The first Windows 7 TV ad features go-to cute girl Kylie in a silly but fun spot that highlights the new OS's glowing reviews. The Windows 7 ad campaign opened its doors a crack yesterday with a teaser called “Good News” featuring Microsoft’s secret weapon, 5-year-old cute kid Kylie. You’ll remember young Kylie from last year’s I’m a PC “Rookies” spots, where she warmed hearts e-mailing photos of her fish to her parents.Well, Kylie got herself a promotion, and is now the first spokesperson for Windows 7. Way to go kid! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Microsoft’s debut Windows 7 TV commercial. Microsoft has told me that the Windows 7 ad campaign will be large in scale and will continue to ramp up as the Oct. 22 ship date gets closer. The company denied that the early release of Apple’s Snow Leopard affected Windows 7 advertising plans, but the sooner Microsoft can divert attention from Snow Leopard the better.It starts with Kylie. The “Good News” spot is light as a feather with a focus more on Kylie’s cuteness and the rave reviews of Windows 7 than the design and features of the new OS. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. This is the general public we’re talking about here; you have to take it slow. The intricacies of the revamped Windows 7 taskbar can wait. What’s needed now is a cute and curious kid telling the audience that Windows 7 is awesome, it’s coming soon and we should be happy about it.Speaking of happy, the cheeseball ’80s anthem “The Final Countdown” by Europe provides the soundtrack, giving the ad a burst of wacky energy. This song is impossible to take seriously, but admit it, it makes you smile (and possibly pump your fist in the air). The music kicks in as Kylie slaps together a colorful slideshow of excerpts from glowing reviews of Windows 7 — “happy words” is what she calls them — over images of a unicorn, a cat, and other fuzzy creatures. It’s hard not to notice that Kylie found these reviews on a fake search engine and not Bing. Way to blow a Bing moment, Microsoft!In any case, this ad sounds bizarre on paper, but Kylie makes it work, especially when she adorably butchers the word “responsive.”“I’m a PC, and more happy is coming,” says Kylie at the end of the ad over “Windows 7” and “10-22-09” titles. I hope Microsoft will move on from kid stuff, but this ad is a happy opener.Are you a Tweeter? Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/smoneill. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter at twitter.com/CIOonline. Related content opinion Last Words Before Closing Eye on Microsoft By Shane O'Neill Jun 05, 2013 3 mins Small and Medium Business Tablets Windows opinion With Rumored Reorg, Microsoft Tries to Simplify The mounting pressure on Steve Ballmer to streamline Microsoft is finally leading to some action. By Shane O'Neill Jun 03, 2013 3 mins IT Strategy Cloud Computing Computers and Peripherals opinion What You Need to Know About the New Lync and Skype Integration Audio calls and instant messaging are officially integrated between Lync and Skype, but no video connectivity yet. Here are some key points for users and IT admins about the new Lync-Skype connection. By Shane O'Neill May 29, 2013 3 mins Small and Medium Business Internet VoIP opinion Microsoft Should Leave the Competition Out of Ads Microsoft is in no position to disparage Google and Apple in TV ads, yet it keeps doing it. A new ad for Microsoft Surface turns inward and gets it right. By Shane O'Neill May 23, 2013 2 mins Small and Medium Business Tablets Internet Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe