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Best of Lifehacker’s Windows 7 Coverage So Far

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Lifehacker’s doing a phenomenal job of covering Windows 7 and its software intricacies. Here’s a roundup of the posts that appeal most to Gizmodo readers.

• Unlike Vista, Windows 7 actually tells you which application is holding onto a locked file, so you can go and close it

How to get the “Show Desktop” icon back

• Get some new themes up in this hizzy

https://lifehacker.com/windows-7-tells-you-why-you-cant-touch-that-file-5132227

• Fake a Windows 7 look on your XP desktop at work

• Get rid of that send feedback link in every Window!!

Dual boot Win 7 with XP or Vista

https://lifehacker.com/make-your-xp-desktop-look-like-windows-7-5128992

• Be a freak and dual-boot Win 7 with Linux

• You have nine days left to download Windows 7 beta without torrenting

How to get your product key

https://lifehacker.com/multi-booting-windows-7-with-linux-5129223

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