It can be a shock to the system getting used to the new Windows 7 task bar, which is a combination between the traditional Windows task bar, the Mac dock, and the Linux gnome panel. One way to ease the pain is to ungroup the icons in the task bar.
By default, Windows 7′s task bar has large icons that are pinned to it ala the traditional Windows Quick Launch toolbar. It also condenses the traditional task bar buttons that represent running programs into an Icon for each program. It can take a while to get used to this behavior, however, since at first glance it’s hard to determine what is a running program and what is an application shortcut (although there are ways to tell the difference at a glance). It’s also difficult to tell how many program windows are open if you don’t know how.
This tip is especially useful if you don’t have the best eyesight. By default the Windows Quick Launch bar contains small versions of all your program icons, which helps you have more of them visible, but if you run a high resolution on a small monitor, it can be difficult to tell which icon is for which program.
This tip is more helpful if you’re a Vista or Windows 7 user, although it works in Windows XP as well. Opening the task manager can be a pain, since you when you do the three finger salute (Ctrl + Alt + Delete), there’s a pause, then the session options screen comes up. Rather than just getting a task manager, you’re re-routed to a screen giving you options including logging off, and locking the screen, as well as Task Manager.
Take advantage of your wheel mouse when using Windows. If you come across a web page, or document in which the text is too small to read, you can use the menus or icons in the application to zoom in or resize, but that’s unnecesary work. 
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