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Run Displays the Run dialog box. This lets you run commands. Although you may have used the Run options previously, you’ll find the Search box to be much easier to work with. Not only can you use the Search box to open and run commands quicker, but you can also run commands with fewer clicks. Navigating the control buttons and customizing the power configuration Below the common folder and feature buttons on the Start menu’s right pane, you’ll find your computer’s Shut Down button. When you click the Shut Down Options button (the arrow to the right of “Shut down”), you have the following options: Switch user Switches users so another user can log on Log off Logs off the computer and ends your user session Lock Locks the computer so that a logon screen is displayed Restart Shuts down and then restarts the computer Sleep Puts the computer in sleep mode, if possible given the system configuration and state Hibernate Puts the computer in hibernate mode, if possible given the system configuration and state As discussed in Chapter 1, your computer’s power configuration determines how sleep mode works.
Com Figure 1-6. Changing your product key robust configuration system to initialize and start the operating system. The Boot Manager is a key component of Windows 7’s extensive boot environment. You’ll learn all about the Boot Manager and the boot environment in Chapter 23; here’s what you need to know right now: • The boot environment dramatically changes the way the operating system starts. Microsoft created the boot environment to resolve several prickly problems related to boot integrity, operating system integrity, and firmware abstraction.
Windows XP also has additional folders, such as Cookies, Local Settings, NetHood, and Printhood. Windows 7 has many environment variables, which are used to refer to user-specific and system-specific values. %SystemDrive% and %UserName% refer to the SystemDrive and UserName environment variables, respectively. Often, I’ll refer to environment variables using this syntax: %VariableName%. If you’d like to view the current value of any of these variables, click the Start menu, choose All Programs→Accessories→ Command Prompt.