![]() It’s easy to forget the bad old days now, but many people ran Windows XP with Administrator accounts, and all the software ran with Administrator permissions all the time. User Account Control is one of those big features. Windows 7 was to Windows Vista as Windows 10 is to Windows 8. Windows 7 saw heavy polishing and refinements given to many of Windows Vista’s features. ![]() They were more refined versions of features first introduced in Windows Vista, which many PC users skipped. Many of Windows 7’s best features weren’t new at all. RELATED: Windows 7 Dies Today: Here's What You Need to Know Fulfilling the Promise of Windows Vista Windows 7 was much more secure out of the box. That led to the “ Trustworthy Computing” initiative and Windows XP Service Pack 2, which enabled the Windows Firewall by default. It’s easy to forget, but Windows XP’s initial versions were somewhat vulnerable to malware as they exposed critical services to the internet by default. Windows 7 was also designed from day one for security. ![]()
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