Windows 7 Aero

Windows 7 Aero brings two new ways to view your open
windows. These are:

Peek, also known as Aero Peek. You can peek behind all your
open windows to see the desktop. This will allow you to see
objects on the desktop such as shortcuts and whatever gadgets
that you have installed and running.

When you move your mouse cursor over the block in the lower right corner open windows become
transparent except for their outlines. As shown here.

To minimize all open windows to show only
the desktop all you have to do is click your
mouse button on the rectangular button.

Note: You can turn off the Windows 7 Aero
function if you want to, returning the function
back to the previous Windows version of
show desktop. It can be turned off in the
Taskbar pane of the Taskbar and the Start
Menu Properties window.

Moving your cursor away from the rectangular button will make your open windows reappear in their present positions.

Full-Screen Window Preview

You can preview any of the open windows on your desktop while hiding other open windows. Move
your cursor over the taskbar button for an open application or other window. A new thumbnail
appears, previewing the window in a small thumbnail frame.

Move your mouse cursor over one of the thumbnails. Other open windows on the screen become hidden
and show only the outlines of the windows. Now the only window visible is the selected window. You can
select a previewed window by clicking on its thumbnail. You can also close a window by clicking on the
red "X" in the thumbnail.

Windows 7 Aero is available in Windows 7 versions - Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate.

Computers that are purchased with Windows 7 preinstalled will
not have a problem with Windows 7 Aero but if you upgraded
your computer to Windows 7 you have to make sure that your
system meets the minimum requirement.

Minimum 1 GHz CPU for Windows 7 32-bit /64-bit,
1 GB of RAM
128 MB of Video RAM with support for DirectX 9.

If your computer does not meet these specifications then
Windows 7 Aero will not be enabled by default.

You can view a specific window that was covered by others before.

I know that there are other ways to do this in previous iterations of Windows (show desktop button)
but Windows 7 Aero makes it an easier and smoother transition.

Now you can see the desktop by moving your mouse cursor over a rectangular button located in the
very lower rightmost of the screen, just to the right of the date/time in the taskbar.