Comments on: What’s New in Windows 7: The Taskbar!

By: LeviFiction

LeviFiction — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:25:32 +0000

I do double the size of my taskbar, but that’s to get the quick launch links all in one row on top of my opened applications list.

But I also hide it so that it takes up less space on my screen.

But all in all that’s pretty fancy.

By: Wade Dorrell

Wade Dorrell — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:24:04 +0000

I’m fairly sure taskbar isn’t double the height… it’s 10 pixels taller than Vista (and I think Vista and XP have the same height.) The reduced clutter/borders around the icons make it seem bigger than it is.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:26:51 +0000

@George

I’ve wondered this too. However I doubt MS will give the option. I was running Windows XP 64 before I upgraded to Vista 64… they didn’t even offer an upgrade path for me, just a clean install.

I doubt they will offer a 32 to 64 upgrade path for Windows 7. There is a lot of under the hood changes to make 64 bit happen and I doubt Microsoft wants to support that option along with all the complications that can arise from it.

One solution that might work for you is to install Windows 7 on a VM (32 or 64), use the “Windows Easy Transfer” to transfer your data into the VM. Then do a clean install of Windows 7 64 on your hardware and use the Windows Easy Transfer again to finally move all your data to your new install.

The Windows Easy Transfer tool is very very good at keeping all your settings.

By: George Tullius

George Tullius — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:31:46 +0000

QUESTION:
Ask on your video feed but got ignored because of too much BS from other users. Why is it that Windows 7 64 bit will not upgrade a Vista 32 bit with 64 bit Hardware and Dual 64 bit processor, and requires a full install. To test properly all hardware and software installed it should allow the Upgrad as the windows Vista 64 bit upgrade does . Is MS Stupid, this is not way to Beta test an OS, to disallow the upgrade to 64 over 32. ANSWER REQUIRED AND SOLUTION REQUESTED

By: azaas

azaas — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:56:52 +0000

The right click options seem to be the ones that make that whole thing a productivity tool. On it’s very core it’s still not as intuitive or usable as expose and not that impressive. BUT,with the right click options it transforms to a really great thing. Now i’ve said in the past that this whole task bar thing was not that impressive to me,but i had no idea to the right click options menu. Now i can see me using this quite a lot!!!! The pin app to task bar and the close all windows thing will be two things to save you a lot of time.
Now a quick question.Are there any keyboard shortcuts to this?Can you assign keyboard shortcuts to all those things?
/me hopes that the answer is YES :P