8 super quick tips on how to save time whilst using Windows Vista from the ever useful Windows Vista Magazine

Windows Vista Magazine | Eight ways to save time with Windows Vista

1. Send an email straight from your desktop
2. Quickly check your network connection status from your desktop
3. Create shortcuts to your favourite web sites
4. Get all your breaking news in one place with RSS feeds
5. Use Start Search
6. Get the App launcher sidebar gadget
7. Install Launchy
8. Use Task Scheduler to automate tasks

thanks guys :)

Rob

Download this latest guide to improve performance of Windows Vista ‘quickly and easily’

Download details: Windows Vista® Performance and Tuning

including topics related to Windows Search, power management and more...

‘This guide focuses on performance improvements on a single computer, but also takes a look at some of the tools used in enterprise environments to help make performance tuning manageable on a much larger scale’

Another day another Language Interface Pack (LIP), this time the Windows Vista Telegu (the official language of Andhra Pradesh in India) LIP:

Click here to download the Telugu Vista LIP

Please Note A font-enabling package must be installed prior to installing the Vista LIP package. This font package contains important font update information that is required to view your language correctly. To install the font package, click here: Install font package.

Also note that the Telugu LIP can only be installed on a system that runs an English version of Windows Vista. It is recommended to use 96 DPI for this language.

Rob

Search is something I use all the time in Vista, but when I show it to friends and colleagues some of them are generally surprised to find it and how great it can be :)

So this great demo vide  from the Windows Vista team demoing the instant search is rather great.

original article from Brandon

Apparently this is the first in a series of demos and I look forward to seeing the rest :)

Rob :)

If you like your Windows Vista in Georgian then you can download* the new Windows Georgian Language Interface pack (LIP):

Click here to download the Georgian Vista LIP

*Please Note A font-enabling package must be installed prior to installing the Vista LIP package. This font package contains important font update information that is required to view your language correctly. To install the font package, click here: Install font package.

Rob

Over the weekend there where 4 more Windows Vista Language Interface Packs (LIP) launched:

1. Konkani – which is mainly spoken in a region along the southwestern coats of India
2. Kannada – the state language of Karnataka
3. Malayalam – mainly spoken in the state of Kerala in southern India
4. Punjabi - Punjabi is the language of the Punjab region which includes the Punjab province of Pakistan as well as the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh

***Please note that all 4 LIPs can only be installed on a system that runs an English version of Windows Vista. 

Also the last 3 require a font-enabling package must be installed prior to installing the Vista LIP package. This font package contains important font update information that is required to view your language correctly. To install the font package, click here: Install font package ***

Rob

Over at the Windows Vista Magazine they are running a quick survey around what Windows Vista software you cannot live without for a forth coming magazine article.

I have voted for mine

• 1. Windows Live Writer
• 2. Snipping Tool
• 3. Windows Mobility Center
   

Windows Vista Magazine | What software could you not live without?

Rob

So it looks like http://mobile.microsoft.com is now also showing the new updated styling of the Windows homepage and also some nice new content.

The little video to download is pretty cool and is worth watching, you might start to see some themes coming through with all the other demos going live at the minute.  It is optimised for a mobile device (Windows Mobile Phones, iPhones and other phones…)

There are also some US only Phone and PC offers if you are interested… as well as the latest Live Search download.

Rob

Yesterday i mentioned the  Windows Digital Photos Demos now available on Microsoft.com.  So i thought today I would highlight 3 more demos around working from anywhere with Windows:

1. Work anywhere

2. Find more with Windows Live Search

3. Stay connected with Windows Live Hotmail

Windows Work Anywhere Possibilities Demos

Rob

If you like your Windows Vista in Kygyz then you can download* the new Windows Kygyz Language Interface pack (LIP):

Download Kyrgyz Windows Vista LIP

Rob

*Please note that the Kyrgyz LIP can only be installed on a system that runs a Russian version of Windows Vista