More Bits From Windows Vista
nternetnews has some information on a community technology review that Microsoft released recently regarding windows Vista.
‘While Microsoft cautioned that the Vista CTP is far from the final version, it includes several new features:
- Desktop management tools;
- Built-in diagnostics for trouble-shooting the PC, including finding memory problems and monitoring and alerting users when disk problems occur;
- Integrated network diagnostics for the entire network stack; Network Center, a hub for managing networking computers and devices that replaces My Network Places and Network Neighborhood;
- Smoother transitions between On, Sleep and Shut Down modes;
- Simplified sharing, so users can specify which files or folders they want to share and generate an e-mail message notifying others in the group;
- The ability to create and digitally sign documents in the XML Paper Specification (XPS) format’
Read the whole article here