Private sounds more secure, but it was actually less secure. So, Microsoft has changed this for the better. There are now three classifications: Home, Work and Public Location. This build of Vista shows a remarkable improvement in network browsing speed. When you open the Network window, which displays other workstations on a network, the mild delay before all available workstations appear is in the 5-tosecond range on a typical six-node peer network of mixed Vista and Windows XP machines.
Larger networks didn't require noticeably longer wait times either. Even first-time connections are fast. In Vista Beta 2 and earlier, the network browse-to-completion time could sometimes be measured in minutes -- and some workstations never showed up. Gone is the peer networking balkiness of early versions of Vista as well as earlier generations of Windows.
That said, it does seem like Microsoft is missing some opportunities in the networking area. Why are the controls for naming and saving LAN connections different from the ones that manage wireless connections?
Couldn't Windows offer a location-based, named and saved set of network configuration settings? Why does Vista continue to hide the wireless radio channel from you, even deep in status dialogs? On large networks that use the same SSID with multiple access points, it's annoying not to know the radio channel your PC is currently connecting to when you're roaming.
Performance, reliability and networking controls are the most important aspects of what's new in Windows Vista RC1. But there are also some smaller elements you'll want to check out when you have a chance:.
It's a boon for mouse-centric people because it requires no key presses. The windows open-and-close movement is a tad more fluid, too. Photo Gallery may sound like eye candy, but in an increasingly image-rich business environment, it may be the most useful new applet in Vista. Vista RC1 does a better job than previous releases of automatically connecting to the Internet after initial setup to install drivers for hardware not included in the Vista driver pack. Two test machines used for this story had multiple devices that Vista's installation program wasn't able to configure properly.
While the new operating system wasn't able to online-update the Linksys gigabit NICs in these machines, once those drivers were added manually, Vista was able to grab drivers for other devices. On another test machine whose 4-in-1 card-reader hardware wasn't in the driver pack, Vista's ability to actively search for and retrieve the correct driver — based on the plug-and-play hardware identification it found — made finding the drivers easy.
Using the standard "reinstall routine," you just opt to "browse" locally for a driver and point Vista to the initial directory containing OEM device drivers. Vista then searches all subdirectories until it finds the right driver and installs it. You can even just go into Device Manager and set this in motion, even when you don't know what the hardware is.
There's also better support for drivers in general. And, according to Greg Sullivan, Microsoft's group product manager for Windows, "thousands more device drivers are included in the box," with an emphasis on printers, wireless adapters, SATA controllers and Media Center tuners.
On one test unit, a Dell Inspiron E, all attempts to resume from sleep resulted in failure, requiring a reboot. A significant amount of criticism was leveled by the press and beta testers at the Vista's User Account Control UAC security feature as it was implemented in Beta 2. An earlier Computerworld story took UAC to task , for example. The purpose of UAC is to make Windows users aware of potentially dangerous activities on their computers.
Archived Forums. Windows Vista Announcements. Sign in to vote. Friday, September 1, PM. The RC1 iso file for 32bit is 2. Not 3. Saturday, September 16, AM. I'm almost embarrased to ask, but Saturday, September 2, PM.
Sunday, September 3, AM. Hey there, All of this is of course worthless to the rest of us Any time frame on the release to the great unwashed? Sunday, September 3, PM. Windows Mobile Device Center is totally missing, and I can't even launch it manually.
Too bad, hopefuly they'll push it through Windows Update like they did with Beta 2. Monday, September 4, AM. Apparently very soon. If your registered you should get an email in the next few days or so I've been told :. Tuesday, September 5, PM. Page Not Found y i get not found page!! Wednesday, September 6, PM. Is that true? If so, can anyone confirm when these 2 groups will have access to it? They already have it. What is wrong with this picture? I changed the colours, I chose the most comfortable one for me.
How do you mean whats with DirectX 10? This also reminds me to put the Vista Starter images on, ill do so in half an hour to an hours time.
Aug 27, 1. Oh jee, just look at this message I got! Please note, the full vista review will be at the very end. Click to expand Ive started typing the review, ill get it posted on the weekend more than likely, also, ill try getting some more screenshots, and if you would like to see a screenshot of a certain thing, let me know. I have noticed that since ive got vista, everything looks differant, the websites do, along with my apps. Im not too sure why, its brighter, I know that.
Update, on the task bar, you can now have unlimited clocks, here is what my side-task bar looks like You will notice that its warmed up a bit here, not for long mind, were going down to 18F this week!
Last edited: Oct 30, Ciro New member. Jun 17, 3. How you finding Media player I had the beta and it was full of bugs. Windows Media Player 11 Vista Edition is running great, no bugs at all, actually, im more than thrilled with it as my beta on XP was full of bugs also.
Here is a screeny of it with its new 'effects', a lot better than Windows Media Player 11 by a long way! I sure hope this changes! Even Mozilla Firefox looks completely new under Windows Vista! Oooo there is a bug! I have found a new feature on Vista, its not been mentioned much, its Called 'Microsoft CUT', what you do is drag your mouse over the screen and it creates a screen dump of it. Ill do one for you.
Very nice You post up any more screenies and im gona need new pants :brick:.
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