Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hold that thought! The new Windows OS is on its way.. scheduled for release in 2006. New Security Features With Windows XP and earlier operating systems, IT departments had to choose between application compatibility and the convenience of having users log on as an administrator and the security and stability provided by having users log on as a standard user. User Account Protection in Windows Vista gives administrators the option of restricting permissions while still enabling most applications to run. By default, Windows Vista runs most applications with limited permissions, even if the user logs on to his or her computer with administrative privileges. This won't stop users from performing administrative tasks that you've granted them permissions to perform. When users attempt to perform administrative tasks, Windows Vista explicitly asks them to confirm their intentions or provide administrative credentials, depending on the policy setting that you've chosen. This feature can be controlled with Group Policy settings. If users log on as standard users, who are not members of the Administrators local group, they can still run most Windows Vista applications without additional rights. Most applications will run equally well under either the administrator account or a standard user account. To help provide this combination of security and compatibility, Windows Vista automatically virtualizes computer-wide registry settings and folders. Changes made to the virtualized registry settings and folders are visible to only that user and the applications the user runs, so the integrity of the computer is protected. If an application does require administrator credentials, Windows Vista automatically prompts the user for the credentials before allowing the application to run. User Account Protection is only one of many security improvements in Windows Vista. Some other major improvements include: Improved firewall. Windows Vista's firewall includes both inbound and outbound filtering, giving you greater control over networked applications. Windows Service Hardening. This new platform service restricts what services can do on the system in order to prevent them from spreading malware. Internet Explorer Enhancements. Microsoft Internet Explorer protects users from dangerous Web sites and runs with limited privileges even if the user is logged on as a member of the local Administrators group. Deployment Windows Vista reduces the complexity, time, and cost of desktop deployment. The following are the two most significant improvements: Modularization. Windows Vista is built with inter-dependent modules, which makes it easier to customize Windows Vista (to a certain degree) to your needs. Modularization also simplifies adding device drivers, testing and installing updates, and adding languages. Windows Imaging Format (WIM). WIM, a file-based imaging format, enables a single image to be deployed to different types of computer hardware with different language requirements. Maintaining WIM images is easy, because you can add and remove drivers, updates, and Windows components offline, without ever booting the operating system image. While modularization and WIM alone would dramatically simplify deployment, together they will revolutionize the way client operating systems are installed. Most notably, the combination of the two technologies significantly reduces the number of operating system images you'll need to maintain. In other words, if your IT department currently maintains images for each language and computer type, you can probably use much fewer number of Windows Vista images, which will free your staff for other priorities. Visualize, Search, and Organize Information Windows Vista has amazing information management capabilities that enable users to find documents, e-mail messages, and other information in seconds and then to work with that data in ways that are most intuitive to them. In fact, Windows Vista's new tools are so flexible and so easy to use that users will rarely need to search for information on their computers. First, the new Document Explorer, replacing the My Documents folder in Windows XP, is much more powerful. Instead of simply showing icons for documents, the Document Explorer shows high-resolution thumbnails that preview the document's content. Users can dynamically adjust the size of these thumbnails up to 256x256 pixels, which is large enough for users to know whether they've found the right document without opening it. To get more information about a document, users can select it to see more information in the Preview pane. Windows Vista also introduces a new type of folder called a virtual folder. Virtual folders behave like regular folders; however, the contents of a virtual folder are defined dynamically. The contents of a virtual folder can be based on combinations of document authors, ratings, keywords (which users can define), and other criteria. For example, users could create a virtual folder that contained documents written by "Jeff Price," regardless of where the document is stored on their local computers. When they opened the virtual folder, the Windows Vista Document Explorer would automatically find every document on the local computer written by Jeff Price and display those documents as the folder's contents. As they can with any other folder, users could re-organize and filter the virtual folder's contents to quickly find the document they are looking for. Easy Sharing It is easier for users to share files with one another, whether users work in a workgroup or a domain. Windows Vista enables two or more users to connect directly with one another to share files, applications, nearby projectors, or an Internet connection. It also lets users chat. You do not even need a wireless Access Point (AP) because Windows Vista makes it easy to set up ad hoc meeting networks. Improved Performance Windows Vista lets busy people be more productive. Windows Vista can recover from Sleep in few seconds, a capability known as Fast Startup. Applications and files load much faster than they did with Windows XP, and Windows Vista will significantly improve overall system responsiveness. Users will particularly notice improvements over Windows XP when opening the Start menu or right-clicking items in Windows Explorer. Windows Vista also features built-in performance self-tuning. The system will recognize and correct issues that cause performance degradation, including slow shell responsiveness and slow boot or logon. Reliability Windows Vista is more reliable than Windows XP, reducing the frequency and impact of user disruptions. Windows Vista includes fixes for known hangs and crashes, and new technology that will prevent many common causes of hangs and crashes. Windows Vista can automatically restart many system services in case of a service crash, enabling the user to continue working without interruption. Windows Vista can also recognize when applications are in danger of exhausting system resources (such as virtual memory) and warn the user to shut down applications before the system hangs and data is lost. New diagnostic tools provide auto-diagnosis and auto-correction of common error conditions, and help to protect user data when failures occur. For example, built-in diagnostics in Windows Vista will warn users of impending hard drive failures and advise them to take corrective action before data is lost. In the worst case, when the machine will not boot, the Startup Repair tool (SrT) provides step-by-step diagnostics to guide the user through recovery and minimize data loss. Windows Vista also includes enhanced instrumentation that enable continual improvements to reliability. For example, new application deadlock detection technology determines if a hang is due to a deadlock condition and includes this information as part of the Windows Error Report. User Interface Windows Vista's userinterface, code-named AERO is easier to navigate, thereby making users more productive than with Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows. Users with computers specifically designed for Windows Vista will be particularly pleased because Windows Vista takes advantage of the power of modern computers to create a professional and rich graphical user interface. Even applications created before Windows Vista will be more attractive and functional because Windows Vista has improved wizards and common dialog boxes that are shared by all applications. Users with high-resolution monitors (for example, a monitor with a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels) will be more productive because Windows Vista can smoothly scale icons and the overall user experience to higher dots-per-inch (DPI) displays. As a result, users of applications designed for high DPI display, such as photo editing or engineering applications, will not struggle to read small on-screen text when simultaneously using an application that is not designed for a high-DPI display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 will it be anything like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yep exacly like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 except it will crash every 30 minutes and display security warnings as soon as you don't want the windows updater to pop up every 5 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 except it will crash every 30 minutes and display security warnings as soon as you don't want the windows updater to pop up every 5 seconds. Well the usual cause is if uve just scimmed the minimum requierments. Or if your Pc's crammed. Or if you have a slow internet connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 intel p4 3.4ghz, 1gb ddr ram, 150gb free hdd, 8mbit connection. :) I just can't work with electronics at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 intel p4 3.4ghz, 1gb ddr ram, 150gb free hdd, 8mbit connection. :) I just can't work with electronics at the mo. Nice Pc you have there. Just upgraded mine. Multiple procsser Motherboard hehe. 5.0 ghz. 1gb ddr and 1mb connection lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 i would say no, just because microsoft are notorious for releasing OS with loadsa bugs in them and you having to constantly update them. run the 'best' version of xp and then update to the new after a year or so, once a lot of the bugs have been weeded out :) 0.02p mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 don't forget the 20" tft monitor aswell :) I would like to try a Mac out sometime. I never play games or anything remotely fun. I just listen to music, chat on msn and edit videos once a year when I find someone to film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Nice one! Havent got a TFT Monitor Yet. Thinking of getting one early next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexnessie Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Nice Pc you have there. Just upgraded mine. Multiple procsser Motherboard hehe. 5.0 ghz. 1gb ddr and 1mb connection lol no, you don't have 5ghz. you have 2 processors running at (we'll say 2.5ghz) they just split the workload. it's like, say you have a big bag of shopping, it's easier to split it up into two smaller bags. less workload you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Well done, you managed to copy and paste a section of a document about windows vista... hats off to you... great. It'll just be another bloated, buggy Windows operating system with a new graphical layer on the top. And you dont have a 5ghz processor... unless you are some serious overclocker - in which case you would probably know better than to post some factshit about vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) Well done, you managed to copy and paste a section of a document about windows vista... hats off to you... great. It'll just be another bloated, buggy Windows operating system with a new graphical layer on the top. And you dont have a 5ghz processor... unless you are some serious overclocker - in which case you would probably know better than to post some factshit about vista. I think You'll find i do. You see this motherboard Let you have to procssers in at once. Now i have two 2.5ghz Socket As. Look one up if you dont beleive me! Oh yea and good on you for realising i copied and pasted. Well im not going to type it up am i! Edited October 7, 2005 by Koxx_TryAll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexnessie Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) I think You'll find i do. You see this motherboard Let you have to procssers in at once. Now i have two 2.5ghz Socket As. Look one up if you dont beleive me! Oh yea and good on you for realising i copied and pasted. Well im not going to type it up am i! 2x2.5ghz does NOT equal 5ghz. christ. imagine it as a big slab of cake. it's easier to have two smaller slices of cake, than fit one slice of cake in your mouth. as i said before, it just means less workload. also, dual processor systems can run SLOWER then single processor systems due to crosstalk. edit : come back when you know stuff. Edited October 7, 2005 by alexnessie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 I think You'll find i do. You see this motherboard Let you have to procssers in at once. Now i have two 2.5ghz Socket As. Look one up if you dont beleive me! Oh yea and good on you for realising i copied and pasted. Well im not going to type it up am i! Yes everyone knows that you can run more than one processor, but you don't have a 5GHz processor, you have two 2.5GHz ones. THAT ISN'T THE SAME. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yes everyone knows that you can run more than one processor, but you don't have a 5GHz processor, you have two 2.5GHz ones. THAT ISN'T THE SAME. Joe Well it's basicly the way to put it. You see ive gone by what the people in the shops told me. Maybe not a good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Indeed, its certainly not correct. The real term is that you have dual 2.5 processors, not a 5ghz processor. Out of interest what do you use the system for? What processors are they? I only said about the copy and paste thing as again it shows a lack of knowledge... you seem to be trying to be like 'wow check out what ive found' when you dont really know anything about Vista or how unexciting it really is... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Indeed, its certainly not correct. The real term is that you have dual 2.5 processors, not a 5ghz processor. Out of interest what do you use the system for? What processors are they? I only said about the copy and paste thing as again it shows a lack of knowledge... you seem to be trying to be like 'wow check out what ive found' when you dont really know anything about Vista or how unexciting it really is... :) It's used for multiple users and gaming. I use intel pentium 4s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 I was running beta 1 a few weeks back tis rather snazzy :) Ive got a newer build but it doesnt work with my SATA controller. Roll on beta 2 :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Multiple users, and gaming, lol what!? You'd be better off with a single processor, either something like an intel 3.4, or a nice fast amd64 than dual. Gaming would benefit from 1 fast processor a lot more... and erm, multiple users... that just uses up ram, not processor power. Why did you buy dual!? lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Multiple users, and gaming, lol what!? You'd be better off with a single processor, either something like an intel 3.4, or a nice fast amd64 than dual. Gaming would benefit from 1 fast processor a lot more... and erm, multiple users... that just uses up ram, not processor power. Why did you buy dual!? lol... He didn't ask anyone in the computer biz, most people think 2 is better than 1. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Vista is just another roll out of an already outdated way of doing things. Roll on the 3D user enviroment. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Vista = OS 10.4 + bugs That 3d enviroment looks good, but it's not windows and no-one will know how to use it. I don't mind the Vista theme, it's better than XP, purely because it doesn't look like a 5 year old designed it. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Vista = OS 10.4 + bugs That 3d enviroment looks good, but it's not windows and no-one will know how to use it. I don't mind the Vista theme, it's better than XP, purely because it doesn't look like a 5 year old designed it. :P Never used MAC, so can't comment. Yes, thats the whole reason i'm looking forward to it. :P Not really looked at proper Vista screenshots, nor care to look at them. I will upgrade if and when its given to me, or i buy a new computer and it comes with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) Yeah, I'm not about to rush out and get it. XP does everything I need right now, and I only moved up from Win 2K about 6 months ago. I'd rather wait and let everybody find all the obvious security loop holes and wait for the first 3 service packs to be released before I think about getting it. Edited October 7, 2005 by snappel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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