do not use any legacy applications or using a Fileserver which is extensively used then finetuning or even disabling 8dot3 naming can significantly improve performance.
SuperFetch is a new feature in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to improve performance of your system. Windows SuperFetch enables programs and files to load quickly. When you’re not actively using your computer, background tasks—including automatic backup programs and antivirus scans—run when they will least disturb you to save system memory space.
With Windows 7 still hot on its heels, its important that we make sure all our software, hardware devices like Camcorder, Digital Cameras etc works just fine with Windows 7 before upgrading to the new operating system.
If you have more than one operating system installed along with your Windows 7 and Windows Vista then you may be aware that the Windows Boot Manager displays the multi OS menu for 30 seconds before choosing the default operating system and boot your PC or Laptop. However, this can be reduced or increased by one simple command from the Command Prompt.