Interesting Facts, Bugs and Goof-ups in Windows Vista

Guys!

As you all know Vista is out and I’m using it since many months. So in this period I hv found lots of interesting things, a few of them can be called goof-ups. So here I’m posting about such interesting facts:

1. If u press <SHIFT> key and right-click on a folder, u’ll get “Open Command Window here” and “Copy as Path” options.

2. U can enable “Checkboxes” to select items using “Folder Options“. It helps in selecting multiple items.

3. Windows DreamScene doesnt work, if “Show Translucent selection rectangle” option is disabled from System Properties (Performance Settings).

4. DreamScene stops running, when we maximize the active window.

5. When u change something from Performance Settings in System Properties, the Aero theme is automatically changed to Vista Basic theme.

6. If u press and hold <CTRL> key and then scroll with ur mouse backward/forward on desktop, then the desktop icon size will increase/decrease.

7. If u press and hold <CTRL> key while pressing <ALT> + TAB or <WIN> + TAB, then it’ll not disappear after leaving the keys. It’ll remain there on screen and u can easily navigate thru the windows.

8. Open “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” and goto “Notification Area” tab. Now look carefully at the image and u’ll find that the sidebar icon is still from Vista BETA releases and they forgot to update the image in RTM.

9. A new interesting feature in Vista is “Taskbar Thumbnails“, which shows the opened windows previews when we move the cursor in taskbar. Yeah it works perfectly but I found that if we minimize/maximize a window by clicking on the taskbar and keep the cursor on it, then it doesnt show the thumbnail preview, it just shows the simple tool-tip.

10. One more thing I noticed, If a window is minimized, then its taskbar thumbnail doesnt show the live preview instead it shows a static preview. Same thing happens in case of <WIN>+Tab or <ALT>+Tab. It also shows a static preview of the window. And if the window is maximized, then u can see a live preview.

11. You can disable the startup sound (when Animated ORB is shown before login screen) from “Sound” applet in Control Panel.

12. There is a HIDDEN boot screen in Vista. Just enable “No GUI Boot” option in “Boot” of “msconfig“.

13. By default Power button in Startmenu is not set to “Shutdown” in Vista. But u can change it using “Power Settings” applet in Control Panel.

14. Its related to the HIDDEN files. If a file/folder is HIDDEN under another folder/drive and we press <CTRL>+A or Select All, then Vista doesnt show any message saying “This folder contains hidden files. To select all files enable “Show hidden files” option from Tools -> Folder Options” and even if we enable “Status bar” in explorer. It doesnt show “x hidden files” in status bar. In XP status bar used to show no. of all files including hidden files and also explorer gives message when we try to select all files.

15. Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select “Properties“. Now move the cursor at the location pointed in the following screenshot:

What you see? The mouse cursor will show “Hand” pointer like there is a link. The reason behind it, I think it points to “Change product Key” link, which is surely a goof-up.

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