Windows 7 taskbar is a significant usability improvement over all previous Windows versions. It is actually more intuitive than Mac OS X taskbar. Granted, it borrows from Mac OS X approach of pining applications to taskbar, but it goes beyond by collecting all related windows together.

Getting Windows 7 to access Hyper-V server can be painful. HVRemote is a WSH script that simplifies the process significantly. PDF document contains instructions. Simply follow those instructions step by step and you will be all set.