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Hi,
I have no beta yet and do not intend to get one or test one, but would like to know some of the important features so that I would know if Vista is the one for me (and other associates) to upgrade.
For years, one of the most frustrating process when upgrading to a new OS is the transfer of existing files, documents, settings, and applications.
Windows XP does provide some help but it is way too limited and I am sure many experts here know it well and would use something like "Ghost" to accomplish it.
So what I wish to know is MS has done some better for this one and ease the pain for system transfer?
Personally, I would take this as one of the most important factor to determine if I would upgrade to the new OS, regardless of other "fancy" features.
Other things are like networking features, which has become more important even for a business user like us.
Specifically, this includes to easily set up a VPN connection between two Windows systems without having "expert" knowledge, and include Wake-On-LAN features and so on.
If one regularly reads posts in Windows XP newsgroup, he/she would find out how many frustrated users there are asking helps on setting up VPN and many still had no solutions.
WOL is an old thing but I don't see any easy and free solution for it especially integrated with VPN or Remote Desktop.
It's a trend for people using more than one system and traveling a lot now. One of the basic requirements is how easy to synchronize or retrieve documents or files from another location via Internet.
Frankly speaking, 64-bit or not is not our primary concerns and so are other "fancy" features, without above mentioned features, Vista is just a new "toy" instead a "business" tool.
Thanks for your sharing.

I would suggest you check this out to get an overview of some of the new features in Windows Vista. There is a new File & Settings Transfer Wizard expected in Vista, its not ready yet but should be by around beta.
"Overview These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to monitor performance, manage printing, control how CPU and memory resources are allocated using Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM), control device installation using Device Management and Installation (DMI), and manage ADMX files. There are also step-by-step guides to help you protect data using BitLocker Drive Encryption, to administer the TPM Security Hardware in a computer using Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Services, and to help deploy better-managed desktops and mitigate the impact of malware using User Account Control (UAC)."
Download documents here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=311f4be8-9983-4ab0-9685-f1bfec1e7d62&displaylang=en
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I have no beta yet and do not intend to get one or test one, but would like to know some of the important features so that I would know if Vista is the one for me (and other associates) to upgrade.
For years, one of the most frustrating process when upgrading to a new OS is the transfer of existing files, documents, settings, and applications.
Windows XP does provide some help but it is way too limited and I am sure many experts here know it well and would use something like "Ghost" to accomplish it.
So what I wish to know is MS has done some better for this one and ease the pain for system transfer?
Personally, I would take this as one of the most important factor to determine if I would upgrade to the new OS, regardless of other "fancy" features.
Other things are like networking features, which has become more important even for a business user like us.
Specifically, this includes to easily set up a VPN connection between two Windows systems without having "expert" knowledge, and include Wake-On-LAN features and so on.
If one regularly reads posts in Windows XP newsgroup, he/she would find out how many frustrated users there are asking helps on setting up VPN and many still had no solutions.
WOL is an old thing but I don't see any easy and free solution for it especially integrated with VPN or Remote Desktop.
It's a trend for people using more than one system and traveling a lot now. One of the basic requirements is how easy to synchronize or retrieve documents or files from another location via Internet.
Frankly speaking, 64-bit or not is not our primary concerns and so are other "fancy" features, without above mentioned features, Vista is just a new "toy" instead a "business" tool.
Thanks for your sharing.

You should also look into the USMT (User state migration tool). This tool is desined for migrating users from one machine and provides greater extensability. They will have a new version of this tool around windows vista launch that should support vista.
josh http://windowsconnected.com
"xfile" wrote in message Hi,
I have no beta yet and do not intend to get one or test one, but would like to know some of the important features so that I would know if Vista is the one for me (and other associates) to upgrade.
For years, one of the most frustrating process when upgrading to a new OS is the transfer of existing files, documents, settings, and applications.
Windows XP does provide some help but it is way too limited and I am sure many experts here know it well and would use something like "Ghost" to accomplish it.
So what I wish to know is MS has done some better for this one and ease the pain for system transfer?
Personally, I would take this as one of the most important factor to determine if I would upgrade to the new OS, regardless of other "fancy" features.
Other things are like networking features, which has become more important even for a business user like us.
Specifically, this includes to easily set up a VPN connection between two Windows systems without having "expert" knowledge, and include Wake-On-LAN features and so on.
If one regularly reads posts in Windows XP newsgroup, he/she would find out how many frustrated users there are asking helps on setting up VPN and many still had no solutions.
WOL is an old thing but I don't see any easy and free solution for it especially integrated with VPN or Remote Desktop.
It's a trend for people using more than one system and traveling a lot now. One of the basic requirements is how easy to synchronize or retrieve documents or files from another location via Internet.
Frankly speaking, 64-bit or not is not our primary concerns and so are other "fancy" features, without above mentioned features, Vista is just a new "toy" instead a "business" tool.
Thanks for your sharing.

USB memory keys, or Jump Drives are a new trend as well. Its a great way to move your files from one computer to another. You can keep the files on the device while you work with them. No need to keep files sycnronized with another computer or try to retrieve files remotely, since the files are with you. These devices will get larger in capacity, and cheaper per megabyte.
I would like to see support for these devices built into PDA's. It would be nice to just plug into the PDA to syncronize the data instead of having to dock the device to syncronize.
"xfile" wrote in message "It's a trend for people using more than one system and traveling a lot now. One of the basic requirements is how easy to synchronize or retrieve documents or files from another location via Internet."