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      eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2

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      May 28, 2012
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        1eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2

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        We kicked off our latest Vista test build tour by expanding our screen resolution.

        2eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – User admin search

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        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

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        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

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        Vistas built-in help offered assistance in assigning a strong password.

        5eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Aero Glass animation

        5

        This spectral-looking screen shot captures Aero Glass mid-animation.

        6eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – New Control Panel

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        A visit to Vistas friendly new Control Panel shows little change since RC1.

        7eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Classic Control Panel

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        The classic Windows Control Panel configuration boasts some new icons.

        8eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – IE Protected Mode

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        Internet Explorer’s Protected Mode better insulates browsers from Internet evil-doers.

        9eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Indexing

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        Vista advised us to add unindexed locations to our index to boost search performance.

        10eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – File Manager

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        Advances in Vistas Explorer File Manager should come in handy for knowledge workers.

        11eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Windows Experience Index

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        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

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        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

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        As in previous builds of Vista, Windows Mail wouldnt export messages for use with Exchange.

        14eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Standard User

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        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

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        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

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        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

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        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

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        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

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        Were fans of Vistas more informative Task Manager.

        20eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Vista Explorer

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        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

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        It wouldnt be Windows without a Genuine Advantage inquisition … or six.

        22eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Vista RC2 – Registry edit

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        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

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        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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