Windows® Vista™ Features

 
1. Informative User Experience
The desktop experience is more informative, intuitive, and helpful. And new tools bring better clarity to the information on your computer, so you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and use wizards and dialog boxes more confidently.

2. Secure Windows Version
The new features in Windows Vista help to give you the control and confidence you need to get the most out of your PC. Windows Vista contains a number of new security features that, taken together, are designed to make Windows Vista-based PCs more secure and your online experiences safer

3. Enhanced Windows Internet Explorer 7
The upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7 not only adds important new security and privacy features, but makes everyday tasks easier through features such as tabbed browsing, inline search, and shrink-to-fit printing.

4. Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
Windows Sidebar gives you quick access to gadgets like picture slide shows, Windows Media Player controls, or news headlines. You pick the gadgets you want to see in Windows Sidebar. Windows Sidebar boosts your personal productivity by providing instant access to gadgets—a wide variety of engaging, easy-to-use, and customizable mini-applications that offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools..

5. Improved Reliability by Backup and Restore Center
Windows Vista provides valuable new innovations to help ensure you never lose information that is important to you. Windows Vista offers multiple layers of backup and restore protection from hardware failure, user error, or other issues. These features are presented in a single, unified Windows Backup and Restore Center.

6. Easy access to your information anytime by Instant Search
Windows Vista gives you more flexibility when you search and organize your files. Just type in a word, a name, or a phrase, Instant Search box and Enhanced Column Headers can find the right file for you instantly .