{"id":261,"date":"2009-04-26T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2009-04-26T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T10:50:00","slug":"windows-7-release-candidate-1s-best-surprise-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/2009\/04\/windows-7-release-candidate-1s-best-surprise-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 Release Candidate 1’s Best Surprise New Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Windows XP Mode<\/strong>
To encourage enterprise people to let loose and rock Windows 7<\/span>, it runs a full-fledged Windows XP virtual environment<\/span> using Microsoft’s Virtual PC. It requires an additional download (booo), but you won’t have to worry about your applications breaking like with Vista. <\/span><\/span>Update<\/strong>: Paul Thurrott has more info<\/a> and a huge walkthrough<\/a> on XP Mode, including the crushing revelation it’s gonna be free for Windows 7<\/span> Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate, not Home Premium, which is the version regular people are going to be running.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Most Insane Default Backgrounds Ever<\/strong>
Look at these. Yes, these are just a handful of the ridiculously awesome backgrounds packed inside Windows 7<\/span>. Some are the products of acid trips through a nightmare land of anime hell that I would never wish on anybody, and some are simply stunning. Just wow. Click to make bigger, obvs. <\/span>Update<\/strong>: Okay, the backgrounds were in some of the builds between the Public Beta and the upcoming RC, but they weren’t, you know, public.<\/p>\n

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  • Windows Media Player’s Remote Media Sharing will let you access your media library from anywhere over the internet. You need a Windows Live ID that you associate with your Windows 7<\/span> user account using a tool you have to download. (This could grow to include other “online identities,” like Facebook I’m guessing, but I wouldn’t hold your breath for your Gmail account.) You also need the same version of Windows Media Player<\/span> running on both computers. After everything’s all associamated, then your home library you wanna stream from should show up just like a local library under the “Other Libraries” section in the side navigation pane.
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