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Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista

Microsoft documents five misunderstood Windows Vista features ... in PDF format for some reason:

Brief Description
Understanding Their Rationale and How to Make them Work for You
Read about five features of Windows Vista that are often misunderstood, their background and rationale, and the straight scoop on how to deal with them.

Overview
In this article, we will look at five features of Windows Vista that are often misunderstood, provide their background and rationale, and present the straight scoop on how to deal with them. Based on feedback from IT professionals, these features are: User Account Control, Image Management, Display Driver Model, Windows Search, and 64-bit architecture.

Download: Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista (PDF)

Published May 16 2008, 10:21 AM by pthurrott
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Dipsh t Admin said:

@Ocean, huh?  What's that got to do with this article?  Oh, that's right, you're just a troll.  I really wish Community Server had an ignore feature.

May 16, 2008 10:41 AM
 

Cfischer83 said:

Good read. Think the rest of the tech community will read it? i.e. those who blast Vista? I don't think so...

May 16, 2008 11:44 AM
 

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May 16, 2008 11:57 AM
 

Ocean said:

Admin, I'm asking him to post his thoughts on something.

Chill.

May 16, 2008 12:38 PM
 

weedmonk said:

@Admin...these trolls are priceless so no banning please.

If you read the insufferable drivel these macboi's pound out it's absolutely hilarious. The funny part is the can't stop coming back, their insecurity eats away at them and they can't help it.

May 16, 2008 12:56 PM
 

SacredCow said:

@Weedmonk

I didn't know Apple produced the Wii. Lay off the cough syrup.

May 16, 2008 2:17 PM
 

Waethorn said:

http != exist?

May 16, 2008 3:46 PM
 

Dipsh t Admin said:

"Admin, I'm asking him to post his thoughts on something."

Well, ask him via e-mail.  Posting totally off-topic points is trolling, plain and simple.

"I didn't know Apple produced the Wii."

Again, I say huh?  Did you read the original post by Paul?  Apparently not.  No where did Weedmonk state that Apple produced the Wii.  

May 16, 2008 3:48 PM
 

Waethorn said:

I searched Microsoft's site for this.  It is apparently the correct link.  However, it looks like they removed the page.

Paul, just so you know, there's another somewhat related article on TechNet that you could post as a replacement for the time being:

technet.microsoft.com/.../cc160954.aspx

Er....ya....It's a hearty read.  

Don't say I didn't warn you.... ;)

May 16, 2008 5:48 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 5:51 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 6:19 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 6:19 PM
 

subzerohitman721 said:

Its good to see Microsoft being proactive in explaining some functionality of Vista to dispell fact from fiction. Unfortunately, I don't think the Anti-Vista faction will be dissuaded from their campaign. Personally, I wish they'd fire back in commercial form and squash these negative perceptions.

May 16, 2008 6:45 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 8:24 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 8:24 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 8:57 PM
 

Ocean said:

The real trolls are this pingback sites.

May 16, 2008 10:34 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 11:14 PM
 

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May 16, 2008 11:57 PM
 

drylight said:

PDF because all the smart people are on Macs.

May 17, 2008 12:45 AM
 

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May 17, 2008 1:18 AM
 

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May 17, 2008 7:39 AM
 

DRWAM said:

While I have your attention, should I install SP3 for XP? My real question is speed concern. Is it faster, slower or unchanged from SP2? I have 4 computers to update, all different ages.

May 17, 2008 9:11 AM
 

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May 17, 2008 9:42 AM
 

dougxd said:

The link is broken.

May 17, 2008 10:11 AM
 

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May 17, 2008 10:21 AM
 

Waethorn said:

"PDF because all the smart people are on Macs."

You mean like Photoshop CS4 64-bit devs?

Oh, riiiiight.....

"While I have your attention, should I install SP3 for XP? My real question is speed concern. Is it faster, slower or unchanged from SP2? I have 4 computers to update, all different ages."

As always, your IT staff should test applications before deployment.  For home users, there's no reason not to - it includes all previous updates in a single package, so maintenance is much easier from that point forward.  Performance isn't affected much.

May 17, 2008 11:20 AM
 

pthurrott said:

Ocean, I'm sorry, but I'm just going to delete these kinds of posts. They have absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. I posted about the NPD April numbers in Short Takes on Friday.

May 17, 2008 11:39 AM
 

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May 17, 2008 2:33 PM
 

DRWAM said:

Thanks Waethorn, I will wait for IT to give me the green light, but I will go ahead and install it on my wife and kids computers... one at a time of course! I have some time now as I need rest from planting 16 rose bushes and 12 mini rose shrubs for the wife. My back and legs are killing me.

May 17, 2008 3:34 PM
 

Ocean said:

Thats a different site...you always enlarge upon your opinions over here.

You're not waiting till the numbers cool off to pick up the topic again, are you?

May 17, 2008 4:20 PM
 

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May 17, 2008 4:29 PM
 

DRWAM said:

Weathorn, it worked. Here's what happened. My 3 year old PC looks as if the OS [XP SP2] got corrupted as it could not find the Boot Drive [later found S.M.A.R.T to be healthy, so the drive was OK] . I used the

XP install disc to repair the MBR, but only got intermittent success, so I install SP 3 and Voila!, all is working. Thanks. It actually seems faster, but who knows if it was slowed by a problem with the OS. My wife and kids use it.

May 18, 2008 4:03 PM
 

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May 18, 2008 5:43 PM
 

DRWAM said:

I spoke  [or typed] too soon. It failed to find the boot drive so I'm reformatting and installing XP again. Bummer!

May 18, 2008 6:00 PM
 

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