Windows 7: Action Center

Apparently, the Windows 7 Action Center serves as a central hub or repository where you can deal with security, troubleshooting and maintenance.

The Windows 7 Action Center is a feature that provides centralized security and maintenance functionality. It does this by listing important messages about security and maintenance settings that need your attention.

Action Center Notifications

The Action Center notifies users when there are important messages so that users can take appropriate action. The notification itself is very informative and users get to know about the problem instantly. Some users may feel annoying with those messages and prefer them to be turned off. Action Center settings provides options to customize these notifications.

Action Center addresses two categories:

Action Center - Security

In this section, users are presented with all of the needed security information, problems and the options to troubleshoot. This is similar to the Vista's security center with almost same options.

Action Center - Maintenance

In this section, users can find information related to their system maintenance like system backup, windows update etc., It also provides the ability to check for solutions.