Windows 7 seems to have an endless number of ways to easily launch your most common programs. Not only can you pin apps to the Start menu, for example, but there's the ability to pin to the Task bar.

This control panel contains a listing of all known file extensions and the default programs that are assigned to them. First, click on the Windows 7 Start button.

All of the dedicated (blind) Microsoft loyalists out there who have been going on and on and on and on about how wonderful Windows 7 is, and how easy the upgrade from Vista is (what about Windows ...