My Journey

Microsoft spent longest time developing Windows Vista than it did for developing any previous version of Windows. Everything we see and use, from the desktop to networking, searching, using the Internet, and beyond, has been overhauled. The vista interface includes transparent windows and windows animations; the operating system includes a series of Centers, such as the Network and Sharing Center and the Mobility Center, and above all the help center that makes easy to perform common tasks and customize how your PC works; and the search function has been baked so deep into the operating system that you need to type only a few letters of what you're looking for and the results start to show up immediately everything from files to programs to mail to web sites.

Vista is also added up with the gadgets to perform common tasks for the user like watch, CPU usage meter, notepad, calendar, reminder, firewall profile, Gmail, Google bar, calculator, digital clock, weather bug, terror alert, up time, Windows mail etc. Changes are even more dramatic, mostly having to do with security. Today, security had become one of the top concerns, if not the top, concerns of most PC users. Spyware, worms, viruses, scammers, crackers, and snoopers had become ubiquitous .

So Microsoft spent effort hardening the operating system against threats by adding Defender antispyware tool, the more powerful firewall, and the phishing filter built into Internet Explorer. But much of it is invisible such as Windows Service Hardening, which stops background Windows services from being used by malware to damage the file system, Registry, or network to which the PC is connected. Windows Vista also has heftier hardware requirements than any version of Windows to date.