Test Drive MS Vista Donald E. Hester Maze & Associates / San Diego City College February 20, 2008 For audio call Toll Free 1 - 888-886-3951 and use PIN/code.

Test Drive MS Vista

Donald E. HesterMaze & Associates / San Diego City College

February 20, 2008

For audio call Toll Free 1-888-886-3951

and use PIN/code 431869

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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

Evaluation Survey Link

http://tinyurl.com/2z6lkg

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