PRESENTED BY DAVID HARRIS

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PRESENTED BY DAVID HARRIS Past
President Cambria Computer Club Leisure
Village computer Club Channel Island P C Users
Group
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About Windows Vista - FORMERLY LONGHORN

• A HUGE LEAP FORWARD IN PERSONAL COMPUTING
• ADVANCES IN RELIABILITY, SECURITY, EASE OF
  DEPLOYMENT, PERFORMANCE, AND MANAGEABILITY MAKE
  IT EASY TO
• CONFIDENTLY DO WHAT YOU WANT, WHEN YOU WANT, AND
  WHERE YOU WANT
• CLEARLY ORGANIZE YOUR WORK AND PLAY IN POWERFUL
  NEW WAYS
• CONNECT SEAMLESSLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE, DEVICES,
  AND COMPUTERS
• "WINDOWS VISTA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
• DELIVERS IMPROVED PERFORMANCE WHERE YOURE SURE
  TO NOTICE IT
• ENJOY THE FASTER STARTUP TIME AND LOW POWER
  CONSUMPTION OF THE NEW SLEEP STATE
• WINDOWS VISTA IS NOTICEABLY MORE RESPONSIVE THAN
  WINDOWS XP ON IDENTICAL HARDWARE"

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5 VERSIONS TO CHOOSE FROM

• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows Vista Home Basic is designed to deliver
• Improved reliability
• Security
• Usability
• For home PC users who just want to do the basics
  with their PCs

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• Windows Vista Business
• Regardless of the size of your organization,
  Windows Vista Business will
• Help lower your PC management costs
• Improve your security
• Enhance your productivity
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Enterprise is designed to meet the
  needs of large global organizations
• Highly complex IT infrastructures
• Help lower IT costs
• Providing additional layers of protection for
  your sensitive data

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• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Whether you choose to use your PC to
• Write e-mail
• Surf the Internet
• For home entertainment
• Track your household expenses
• Windows Vista Home Premium delivers a more
• complete and satisfying computing experience
• Windows Vista Ultimate
• All of the best business features
• All of the best mobility features
• All of the best home entertainment features
• With Vista Ultimate you don't have to compromise

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10 Reasons To Buy Vista

• 1. SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY
• Vista takes security to the next level
• Bi-directional Software Firewall - monitors
  inbound and outbound traffic
• Windows Services Hardening - prevents obscure
  background processes from being hijacked and
  changing your system
• Full-disk Encryption - prevents thieves from
  accessing your data, Perhaps most crucial
• User Account Protection - invokes administrator
  privileges, for driver updates or software
  installations
• User Account Protection - won't let users load
  software, without clearance from an
  administrator, thus limiting the ability of
  malware to enter your system

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• 2. INTERNET EXPLORER 7
• Firefox-inspired makeover, complete with tabbed
  pages and better privacy management
• There's also the color-coded Address Bar that
  lets you know if a page is secured by a digital
  key
• Anti-phishing features alerts if a phony Web site
  is just looking to steal information about you
• Runs in Protected Mode- a limited-rights mode
  that prevents third-party code from reaching your
  system

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• 3. RIGHTEOUS EYE CANDY
• High-end graphics effects built in
• Aero Glass Interface features visually engages 3D
  rendering, animation, and transparencies
• Translucent icons, program windows, and other
  elements add depth and context to the interface
• Place your cursor over minimized programs that
  rest on the taskbar and you'll be able to see
  real-time previews of what's running in each
  window without opening them full-screen
• You can see what's going on behind the scenes
• You will need powerful graphics hardware and a
  robust system to manage all the effects

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• 4. DESKTOP SEARCH
• Microsoft has been getting its lunch handed to it
  by Google and Yahoo on the desktop, but Vista
  could change all that.
• Vista tightly integrates instant desktop search
• Powerful indexing and user-assignable metadata
  make searching for all kinds of data - including
  files, e-mails, and Web content--a lot easier
• Running Vista on a network and you can perform
  searches across the network to other PCs

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• 5. BETTER UPDATES
• Vista does away with using Internet Explorer to
  access Windows Update
• Utilizes a new application to handle the chore of
  keeping your system patched and up-to-date
• Result is quicker response and a more tightly
  streamlined process
• The update - tracking mechanism is much quicker
  to display information about your installation
• Key components, such as the Windows Defender
  anti-spyware module, get their updates faster
• Makes it easier - and more pleasant - to keep
  your PC secure

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• 6. MORE MEDIA
• Windows Media Player gets a welcome update that
  turns the once-bloated player into an effective
  MP3 library
• Windows Photo Gallery adds competent photo
  library management functionality
• You can organize photos apply metatags, titles,
  and ratings
• Light editing and printing are easier
• DVD Maker application promises to add moviemaking
• New games are tucked into the bundle

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• 7. PARENTAL CONTROLS
• Families, schools, and libraries will appreciate
  the tuned-up parental controls
• Lets you limit access in a variety of ways
• Web filtering can block specific sites, screen
  out objectionable content by selected type, and
  lock out file downloads
• You can also restrict each account's access by
  time of day or day of the week
• This can keep kids off the PC while you're not at
  home
• You can even block access to games based on their
  Entertainment Software Rating Board ratings

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• 8. BETTER BACKUPS
• Windows 95 first came out, the typical hard disk
  was, maybe, 300MB in size
• Today, desktops routinely ship with 300GB or
  400GB hard drives
• Windows Vista boasts a much-improved backup
  program that should help users avoid digital
  meltdowns
• System Restore feature - which takes snapshots of
  your system state so you can recover from a nasty
  infection or botched software installation

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• 9. PEER-TO-PEER COLLABORATION
• Collaboration Module lets Vista users work
  together in a shared workspace
• You can form ad hoc workgroups and then jointly
  work on documents, present applications, and pass
  messages
• You can even post "handouts" for others to review
• 10. QUICK SETUP
• Windows Vista boasts a re-engineered install
  routine, which will slash setup times from about
  an hour to as little as 15 minutes

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SECURITY

• Automatic Updates and Windows Security Center
  helps you keep your PC up to date with the latest
  security patches
• Alerts you when your PC needs to install an
  update
• Windows Vista firewall helps protect you from
  hackers, viruses, and worms that try to reach
  your computer over the Internet
• Windows Defender helps protect you against
  spyware and other potentially unwanted software
• Malicious Software Removal Tool periodically
  scans your PC looking for known prevalent viruses

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SEARCH

• You no longer have to remember where you store
  every file
• To find a file, you need to only remember
  something about it, such as a word contained
  within a document, the artist of a song, or the
  date a picture was taken
• Powerful, integrated desktop search capabilities
  help you find just about anything on your
  computer quickly, without having to search for it
  by browsing through folders
• In the Start Menu, you just typing a word, a
  phrase, a property, or any part of a file name
  into the embedded Instant Search box to instantly
  find the file that you want

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THE NEW START MENU CAN HELP YOU GET SOMETHING
STARTED MORE QUICKLY
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• User Account Protection initiative by default
• Limiting to just enough permissions to browse the
  web, but not enough to modify your files or
  settings
• Keeps your PC safer from web-based attacks
• Protected Mode, means that even if a malicious
  site attacks the site's code will not have enough
  privileges to install software, copy files to the
  Startup folder, or hijack the settings for your
  browser's home page or search provider

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SIDEBARS GADGETS

• Specialized, and lightweight mini-applications
  put information and tasks at your fingertips
• Boosts your personal productivity by providing
  instant access to gadgets - a wide variety of
  engaging, easy-to-use applications that offer
  information at a glance
• Provides easy access to frequently used tools
• You can open a web browser just to check the
  weather, open an application to view your
  calendar, or open a calculator program to simply
  add numbers

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PERFORMANCE

• Vista is designed to help make you more
  productive as you work with your PC throughout
  the day with new features like Sleep, SuperFetch,
  ReadyBoost, ReadyDrive
• SuperFetch helps manage memory to get the most
  out of available RAM
• ReadyBoost helps make PCs more responsive by
  using flash memory devices (like USB thumb
  drives) to boost performance
• ReadyDrive takes advantage of new hybrid hard
  diskshard disks with integrated flash memoryto
  help improve battery life, performance and
  reliability
• Your system is ready when you are

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BACKUP

• Provides valuable new innovations to help ensure
  you never lose information that is important to
  you
• Offers multiple layers of backup and restore
  protection from hardware failure and user error
• These innovations include system restore
  enhancements
• A new feature called Windows Back
• And a related feature Volume Shadow Copy

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NETWORKING

• Windows Vista includes new networking features
  that make your network easier to
• Set up
• Easier to use
• More secure and reliable
• Connect wirelessly to your company's network
• Share an Internet connection and printers, copy
  files between computers
• Enjoy your favorite entertainment around your
  home
• Windows Vista makes connectivity easier so you
  can focus on what matters to you

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SPEECH RECOGNITION

• Fully integrated and is built on top of the
  latest Microsoft speech technologies
• Has unparalleled voice recognition accuracy that
  improves with use as it adapts to your speaking
  style and vocabulary
• Supports multiple languages
• Includes a new human-sounding speech synthesizer
• Designed to focus on what you want
• You can work through guided setups and an
  interactive training application to get familiar
  with key concepts and commands

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HELP FEEDBACK

• Vista itself detects, diagnoses, and helps you
  respond to common problems
• When incidents that require support do occur, it
  provides centralized support tools and resources
  to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.
• Remote Assistance is greatly enhanced, featuring
  faster performance and the ability to assist
  users whether they are at home, on the road, or
  at a remote location
• Remote Assistance is now a stand-alone
  application, providing markedly faster startup
  and connectivity
• Optimized to use less network bandwidth

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WINDOWS UPDATE

• Automatic delivery of important and recommended
  updates
• Updates can automatically download and install
  both important and recommended updates
• Improved consistency
• You will see the same user interface whether you
  are on your home computer or your corporate
  computer updated through a Windows software
  management solution

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WINDOWS UPDATE

• More seamless updating
• When an update applies to a file in use, you can
  save the application's data, close the
  application, update the file and then restart the
  application
• Greater flexibility
• Updating occurs in the background
• Schedule it for a time that's convenient for you
• If an update requires a restart to complete
  installation, you can schedule it for a regular
  time
• You can also postpone a previously scheduled
  restart until your current work is complete

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CLEAN, SLEEK, AND STREAMLINED

• New Interface
• Say goodbye to bulky toolbars
• Interface that shows more of each webpage you
  visit
• The streamlined toolbar makes it easier to add
  websites to your Favorites, search the web, clear
  your history and access the other tasks and tools
  you use most

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Click on the star to bring up Favorites

• Optimized DesignThe new design, including
  consolidated menu items, smaller icons, and an
  overall decrease in toolbar height, optimizes the
  space on your screen so you see more of the
  websites you're visiting
• Favorites CenterThe new Favorites Center makes
  it even easier to manage your favorite websites,
  your browsing history, and your RSS feeds with
  just a few clicks

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AN EASIER WAY TO SWITCH BETWEEN WEBSITES
Tabbed BrowsingWhether you're searching the web,
comparing prices, or just staying on top of your
favorite topic, you view many different websites
at one time - all within one organized window
The new tabs make it easy to browse multiple
websites
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BROWSE, SHOP, AND SEARCH MULTIPLE WEBSITES

• Launch Internet Explorer 7 and your home page
  opens in the first tab
• To view other sites at the same time, just click
  the new tab button in the toolbar and then type
  the address of the site you want
• Your home page stays open in the first tab
• Closing tabs is as easy as opening them. Just
  click the close button that appears on the right
  side of the selected tab
• When you have several tabs open, use Quick Tabs
  to find the site you want to view or to close
  sites you're no longer interested in viewing

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QUICK, COMPREHENSIVE, CUSTOMIZED WEB SEARCHING

• With the built-in search box, you can search the
  web at any time without having to open a search
  provider page
• You can display search results in a separate tab
• Open the results in other tabs to quickly compare
  sites and find the information you want
• Customize your search by setting your favorite
  search provider as the default

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YOUR SEARCH BAR IS ALWAYS RIGHT AT HAND

• SearchJust type your search terms at any time
  and press AltEnter results are displayed in a
  new tab so you don't lose the site you're
  currently viewing
• The Power of Multiple Search ProvidersYou can
  choose which search provider you want to use as
  your default and then compare the results with
  those of other search providers by choosing
  another search provider from the list
• Add search providers
• By selecting "Get Search Provider" from the
  dropdown list

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INFORMATION YOU CARE ABOUT, DELIVERED FAST!
Click on the to bring up Feeds

• Don't waste time checking many different sites
  and blogs for updates
• Select the sites or topics you care about and
  Internet Explorer 7 delivers all the new
  headlines and updates to your Favorites Center

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NEW INFORMATION IS DELIVERED TO YOU AUTOMATICALLY

• News agencies now offer a service called RSS
  Feeds
• RSS is a format for syndicating news
• With RSS Feeds the website feeds or downloads
  information such as top headlines, current travel
  discounts, sports scores, and other timely
  content throughout the day to subscribers
• Now you can read news when it arrives and click
  headline links to get the complete webpage

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SURF, SHOP, AND SEARCH WITH MORE CONFIDENCE

• Security
• Internet Explorer 7 helps keep your information
  safe by alerting you to potential phishing sites
  - sites that look legitimate but actually are
  designed to capture your personal information
• It's also easier to see which sites provide
  secure data exchange, so you can shop and bank
  online with confidence
• Security badges indicate whether the site you are
  currently visiting is suspicious or a site known
  for phishing (capturing your personal or
  financial information)

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• SEARCH TOOL
• Click the Start button and then begin typing the
  name of the file in a search box
• As you type the first letter, the Search engine
  immediately begins compiling a list of
  applications, folders, and documents that begin
  with that letter and displays them in a
  categorized list right on top of the Start menu,
  which instantly converts itself into the search
  results pane
• As you continue typing letters, the Search engine
  refines the list to match the letters that you're
  typing
• The Search engine considers the most likely
  candidate for the file or folder that you're
  looking for at the very bottom of the search
  results pane
• If you press enter, Windows Vista will load that
  file or open that folder
• If you click Search Internet, Windows Vista will
  pass the search job on to MSN Search, which will
  immediately conduct a search and present the
  results in an Internet Explorer window

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THE SECONDARY SEARCH TOOLIf you click Search
Computer, the search engine will instantaneously
load a full featured Search window in which the
search results include a search for matching text
inside of documents as well as the matching
filenames

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• The Search windows provides you with controls to
  add further search criteria
• You can click the Add Filter button and choose
  from a variety of filters
• To add additional filters, you just click the Add
  Filter button again

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VISTA'S PROVIDES YOU WITH BOOLEAN OPERATORSYou
just click the dropdown arrow adjacent to the Add
Filter button and can further narrow your search
using the Boolean operatorsBoolean logic
consists of three logical operators OR - AND
NOT
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• INDEXING
• Windows Vista's Search engine has an Indexing
  Service that is designed examine files in advance
  to speed responses to search operations
• It runs in the background
• It is much more efficient in that it doesn't
  index the entire hard disk - only specific
  locations
• You can access its interface in the Control Panel
  by double-clicking the Indexing and Search
  Options icon

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SECURITY INFORMATION IS DISPLAYED IN THE SECURITY
STATUS BAR
Suspected Site
Known Phishing Site
SecurityAt a glance you'll see whether the site
you're visiting has a valid secure sockets layer
certificate or if there are irregularities in the
certificate information Phishing Filter warns
you of suspicious sites that might attempt to
collect your personal information Peace of
MindWhile you browse the web, Internet Explorer
7 automatically monitors your computer to protect
you from unwanted and malicious programs that can
be installed on your system as a result of
surfing the web
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• Doesnt look like but is dramatically different
  than what we have today with Outlook Express
• The underlying way Outlook Express stores email
  has been completely tossed out
• Instead, Windows Mail will store email messages
  on your machine as SEPARATE files (.eml
  extensions)
• You don't have to worry about corruption as much
• You can open these emails separately from having
  to launch Windows Mail
• By storing all your emails in a folder in
  Documents you can open it via that folder in
  Documents

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• The email files are stored in a nice neat view in
  the Windows shell, just as most of your files
• The mail program is nothing more than a nicer
  more organized view with a few more features
• You can even reply to an email direct from the
  Windows shell by just right-clicking on one of
  the emails!
• Vista enhancements are thrown in such as the
  search box in the upper right hand corner of the
  program
• As mentioned a much easier way to back up email
• Only one directory you really need to back up
  /mail/

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Questions Or Comments ?
Thank you for attending, David Harris