Lab Rats! Episode 66: Hot Windows Vista Features –

Show Notes - Episode 66

SERIES: Lab Rats

EPISODE #: 66

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2007

TITLE: Hot Windows Vista Features

RUN TIME: 15:30:04

HOST: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers

STUDIO DIRECTOR: Ryan Rasmussen

EDITOR: Sean Carruthers

SOURCE: www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep66.html

NOTES:

- Ready Boost - this new technology in Windows Vista allows users to use external drives to make Windows Vista startup faster.

- Ready Boost is a great choice if you can't install more RAM on your computer.

- The drive must read at a speed of at least 2.5 Mb/s and write at 1.75 mb/s.

- For drives that are too slow, "Speed up my System" won't even appear as an option.

- Ready Boost is limited to a maximum of 4GB.

- It gives the best boost when you use several memory intensive applications at once.

- When writing small chucks of data, flash memory is faster than your hard drive.

- Parental Controls:

- Allows the administrator to limit the time spent on the system, restrict the usage of programs, internet filtering, and report the usage to the administrator.

- AutoPlay feature has been updated to be more automatic.

- File Associations is what indicates the extension of a particular file to the operating system.

- Security Controls in Networking - allows for safer wireless connecting at hotspots.

- When running as a Standard user in Windows Vista, if you need to run a application as a administrator, all you have to do a right click on the application and choose "Run as Adminstrator" which will then prompt for a user name and password.

- A recent survey shows that watching Lab Rats on trains is #1 European past time.

- Be sure to check out Andy's new DVD, Getting Started with Windows Vista, on sale now!

- Little Geeks Organization - Little Geeks is a philanthropic organization that collects, refurbishes and re-distributes donated home computers to children in need.