You can zoom in Explorer windows AND the desktop by holding CTRL and moving the mouse wheel. What's neat is this allows you get the extra large 256x256 icons on the desktop.

Did you know that all quickstart items now have hotkeys (they didn't in XP,right?)
Windows key + 1..9 for the 1st - 9th item in the quickstart menu.

...The slideshow Bill showed off at CES is available in 5270? Start a slideshow, right click, and choose “Voyager” from the menu.

...You can restore the folders pane quickly in my computer by right clicking in the Links pane (on the left) and choosing “Show Classic Folders”?

...You can view the contents of all the subfolders in any folder by right clicking and selecting “Look in Folder”?

...You can display the Reading pane in Windows Mail to the right of the inbox pane like in Outlook 2003? View > Layout > Preview Pane.

...That you can preview videos in the Picture and Fax viewer?

...That mfpmp.exe is the skip-free media service? It works well.

...That TabletPC controls are available and they look awesome if you have glass enabled?

Did you know...

In build 5365+ (and perhaps prior), you can have an application snap to the edges of the screen simply by dragging the window border to the edges. Doesn't seem to work with Explorer windows.

Did you know...

You can temporarily show the classic toolbar in an explorer windows by tapping the 'Alt' key.

Did you Know?
... that you can disable the Desktop Window Manager for certain applications? Follow the target of a shortcut or locate the Executable file of the application manually, right-click it and select Properties. From the Compatibility tab, check 'Disable the Desktop Window Manager' and click OK.

Did you Know?
You can switch from Aero Glass to Aero Metal on the fly if you're using a laptop? Just click the power icon in your notification area and change to "Power Saver".

As disclosed and confirmed by multiple sources: One of the new UI features being added to Windows Vista during the blackout time leading to RTM is currently known internally as "Motion Desktop" and could very easily retain this title as its final name. It will allow for the end user to run an animated or interactive desktop wallpaper to complement the UI already present in Windows Vista. The Vista SKUs which will contain this new feature along with the degree of customizability the end user will see in creating his own Motion Desktop are as yet unknown. More details as I have them.

Internal discussions seem to suggest that interactive Motion Desktops should be able to integrate with relative ease into various Windows Live services, and one can expect third-party and first-party Motion Desktops to be displayed on a Live gallery similar to what is currently in use for sidebar and live gadgets.

Update (10-24-06): As confirmed by Paul Thurrott, Motion Desktop will be an Ultimate Extras feature only, and it will be rolled out in January 2007, and will not be much different from running a screensaver as a wallpaper (similar to Long's screensaver application) as internally confirmed by Michael.


Source: In-House

ehm... seems like the RTM is way better than the beta. rocks

1 Which one can use until 1st of June 2007 ? RC1 or RC2 ?
2 If i am using Dx9b can it run Aero and 3d flip ?
3 So compare to RC2 and RTM , can you define the meaning 'RTM is way better than the beta' ? The difference ?
4 If I install vista and want to uninstall , what step do i need to do ?

I dont use Apple, its just a comparison.

It cant be helped if you feel good about Vista. Everyone has difference perception. I just feel an OS taking up more than 500MB of ram is nothing but bloated. DWM is nothing but a tool to utilise your DX9 card in desktop mode. Although it said offloading the processing to video card, but having to use so much ram means the processor will be doing works too.

Vista has 85% of the drivers but if you got a all-in-one printer, then you will be out of your luck. Not to mention the drivers for Prodigy LT.

so vista pc cant connect with xp pc?

mozilla cant conect to iternet wit vista......why? ver 2.0 btw

...mangkok 2 vista...XP is beter IMO........WE nEEd FASt FaST...Not CoOlness...