Windows 7

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Windows 7 Is An OS Which Ended Support On January 14, 2020

* Windows 7 Logo
* Windows 7

### Development

Windows 7 started in development or by hands in 2002, with the name of Windows Blackcomb. Though Microsoft Windows shipped Blackcomb with Longhorn, which was later gonna become Vista, as Longhorn was a restaurant next from Blackcomb, so its development was scrapped and begun again in 2006, with the name of Windows Vienna. It was once again scrapped to then put the release of Windows Vista by the start of 2007. Development of Windows 7 begun again in late 2007 and Windows Vienna became Windows 7. Since they don't have 2 OS's to work with anymore, Microsoft decided to start normal development into this OS. The development was going good and the stableness was increasing into the OS, like a much better quality and other. Many high efforted techniques were also removed to decrease bugs and lag into the OS that was put, too. Build 7600 was then finished and was the last build of the beta and then was released in July 2009 for manufacturers and then in October 2009 to the public.

### Features and Changes

* No Sidebar anymore: The Sidebar has been removed in the purpose to move widgets easily.
* Bigger taskbar: The super taskbar has been implemented in this build, replacing the previous style of the taskbar that was saw since Windows 95. It implements the new show all icons and other tray icons, including and a new hidden voice assistant, too. The tiles are now colorful and not one color anymore.
* Control Panel: Control Panel has been updated to include more new personalization themes and more new applets for more cusotmization, including the classic view being really different in style and remove the banner when views are enabled and show the uplifted banner only inside the applets and sub options. Its icon has been updated to match within its new style.
* Paint: Paint has been also updated to include a newer navigation bar from the top, instead from the left and includes new colors and other small new features for increased experience with drawing.
* Calculator: Calculator is also uplifted, to showcase a newer interface and a revamped icon, to match with the style of Windows 7.
* Maximize no longer has black borders while enabling Aero: There was a new issue in Vista, Vista SP1 and Vista SP2, where the frames of the Aero border while being maximized are in the blank black color, instead with the glass and grey color, which was fixed in Windows 7 and now the Aero interface is a lot more hybrid, to match with the style that was dealt with Windows 7.
* Branding: Windows 7 branding brought the Windows 7 mention into the log in screen's watermakr as of a new wallpaper in the Set-up, OOBE, power screens and in the phase 2 of the boot screen, including from the System Recovery and desktop, albeit with the Windows 7 logo being presented, too.
* Start Menu: Some illustration images of the Start menu have been changed and the glass from it has been also updated. Colors also apply right now into the start menu and its a bit bigger, than in the one shown in Windows Vista and the variants have been also changed to match with the background's color scheme.
* Media Player 12: Media Player has been upgraded to version 12.0, with a new alive interface, compared from Vista. The yellow glow / shadow from the Media Player icon has been removed, compared from Vista.
* Media Center: Media Center has been updated, to also feature a new style, too, compared from Vista.
* Internet Explorer 8.0: Inernet Explorer 7.0 has been updated version 8.0, albeit introducing a new style.

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