Vista Special Report

he Windows Sidebar is one of the most striking features of the new Vista desktop. It’s a sort of virtual “desktop appliance” which hosts DHTML applets in Windows Explorer. With

indows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0, introduced with Windows Vista, gives your computer fast search capabilities, helping you find your documents, e-mail, music, photos, videos, and other items quickly. Microsoft implemented

ogging is a vital capability for enterprise-class applications! For example, consider some of the motivations for examining the logs generated by Internet Information Services (IIS): Usability: Which pages are the

ow often have you been cajoled into troubleshooting a performance issue on an older version of Windows, brought up Task Manager and been bewildered by the list of processes running?

indows Activation Service (WAS), introduced with Windows Vista, is the new process activation mechanism that ships with IIS 7.0. WAS builds on the existing IIS 6.0 process and hosting models,

or IT professionals dealing with multiple, complex applications and systems, monitoring has always had a magical appeal: You flip on the monitoring software, put your feet up on the desk,

eally Simple Syndication (RSS) is a set of XML schema that define how providers can publish information destined for consumers. In its most common form, RSS holds the text and

indows SideShow is a new feature in Windows Vista that supports secondary display(s) on your PC. While the “buzz” about this feature primarily discusses notebook computers, Vista supports SideShow secondary

Vista’s Bounty: Eight Suprising Features Take You Beyond .NET 3.0 There’s a lot more to Vista than the .NET 3.0 framework. The new OS offers interesting and useful new features