

Once you have the Quick Launch bar on your taskbar, you can drag programs to it as you did in Vista. You'll find step by step instructions with screenshots in this tutorial. Quick Launch is missing in Windows 7, but there is a way to bring it back. But I also liked the Quick Launch bar, where I could put icons for programs I use a little less frequently but often enough that I don't want to have to open the Start menu to get to them. Yes, you can pin programs to the Start menu now, and I do. I liked the new Windows 7 taskbar a lot - but something was missing. Note: This article is also available as a PDF download. Here are a few tweaks and tricks you can use to make this excellent OS even better. Still, as good as Windows 7 is, it's not perfect out of the box. According to a recent ZDNet poll of IT pros, they are four times more likely to be happy with the new OS than early users of Vista. Regardless of Windows 7's incomplete status, many techies will tell you that it's more stable and reliable than Vista. Windows 7 hasn't even been released yet, but many people (yes, I'm one of them) are already running it on their production computers despite Microsoft's advice not to do that with beta software. But even though she's very impressed with the new OS, she's already discovered several ways to improve it. Windows 7 appears to be a crowd pleaser among the IT pros who have been kicking its beta tires - including Deb Shinder.
