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Test Drive MS Vista
Donald E. HesterMaze & Associates / San Diego City College
February 20, 2008
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OverviewWhat is new and what is all the buzz
Why and when to upgrade
Not going to cover subjects of interest for Network Admins
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/default.mspx
Who should buy which version?
Features covered in this presentation may not be available in every version of Vista.
Features covered in this presentation may not be available in every version of Vista.
Windows Flip 3D
Thumbnail views
Live taskbar thumbnail images display the actual contents of both windows
that are currently open and those that are minimized in
the taskbar.
Windows Flip shows you live thumbnails of your
open windows instead of generic icons, making it
easier to quickly identify the windows you're looking for.
Photo Gallery
More intuitive way to view, manage, and
refine your photos and home movies.
A streamlined process simplifies acquiring
and importing images and videos, and new
organizational options make it easier to find
and enjoy your memories.
Photo Viewer
The Windows Photo Gallery Viewer provides a large view of individual photos or clips with options to zoom, pan,
and rotate photos, pause or play video files, and bring up
the Info Pane.
Built-in editing capabilities—such as fixing red eye and adjusting exposure, color,
and size—to help you make your photos look great.
Vista Slide Show
Remember when a slide show was just a series of photos? Not anymore. Windows Vista
Slide Show sets a new standard for creating and
presenting your digital memories full-screen.
You can include video as well as still photos.
A new desktop Slide Show Screen Saver feature helps
you to choose photos, videos, and even themes to be
displayed in Screen Saver.
Windows Instant Search
Enhanced desktop search and organization that helps you locate files and e-mail messages on your
PC.
Enables you to search for a file name, a property, or even text contained within a file, and it returns pinpointed results.
As you type, Windows Vista instantly searches file and
application names, metadata, and the full text of all files, and it displays the search results
organized by the type of asset
Windows Easy Transfer
Windows Vista significantly simplifies this important
process and makes transferring personal data, from your old
computer to your new computer, easy and intuitive.
Data Transferred: User accounts, Files and folders,
Program data files and settings, E-mail messages, settings, and contacts, Photos, music, and
videos, Windows settings, Internet settings
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/easytransfer.mspx
Windows Side Bar & Gadgets
Gadgets are easy-to-use mini programs that give you
information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools.
Windows Sidebar helps you to organize your gadgets.
You can easily customize Windows Sidebar to suit your
preferred location.
To get more gadgets that meet your needs, visit the
Windows Vista Gadget Gallery.
http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-us
Windows SideShow
Wouldn't it be great if you could read an e-mail message, confirm
a meeting location, or check a flight reservation without turning
on your computer?
Windows SideShow is a new technology in Windows Vista
that supports a secondary screen on your mobile PC.
With this additional display you can view important information
whether your laptop is on, off, or in sleep mode.
Media Center
With Windows Media Center you can sit back and enjoy your
entertainment on your TV and stereo from the comfort of your
couch for a complete home entertainment experience.
With Windows Media Center you can access your entire digital
photo and video library with the click of a remote control.
Use the built-in television guide and compatible remote control to
find, watch, record, and pause live TV on your desktop PC, mobile PC, or a TV screen.
Complete Home Entertainment
Take Windows Media Center to the next level and enjoy
your digital entertainment on TVs throughout your home
with Xbox 360 wirelessly connected to your PC.
This way you can play your slide shows, music, and
recorded television on the big screen while your PC is in a different room of your
home.
Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker introduces an easy and
intuitive new interface that will help you turn your video
memories into compelling videos.
You can edit content from high-definition cameras that support the HDV format, the format used in commercial-
release DVDs.
If your hardware supports it.
Scale it for sending via e-mail, or burn it to DVD.
Windows DVD Maker
Enables you to create professional-looking video DVDs of your home movies
and photos that can be viewed on your DVD players,
regardless of geographical region codes.
With the built-in slide show support in Windows DVD Maker, you can share and
enjoy photo and video slide shows, as well as home
movies, using a consumer DVD player.
Better Gaming
With DirectX 10 included, Windows Vista will be able to run the latest, most graphically advanced games.
With system performance ratings for games, you can determine if your hardware will meet your performance demands.
Performance Information
ReadyBoost
Adding system memory (typically referred to as RAM)
is often the best way to improve a PC's performance.
You can use non-volatile flash memory, such as that on a universal serial bus (USB)
flash drive, to improve performance without having
to add additional memory "under the hood."
Media Player 11Simplified Media Library
Revamped playback controls
Optimized for large music collections
Instant Search
Rip CDs
Better media information
Powerful playlists
Simple device setup
New sync features
Burn your own CDs and data DVDs
Sync Center
Making sure you always have the current version of your
contact list on your desktop computer, laptop, and mobile phone, for example, can take
some effort.
Previously, there was no easy way to manage all of your
individual sync relationships.
Now, however, there's Sync Center.
You can initiate a manual sync, stop an in-progress sync, view the status of all current sync
activities, and receive notification of the need for
conflict resolution.
Windows Mobility Center
Tablet PC Support
Pen improvements
Visual feedback
Explorer check boxes
Pen flicks
Panning hand in Internet Explorer
New touch screen support
Handwriting recognition improvements
Handwriting recognition error reporting
Network & Sharing Center
Advanced Networking
Windows Meeting
Windows Meeting Space enables face-to-face
collaboration among small groups of Windows Vista users—virtually anytime,
anywhere.
One person initiates a session in Windows Meeting
Space.
Others can join it, share files, or see the same view
of a program or desktop and collaborate in real time.
Internet Explorer 7
More SecurePhishing Filter
Protected Mode (Not available in XP)
Visual Warnings
Parental Controls
Privacy in one touch
URL display protection
Rated #1 by Information Security Magazine
Tabbed Browsing
Better RSS and CSS support
Improved printing
Security Center
Windows Security Center in Windows Vista puts all
of your computer's security needs in one easy-to-find, easy-to-
monitor location.
Windows Security Center can monitor security
products from multiple companies and show you which are enabled and up
to date.
Parental Controls
The Parental Controls icon in the system tray is always visible to let them know that the Parental Controls feature is on.
BitLockerBitLocker enhances data protection by bringing
together two major sub-functions: drive encryption and the integrity checking of early
boot components.
Whole hard drive encryption.
Complete backup and restore
Ability to do a scheduled backup and the ability to back
up your files to a network location.
Vista will automatically make backups of your data on the
schedule that you set, so you never have to worry about forgetting to back up your
work.
System Restore enables you to restore your computer to an earlier state without losing
data.
Shadow Copy
Have you ever accidentally saved over a file you were working on?
This feature automatically creates point-in-time copies of files as you
work, so you can quickly and easily retrieve versions of a
document you may have accidentally deleted.
Shadow copy is automatically turned on in Windows Vista and creates copies on a scheduled
basis of files that have changed.
Defender
Windows Defender works with Internet Explorer 7 to help you make conscious choices about software installed on your PC by
providing always-on protection that monitors
key system locations, watching for changes that
signal the presence of spyware.
Windows Firewall
Basic Firewall
Control
Windows Firewall
Advanced Firewall Settings
User Account Control
Windows Vista improves the safety and security of your
computer by preventing potentially dangerous software
from making changes to your computer
without your explicit consent.
Reliability
Year 1 Report Card
Praise: Fewest vulnerabilities in the first year of all other
major OS’s*
* Jeff Jones Security Blog
When to upgrade?
Test your computer first. Most complaints come from users who upgrade without
testing first.
Do all your devices have drivers for Vista?
Are all your applications Vista compatible?
Are upgrades available?
Will your hardware run it?
If it all checks out: upgrade as soon as you can!
Q & A
Upcoming/Archived Seminars
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http://www.cccone.org/seminars/index.php
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