This will take about 20—30 minutes, depending on the speed of your computer. When the installation is complete, Windows 7 will restart. After Windows 7 has been restarted, you should see the screen shown in Figure Provide a username; your computer name will be created based on what you have entered you can change it to another name if you want to after the installation. Click Next. You will be asked to enter a password to protect your user account. You are strongly advised to provide one.
In the next screen, you will be asked to enter a product key to activate Windows 7. You will also be asked to select a way to update Windows. Next, you will set up the current date and time, and finally, if your computer has a network card, Windows 7 will prompt you to select your current location see Figure ; wireless network users will be asked to select a wireless network to connect to.
Choose a location that best describes the environment you are in. You are now ready to explore Windows 7 see Figure However, behind the familiar UI lies a more powerful and versatile operating system. Subsequent chapters will cover some of the new features in more detail, but here are some of the most prominent new features in Windows 7.
Windows 7 is designed with touchscreen support, especially multitouch, in mind. As touchscreen computers are still not common, this book will not discuss the touch capability of Windows 7. The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is a collection of six applications that are optimized for touch interactions. It consists of three games and three Microsoft Surface applications that have been recreated for Windows 7. These applications are:. A game utilizing physics where you can use gestures to rotate gears, fans, seesaws, and other objects.
Perhaps the most outstanding feature in Windows 7 is the new taskbar. The quick-launch area that most Windows XP and Vista users are so used to is now gone. In place of it is the ability to pin your applications icons in the taskbar for easy access, regardless of whether the application is itself running.
Sadly, the classic Start menu has also been disabled in Windows 7. Hopefully, Microsoft will turn it back on in a future service pack, or determined hackers will find a way to replace it. Figure shows the new taskbar in Windows 7 with several application icons in it. As these applications are used often, they are given permanent spots in the taskbar for more information about pinning, see the section Pinning Applications to the Taskbar.
As you can see in Figure , the Media Player application does not have the rectangular border around it—this signifies that the application is not running currently.
In the taskbar is another button known as the Show desktop shortcut. The Show desktop shortcut is the button on the extreme right of the taskbar see Figure Another cool new feature in Windows 7 is Aero Peek.
Aero Peek displays live previews of active applications when you move the mouse over the application icon in the taskbar. Figure shows Aero Peek in action when the mouse hovers over the IE icon in the taskbar.
Aero Peek requires an Aero-capable video card and a Windows 7 edition that supports Aero. Aero Shake and Aero Snap will work on any Windows 7 system. Windows displays the live previews of all running instances of IE. When the mouse hovers over one of the live previews, the selected window appears, and the rest of the windows turn transparent. To select the window, simply click the live preview. Can you help us improve?
Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? In this lesson, you will review pre-installation preparation and learn how to install Windows 7 , along with any accompanying devices and hardware. There are a few things you need to check before you get started with your installation. In Lesson 2 , we discussed the considerations you needed to be aware of before upgrading to Windows 7.
By now, you should have:. In addition, you will need to make sure you have a working Internet connection upon installation, since you may be prompted to download and install security and hardware driver updates. Microsoft also recommends that you update your antivirus programs. After updating, you should run the antivirus programs and then turn them off.
Once the installation is complete, you can turn the programs back on or install new antivirus software that is compatible with Windows 7. Step 4 — Read the license terms and tick I accept license terms. Then click next to continue. Step 5 — You will now be presented with two options. Upgrade or Custom Advanced.
Since we are doing a clean install we will select Custom Advanced.
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