If you installed the pre-beta/M3 build of Windows 7 from last week’s PDC, you might have been disappointed to discover that some of the new taskbar features known as “Aero Shake” were missing (things like Jump Lists and the integrated Quicklaunch toolbar). It turns out however, that some of these new features were in fact hidden from view. Rafael over at “Within Windows” discovered the “protected features” were only available to 1) members of an allowed Microsoft domain who 2) were not temps, contractors, or vendors. He’s kindly put together an executable which will unlock the protected features on the M3 build. Now keep in mind – don’t set your expectations too high here. While the new quicklaunch feature is enabled, Aero Peek doesn’t work and the Jumplists “are stale”.

[Check it out via PC Mag]

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