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Book Description

Get ready for a quick blast through this significant change to Windows! This guide will give you a quick look at many of the most significant new features in Vista, Microsoft's first revision of Windows in nearly six years.

Starting with the changes to the interface, introducing Aero, and showing you some visuals, we then move on to the completely revamped search options. The new task scheduler and printing gadgets, are next with some cool new changes. Probably the most significant changes, however, come in the area of security and this guide takes a look at them from user priveleges, to User Account Control, to BitLocker.

Table of Contents

  1. What's New in Windows Vista
    1. The Vista User Interface
      1. Aero
      2. Change from Aero to Another Theme
        1. Yeah, well, I don't see that dialog box
      3. Add an Icon to the Desktop
      4. Other Desktop Changes
      5. Changing Appearance Settings on Laptop Computers
    2. New Ways to Search
      1. Using the Search on the Start Menu
        1. Just type and locate
        2. Customize the Start Menu
      2. Search with Windows Explorer
      3. Search Box
        1. Changing a metadata tag
        2. Advanced searches
        3. Boolean filters
        4. Natural language
      4. File List Headings and Stacks
    3. The New Task Scheduler
      1. Schedule a Task
        1. Schedule disk cleanup
    4. Vista's New Printing Options
      1. Using the XPS Viewer
      2. Printing a Picture
    5. The Sidebar and Gadgets
      1. Changing Sidebar Behavior
      2. Add a Gadget
      3. Write Your Own Gadget
    6. Security Features
      1. Windows Defender
        1. Configure Windows Defender
      2. Windows Firewall
        1. An example of a Firewall exception at work
      3. Parental Controls
        1. Limit computer use
        2. Limit Internet usage
        3. Prevent users from running programs
        4. Prevent users from running games
        5. Activity reports
    7. User Account Control
      1. Disabling User Account Control
    8. BitLocker Drive Encryption
      1. So Why Not Just Encrypt the Whole Drive, Then?
    9. Windows Service Hardening
      1. Summary
    10. About the Author
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