Well, it’s official. Microsoft has released Build 5270 as the Windows Vista December CTP. ActiveWin has a great preview (including the screenshot from above) of what they’ve found so far.
Here are the highlights:
– Updated Windows Defender (formerly Windows Anti-Spyware)
– H/W enabled drive encryption
– GPO control of device driver installs (ostensibly to allow administrators to control removable media devices)
– IE7 support International Domain Names (IDN’s)
– A new and enhanced set of parental controls
– Improved firewall
– Single button on/off controls (in a tardy nod to the early Mac line)
– Aero (the design coda for Vista) has some additional translucent elements
– Windows Media Player 11 is included
As with other new announcements, Microsoft is going to talk big in the Las Vegas CES. This should be fun!
-CyclingRoo-
Tags: Windows Vista