Windows Vista Power Users Guide
Posted on 15. Sep, 2008 by Mike Halsey in guides and how to's
I’ve been fortunate to have been using Windows Vista since 2005. That’s not a boast. Most the the first year of that my experience with the early betas ran to about ten minutes of frustration before I gave in and went back to XP.
As a beta-tester for Microsoft, one of about half a million who tested Vista in the biggest software beta test the planet had apparently ever seen, I saw well over a dozen builds of this operating system.
It’s really much more interesting than it sounds, getting to see an OS evolve and change over time, watching the bugs getting ironed out. Then came the first major addition to the software that I truly couldn’t live without… Chess! Yes, finally Microsoft had included a decent game with Windows.
But there are positive benefits too. If you run both Windows XP and Vista in your home, both pulling video from a home server. You won’t have them competing over which gets to create the thumbnails for the files in Media Centre. Yes, you’ve got yours truly to thank for that one. 
) At least I think so as it can sometimes be hard to tell with Microsoft.
On a slightly more serious note, Windows Vista is one of the most important releases ever to come out of Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters. I thought I’d put my familiarity with it to good use, head off the inevitable questions from family and friends, and kill a few quiet weekend hours all at the same time.
My “Vista Power Users Guide” was described by Windows Vista: The Official Magazine as “a really in depth look at Windows Vista that everyone should at least have a look at”. I’m quite proud of it too. 
You can get it HERE or click the graphic above.
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