What's New in Windows Vista?

One of the most popular questions that I've been hearing lately is "what's new in Windows Vista?". Therefore, I could not prevent myself from writing a post with links that provide information about this issue:

• Let's start with the changes in the kernel. Mark Russinovich covers this topic very well:
  • Part 1: Processes, threads and I/O
  • Part 2: Memory management, system startup, shutdown, and power management
  • Part 3: Reliability, recovery, security
  • Summarizing video: Vista Kernel Changes
  • Additional video: User Account Control (UAC)
• In user-mode, Arstechnica provides a deep overview (this is the first post of a three-part review)
• Security-related topics:
  • Michael Howard presents the big picture about Windows Vista's security here and focuses on ASLR (here and here)
  • Windows Vista Security Enchancements discusses about the changes in more depth
  • Channel9 videos about security in Vista (part 1, part 2) and User Account Control (UAC)
• Channel9 has videos that cover many windows components that are new in windows vista
• Wikipedia provides a quick overview of all the new additions in Windows Vista

UPDATE:

If you are interested in a detailed comparison between the different Windows Vista versions (Home, Business, Enterprise, etc), then you can look here (4th post).

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 15, 2007
  am interested in information abt windows Vista updation..

• Anonymous
  August 03, 2007
  What i am realy interested is in mandatory integrity control and how to use it programmatically.

• Anonymous
  November 19, 2007
  i m interesting in updating the window vista. is there any latest updations? if yes, i need the link.

• Anonymous
  December 13, 2007
  Parminder, what exactly do you want to update? The information is current.

• Anonymous
  June 06, 2010
  Any new developments on Windows Vista? Never heard lately about that.