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There is one interesting feature is introduced in Windows Vista. Whenever we wants to see the time for the specific country, we always used to change the zone and find the time out there. But in vista, You are able to set a Additional Clock of the different time zone.

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Let the Battle Begin!

Most releases of the OS X family of big cats from Apple introduce a few interface features and some applications that permeate the OS world. Now that there’s one such release on our hands let’s look at the features and compare how do the Vista measure up!

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Don’t want to get stuck in traffic ? Want to Reach your next appointment or date on time use the Traffic by Live Search Maps gadget for Vista Sidebar. It shows you the realtime traffic conditions in your area. Shortcuts to driving directions, local search and full screen traffic view on maps.live.com. The tool updates the traffic information every 2 minutes. The gadget is very light on system and the map cache is in your IE cache.

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“The Windows Vista BootScreen is pointless, but Microsoft decided to hide a more visually appealing boot screen that can easily be enabled with very little trouble. I’m not sure why they didn’t make the boot screen better.”The Default Boot Screen :

The hidden one, called “Aurora”:

*How to make it available*

1. Type msconfig into the start menu search box, and hit enter…

2. Once the System Configuration tool loads , click on the Boot tab
3. Under Boot Options check “No GUI boot” .
4. Click apply and then OK and restart your computer to see the new boot screen.

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Nvidia has announced the ‘Nvidia Windows Vista Competition‘ to design Gadgets for Microsoft Windows Vista. Entries to the competition will be accepted till May 24th.

To enter the competition, go to http://www.nvidia.in/object/vista_contest_in.html, take a short quiz, and upload your Windows Vista Gadget. You could well be the winner of Nvidia GeForce graphics cards and other goodies.

For information about building your Windows Vista Gadget, go to http://microsoftgadgets.com.

Windows Vista Gadgets are mini-applications that are written in html and JavaScript, and can be designed to do just about anything.

To view existing Windows Vista gadgets uploaded by people across the globe, visit http://gallery.live.com/.

The ‘Nvidia Windows Vista Competition’ will be judged by representatives from Nvidia and Microsoft. The deciding parameters will be usability, links, design, and use of Nvidia and Microsoft elements. Winners will be declared on May 31st.

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Microsoft is simplifying the processes via which its PC-maker partners will be able to provide “downgrade” rights from Windows Vista to Windows XP for their customers.

Microsoft will implement the first of the policy changes for its Gold Certified (top-tier) OEM partners within the next couple of weeks. The company will streamline downgrade-rights policies and procedures for the broader channel somewhat later, said John Ball, general manager of Microsoft’s U.S. Systems Group.

Under current licensing terms, Microsoft allows customers buying PCs preloaded with Windows Vista Ultimate and Vista Business to roll back to Windows XP until they are ready to make the move to Vista. For OEMs, the process via which these rights can be activated has been quite cumbersome, Ball acknowledged.

Under the current rules, OEMs must call about and file for each and every machine the license keys required to downgrade from Vista to XP. But Microsoft is planning to move to a new policy which will allow its top 170 OEM partners to submit these keys online for groups of machines, which will save them time and reduce complexity, Ball said.

[via ZDNet]