Security

There has been a lot of confusion and talk about Windows Vista and the security features that it contains, and many people have asked "what exactly does Vista do differently when it comes to security?" While there are some enhancements to things already available to users of Windows XP, there are also a number of unique features in Windows Vista that make it much more secure than previous Microsoft operating systems.

Security has been a primary concern during the development of Windows Vista, and there will be an abundance of new security features in its final release. Microsoft has stated that Security is fundamental to the Windows Vista architecture, and there have already been signs of some new features in the Beta and CTP releases of Vista.

WIndows Vista includes a file encryption technology very similar from a user perspective to the one that existed in Windows XP, but Vista makes it very easy to make a backup of the file encryption key....

If you are worried about privacy, you’ll probably be worried about 3rd party cookies. ...

I don’t personally use the Windows Mail client that comes with Windows Vista, but while I was researching how to use it to access my Gmail locally, I discovered a nice option in the Junk Email Options pane....

The quickest way to lock your computer screen is to just use the Win+L keyboard shortcut. Some people prefer to use the mouse to lock the workstation...

If you decide to turn off automatic updates, you’ll be annoyed to death with popup messages from the Security Center that tell you to "Check your computer security" or "Check your Firewall status" if you disabled the firewall. ...

If you can’t stand the User Account Control prompts, but you’d still like to retain a little bit of security, you can disable it for Administrator accounts only...

In older versions of Windows, you had to use the Ctrl+Alt+Delete combination to login to the system. This was supposed to provide a higher security login...

If you’ve used Windows Vista for more than 3.7 minutes, you know what UAC (User Account Control) is.. it’s the obnoxious,...