Your post makes me think that might be *just* a bit of a technological Luddite.
Sure, some things in Windows 7 are harder, but lots of things are easier...
As a counter example, I would hold out search in the start menu.
If you wanted a novice user to open a particular program, and you were explaining to them how to find it over the phone when they had Windows XP it always went:
1. click on the start menu
2. click on all programs
3. click on FOLDER
4. you don't see folder? try clicking on the double arrows at the bottom... do you see it now?
5. did you find it? (it's taking forever because they have three or four columns of stuff)
6. OK, click on APPLICATION
That's 10 minutes you'll never get back.
In Windows 7:
1. click on the start menu
2. type APPLICATION into the search box
3. click APPLICATION at the top of the list
I'll tell you, my life as a system administrator is 100% easier because of Windows 7. Between MDT, Group Policy Extensions and the user friendliness of Windows 7 I spend less time supporting the OS and more time improving our systems. Now look what you've done, I sound like a freeking Microsoft commercial.
