Windows Vista is Microsoft's most important software release in
more than a decade. It offers users an abundance of new and
upgraded features that were more than five years in the making: a
gorgeous, glass-like visual overhaul; superior searching and
organization tools; a multimedia and collaboration suite; and above
all, a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield overhaul. There's
scarcely a single feature of the older versions of Windows that
hasn't been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.
But when users first encounter this beautiful new operating
system, there's gonna be a whole lotta head-scratchin', starting
with