eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472

This Be Secure screen was the first thing we saw upon booting into Vista 5472.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Home media center setup

As with the Be Secure screen, other setup screens pointed to Vistas home media center functionality.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Trend Micro Antivirus

We installed the Trend Micro Antivirus beta that Vista pointed us to, but the Security Center couldnt seem to tell that wed updated our signatures.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – First desktop view

Once wed moved past the security banner, this was the first we spied of our upgraded Vista desktop.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – MTVs Urge music plugin

We began installing the plug-in for Microsoft/MTVs Urge music service before losing interest.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Sharing and Discovery setup

This was the first wed seen of Vistas very nice-looking Sharing and Discovery setup interface–it reminds us of the network services controls on Mac OS X.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Unfinished corner

Another yet-unfinished corner of Vista points to cross-marketing opportunities to come.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Classic-style menu

The classic-style menu was a vestige from our upgraded Windows XP box, on which wed opted for the Windows 2000-era menu format.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Gadgets

We had to save our sidebar gadget to disk before installing it, but the scribble gadget didnt turn out to be worth the download.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – AV download snag

The same thing happened with the Trend Micro AV software we downloaded–we had to save it first to disk

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Windows Defender

Windows Defender didnt look like it had changed much in this build.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – IE 7 Phishing filter

Same with Internet Explorer 7s phishing filter-it looked more or less the same as in earlier builds.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Personalization

We liked the look of Vistas new desktop appearance tools, but the old interfaces still lurk for those who prefer them.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Snipping Tool

Heres that old-look tool interface–a screen grab we took with Vistas nifty, if starchily-named, Snipping Tool.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Denial of access

Although Vistas UAC seemed generally smoother, we were puzzled when Vista refused our attempt to change the name of a folder on our desktop.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Taskbar media control

We liked the look of Vistas taskbar-borne media controls.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Windows Features dialog

We used Vistas handy Windows Features dialog to remove the telnet server we found installed by default on our machine.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Vista install disk – 1

Our Vista install disk came with a pointer to an upgrade-readiness tool from Microsoft.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Vista install disk – 2

One of our lab machines that was loaded with an earlier version of Vista didnt have enough left-over disk space for a new install.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Security Center warnings

As usual on Windows, the Security Center warned of our dangerously absent anti-virus software. Vista offered suggestions for an AV app, however.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – VPN connection setup

We didnt need admin authorization to set up a VPN connection for ourselves.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Save dialog

We liked the look of this smart file-save dialog.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – 3D Window Switcher

Vistas 3D Window Switcher is among the handier eye-candy elements on this system.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Wackiness

We did run into some beta-software wackiness.

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Build 5472 – Windows Experience Index

Our test rig rated a 3.3 on Vistas Windows Experience Index.