What You’ll Love When You Upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10

Cliff S · 27 Jun 2015

The Winkey-X 'power tasks' menu

One of my favorite features in 8 & 10. I had to really train my self to stop going to all apps or using search like in 7.

bromanbro · 27 Jun 2015

Cliff S said:

One of my favorite features in 8 & 10. I had to really train my self to stop going to all apps or using search like in 7.

omg! love dat shortcut! Thanks!

Another great one - Winkey+# opens up a program on your taskbar.

DavidY · 27 Jun 2015

bromanbro said:

omg! love dat shortcut! Thanks!

Another great one - Winkey+# opens up a program on your taskbar.

Although good, this one is also in Windows 7 so doesn't make it to my list for the purpose of this thread (which is to mention new features added since Windows 7).

Mystere · 27 Jun 2015

DavidY said:

Although good, this one is also in Windows 7 so doesn't make it to my list for the purpose of this thread (which is to mention new features added since Windows 7).

Actually, I think it was in Windows XP too, maybe even Windows 9x.

lehnerus2000 · 27 Jun 2015

Mystere said:

DavidY said:

bromanbro said:

Another great one - Winkey+# opens up a program on your taskbar.

Although good, this one is also in Windows 7 so doesn't make it to my list for the purpose of this thread (which is to mention new features added since Windows 7).

Actually, I think it was in Windows XP too, maybe even Windows 9x.

"Windows key + Number key" was introduced in W7 (along with Taskbar Pinning).
I use that shortcut everyday.

It does nothing in my XP VM.

ICIT2LOL · 27 Jun 2015

Have started my own thread as maybe this was the wrong spot.

PRMan · 27 Jun 2015

bromanbro said:

omg! love dat shortcut! Thanks!

Another great one - Winkey+# opens up a program on your taskbar.

This actually already exists in Windows 7.

ksdixon · 28 Jun 2015

The copy window interface from Windows 8. Able to pause individual copy processes. Also multiple copy processes will slot-in underneath in one copy windows. There's no more re-organizing different copy windows on your screen like Windows 7.

Live Tiles. No more needing to boot-up your browser, visit your email page, visit weather.com, visit your calendar page etc.

Victek · 28 Jun 2015

They say there will be significant security improvements in Windows 10, such as two factor authentication:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/win...ing,27940.html

Hopefully the Microsoft Authenticator will be supported right out of the box:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....authenticator

lafjax · 28 Jun 2015

Oh yes! I can't wait to try all this out...