Windows Workstation

Deploying Vista Screencast

James Senior — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:40:38 GMT

How to use the Business Desktop Deployment Tools to create a highly effecient deployment management configuration.

View on Vista - Tablet Input Pane PC

James Senior — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:01:25 GMT

How to get the most out of the Tablet Input Panel when using a Tablet with Windows Vista

View on Vista - Patient Monitoring

James Senior — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:43:21 GMT

This screencast provides an insight into the kind of applications that can be build on the Vista platform thanks to the new graphics engine which is native to Vista.

How to Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista

Brian S. Tucker — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:13:49 GMT

Upgrading to Vista is a snap and anyone can do it. No need to pay someone to do the upgrade for you as long as you take some needed steps before the upgrade.

1. Verify your computer's hardware will run Vista

2. Remove any installed Anti-virus software before the upgrade.

3. Backup all your important files.

If you do forget to remove anti-virus software, the upgrade will still continue, but you will get an error. If you want to install Vista from scratch, click the link below.

http://blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/37/windows_workstation/entry2119.aspx

How to Install Windows Vista

Brian S. Tucker — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:12:15 GMT

In this Blogcast we look at how simple it is to install a new operating system. This video shows how to install Windows Vista from scratch. Many people will decide it's easier to upgrade rather than do a fresh installation. If your upgrade fails, chances are that you will have to install Vista as shown in this video.

Verify your computer can run Vista. The older your computer is, chances are that it may not meet the requirements. If you don't have at LEAST 16 GB of FREE space on your hard drive, don't even bother trying to install or upgrade Vista. To see if your computer will support Vista, visit the link. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx

Speech Recognition in Windows Vista

Long Zheng — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:47:37 GMT

This screencast focuses on the areas of speech recognotion including: dictation, commands, selecting alternatives, ’show numbers’, ‘mouse grid’, mouse functions, web browsing, and keyboard functions. The speech recognition technology is well developed and highly usable. Recorded from the July CTP Build 5472, using the internal microphone array in the laptop.

Disk Imaging with Windows ImageX

Chris Haaker — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:30:33 GMT

This blogcast demonstrates how to image a disk or partition using the new ImageX tool that comes as part of the Windows Vista Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK).

Office Word 2007 demonstration

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:24:55 GMT

This is a screencast of Office Word 2007. It takes you through a scenario of editing a document through to publishing it. Features explored include: live zoom, live style preview, cover page, quick formatting, context spelling, picture tools, SmartArt, keyboard navigation, watermarking, academic referencing, reviewing, and native PDF support. There’s also a bug with the full page reading feature with SmartArt objects, you can’t miss it.

Tablet PC in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:42:56 GMT

There are a wide range of enhancements to the tablet experience in Vista. From better navigation to pen flicks, personalisations handwriting recognition and an improved tablet input panel.

Windows Update in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:56:07 GMT

Better management of updates through the Windows Update control panel. Ability to manually request updates and manage existing updates. Also features better restart management that prevents loss of work.

Windows Sidebar in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:40:33 GMT

Overview on Windows Sidebar functionality in Vista.

Windows Search in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:30:49 GMT

A common-day scenario of how an information ~~slave~~ worker can utilise Vista search to improve productivity.

Parental controls in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:18:55 GMT

Better management of allowed and blocked content through time curfews, rating and classifications, application limitations and activity reports. Supports regional ratings and content specifications. Activity reports also feature detailed analysis of computer usage including web surfing history and instant messaging logs.

Media Center in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:09:13 GMT

An overview of the Windows Media Center experience in Vista. Note: The Aero Glass UI has been disabled as it causes problems when the video recorder was in use with Media Center. In actual use, Aero Glass + Media Center is very fluid and does not have any issues.

Guided Help in Vista

Long Zheng — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:55:47 GMT

There are two major improvements in this area. Help is no longer for the inexperienced. And help is no longer long pages of text. Not only if help going to offer support to the computer novice, it also offers advanced tips and tricks that caters to all users. Guided help introduces interactivity and assistance to the knowledge-base, kind of like having a virtual wiz-kid, visual cues will assist users in completing many help tasks. Interestingly, if you notice the arrow in the ‘compass’ always points to where you need to look at. Also the window moves around pretty fluidly placing itself around the focused area.