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Hidden Vista tools

server: winbeta.org - 27.09.2007

If Sven Hallauer ever has a moment to reflect in his Redmond office, he can feel quietly pleased with himself.

As the release manager for Vista, he had overall responsibility during the development period for the success of the ˜Most Secure Windows Ever project.

For Hallauer, however, the flexibility of the new operating system is just as important as the security features. In particular, Vista is equipped with far better admin tools than previous versions. Previously, administrators were forced to add tools from Resource Kits, but now Vista comes with a lot of tools already on board, as well explain later.

You can tell just by looking at the increased minimum hardware requirements that theres a lot more in the new version of Windows. It used to be possible to keep an installation of Windows 95 under 200MB, but Vista requires 40 times more hard disk space. Even in comparison to Windows XP, Vista needs five times more space.

Hidden Vista tools
A default installation of Vista needs almost 8GB of storage * part of which is a collection of useful tools buried deep in the system.

They’re not secret, just hard to find and almost undocumented. We’re not talking about prominent new programs such as Windows Defender or the Photo Gallery here. We’ve looked more deeply into the system and come up with a list of some hidden treasures; knowing about them, and how to use them, could save the day.

http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-com...a-tools?page=2

All you have to do is boot from the Vista DVD. Then click on Next to get rid of the first screen * installation language, time and keyboard options. On the next, you see the most important choices * Select Computer repair options. At this point, most users will overlook one of Vista’s highlights: additional drivers no longer have to be squeezed on to a floppy disk.

This site is well worth reading. I also recommend you save the pages to HDD for future reference.

http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-com...en-vista-tools