We kicked off our latest Vista test build tour by expanding our screen resolution.
2eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – User admin search
We let Vistas search function lead us to the user creation tool when we wanted to create a standard rights user.
3eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Standard rights user
We created a standard rights user and could consult Vista help for reasons why standard rights accounts make sense.
4eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Strong password advice
Vistas built-in help offered assistance in assigning a strong password.
5eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Aero Glass animation
This spectral-looking screen shot captures Aero Glass mid-animation.
6eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – New Control Panel
A visit to Vistas friendly new Control Panel shows little change since RC1.
7eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Classic Control Panel
The classic Windows Control Panel configuration boasts some new icons.
8eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – IE Protected Mode
Internet Explorer’s Protected Mode better insulates browsers from Internet evil-doers.
9eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Indexing
Vista advised us to add unindexed locations to our index to boost search performance.
10eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – File Manager
Advances in Vistas Explorer File Manager should come in handy for knowledge workers.
11eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Windows Experience Index
The Windows Experience Index will make more sense once software makers begin tagging their wares with a suggested WEI score.
12eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Windows Mail
Windows Mail offered us the option of choosing HTTP as a mail server option-and then told us the HTTP option no longer exists.
13eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Windows Mail export bug
As in previous builds of Vista, Windows Mail wouldnt export messages for use with Exchange.
14eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Standard User
For kicks, we led our standard user, Stan, to delete an arbitrary system file. Vista asked for admin permission to carry out the operation.
15eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Vista admin confusion
While its probably a good idea to protect system files even from administrators, Vista seemed confused about which deletions it would agree to allow.
16eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – System information
We browsed through the system information for our test machine.
17eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – All the news that’s fit to read
The New York Times reader, which we tried out in a beta version, is a slick-looking example of whats possible with the new Windows Presentation Format. The tool also supports Windows XP.
18eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Fight for Firewall
We fetched and installed the Trend Micro anti-virus suite that Vista recommended to us. In past tests of Vista, the suite overwrote the Windows Firewall, but, in RC2, the firewall didnt budge.
19eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Task Manager
Were fans of Vistas more informative Task Manager.
20eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Vista Explorer
We used Vistas Explorer to shuffle our screen grabs. We learned to beware of the PNG format, however, as Vista doesnt support it very well.
21eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Genuine Advantage
It wouldnt be Windows without a Genuine Advantage inquisition … or six.
22eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Registry edit
Why not restrict registry browsing by standard users by default? We could use Group Policy to close off regedit, however.
23eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Bitlocker
For companies running the right hardware, bitlocker can save money that would otherwise be spent on a third-party tool. Our test rig, however, didn’t have the right stuff.
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