Vista Vexes

The Windows Vista Pains’n’Gains Page

by Jan Fagerholm

I’ve previously written bits about Vista and done Vista presentations for PCC, and now hope to provide you with some insights gained from experience with the final version of Vista. I plan to submit a “pains & gains” column on Vista over the next few months as it makes its way into the marketplace and on to your desktop. What I can offer here is some realworld experience with hardware and software support, as well as a perspective gained from a programmer’s view of the workings of Vista and how it affects you through the interface, as well as a comparison to other OSs that I regularly use, Linux and Macintosh OSX. The articles are also available in the PCC Newsletter.

Vista Vexes Topics Index

Use this index to locate information about specific topics covered in the articles.

• ABBYY FineReader
• ABBYY FineReader 8.0
• Address Line
• Adobe CS2
• Aero Theme
• Anti-Virus Software
• Benchmarks
• CorelGraphics Suite X3
• Cyberlink PowerDVD 7
• Direct X
• DreamScenes
• Dual Boot
• Everything is rearranged
• Flash Drives
• Flip 3D
• Google Earth
• Hard Drives
• Hardware
• Incompatible Software
• McAfee Internet Security Suite
• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• Networking with Vista
• Norton Internet Security Suite
• Partition Magic 8
• Peculiarities
• PerfectDisk 8
• Printers
• RAID
• ReadyBoost
• Recycle Bin
• Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 9
• Scanners
• Security Center changes-Better Integration
• Service Pack 1
• Side Bar and Gadgets
• Summary of Vista
• Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise
• Sysinternals Utilities
• System Restore
• System Services and Monitors
• Task Bar
• Terminology
• Thumbnail Previews
• Toolbars vs Menus
• Upgrade to Vista
• Upgrading drivers
• User Account Control
• User Interface
• Utilities
• Windows Explorer