General keyboard shortcuts • CTRL+C (Copy) • CTRL+X (Cut) • CTRL+V (Paste) • CTRL+Z (Undo) • DELETE (Delete) • SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) • CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) • CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected [...]
Vista comes with an assortment of new tools, technologies and applications, some of them so-so, some of them real showstoppers:
Vista is the first of Microsoft’s operating systems to be built from the ground up with security in mind. Microsoft has rewritten Windows’ core code to make it far more secure. Vista also includes technologies to combat spyware and phishing and to make your computer more resistant to outside attack and control.
By the time Vista hits the shelves early in 2007 it will be almost six years since Microsoft’s last major desktop operating system release. There’s no doubt this new operating system has plenty to recommend it over its predecessor, Windows XP, but given Vista’s long incubation period, it’s hard not to feel somewhat disappointed in [...]