please send me an invitation i realy want it

Thanks.

my email itaihay@gmail.com

I wanna test for live messenger. Thanks

If you could send my an invitation. thx
the_wingsof_serialkiller36@hotmail.com

i want an invite

I would like to see integration with Internet Radio and VoIP.

i want a invitations ...
my email:nicholasseow@msn.com

May i have one
jettasic@hotmail.com
Tnx in advance

i would like the computer to turn on like a TV , no booting nothing .. u turn on the computer and u see the login screen

you should put in a mode when someone u really likes signs in it makes a different sound

i agree with you

Please send me one (: Thanks

Thank you you will select me!

I want to test for live messenger. Thanks

Hi there, as i read this site alot, the BEST thing for the new windows would be to have a BetaNews toolbar integrated into the desktop...

hopefully Microsoft listen to me :D

I would not like WLM, i can get that elsewhere. I would like to put everything to rest about this article though. First off: You do NOT want another lame WFW. You certainly don't want WAS, and you really shouldn't be suggesting things that XP is doing already (eg a post regarding incorporating multi-desktops/windows enhancements, please browse the MS website for "powertoys")
Also, you do not want it to turn into mac OSX as this would SUCK BALLS for powerusers and IT pros (like me)
Finally, somebody asked for windows vista to be able to play DVDs straight from the BIOS. If you really want this to happen, try reading up on what a BIOS is/does. WV has NO control over the BIOS of your computer, and CANNOT gain control over it.

What i want to see in WV has already been included (as has much of what is in here). So there's no need to elaborate on that.

For those of you who want WV to work on "older" machines, buy 95/98 they work as well as the machine does. Seriously WV on an old PC will not upgrade anything, in fact it will probably reduce the functionality considering the amount of RAM it needs (i have 128MB of RAM sitting by me if this is an upgrade email me (yoda2031@gmail.com) and i'll post it to you)

Last but not least:
If you want WV to have "OS emulation" (ie be able to use MacOSX/Linux/Win9x/WinME on the same system) simply grab another HDD (or partition your existing HD) and install the secondary OS on that, then configure your BIOS + CMOS to either boot one or the other based on a keypress, or boot a specific one each time until you change it using the BIOS software.

Seriously, dual booting isn't that hard (and if i didn't need all 250GB of my HDD and wasn't skint) i would do it myself.

Right, that's cleared up then. TTFN

i want
evandrodep@hotmail.com

thanks

I would like to see a feature that makes it possible to completely refresh the core system files to replace corrupt/missing files which could improve speed without having to format and re-install windows.

Here is another contest for invites:

http://www.cybernetnews.com/?p=247

Vista should have the ability to install a software or update without restarting the computer.
Also it can be started and shut down faster.
I wanr no 'report this error' message and no bugs.
I want no security hole.
It must have more effective desktop (it can de customized by user, such as taking notes,adding more than one picture,seeing contacts on desktop etc.)

I have some but can't give them away.

It would be nice if Vista had the ability to host an audio/video chat session between two workstations. I have audio/video chat sessions with my daughter at college in Texas all the time because I live and work in Korea. It would be nice to be able to connect IP to IP instead of using Messenger or Yahoo services.

MSN: onurhan@kocaeli.web.tr Thanks

Windows Vist Must have a securaty base operating system. "if there is outlook express inbuild, some changes to made there"
We can send email through outlook express without having the password for the all address, i.e.managers@microsoft.com, etc.

I think it'd be neat to play one-player games through messenger and see who (on their messenger list) can get the highest score. Also maybe that you would be able to add/remove Tab buttons cause it looks kind of tacky with all kinds of buttons on the side. I really don't even use mine except for games, radio, and alerts.

Concurrent browsing.

Basically the idea behind this is that you and a friend can simultaneously browse the web. You see what they see and vice versa.

So you would open a connection with the user, at which point an IE window would open from within MSN and you could browse the web together...probably the best use of this would be for technical support or showing someone how to do something on a webpage.

i think that vista should have a feature that gives the option of:
when the person you are talking to send's their message, there should be a button you can press that tells them their message couldnt be sent, like it doesnt sometimes anyway.
i think this would be really useful in agruments and when talking to people you dont like!
id love to be a beta tester!

Bueno, una de las cosas que me gustaría ver en Windows Vista es no más cuelgues del sistema, que windows tenga nuevas utilidades como limpieza y reparación de su propio registro, utilerías para el mantenimiento del mismo, herramientas que realmente funcionen, mayor seguridad en su sistema en general, y una mejor experiencia multimedia, capacidad mejorada de reconocimiento de voz, y sería bonito que el sistema operativo fuera capaz de aprender las cosas que más me gusta hacer en mi ordenador, y que fuera capaz de sugerirme si deseo leer las noticias de tecnología o escuchar música (es decir las sugerencias estarían en dependencia de lo que hago con más frecuencia)...

Es curioso, pero me gustaría que tenga más de un reloj, o que sea personalizable, para poder tener varias horas en la misma computadora, me sería muy útil para cuando viajo y esas cosas...

También me gustaría un soporte nativo para redes wifi y telefonía VoIP y en general una seguridad mejorada.

can this break the 400 comments posted mark?!

oh ye and can i have an invite lol

Windows Vista should have this great new feature: bug-free operating system! Simple as that. Whatever the gimmicks you add to Vista, the most important feature should be being able to run the operating system without worrying about the possible bugs, connectivity issue, etc.

Vista should have the ability to do TRUE multi-tasking, not the pre-emptive junk that M$ has been pushing since the windows inception. MacOS has it, Linux has it, why is it that Microsoft can't include it?

wanna see what the fuss will be about and see if it will pull me away from Yahoo Msgr, which I think has everything needed for today

I can't live without the messenger... :)

Vista must install Linux. That's the solution of everything :)

It would be very well if vista could have a kind of program which enable to install quickly your version of vista everywhere : i mean, you take a usb key and when you put it, you have the sames icons, the same presentation that you are used to use. I think that microsoft should beg on portativity....

IT WOULD BE
really interactive if games could be invented using the webcam as a tool. For example on the screen where we see the other person or ourself we can have a painting tool and paint over their faces or ours.
That would just made converstaions WAY MORE FUN

I want to test for live messenger. Thanks

Thank you for an invite.
i'm a beta tester for microsoft but missed the beta test programm for live messenger.
Thank you for your job

With the new plumbing Vista has incorporated, it would be nice to see a more streamlined as well as easier installation procedure for applications ala Mac.

No need to press x numbers of "Next" buttons.
Apps just install the typical installation setup. Powerusers can fine tweek what they want (or don't) via the Ctrl Panel.

I would like to see the ability to group quick launch icons by type and have a popup menu for each group of icons. Also an advanced clipboard would be nice, like the ability to copy any text any where to the clipboard, hot keys for pasteing several different clips.

I love the chance

I would like to see a expanded help pages in vista

The biggest changes or enhancements I would love to see would be;

1- Give the user much more control of what they want installed. I.e. be able to remove, not only hide various peices of software (WMP or IE).

2- More personalization options. If I want to have my name or some other word besides "Start" I should be able to do this without having to download a thrid party program to make this change.

3- Allow users to buy the cheapest version of Vista and then allow us to buy "Enhancement packs" to add functionality of more premium versions. I.E. I have XP Pro but would love to add media center options to my PC without having to format and reinstall with a new Product key.

4- Allow the user to change the look and feel anyway they choose. If I want classic start menu's, make it easy to do so. If my Mother is used to how WinXP looked and performed, allow her to check a box that would make her new Vista look and act like XP did. Its all about being able to use your PC, not about the eye Candy to many users. Sure, pop those security fixes in there, enhance performance but, if a user prefers to use a GUI like XP, let them.

5- Add in a security feature that DISallows hiding of folders/items. We can not trust many companies and Microsoft could make itself look a lot better if it found a way to diable rootkits.

1. Have Voice recongization to launch programs right from Vista's desktop
2. a new flexible right-click menu, easily to mod right from a Vista control panel.
3. Able to put two different wallpapers on dual monitors, and also put more options for dual monitoring.

You should give me one of those invites because I think all BetaNews staff are really cool and I would hate for me to start thinking otherwise?!@#$

It would be nice if Vista had the ability to host an audio/video chat session between two workstations. I have audio/video chat sessions with my daughter at college in Texas all the time because I live and work in Korea. It would be nice to be able to connect IP to IP instead of using Messenger or Yahoo services.

i would love to see a way to make chat more fun with a personality statment more then the emodicons/ pictures maybe make it fun by having an audio greeting from you to your friends that chat you.
or be able to show your friends that there is much more to messenger by letting them know the new and exciting features in the program and
one of my biggest ones is a way to record the voice conversations for later relistening .
thank you

I Would like to see a full OS emulation not just compatiblity modes, I may just just be a retro gamer but the abilty to restart windows or just log out and come back in as Windows 98 or Windows XP.

A better restore system that creates a special partition or can be targeted to another drive to not only save windows settings but most used files.

At the moment I am only seeing Aroe Glass UI i hope and want the abilty to returne to "Windows Classic" to conserve RAM.

The Abillty to fully customize the UI not just skinn to fully change.

I would like a good set of built in tools for controlling remote devices such as door and lock timers, sensor systems and appliances.

The best feature they could come up with is a fast, efficient and functional Desktop management just like VNC although incorporating drag and drop file transfer.

While people are trying to get their messenger invite, don't forget to join Windows Live Mail Beta:

http://www.cybernetnews.com/?p=151

Hopefully it still works for everyone because I did it about a week ago and it worked, but no one has said anything since then.

The feature that you can roll back to "fresh installation" state, just like Norton Ghost

1) Sandbox / Virtual Machine included, so you can start up a VM using as a base your current environment configuration and applications you have installed at the moment, so it would be more difficult to hose your real OS when testing out something.

2) Better security / parental controls, so I could explicitly allow certains apps to work in a profile and they would run without problems, and disallow everything else: Registry, OS files, personal files, etc. (kind of a VM with restrictions).

3) Password-protected centralized log files, so I could go to one place to look what apps have been opened and closed, what pages were surfed, what registry settings have been changed, what hardware has been added/removed, what files have been accessed.

It amazes me, though it shouldn't, how many people seemed to see the title, barely skim the article itself, and hit Post.

I count quite a few posts about how to improve Windows Messenger...

Reading Comprehension, folks...it's really a usefull skill.

I would love to see an improvement in security in windows. There is nobody in the world that doesn't have a third party software that protects their computer that uses windows. whenever people get on the internet the number 1 concern for them is, am i safe. With hacker concerns growing people hardly sent emails. Vista should have something very powerful to bring back feeling of security.

The biggest change had to be for Internet Explorer. The reason most people use firefox is because of its simplicity about the security that it offers a user when using firefox. If vista doesn't bring a change in explorer in about 5 years firefox will dominate the browser market. Internet Explorer also needs to add extensions and themes to keep the user coming back.

another change is in it's updates, vista needs to find a better way of updating it's software. Which tells the user exactly being updated.

Windows Live Messenger does have to improve It needs to add video conferencing with atleast 5 to 10 people same goes for audio.

I hope you give me an invite for windows live messenger. I have tried and tried to get one but no chance.

anyone else wants any, i've got 20

tony at taurisanofamily.com

I'd like to see a feature in vista that would allow our desktop to have motion (animated gifs or screen savers). Imagine you desktop is the screen saver of the aquarium.

I've Got Windows Live Messenger and 4 invites remaining iam just crazy about this software. it really is multi functionable and it just feels more secure. and with all the extra features it has the look of a winner. i wish i could offer some idea's for Vista but i know the other testers here have done a remarkable job telling u all there idea's Keep them coming !

I'd like to see an instant euphoria connector, press a special button and instantly it releases all the serotonin and dopamine in your brain. mmmmmMMMMMmm, I feel gooooooood! Seriously though, just a clean, easy, non obtrusive messanger would be nice, small in size and memory, dont overload it with a buncha s*** that you cant support and that noone will use. I want it to run like notepad, hardly any resources used at all. Just make it work well and work right, then focus on all the bells and whistles.

1)
Flip 3D: Currently Flip 3D can be accessed with a mouseclick on the taskbar, and can be scrolled through with the mousewheel, but requires a keystroke to activate the forground window.

Flip 3D should be accessible and useful without using the keyboard. When you have scrolled through the open windows, selecting the foreground window should be available using a mouseclick.

2)
Taskbar managment: Allow for programs minimized to the taskbar to be reordered horizontally. Click-dragging the minimized button/tab and dragging it along the taskbar to be placed on another side of its neighbors would create an "I bar" similar to how components of the task bar are moved around while it is not locked.

3)
Taskbar notifications: Many programs while minimized change the color of the minimized icon/tab when the program is updated with new data. Allow for modification of global/individual properties so that this option can be turned off or assigned with different color/sound values.

The feature I would Like most is to be able to video confernce with two people at once ( my wifes sister and brother live far away) but to do it from wihtin Media Center such that you can see everyone on the big TV. MSN Messenger works great for video chat..the point is to connect people Live...doesn't seem to get more "live" than that . I would love to be a beta tester.

Thanks.
Jasen.

There should be modes available (as default settings) at the start up for various uses(such as games, business multimidia, etc) to avoid loading too many extra sources and over come the sluggish hunger of the system

Microsoft should delete too many word pads from windows Vista. Plus some other utilities such as brief case should be more user friendly.

For Vista i think that they should include the capasity for intergrating wigets and any other programs fully into the sidebar. Since it is going to be a big feature in Vista.
Also if Microsoft was to have a built in AntiVirus and Spyware. At the moment i use Zonealarm free and AVG free while they are great if windows could somehow incorperate
a similar technologies into windows. This would be increadibly helpful especially with the first installation the antivirus and firewall should have a good amount of flexability and allow more control than the current window firewall does. also the following would be major improvements,
. A better task manager i know that even older cpus should have a easier time now that the graphics have been completely removed form the kernal
.An alternate update Method perhads if you cannot get access to the internet a secure connection to a downloading server could be provided, this would help people after a fresh installation or perhaps as part of the licence microsoft can send out the updates on disk.
.A preferance migrating tool which would allow you to take your prefences e.g. desktop style background image etc maybe it could also take your xp settings and allow you to transfer them to vista updating where neccisery
.More control over user accounts ability to block out internet access for childrens accounts
.A better less bias take on external devices for example iPods and Windows Media Player
.A more customisable interface that doesnt require you haveing to install third party software which overhalls the entire shell a simple interface like WindowBlinds
.The ability to figure out that if a duplicate system process appears that it is more than likely a virus and to take action and investigate
.A new and improved Dr Watson for any of you that dont know it is the program which shuts down and tells you about what happend to programs that arent responding
.The ability to customise the start menu

I would love to be a Beta tester i have been following the development of the program since its first announcement i would be exstatic if i was to be given the chance to beta test this amazing program

Simon

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I havent really gotten my hands on a Machine running on windows vista so I dont really know how vista would feel like and in what areas it should improve on.. So yeah, you ask what features?? Well one feature I'd love would be is if microsoft provides a built in antivirus! hehe, another would be.. stealth, inbound and outbound firewall protection! Autodetection of almost all of the devices on any machine w/o the need to install drivers!? That would be cool! Coz then it would be kinda like most mainstream linux distros that are FREE! And lastly, compatibility with older PCs, like I wish it would run smoothly on older machines and not force us middle and lower class people to buy new parts!

I guess the feature I would love to see the most in Vista is native support for certain Apple applications, i.e. Final Cut Studio, Aperture. This is obviously un-characteristic of Microsoft, but it would be nice to use certain Apple apps on Windows.

ok, here we go, bring on the invites :)

1. Make it so that everything is easely moddable (like windows live). So the ability to change everything. possibility to remove, adjust and add all kinds of items in explorer, the desktop, the startmenu, messenger and every other integrated program/feature.

2. Services and such things are default off, they start when the user needs it, and Vista 'learns' from the user's behavior. So that services that are used alot, get started automaticly on boot. Also the possibility to choose not to do that.

3. An integrated non-intruding check on the hardware, especially harddisk and memory checks .

the feature i would like to see in Windows Vista would be its feature of turning on in just one hit of the power button i mean instanly this would save a lot of time waiting 4 it to startup and another improvment would be its graphics as i hav the graphics on 64 bit computer but would expect it to stand out of the ordinary

THAT WOULD BE GREAT ~! IF........
Windows Vista and Media Center are build together, without having to buy a separate Operating System or additional software. My favorite feature of Windows Vista is its ease of use. With almost no effort, your computer can be transformed into a complete entertainment center controlled by an intuitive remote or keyboard and mouse. While this is certainly the killer app for the home theater crowd (myself included), I feel that the pure simplicity and functionality would be a great benefit for other users. As of the time of writing, there have been no announcements concerning future versions of Windows Media Center or such functionality being included with Windows Vista.

Another Cool Feature is if windows vista can plays Musics and DVD Video without Boot into Vista OS then that would be perfect ~! Users just need to press power button and play their media after BIOS loaded in fews seconds.

Regards,
ChuChow

There is plenty of announcements regarding the next version of media center. It's Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.

Vista should have a flash based interface

roflmao...

no, i dont want windows live messenger.

you ask why?....

MS Live/MSN = BAD!!!!!!

could we see it running on a new intel imac? :D

Hi, i would really like an invitation.

Here are a few ideas i think that could benifit the Windows Live Messenger series in the future:

Ability to tailor messenger by perhaps installing widgets to allow someone to add or remove functionality if they don't use it.

You could have things like shared media player, or live notes sharing (integrated with onenote). If someone didn't have the widgit you were using, you could invite them to download it from you or centralised resource area (where they have been digitally signed for approval).

Then you could play songs, by streaming your music to them if they click accept. Or show them what you are working on from office onenote without them necessarily having a license to onenote.

Widgit ideas:

Shared media player where i could queue my songs up to share with my friends, they could then perhaps click a button to "listen in" to what im hearing.

Photo gallery where i could share folder of pictures, which then displays a gallery of photographs to my contact.

I'd like to see text logging features improved so that it can also save the icons used, also possibly if winks or other things were used.

Also, I'd like to see a 'compact' mode available for MSN that is actually compact. No user icons or others (I realize ads may still be essential, but it's possible to fit them in sleekly), just the bare essentials for us running on lower resolutions.

Lastly, a mode that would allow you to set yourself to invisible, while letting choice users see if you're actually (a la old school ICQ) without blocking someone.

what if I want to post blogs to MSN Space via Live Messenger?
and in fact, i wish i can save my conversation history to MSN's server, haha, impossible??

a feature in vista, to have some sort of XEN type- virtualisations built in.. for instance, if such a thing existed, i could run gentoo from within a cmd prompt, i never really need a gui on linux, and to do waht i need to do, thats waht i would want... virtualisation built in... this could be achieved by extending what was known as a posix compat layer...

No, I don't want live messenger. Windows is bad, OSX is good. Now go away.

I would like to see Microsoft incorporate into Vista, a downsized version of the Microsoft Virtual PC. To exist like Virtual PC in the My Documents folder, so this becomes the most super secure storage of information,photo's data etc in Vista, and off the C:\ Drive.

Thank you for this opportunity to participate.

Sincerely Yours,

Ed Krievins

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1. multidesktop on 1 monitor
2. low resource requirement as compared to older windows like xp, we dont need to upgrade our hardware just to run an os (with better speed)
3. It would not hurt if there were codecs available for mpeg-4 decoding (atleast) since one always has to download them separately

Its awesome! yes, microsoft is really improving day to day from its predecessors. This is one of the proof for that. Maybe its a step against Google pack. Isn't it? I'm expecting more in the final outcome!!!

I would be just pleased if it never CRASHED!!!

here is a feature i would love
an embedded anti virus which wouldnt work on signatures but on a rule based ai engine for example:
if the anti virus detects an unusual behavior by one of the processes running on the computer it'll alert you and stop the process
in this kind of way i am pretty sure that the security issues that we've experienced with XP will be seriously reduced

Hey there,

Im hoping i can get a invite for live messenger, but a feature i would like to see on the live messenger would have to b where u can do audio and video when in a conference sort of thing, with a few people... But thats wat i would like to see happen... thx.. and hope to get 1 soon...

- Improved graphic editing tool
- Better text editor
- Advance graphic veiwer

Ah! Yet another Ajax based web application.
I have made up my mind for google, but windows live might change my mind.

Anil Passi

What about having the possibility to use very small icons(user defined) as shortcuts on the desktop. And the possibility to group this together. So you can have a very customable toolbar for starting applications ans so forth.

+Able to view all incoming and outgoing connections so that we know what application is connecting to where
+Built in "Style XP" or "WindowsBlinds" feature so that while loading a third party theme there will be less crashes
+Faster shutdown and startup, the shutdown is usually slow after installing many program
+Background defragmentation to increase computer speed
+A easier to use windows media player that can support all file formats
+A converter and recoverer to convert audios and videos to other formats and recoverer to fix "spoilt" downloaded videos
+Less memory used by internet explorer
+A designer theme, not like the nature theme on xp now
+Nicer icons!!!
+Ability to load "gadgets" and "widgets"
+Better compability with old games!
+Ability to "reset" the server connection without stopping or restarting download
+Ability to see checksum of file and ensure file downloaded is not corrupted
+A new type of login screen [Frontmotion uses flash as a login screen...]
+More colors in the shutdown screen?
+Better support for graphic card drivers, as most graphic card and modems require drivers to be installed and if the cd is lost have to spend time redownloading.
+A user friendly "notepad" and "alarmclock"
+A "reset" function to fix the damage faulty programs or virus caused.
+Auto clear of temp internet files, temp folders to save disk space to be carried out periodically
+More functions for windows burner, the current one cannot create or continue multisession disk...
+& many more....no time =p

There are two features I would love to see implemented into Windows Vista they are as follows:

1. The ability to be able to Pause, Resume, and limit bandwidth of files being transferred via the internet and internal network.

2. The ability to see the (hash value) checksum of a file. This should be implemented in the properties menu of the file when you right click on the file. It would show the normal stuff like file size and file attributes but include the checksum of the file, so when you transfer a file you can tell just by looking at the checksum value if the file transferred without any errors and they are the identical file, this would also allow you to be able to search for duplicate files regardless of filename.

I would really love to see these features in a future Microsoft OS.

Vista could be the mobile server and then from anywhere or any device i can access in total
security to my music,videos, datas...
Access from my Pocket PC, my smartphone or just an internet connection.
I could upload mypictures from the hotel on holidays, listen to music on the go from my pocket or smartphone... Vista could be my home web e-desktop !

I would like a kind of file encryption. So you can password protect a file (any kind). So you just have to right click, select properties and then you can chose an "Encrypt" button, and then it asks for a password, and then you can enter a password in a dialog box.
Then when you open the file as usal, it will ask for a password to allow to execute it.

(Not Vista but msn specific) I would love the ability for it to dock into various MS (and by all means non-ms) software such as Office, Visual Studio etc.. or even the sidebar if that becomes useful enough to leave hanging around :)

Now we've got higer resolutions and more screen space I much prefer having everything seen at a glance rather than popups.

ooh, and one more thing that people have probably said already... expanding the updates system to allow notices (even just a link) that any installed program has an update (even though ppl will complain about privacy!)

Better Bluetooth support. I'd like to be able to sit down at my computer and have my bluetooth headset play mp3's. When my cell rings, I want the music to stop so I can answer the call. If I start voice conference in messenger.. It should use my bluetooth headset if it's on. Right click an outlook contact and send to cell phone, and it'll have my cell phone call that person.

Smart "Start Menu" tracker. I install stuff, it puts a group in my start/all programs menu, great. Until I get too many, then I rearrage them, put some in "Video Utilities","Programming","Games", etc. Then I uninstall some, and they leave the shortcuts, because I moved them. Yuck. Or I install a patch/expansion pack, and it puts the shortcuts where they used to be.

A better Uninstall. Hey, it's great that there is installshield, and numerous other installers out there, but I want Windows to detect that an application is installing, and when I uninstall it, if the uninstall doesn't work, then windows should ask if it should step in and uninstall what the uninstaller didn't uninstall right.

Native support for connecting to the motorola 62xx series cable boxes over firewire for MCE. Changing channels, setting up recording, heck, even watching from it without switching from DVI-input to whatever input is the cable converter (Component for me).

Task Manager should be able to tell me what network ports a process is using, and how much network traffic each is using. I *hate* it when I see my network being used, and I can't easily/quickly find out WHO is doing it. Is it a virus/trojan, is it the ads in my browser, or perhaps it's windows update. I'd feel better if I could at a glance find out. I don't know how many times I've gone through and just starting killing processes so I could figure out who the culprit was.

I'd also like to have a utility to see all the stuff that gets loaded when I boot up. What application is causing my boot times to take so long, and be able to "disable" it from autostarting... No matter what the application wants (Damn Quicktime...Which I use once in a blue moon, stop it!). Or better yet, don't LET applications start up automatically if they don't have an icon on the startup folder. Or put an icon in the startup folder if they are autostarting, so I can move it out, delete it, disable it from autostarting, and click it to launch it when I want it. How many people do you know that say they reinstalled their OS because the machine was getting slow? WAY too many. Why? Because it's easier than trying to pinpoint why it's slow in the first place.

I want to be able to launch multiple instances of WMP10. Yeah, sometimes I'll be watching a movie, and some other video at the same time. (Maybe I'll pause the video during the good parts of the movie, maybe not).

I wouldn't mind if windows came with some auto-PIM syncing utility too. I got contacts on my watch that I can sync through some proprietary software via infrared (Was great when I got it, but now that cells are so small/cheap/funcional, I don't even use my watch anymore). I have my cell phone that I'm kinda using as a cheap contact manager/scheduler. And I have a copy of outlook at the office, and one at home. I'd really like to be able to sync my office meetings with my cell when I get to the office, add/update/delete contacts in outlook, and have them automatically synced to my cell/pda/whatever. Then when I get home, I can add personal contacts, reminders and they too will update in my phone. Of course, if I update something in my phone, it'll sync to my outlooks.

Built-in support for dynamic dns would be nice as well. Atleast if they had a built in client that supported dyndns.org, tzo, etc. Although my router currently does do that, it would be nice to have in the OS for those people who don't have routers that can.

An "Add/Update programs" that supported more than just Microsoft stuff would be nice, especially if I could download, and use say, adobe photoshop for a day, and pay $5, then windows would uninstall/disable it tomorrow. Games on my system would notify me that an update is available for download (Or if I prefer, already downloaded it, and letting me know it's ready for install).

I would like to be able to virtually sandbox an application. Any registry entries it makes, anything it writes to disk will only be seen by that application, or any of it's child processes. When the process stops, it all goes away. It shouldn't be able to access any other applications, nor any personal stores. In short, make it possible to run the .exe I just got from "My friend" that just sent me "Runthis.exe" and not worry. Short of that, include the VMWare player, and a minimal self-bootable preconfigured vista image disk and the license to run vista under vista ;-)

Mountable .ISO files as a drive, would be nice, and the ability to burn them to a physical DVD/CD with right click...Burn to DVD/CD.

Map a drive letter to a FTP Site, and use it just like a drive.

Built-in iSCSI support. It'd be nice to be able to plugin a USB Drive, boot from it, and grab the rest of the OS from a iSCSI drive.

How about better hardware monitoring? Warn me if my CPU gets too hot, or my CPU fan isn't running (or not running fast enough).

Oh, and if I run over to someone else's PC, and I pop my USB drive in, I want my settings on that PC. Ask me if I want to temporarily override the current users settings, or make a new user on the machine with my settings. I want My desktop wallpaper, my IE favorates, folder settings (Don't hide .dll's, compressed files turn blue, small icons, control panel in advanced mode, My Documents/Pictures/Network on the start menu, etc. I'd really like it if it would ask if I wanted to install all the .MSI stuff too. Like diagnostic utilities, text editor, etc. And then when I unplug my USB drive, I want it all to go away. Uncreate the user or restore the user's old settings, uninstall any of the auto-installed .MSI files. That way I can pretty much sit down at any Vista machine, put my USB drive in, and the system changes to just how I like it, and I can start being productive in 5 minutes. Then make office, visual studio, etc all runable from the USB drive without an "install", or a less than 5 second "install". Or more than likely, take my work projects from the office, to home, to client site and back again, fully ready "to go" whereever I sit down next.

+ Start-up much quicker
+ Lower Memory usage
+ Much lower prize (not feature but still)
+ Better Theme support (Maybe some kind of theme website)
+ Oh well all other speed based / Less buggier things
+ Wider Support for 3th party drivers

I Think all these were already said, but i just wanted to say what i want... =)

I would like to have a Task Manager with higher priority. Now, when an application is running "wild", pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del does often not help much, since the Task Manager is not prioritized. I should be visible immediately.

Task Manager already runs in "High" priority. If it's not responsive, it's more likely because your system is out of memory, and there is so much disk I/O going on that the OS is having a hard time swapping some out to swap the task manager back in. Only way to "fix" that is to make it non-pageable, and that would be bad.

I'd like to see in Vista, well,
-less rebooting of system
-better uninstall (after uninstalling a program to remove automatically all the crap left by a program)
-more keyboard shortcuts functionality
-view folders like in total commander
-"mouse gestures" would be nice to use in Vista also.

As a member of BetaNews, I would like to see FASTER start ups and shut downs. Also add every geek tweeak possable. It would be nice to have tools like regedit, SFC, chkdsk etc. part of the user interface.

The 2000/XP multilanguage support for legacy (i.e. non-unicode) programs needs a reboot after each change. Great would be save us to do that. Put this setting in the user's profil would be even better.

Mouse gestures like in Maxthon or FF plugin (e.g. right click drag to left for back, right click drag up and down for refresh, etc.) in the Windows explorer.

It should have a better interface which I guess it'd anyways. Also better themes support, themes like the ones which programs like stylexp have, not the conventional kind of ms plus.

In Windows Vista I would like to see support for third party themes/msstyles without the need of external program (such as StlyeXP). Also a program to create your own styles would be much appreciated. If not included for free, it would make a good part of "Plus Pack".

I'd like that users of windows vista to choose between a quick functional version that hides the majority of settings and functions (instead windows will autodetect and calibrate on time as the user uses the applications) and a fully customizable version withh all the advanced tools imbedded for the power users passionated to tune-up and build thei OS

Microsoft should add something called Common Tasks.
It could be a pane or a toolbar or menu coming off the start menu.
It would display common actions which would open up menus inside certain programs or a combination of programs, for example it opens 2 folders in two seperate explorers.

Also another quick idea I have: to have a picture viewer program inside explorer that would create a collage of certain photos and you could drag and drop ones you wanted, rearrange them and resize them, so it sort of looks like a pile of photos!

I would like to see Windows Vista be able to run on a Toaster, that i can then launch out my window and have Windows on a flying Toaster going through my Window.

A better gestion of icons : sometimes the icons on the left of the start bar disappear (after a crash)

The possibility of changing the skins, cursors, screensaver at each startup, or after the chosen time

In the explorer : animated thumbnails for videos and sound played when clicking the thumbnail of a sound file.

BOINC added to Windows by default (it's a sort of Seti@home, a share computing program, that would also run for creating CG movies : people would be paid for the number of frmaes they do !)

More easy : a better gestion of the RAM, to avoid using such programs as rampage, ramboost, etc.

The main feature i would love to see a split windows explorer more in the lines of total commander or NC where u can line 2 windows/partitions side by side. would make file operations so easy. Ofcourse a better inbuilt firewall, better memory management, remove that this file is still in use bug while trying to delete it. hey and default integration of tweak UI into the control panel. hate those autoruns!!!!

I would like to see the system restore facility enhanced, so that it completely ghosts your system (with some major compression), and that the ghost image could be loaded from removable media should a BSOD ever appear. Hopefully BSOD will become a thing of the past!

Well, it may sound simple - but it's something that I want since Win95...

Right clicking on "Recent Documents" on the start menu will lead to a one liner - "Clear Document list".

To be honest, most of the other things they already put there... maybe QT support within WMP, but that will never happen..

I would like to see integration with bloglines or a similar webased rss reader service from MSN

In my opinion, Windows Vista should have a feature that allows Windows Updates and other updates to be delivered to a person even if they don't have Internet.

This could be accomplished through an 800/888 number (or equivalent in each country) that is available only for the update software.

Such a feature would prevent computers who have gone online which were not previously online, to have the latest updates and prevent instant attacks when they get online.

I would like to see more configuration capabilities built in, possibley interactive and easier to use, and/or 3rd party certified capable. Smarter Wizards, I suppose.

More integration capability of 3rd party 'gadgets' software and or utilities.

Tabbed Browsing, not sure if that would be a part of Vista or not. But an overhaul of the explorer would be good too. More intuitive and functional - multi-window, scheduled, queued tasks, etc.

i suggest

1) easy internet tv compatibility

2) have inbuilt p2p

3) bluetooth acess for VOIP

4) registry cleaner

5) auto tune up

6) inbuilt antivirus

7) should have GPS for locating buddies

Windows Vista is probably the most anticipated operating system ever. As a successor to the popular and easy to use Windows XP, Windows Vista has a lot to live up to. As someone who likes to travel, one feature that would be appreciated is a sort of built-in map within Vista such as the Google Earth. Mapquest, msn/yahoo/google maps provide this feature, but you never know when the Internet connection or server doesn't reply at a desirable speed. For those who doesn't have Internet connection, that would be perfect. While driving (without GPS device) or at another city, if someone possesses a laptop, and need directions, s/he could find the destination without accessing the Internet.

As a bonus, riding on the poker fever, Microsoft could also add Texas Hold'em Up in the games! How about stats tracking? That should reduce people dropping out of games without penalty because of losing.

Finally, it would be really cool if Microsoft made Windows Vista compatible with Intel Mac!

I would like to see the "hibernate" feature be set as the default option when shutting down a PC. This would solve the "startup speed" issue. Plus, it brings back almost instantly all documents and applications that were previously opened at the point of hibernation. With the hardware specs that Vista requires, I don't think the 1GB disk space requirement for hibernation is an issue at all.

NOTE: The "hibernate" feature has been around for a while, but for some reason, many people that I know do not use it; probably due to ignorance (since it's not the default option & not enabled by default) or because of the disk space requirement.

Well I dont really care for an invite, but I would like for better support for a long time running workstation. I think a better ram management would do the trick. Win2k3 is a lot better than xp or 2k but will still get slughish after a few weeks

I would really like an invite please.

It wanted that it was added: greater security, antivirus, greater control of the user accounts, to eliminate to autocompletar in IE, beginning but fast, fast installation, new games, new winndows average player version; sorry by ortografia but I do not write ingles.

thank you.

It wanted to see aguregado the new version of Vista. Fast installation. serious good for seeing better security in the user accounts, ademas of dock like the one of mac. Although the improvements in the grafica interface seen in screenshots see gustaria me very well that they were able of of the system it began and it extinguished but fast and that so much was not hung. Ademas that the automaticas updates were but fast and that will take care to unload the updates of the antivirus.

The ability to run the OS on Flash memory and interchange that flash with your next gen mobile device so you can always have the same OS (Vista) running anywhere you go...complete with your apps, configs, settings, and a modest amount of your data.

It's a good feture must installed and used

1. free compiler for C,Perl
2. free undelete application
3. free editor for programming language and script etc.(word is too big and wordpad/notepad are too small)
4. free PDF editor

Moods - I would love to be able to click on "Happy", "Sad", "Angry", "Loony" and so forth on the sidebar or a small part of the desktop, and it would change the colour of everything, the current playlist in WMP, my Windows Live Messenger display picture and maybe even the mouse icon to represent this mood. This would especially be good to have a feature like this which would change the music and Messenger display pic.

I would like to be able to listen to my own music while playing games, and I would like the option of still using messenger through a mic or something while playing games.

Why not Aibo-like AI? :P

i am a get. lions fan, maybe you will feel sorry for me. but seriously Looking for a new program for my niece and nephew`s

I have alot of Messenger 8 beta invitations. I'm selling them for $1 each... payable thru paypal. Is there any way to private message me thru BetaNews?

Pavlov would be proud. ;o)

1. I'd love a little application that discovers other computers on the XP network automatically and sets share folders, printers, etc. accordingly. There are 3rd party applications for that (Port Magic, Rendezvous, etc) - I'd love if that were built in.

2. A tiny application that checks mail, independent of an actual email program. Kind of like Dynadvance Notifier, that's able to check web/pop/imap/exchange etc. and sit in the notification area letting you know the second you get some mail.

3. 'Peripheral' vision. An application that detects and sets up any peripheral attached to the outside of your PC (ie: USB Ports, Ethernet Ports, Firewire) - now you're thinking, duh, plug' n' play - but, no - more than that. Instead of blindly driven wizards it'd be really awesome if it were smart somehow - got the drivers from either the windows website or even search the product website and get drivers. Something completely intelligent; as if someone was setting up the devices for you.

Vista will come with a usb ram supportablility, now wouldnt it be nice having an CPU that you just could connect to the USB?

Definetly more taskbar themes. and more overall themes so you can have fun playing around with Vista maybe having an Mac os X theme? not that im a fan of mac but it seems cool

The fact that XP is a resource hog, it would be nice to see something less demanding.

The fact that XP is a resource hog, I'd love to see something less system demanding.

By far, i would like a add/remove feature that really uninstall all that garbage that program's leave, when uninstalled.

Here are the most features that I expect in the future of OS:
- Text mode
- unified system configuration shell: MMC for another OS like Linux, HPUx, AIX, Solaris
- Strong search capability: The document should be well indexed and searched on the LAN wide.
- More control on the application/system processes
- pure .NET from the core, I would never mind C++ anymore ;)

Allow advetisers to subsidize cost of the OS for consumers by allowing targeted ad placement on screen driven by user, content and context.

Google OS anyone?

I would like to see Vista incorporate anti virus and spyware in the operating system providing more security. Having a ViOP incorporated nto would also be ideal as it is the wave of the future and would stream line applications.

Hi there,

I have to be honest, I wouldn't have ever thought to send a comment about a feature I would like to see in the new Windows Live Messenger (MSNLive), but here I am doing just that. After hours sitting at my desk trying to find a solution, it dawned on me that it would be the perfect addon for MSNLive.

Ready?

Mobile phones have a great unique feature, they're LIVE. By live, I mean real-time. People call and immediately you know. So then, since mobile text messaging is currently an option in MSNLive, why not set up a feature to send a text message to a mobile phone when say, a certain user has signed on, or a specific type of email is received, or any email that has been filtered to a class folder..

As well. An app that could check several email accounts on several different servers that could 'report' new emails on a timely basis, and 'announce' concerts, top rss feeds, weekly countdown, lottery numbers, weather, reminders.. If MSNLive wants to be the 'be all and end all', it needs to include the most convenient features and combine them all under one useful and quick tool- MSNLive. what else.

Dave.

P.S. I would like to mention that MSNLive is most appropriate as an upgraded, evolutionary (if you will) addition to instant messaging. MSNLive encompases the traditionally known 'do you msn?', 'are you on msn?', and the brilliant replacement to asking for telephone numbers, the 'whats ur msn?'.

The biggest bone that I have with XP is that as much as it's supposed to cater for use on portable hardware, it hasn't served my needs from a practicality perspective.

When using (Vista), I'd like for the OS to detect whether there's an Internet Connection on bootup, and then automate the execution of applications requiring the Internet, and ignoring them if not.

So in other words, implement some sort of Startup Configuration tool to list all startup applications with the provision to select/deselect those needing A Connection.

That way, if I boot up my (Laptop) WITHOUT an internet connection, those applications that need to be 'connected' don't run, thereby saving my resources and bootup time; however if I decide to fire up my web connection after booting up in 'disconnected mode', it's just a matter of clicking on a single, always-visible Taskbar/System Tray icon (if manually inclined; otherwise an option for automation upon detection) to execute all applications listed in the Startup (Connected) configuration. And of course if you're machine is connected upon bootup, then the applications will be executed as normal.

My current experience is for my Laptop to boot up, and regardless of whether I'm connected or not, run my Online applications such as Instant Messaging(MSN Messenger, Skype), p2p(FolderShare), Software Firewalls, WebCam Utilities, Email client, Application Updates, Download managers, etc. which tend to drag out my startup times by several minutes. Sometimes i just want to boot up my machine to do things not requiring a connection.

I could just create an online/offline account, but what's the point in that? You'd need some user intervention on every bootup of the OS. Everything should be automated based on detection of a connection.

At the same time, you could better integrate such application management with profile management-- to for example disable non-essential CPU-intensive utilities when using Maximum-Battery profile; possibilities are endless.

I would like a new media player, which can categorize my media files with a simple interface, as simple as google, including that ones, which i burned to a cd (when selected the wmp would tell me to insert cd111)

i want SIMPLICITY as a feature. At least on the GUI. And i want to have an intelligent searchbox always one click away. When is search music (from wmp) it should only display media files, in the start menu, the programs, when on the desktop the everything that is searchable.

And as a third feature, i want a one click TWEAK button, that tweaks everything. Defragments the HDD, removes unnecessary registry entries, allows me to decide the startup programs, removes the unnecessary programs (asks me of course which one) and makes a boot-time optimization (like bootvis). And of course i want to defragment the pagefile too.

as a +1 it would be nice to force the user to make at least 2 partitions during the windows install (c: system d: data), on the data should be Documents (and Pictures, Videos, Music), and if it recognizes a second hdd, should ask to place the pagefile there.

thats all :)

TCP conection troubleshooting wizard. There are given steps to troubleshooting slow or non-working connections, combine this into a wizard with al the nifty little buttons that normal people can use, and poof, you can figure out the problem yourself!

I would also like to see GPS and topographical mapping, similar to Google Earth only with updated images.

Oh, time for fun! I want to see GPS integrated. Yes, I said GPS! There would be several advantages.

This one possibly applies more to laptops maybe than desk systems, but if stolen the user's previous and password-protected specification of a permitted a geographical zone beyond which the computer recognized itself being would trigger it to immediately phone home or another specified location, thereby letting the owner or law enforcement know where it could be found.

"Little" conveniences like time of sunrise or sunset could be determined and displayed. At night, it could easily tell one where any given astronomical objects, such as stars or constellations, could be found via integrated software. That then easily translates into navigation capabilities, anywhere on the planet.

The computer or OS might even automatically switch languages or legally permitted actions, if desired by the user or specified by the authorities, as it recognized where the computer was on the planet. (China would love that one.)

Not to be too "Big Brotherish," but firms could easily track employees' movements (again applying more to laptops) and determine if they are legitimate and work-related. The user him/herself would always know exactly where they were. And with now greater GPS accuracy, computers could determine where within a building or firm's campus it and/or other computers were, and if their locations were legitimate for network communications.

The origins of viruses or malware might be easily and quickly be determined, with evil-doers soon finding themselves unable to quietly escape if they even think about turning their computer back on once it has been pinpointed as the source. Compromised zombies could be easily located.

The list goes on, and all would be options of course. But simply to cut this short, one could also then send a cruise missile through the window of where that troll lives and who continually posts inane remarks in forums, or refuses to leave you alone!

More controls in Windows Firewall, e.g., a) being able to assign IP addresses to Trusted and Restricted Zone to control access to the computer; b) better outbound Internet access control for applications and services; c) Popup, online ads and Cookies management.

Scheduled startup and shutdown, e.g., being able to startup before I get home and shutdown
after I leave the house for work :P

Restore Windows Fax integration with Microsoft Outlook, i.e., enable Outlook to receive fax through Windows Fax service like Microsoft Fax in Windows 95/98/2000. Currently, only send from Outlook is supported.

Network Profiles for notebook users - similar to Wi-Fi network profiles, e.g., being able to store different network parameters so as to change it to suit different networks setup in different locations.

Audio editor - being able to edit WAV, WMA, and MP3.

Paint Reloaded - a beefed up version of Paint along the lines of Paint.NET but without the need of .NET Framework.

Built-in manual SpeedStep control

EFI compliance for dual-booting on the new Intel-based Macs :)

Done. Supposedly this has been in the works for Vista for some time...both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

I would like to see modular type widgets. Instead of the notification popups. Be able to add or remove them around and build a modular messenger GUI around the basic messenger frame. Time - Weather - Network status- Outages. I would also like to see a better p2p function in messenger. The ability for users to share files NOT INCLUDING mp3's but pics and graphics. Like having an emoticon or display folder that is shared.

I'd like it to be Open Source!

Bah! I'll just go with something more stable too... Linux!

http://ubuntulinux.org
http://purplenurple.org

bah, opensuse for life!

PLUG AND PLAY!!! I hate going through the process of installing crap and then losing the installation disc when I really really need it.

1) Full & easy shortcut customization on open dialog boxes.
2) Ctrl+Any key to enlarge quickly texts and program interfaces and Ctrl+Any other key to get back
3) Easy to use tweaking
4) Undelete, like DOS
5) One-click System restore

If you hav actually had a invite, and tried the beta, you will have realised how BAD it really is. It lasted 5 minutes before I uninstalled it.

Adverts, ANNOYING ONES, which makes sounds on mouseovers, confusing GUI, looks like something a ametuer has knocked together in a rush to beat Google to it...

Someone's a little bitter :)

after reading all of the suggestions, which some are really good btw, i was wondering if there had ever been an instance where microsoft has lisntened to the consumer?

Yes, just not to you.

that was....mean.

I think if they added the ability to remove different components of the Windows OS that would be nice(like WMP,OE,IE)

3D Windows Interface

Faster boot up time, would be nice.

I would like to see a feature where you can switch to a virtual computer just for testing an application to see if it is worth keeping, and then if you like the application you can install it on the real part of your computer. This will make it easy if you decide that you don't like an application then you don't have to worry about it not removing everything properly or screwing up the registry. So I guess all I want is more of a 'testing' mode.

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http://www.cybernetnews.com

That would be real nice, but I think MS would stand to lose way to much in that.

Very nice....

An application testing mode. Kind of like a quarantine for new apps until they graduate to the "actual" desktop.

Nice idea!

I would like to see an iSCSI driver built into the Operating System rather than going to a Third Party Driver. I would also like to see a SIP Phone integrated into the OS where a phone call can come in or go out using Office12 on top of Vista. And the number one feature, I would like to see Microsoft compensate for people who buy Flat Panel Monitors and set the resolution to something lower than what the monitor was intended to display. This would prevent pixel hopping on TFT screens.

VOIP is a must as well as good video conf..

Its easy guys!
Voip from everywhere! I want to have my portable headphone and talk to everybody, exact the moment i will find a spare computer.
Login and talk for free everywhere...
What else?

I think a post it note feature and maybe one that can sync to other machines as todays home/offices have many more than one computer and to be able to pass note/share notes with other systems would be a great new feature

sidebar.

Personally I want it to be able to cook my dinner do my dishes and iron my clothes. Only a man's man operating system can do that! ;-)

You want a Mom...not an Operating System.

"Mom" could be substituted with "Wife", "Kept-Woman" and various other female incarnations, but since you post on BetaNews, I'll go with the lowest common-denominator.

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I would like to see the following features in Windows Vista:

- Larger Icon Size
- A taskbar that changes itself, based on the program you are using. Another taskbar to switch from application to application
- Ability to have automatically changing backgrounds
- Workspace selector, any apps in one workspace wouldn't show in another, *anywhere*
- Improved MSPaint
- Improved WordPad
- More theming support, allowing universal icon changes, etc..
- On the login screen, you should be able to press an advanced button, and then type in IP to the computer, and then user and login. This way you can connect to any VISTA computer from another.

Thankyou for your time and consideration, I hope that you choose me for the WindowsLive invitation.

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1.) Larger than checking the 'Use Large Icons' box in Display properties - Appearance - Efects?

2.) You mean like the menu within the application...and a taskbar? Or do you want a Mac? (Google WinStep. It's a good third-party app to get multiple configurable menus)

Improved MSPaint? google Paint.Net

Improved WordPad? Google MS Word, or OpenOffice. :P (just kidding..but seriously..any more than wordpad and you're talking a full-blown document editor)

I'd love to see a Pause/Resume feature for when moving/copying files locally or across a network.

It would be wonderful if M$ could give the option to create a network using USB (PC1) to USB (PC2), even if this had certain limits such as limiting it two x number of computers. It would make life so much easier if you could simply connect two PCs via a USB to USB cable or hub. Vista could for example have a program running on it such as a mini server, with the server/program detecting that at the end of the USB cable is the same such server/program, then automatically give itself a sort of IP virtual IP address only for use by this server/program and for it to be able to connect to the other PCs running this via shared folders.

Hope that makes sense?!

You can do that with FireWire. But FireWire isn't very common on PCs, unfortunately.

a system, where you can optimez windows, eg. when running games, text bases systems or simply browsing the net, something like Mult-Boot just a sigle windows installation

i would like to talk to people even if im offline just like yahoo messenger thanks

i would love to really try the windows live messenger

A multilingual interface after the installation (I work in a french school in Mexico... and this type of goodies will be very cool :o)

I'd like OS [Vista] to boot from ROM [not HD].

Hi,

I'd **LOVE** an invitation to Windows Live Messenger.

I'd like to see Vista include much more intelligent file management facilities, particularly around searching, synchronizing and archiving of files.

I've thought for years that assigning multiple categories to (now 'Tagging') files rather than storage in a single folder makes more sense.

Synchronizing files and PIM (Outlook) information is still very problematic - duplication and loss of Outlook items when using Activesync in particular.

The ability to set expiry flags on files (after which they are archived automatically or after prompting) would help greatly to reduce ever growing My Documents folders.

Thanks,

John

I'd like to see in Windows Vista performane where there is no sticking in the graphics,there is a seprate program for Windows Update so that users feel more comfortable and which there will be a program connecting to an server; it will be faster. Into Windows Media Player 11, have it built like Nero, so you don't have to use other programs for all of yout burning, ripping, and encoding of your audio and video. Microsoft always promises the next-generations of Windows to be bigger and badder, when are we going to see that? It should have a spectacular interface, better than what it has now. !00's of other themes, customization of the Windows Logon screen and so on.

Easier synchronizing of files. I want files to be in multiple locations and always have the latest and greatest version.

Application updates. Some system that windows would tell you when an application has an update (basically taking windows update to the next level)

1. An instant messaging program that will connect to all different networks. -OR- Add functionality to the new msn messenger to be able to connect to the other networks (AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber...).

2. If I press the power button, will you please turn off.

3. If I press the reset button, will you please reset.

4. Autorun all CD's. Not just some of them.

5. Anti Virus/Spyware that doesn't make my computer run slower than.. I don't want to be mean, but something really slow.

6. I know the GUI will be updated, but please, don't stick me with 3 different hues of the same horrible looking visual style.

7. Quit forcing horrible MS apps on me. Outlook = poop. When I install Vista I want options. If Microsoft is having trouble with this concept, tell them to install Linux.

8. Drivers also = poop. Make them go away.

9. The shutdown idea is good. Some people leave their computer running all the time. Making it shutdown every night at 4am would be great. Also, if you could make it turn back on at a certain time, that would be fun.

10. Does it make beer?

11. Screw sidbar.. get Yahoo Widgets. If that's not good enough, get a Mac.

12. Windows help = poop. People who don't know the proper technical names for things just get more confused.

13. I could go on all day. Just make it not suck.

it would be really nice to have the ability to log into vista remotely. similar to that of windows server (2k/2k3). you can kind of do it in XP, but not easily or securely...: in most cases you can only invite someone to view your computer, essentially meaning some1 has to sit at ur computer as u log in.

...that's my two cents.

1. Integration with live platform (live favorites, ...)
2. Optional publish photos on web in services like flickr.com; create photo CDs,
3. Easy parental control - select program to run for selected user, limit time, ...
4. Live desktop - presents information from mail.live.com (mail, calendar) on my Active Desktop
5. More free :) icons, wallpapers, cursors, themes... online.
6. Better Integration with mobile, PDA - but no only MS Phones (Window Callenda, Window Mail, ...).

i will like to see some kind of download manager. i want to be able to pause/continue the downloads. another cool feature that i think it will be great is to be able to switch languages. from english to spanish. etc. like changing themes.

In Windows Vista I would like to have one good feature:

It should have some small utility (Breaker) able to schedule, when the PC shuts down.

e.g. SHUT DOWN PC AT "hh:mm" or SHUT DOWN AFTER "hh:mm"

It is usefull when you are dowmloading some big file and you have to leave.

Thanks.

peter

Download Manager?

Yeah, IE7 might have a better one...one could only hope.

1. Application Focus options. I hate when typing in an email and something else pops in.

2. Synchtoy is great, perhaps built into the context menu?

3. Real backup utility with an updateable table of 3rd party applications, ie Quicken.

4. Windows Installer in safe mode already!

5. Integrated File Recovery. If Undelete can get it, Windows should be able too.

6. A "Help" system that helps.

1) I'd love to see a large package selection much like your average Linux distro.

2) The free versions of Visual studio should be available from the install menu

3) Installation profiles, again, ala Linux. For example, choose to setup the PC as a media center, or a developer PC, or a business desktop, and have those programs auto-install.

4) Built in support, in an open source standard, for VOIP.

5) Built in BitTorrent support

6) A link to BetaNews by default on the desktop :)

7) Built-in Windows Explorer extensions to do stuff like rotate, resize, rename and convert picture files.

8) A SPAM filter that works as an interface so that ALL email programs are equally protected.

1) some sort of virtual drive system like Daemon Tools

2) Better Media Features..

3) More interesting themes

http://www.scifi-planet.co.uk

One-click Lock computer
Able to make "USB key" (to use a USB as a key to use the computer)
Use desktop to play video

Add a better Auto-Sync program
Make Windows to look better

Computer lockup

It's a program i used that places a system tray icon. Just double click it to lock :)

Winkey-L (Computer Lock)

Many 3rd party video players allow the desktop video thing...I'm sure there's gotta be a plugin somewhere for WMP.

Now an unlikely personal favourite...

I would like a new windows installer(not for .msi - for putting Vista on your box) that lets you enter "advanced" mode. This would enable full preview of all UI options/configurations, and customizations of all programs put in. You could enable/disable any component with an inf file, and preview the change, and the change would become the system DEFAULT for all new users created.

Doing such a thing would make security a lot easier. I mean, you could just disable IE or WMP installation by default, and then nobody has it. Or you could just clear out the startmenu of all those useless icons/shortcuts, and setup the default theme to whichever one you like. Either way, it means you would have more power over how things work right from the start, without using a program like nLite.

I want something similar to RPM, which has little user interaction to install :P

nLite.

http://www.nliteos.com

There is one big thing in the minds of potential Vista users who cannot afford the luxury of a large screen/multiple screens: Vista's "sidebar" will take a considerable amount of real estate. I was wondering if MS could allow users to have a choice to have an "undocked" sidebar. Just thinking different-ly here. O...yea...And not call it a "sidebar." Erg!

Customized installation support. IE/No IE. WMP/no WMP. MCE/no MCE...

...etc.

2 basic preconfigured installations (Workstation and Home), and then branches off of each (Gaming, Media, Development, Office) along with the option to fully customize the installation from any branch.

"Customized installation support. IE/No IE. WMP/no WMP. MCE/no MCE..."

You read my mind...

What's MCE?

Media Center Edition?

My Car's Engine. (I want it to use my Car as a power supply)

Good guess though, wincement.

Thanks. I tried.

First thing I want...a tiny popup tab right of the system clock, that brings up a vertical slider bar to control system security settings. Using that, you could quickly and easily drag it down to "User" when browsing the net, and drag it back up to "Admin"(and enter a password) when installing a new game.

I want balloon tips to tell me I'm a moron if I try to browse the internet with IE on an admin security level.

I would also like to have application layers easily definable and able to be switched to. Basically, you could turn it on and stick another slider on the right side of your screen, or perhaps the top-right corner. This lets you define and access 'application layers' through an easy right-click interface. Each layer could have different settings, like your very highest layer in the slider(top of the screen) could be your scratch-pad. You have it set so that layer is "idle". None of the apps on that layer do ANYTHING unless you are on it, but you have Excell, Paint, and 3 notepads running. :P

Next, you have your "system security" layer. This layer is pretty simple. It runs silently in the background nomatter what layer you're on, but if you flip to it all security apps you put there(AV, Firewall, Anti-Spyware) get much higher priority. You might also choose to have it setup so you require a password to get out of that layer, and disable your desktop, to make it mimick a logon screen. Oh, and naturally, since you're logged in as a user and not an admin, you can't disable the programs running on it.

Next, you have your gaming layer. This layer is setup so that any program launched within it has the highest priority level(highest, not realtime), and other layers are completely ignored. The security layer has reduced priority and CPU time, but still runs. You might also choose to run media encoding on this layer. When configuring there was an easy to use slider bar to set the maximum processor usage this layer may take while you are not on it. We'll just say you set it to 50%.

And, you have your Application Layer. You run all your web-browsers from this layer, and also OpenOffice. You have set it up so it automatically reduces your access to "User" when you flip to it, and restores your old access upon leaving. This layer is setup as an "aware" layer. Basically, all programs running on it are known to other programs on other layers. That way a game can see that you clicked an in-game ad, and know that it should let its layer be stolen by "FIREFOX.exe of layer0560424". It would also have the power to check layer settings, like the layer being 'User-level access', or it not having the power to install stuff. This would allow individual programs to control security aswell as AV and firewall, since they could somewhat prevent malicious tasks from launching in unsecure layers.

Finally...your browser launched, and now you're looking at a site. A game is running on your gaming layer, and it's using that maximum 50% usage, but not crippling your browsing by any means.

The customizability of such layers would allow you to stick programs in various activity and security levels, and computers could come pre-setup from OEMs in ideal fashions to protect average people.

I will now being re-reading this and spellchecking it, then make more edits with other ideas I had.

Sounds a lot like multiple desktops just taken to "teh exreeme".

:P

Yeah, not a bad idea, but probably not one that'd get used by more than 10% of the users.

The slider bars make it extremely fast, and the right-click customizability makes setup very easy. It also allows potential GUI stuff like watching your windows fly off into the distance as new floating ones plop down.

If you wanted, you could password-protect layer "Hannah" and layer "Billy". Who needs user switching when you can drag a slider to your other account in half a second? :P

Perhaps this isn't the best way for servers/workstations, but I've always liked the "single-account" or "single-profile" system for home/family computers.

I think thats the best way to deal with the user security issues, yet...

Just as long as IE is closed before switching back, or else it'll keep running in admin mode :(

Easier UI modification without third-party programs such as WindowBlinds.

I think a lot of WB abilities will be built into Windows Vista. At least, that's the impression I got from a recent stardock article...

I'm hoping... :)

Three things:

1. Be able to download the software exe file and double click it to run the software without any installation at all. In other words, just put it on your hard drive and run it.
2. True search utility that indexes on the fly and searches are instant.
3. Built-in self-maintenance (defrag, removing software and dead entries) and more user friendly.

1. portableapps.com

2. WinFS

3. WinFS (again) aka. Metadata.

#1 isn't really Vista related...it's actually cross-platform, right?

Vista should allow for instant on/off and work well with docking stations in that respect.

The feature I want and the one i hate now is, avoid rebooting the machine after update. Microsoft update should update the file quietly under the hood and shouldn't ask the user to reboot for the changes to take effect. (like Linux).

linux = microkernel
Windows = monlithic kernel.

It's easier to do in one than the other...can you guess which?

Updating Linux still requires a reboot depending on what it's updating...it's just much less likely because not everything in linux is linked.

If you update the kernal or drivers, then Linux needs a reboot..., other wise you just need to close and open the effected program/service

but I agree... this is something I'd like to see in WIndows :)

This is why it's easier to do in Linux..the kernel doesn't have it's grubby little fingers in everything.

Not the case with Windows.

i hate the .ico files needed to be used as icons. i hope that they could change it so i could use png, or other formats for icons.

You can in KDE...

Anyway, There are certain programs around that will change .jpg .gif or .png or smething into .ico :)

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Just use the options on the right for desktop and XP icons.

ya i know u can in kde, but i tried suse and really didnt like it so ill probably stick with windows. as for the icon generators. the image quality is poorer compared to that of a png and what not.

That's because it takes resources to dynamically render a graphic.

.ico's specify exactly what each pixel color is, which takes the fewest resources to render.

What I Want, What I Like, What I Need is only Windows Messenger Invitation..
The best Messenger I ever known...

The one and most improbable of all.
It would be cool if they added ObjectSpaces (AKA WINFS)
That would make my day as a .Net developer :)

The ability to store personal folders (My Desktop, My Documents, My Favorites, etc...) on a USB stick.

Totally transparent computing. 1 desktop, setting, set of folders for any computer you use. Just plug in your USB drive and log in.

Damn Small Linux

Great! How di I use that In Windows Vista?

:P

C'mon, man... We're talking vista here, not Linux.

It starts under windows too...

If I wanted to use linux....I would. ;)

Top feature would be a matchmaking service that pairs you with like-minded people!

Bad idea... Get a few like-minded people together and you have a jihad.

Or worse... *shudders*

Just imagine what would happen if you got a few people like-me-minded...or like-wincement-minded. (like-fewt-minded? the list goes on...and on...)

The world is not ready for such pain and misery.

I thought we already had Betanews. =p

Be afraid....be very afraid.

Oh and I forgot, instead of icons it would be nice to have a Yahoo!-like Avatar on the login screen and more animation.

i like to see in vista new 3d graphic to make game and wal paper look like real people, and to have a new fechers for laptop. like how log you have on batter not like what have now, but to beable to see how much batter it realy has, and tell if battery is need of charge, and make a screen reader so blind user can use it right out of box with out paying for more software or need help getting them, and make thing for blinde user or disbility make vist better for disability user

For the newest version, I'd like to see a 100% voice activated operating system. Sure, it'll be huge, but it would be a huge step into the future.

I have 2 ideas that will make my life easier with Vista:

1. An index tool that will be able to recognize people's faces in pictures. It will first scan all my pictures and will show me people's faces. After I tell it who is who, it will do it automatically. If it has a problem recognizing a face, or a new face, it will ask me "Who is this?" Or something like that.
It will be so useful!

2. (This is a bit stupid) I think it will be cool if Vista could use the computer's web-cam to recognize my face upon startup. By that, I could sit and it will log-on to my account.
Or, if I see that a user is already logged-on to the computer, I could click "Switch Users" and it will automatically "see" me and take me to my account. I think it will save me 30 seconds or so :)

Roy

Ok here is some features that I would want in Windows Vista:

1.) A program or some functions to help sort mp3s and audio files better than wmp10. Something to help rename files and format ID tags with ease.

2.) In fact, Vista should come preloaded with Winamp, the best audio player. Windows Live should have Winamp compatibility so that you can see what someone is listening to in Winamp.

3.) They should bring back the Windows 98/ME disk defragmentor or something similiar.

4.) I also believe that Antivirus and Antispyware software should be included with Windows.

5.) You should have the choice to put My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places on the desktop without additional software.

6.) Tetris and better games should be included.

7.) More centralized skinning, theme, wallpaper, sounds screen. I also think functionality similiar to Windowblinds should be included with Windows.

8.) There should be more Xbox compatibility and interoberability. More information, tools, etc. Also, the ability to turn it off.

9.) It would be nice if Firefox can come preloaded.

10.) I like things that are very customizable like Winamp, Firefox, etc. It would be nice if Windows Vista can be the same way as much as possible.

I think thats enough for now, although I could probably think of more. I did not include things that I know will be added.

#3: disk defrag is no longer needed for NTFS HDDs, they won't ever bring it back.. it's pointless now.

#5: You can already: Right-click on desktop, properties, desktop tab, customize desktop button.

#9: That won't ever happen.. but we can dream :)

2.) Never!!! WinAMP is teh sux! Foobar2000!!!11oneone (sorry, couldn't resist)

4.) I believe it will be.

5.) Right-click taskbar - properties - Start-Menu - Classic Start Menu. Wallah, your icons are on the desktop.

7.) I believe it will be. ;)

8.) Done. Xbox 360 and Vista Ultimate will co-exist quite nicely.

9.) Buy a Dell from a UK shop.

10.)See 7.

:) Have a day!

PC_Tool:

5.) I don't want the classic start menu, I prefer XPs.

2.) Winamp Rocks. It is the best!!!!!

8.) Even the old X box? Or just 360?

7.) Believe all you want, I still want it.

Thanks.

3.) What if I like to use FAT?

9.) I am optimistic.

Thanks.

5.) Oh, well get choosy then. :P

2.) Bah! fanboy. ;)

8.) 360 only, I believe. the original was not intended to be an entertainment center...afaik.

7.) Shouldn't this come before 8?

@5:

-Open Display Properties from the Control Panel.
-Click Desktop
-Click Customize Desktop...
-See those four boxes you can check under Desktop Icons?

There ya go. =)

1) I think there is something like that in XP... isn't there?

2) I agree with Tool... WMP forever ^_^

4) I read somewhere that OneCare was going to be included with SP2... through, either MS changed their minds or that artical was wrong.

5) Right click desktop, click properties, switch to Desktop tab, click "Customize desktop"

8) AND Game cube interopbility or Nintendo will due for anti trust ;)

9) Opera, not firefox :P

10) Same

Just my two cents anyway :)

Wow, this is by far the most popular article for comments ever! I guess that was expected, since comments were asked for :P

I never win things like this but here goes:

1. Registry Cleaner ~ Something to keep the registry neat and organized and not left with junk after you uninstall a program.

2. Browser Security ~ Hopefully IE7 brings better security and safety.

3. A Newbie Guide ~ This should be one of the first things to pop up. A guide telling you HOW to protect your system. (Virus, Spyware, etc.)

We just need an overall better OS than the previous ones. XP is great but has major flaws.

OneCare will ship with vista, won't it?

The feature that you can roll back to "fresh installation" state, just like Norton Ghost.

Yes!

Full-blown system restore. Not just settings, but entire system-states.

First restore point should be automagic. The rest should be optional.

"Automagic"

That sounds like something McDonald's would use in an ad campaign or something.

"Come try McDonald's Automagic ordering stations!"

I know. I know. The keys are so dang close.

Sorry, I meant "Automagical."

:P

Or "Automagically?"

The feature I would like to see added to Vista is integration of using ISO files directly from the operating system, so they are mounted via the explorer.

The useability of this would be extremely limited. MS is bound to not circumvent or virtualize copy-protection schemes. Others do not have that limitation.

Since just about every CD pressed nowadays has some form of copy-protection, MS would only be able to virtualize home-made iso images.... pointless for most folks.

I really want see Windows Vista more social, with full support of web2.0. This feature can be implemented to Windows Side-bar with Live(tm) sync. And more security of course, with better & faster autoupdate of issue and bugs.

I'm giving away a free Windows Live Messenger Invite!

Since Windows Live Messenger is the 8th version of Messenger, the 8th person to reply to this post will be the winner!

1st: smanofsteel76 (Gets An Invite For Being The First Poster!)
2nd: Kramy
3rd: PC_Tool
4th: toddhd
5th: energizerrabbit
6th: poo tool
7th: Founder Jeep
8th and Winner: jshrk

Game Over

I have some extra invites, so all participants will be eligible to receive a free invite. Simply edit your post and add your e-mail address and I will send an invite to you.

Thanks for playing!

It looks like I am the first, but can I have it anyway? smanofsteel76@hotmail.com

1st

Does that mean I win?

No, that means you are the 1st poster. But since you're the 1st poster, I sent you an Invite! Check your e-mail.

Nobody is going to risk replying to it before the 6th or so. :P

2nd

If replies count, this would be 6..

:P

...or 7?

3rd

:P

I don't count, I don't want an invite.

Yech...

Not sure what number I am, but I'd love an invite!

4th

Hello. What number poster am I?

5th

I wonder if posting again counts? :P

Probably not...

Have you still got an invite left?

yesss i win!... i think?

no lol i win yay do i give u my email?

6th

7th

8th and Winner!

Congratulations!

Please post your e-mail address and I'll send you your Windows Live Messenger Invite.

yay ty its *email removed to avoid spam*

Invite Sent!

any idea why i havent recieved any email bout it the invite

Perhaps your spam filter filtered it out.
Check your spam folder.

Let me know if you find it.

I would like to see:

1. Video clip feature
2. Animated nickname (for example: scrolling, colour, etc)
3. The ability to get someone's attention even s/he in busy status.
4. Background music in conversation window

The best feature would be portability. Simple user settings that you like that change from PC to PC, an option for MS to save these settings (even to a bluetooth device or JumpDrive) or web servers would be amazing. Any vista computer you use is yours!!

Also the ability to share more, ie calanders, contacts without an exchage server!

3. gah! last thing I want is more options for people to spam me with.

hei, you can always block them lol :)
i see the new offline messaging is a nice feature

if it's like portable firefox, that's a good idea :)

share more? like movies? lol
i heard microsoft is implementing bittorrent idea, maybe they could try to implement it in live msn.

I have deleted three invites now.

EDIT: Oops I found one that didn't get emptied out of my trash yet. Anyone want it?

me smanofsteel76@hotmail.com

Sent.

EDIT: You're welcome.

ill take it
mdeep1@gmail.com

You're a bit to late.

What I would like to see? Native Jabber and Ogg Vorbis support.

Am I dreaming?

It's nice to dream.

I want FLAC support.

Some features that I would like to see:

1. Fully-featured integrated DVD/CD burning (one that actually works intuitively).

2. Integrated bit torrent.

3. Ability to "Save Desktop State". Example: you have 10 applications open and need to execute a reboot. Have the ability to save the current state to easily return.

1. Ahead, Roxio and many others would sure the pants of Billy boy for that.

2.) P2P? Yeah...that's why they tried to cut it's throat out with the XP SP2 release.

3.) ??? Hibernate? Stand-by? If your talking about a reboot after an install, it's not feasible. The reboot is to *update* the system state. Saving it at that point would be kinda pointless.

I'll give you #1 and #2.. you're right.

However, bit torrent doesn't necessarily mean illegal transactions. Many companies are using bit torrent as a viable means of distributing patches, etc.

#3: Not really talking about a hibernation. Let me give a better example. As a developer, I typically have several applications running and then several files within those applications open. It would be nice to be able to return to that same state after a reboot, logout, or shutdown.

I never said it did. I just said P2P. Do *you* think P2P means illegal transactions???

;)

3. How do standby and hibernate not fit this example? System powers off, system powers on, system state is restored. (one uses RAM, the other saves to disk)

Best update/fixes (read Microsoft Update) system policies, wich don't break anything while fixing a bug. Or don't install a fix that you don't need (Example: My office workstation don't have a CD/DVD burning unit, only CD-ROM, but Microsoft Update offers to install the Highmat update even so).

There are many features that I would like to see in Vista, some more important than others, depending on whether its business related or not. One of the biggest pitfalls of XP MCE is the lack of support for cable box HDTV (only Over-The-Air). I do not use my MCE for TV anymore because of that point. It would be great because in Canada, we don't have TiVo so being able to get our home system to record something from the web is not possible.

OS customization is also seriously lacking, without the troublesome hooking that XPThemes (for example) uses. It would be great to have the same customization flexibility that you see in FireFox with extentions and themes, without having to pay for software to allow the themes to run. The OS should be as individual as the user.

One more thing would be the integration of online favorites and other settings, into the OS. When I log on (linked to a passport), my online favorites and peferences are downloaded and applied, so when I log onto another machine, my specific settings (theme, sizes, favorites, etc) are automatically applied and available, without having to go to a website (live.come) all the time.

I believe HDTV will be supported in Vista Ultimate.

I heard rumor they were going to make it *much* easier to theme Vista.

Th eonline prefs would be a nice touch, but may have to wait until SP2...once people start getting mainboards run with EFI instead of BIOS (load prefs/update drivers pre-boot)

I would like to see a couple of things:

1. A more efficient built in search, ala Google Desktop, instead of the slow, clunky Search function they have now.

2. Instead of the tired Favorites folder, perhaps built in integration with del.icio.us, simpy, or some other type of online bookmarking service.

3. A built in standalone RSS reader/podcast program would be nice as well.

1. WinFS

2. Doubt it.

3. IE7.

2 out of 3 ain't bad, eh?

I would love to see a built-in news reader that works just like bloglines, and lets me set the refresh rate.

Sounds like a built-in DDOS server.

I would love to see support for "Sticky" windows that have a little "resistance" to them when you move them. The best example I can think of for windows is how Winamp's windows interact - they stick together a little, and provide edge resistance when trying to drag past the edge of another, or, the edge of the screen... This would make lining up windows of applications very easy and clean, and really, once you get used to it, it's hard to use a system with out it any more.

Linux has had this for years via the Sawfish window manager, and it's a feature I've come to really like...

I would *love* to see this as an option.

Good on you, mate.

Trillian Snap-To!

Trillian? Whazzat? Some vague HGTTG reference?

No. Trillian is an IM client. All the windows you open to people snap together for size and positions. It's extremely easy to create a grid of similar size or different size rectangular windows.

When my HD died a while ago and I tried out Portable Gaim, that was the number one thing I missed.

I would like to see them have someting where you could put like a virtual post it on the desktop. I know there are programs out there but they are sloppy. It would be neat to jot down stuff and virtually stick it to your desktop!

Probably going to be part of the sidebar.

I would love to see the ability to drag tabs in IE7 or other browsers. Essentially this would allow you to drag a tab down, splitting the view into two browsers. You could then drag down another tab to split the window into three simultaneous views. Last but not least, you could drag a tab out of the window to produce a new window of that tab. BentUser has a screenshot of Visual Studio's web browser, which allows you to do this:

http://www.bentuser.com/...;Article=332&Page=4

I think this would be really slick and would really add a whole new dimension to tabs.

Ive got ten beta invites that microsoft sent me just for being me.

Hey, I'd love an invite. bragac2 at msn dot com

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I would greatly appreciate an invite.
webmaster[at]4gsus[dot]com

me too. havikk at msn dot com

I have been usuing MSN Messenger since it was in it's 1.0 stage... I love to try new programs and test them out.

- Josh
Josh@simstuff.com
JoshvanHulst@hotmail.com

I would like to see a feature that allows me to convert different types of video files to DVD format for burning.

Just like in Project Looking Glass by Sun Microsystems, the option to take notes on the backside of a window.

See screenshot "Add yellow stickies"
http://www.sun.com/softw...oking_glass/details.xml

Would be a nice integration to WGF technology.

I would like Vista to be able to show you more information regarding unknow devices. Any information that may be built in the hardware (video, network or sound ...etc) that could help you find the manufacturer or model number. This would help in tracking down drivers for all cards not just those that are unknown.

Simultaneous multiple internet connections.

Yeah, baby.

:lol:

instead of letting the 3D hardware going to a waste, why not using the 3D processing power to enhance application processing? Or use the 3D hardware to do some sound processing.

DirectX (GPU Powered) will power the GUI. No more slow (CPU powered)GDI.

That's the best you're going to get.

Anything else would require a boatload of compatibility testing and none of it would be able to be enabled by default due to the incredible amount of configurations running out there. (Apple could probably do something along these lines...)

We aren't missing our Amiga, perhaps, are we?

Vista should have the abilities now being deployed in Windows XP Media Center edition. With support for external hardware / streaming receivers etc.

So the plug-and-play integration of hardware that’s already up and coming now.

And off course by default a ‘secure’ browser (which I really hope IE7 will be)!

I'd like to see a feature that combines the power of content tagging and search results with compound documents. For example, lets say I have some audio clips, some video clips, some photos and a blog entry of a recent family vacation. Wouldn't it be cool if I could tag them all as "family vacation" and have them packaged as one entity I could publish or move around?

WinFS.

:)

At least, I believe that is one of it's many features.

Yeah, that's cool. So cool that you couldn't do D:\My Stuff\Vacation 05\Filename.ext 5 years ago, or upload a folder to a server. :P

Vista should support being run on the new intel based macs/ibooks.

Just might....just might. They'll have EFI support in the 32-bit version.

Automatic File synchronization of file folders inside and outside a network (foldershare anyone?)

huge...no, I mean *HUGE* security risk.

Nevah.
Gonna.
Happen.

Basicly a more more secure and stable operating system. More multimedia features upgrades to movie maker and paint for example.

Guess most of all wish they would let Vista run on regular pc and not required nasa's clustered-servers to run the UI.

Also want Vista to run on my household appliances and car and generally everywhere.
Or maybe Clippy can come wake me in the morning..I can then wake up and smile at the bluescreen error in the bathroom mirror/plasmascreen as I brush my teeth. Day would be perfect.

lmao...

Love it!

I would like to see a better way to control startup items other than having to always edit the registry. Also it would be nice to have Windows Profile portability on a removeable media device so that all your desktop settings, bookmarks etc....can be used on any Vista PC.

Start - Run - msconfig - Startup tab.

Could it *be* any easier?

They broke msconfig in WinXP. It doesn't function properly anymore, just like their find feature.

Has always worked just fine for me.

Vista could an integrated calendaring/tasks/notes system. There's no reason why people should need to buy office outlook or install clunky freeware just to get basic life management functionality like this.

I disagree. And so Does Sun, IBM, Corel, etc....

MS would be sued in a heartbeat for including such functionality into the OS.

MS is sued if they put anything new into any operating system.

I would love to see a better plug and play support and a faster startup...

Looks like you may have your startup wish.

I'd like to see a more easily updated OS this time around because we all know it ends up being years between operating systems with MS.

I'm quite tired of asking for features and always hearing "Oh that will first happen in the next version of Windows" because the next version is always years away. If the OS were updated more frequently I think there would be a lot less problems coming down on MS.

a faster way of deploying it and installing it.

(40 mins. average is just too much for an OS installation)

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and more generic drivers for a better hardware support (resolve unrecognized/conflicting hardware issues by providing the most standard drivers)

I agree, and I think we may get that.

The last I heard, they were claiming 10-minute installations and 30-second boot times.

I heard average 15 minute install times.

but agian, deployment is already a breeze....we use Acronis Drive Image here and can deploy a new system in 10 minutes. (From IT labs to station, up and running)

I have a 15 second boot time with my modified Win2k. :P

Installing took around 15 minutes.

nLited?

Partially, though it also has slipstreamed XP system files, and a couple other tweaks. :P

nlite can be used to slipstream and tweak.

:P

I have a 178MB ISO I made. (Damn Small Windows?)

Installs in 20 minutes on my 1.5 Ghz. Lovein' it.

NICE

Mine's about 68mb+drivers. I think it was around 102mb total.

I would like to see better support for files from other operating systems. I would like to be able to open tar.gz files in explorer and be able to browse their contents. I would also like windows to recognize my linux partition.

Now THAT would be nice.

Good idea.

I'd prefer to leave this to 3rd party developers.

Paragon MountEverything works very well.
And IZarc does everything I need (tar.gz) for fr4ee. :)

I wish a more secure Windows Vista and the open source code to a great platform.

Thanks

Well...

It doesn't hurt to dream I guess.

I would love to see Vista include update programs that are similar to Apple's iLife. These programs will help better manage photos, music, videos, as well as ease the use of a CPU for most personal uses.

Oh and also, PLEASE include a DVD player in this version of Windows!!!

I wish for an additional, "graphical" way to switch between windows--i.e., something besides the taskbar and Alt+Tab, much like Exposé in Mac OS X. This is one feature I sorely miss when using Windows because it really is how I switch between windows 90% of the time. It's easier than moving the mouse to the side (or bottom) of the screen to get to the Dock, faster than Cmd+Tab, and I have it programmed for one of my extra mouse buttons, so it's really easy to activate. (Having the mouse button is really the most useful part, IMO, because even though I can do it from the keyboard, it's much less convenient.)

So, yeah, that's definitely one thing I'd like to see in Windows. I know there's a program called iEx that attempts to do the same thing, but it was rather slow last time I tried it, and it wasn't quite the same.

See Alt-Tab Power Toys Enhancement.

http://download.microsof...switchPowertoySetup.exe

I've tried that, but it's not the same. First, you need to hit the Tab key multiple times (usually) to get to the window you want. Also, you can only see a preview of the window that is currently selected, not all windows.

With Exposé, I can literally switch windows with one complete click of the mouse: press and hold the mouse button to activate Exposé (all windows or, depending on which type you invoke, all windows beloging to the current app, show on the screen, scaling down if necessary--and did I mention all "previews" are actually live? like if you're playing a QuickTime movie, you can still see it go?), move the mouse over the window that I want to go to to "select" it, and then release the mouse button. (Or, I could just press and release my mouse button like normal to activate it and then click on the window I want, but the other way is usually much quicker. Which is the point of why I'd want this feature in the first place: speed.)

While I'm at it, the "Show Desktop" feature of Exposé is pretty neat, too. I know you can do a Windows logo key + D to show the desktop in Windows (or use the icon provided in the Quick Launch toolbar), but modal dialogs have a funny way of popping back up when you do that. With Exposé, all the windows just slide off the screen until you're done, and then they slide back to where they were before.

Anyway, I really sound like I'm bragging up Exposé, but, really, I don't know how I lived without it. :)

Never used it much.

I actually thought the Alt_Tab enhancement was faster for what I needed it for. (Especially when I had multiple instanecs of the same apps open and wanted a specific instance.)

(Don't need to see all windows, just the one I want... ;P)

I would really like to see Vista have configurable elements for the desktop a la Aston shell or some of the other Shell replacements available. To be able to add buttons/launchers and various other elements to the desktop so as to streamline use of the most common features as well as see more direct status of resources (network, hard drives, etc.) right on the desktop. Most importantly, I'd like to see this built in to the OS, rather than something that runs on top, like Yahoo Widget engine, to keep performance issues low.

A feature like this could greatly enhance the usability of Windows and wouldd fit nicely in with the other desktop enhancements they're building.

Dashboard? ...you want a Mac?

Just because I like a particular feature that Mac has does not make me "want a Mac." And besides, what I'm talking about is far beyond anythign that Mac does. I'm talking about something along the lines of LiteStep or Aston built in to the OS. Look at www.astonshell.com for a better idea of exactly what I mean.

:lol:

Lighten up, it was a joke. :P

Smile.

I'd like to see the GUI seperated from the core system, ala *nix. The ability to reboot the GUI while leaving the main system up and running would go a long way towards overall system stability. It would also open the doors for virtual terminals, multiple shells, and such. It might be a big leap, but I think it would be well worth it.

-Open Task Manager
-Click the Processes tab
-Select Explorer.exe
-Click End Process
-Click Yes

To "reboot" the GUI:
-Click the Tasks tab
-Click New Task
-Type in explorer and click OK

Done. =)

I wonder if their switch to DirectX (For the Windows GUI) might help them, or 3rd party developers, do something along these lines.

I have 6 of them in my Task Manager...which one do i kill?

That's messed up.

Are you sure you're looking at explorer.exe and not iexplore.exe? =p

lmao...

Dude, I though you'd know about this one.

Multiple instances of explorer.exe means I'm running each explorer window in a seperate process. (If one crashes, the others...and my desktop, remain stable)

Start - Settings - Control Panel - Folder Options - View - Launch Folder Windows in a Seperate Process.

I'd suggest a bare minimum of 512MB of RAM before attempting this. :)

iexplore....how dare you assume such things. That process has *yet* to spread it's dark shadow across my process list.

I haven't had an Explorer crash in a few years.

Ford, or Microsoft?

Ford's crash all of the time. LOL Microsoft's Explorer V6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

:P Gotta use more nasty software...that'll get ya crashing. *grin*

*dons the "look of shame"*

I had no idea you could do that. I officially hand in my "Computer-Geeks-R-Us" t-s*** and my wrist rest.

...oh yeah, and thanks for the tip. explorer crashes on me all the time (when I have about 10 windows open). This might save me a lot of headaches. 2GB enough? =)

Telling Windows to launch folders in a separate process still doesn't launch a separate explorer.exe. At least not on Windows XP... I remember this "worked" (two explorer.exe's) in previous versions.

I want Vista have a built in utility to allow you to save your desktop, for example your wallpaper, display properties, screen saver, icons, position of icons, primary monitor(if you're using multiple), secondary monitor wallpapers, and allow you to create various instances to switch between. I use my laptop for home and work, so I'd like to be able to setup desktop profiles for each.

i think a cool feature would be to have your desktop and settings for windows vista saved within messenger. that way when you are on another computer and log onto msn messenger you could make that vista computer look and act like your computer at home.

I would really like Live Messenger to be the killer app... It should do VOIP like Skype does, whiteboard sharing, support communication plugins so that developers can create their own services to be used over the network, communication with other IM Protocols, the ability to use the medium to play LAN games and find other players (think XFire meets Kali,) and it should be able to do off-line communication on corporate networks.

I would like to see more portability btween user profiles on the same machine. This would make software installation and management in the environment that I work in much easier.

i already am a tester for wlm, but "no invites, check back later"...so all i want is to be able to invite some buddylist friends so i can truely test features :-(

Vista... i want to be able to hear "new email"(voice) for my Outlook accounts without even opening the client!

-The ability to interconnect with other IM clients.
-Find (securly) local people to talk with and meet.
-Find people with similar ideas/passions to consult with.
-Web service to use with Media Center Edition, or other Media Center software.
-Open and extesible .NET based API's for plugins and skinning.

i want vista to have a built in feature that allows users to automatically to connect and play games with people on your messeger list. i.e send invites to play a round of quake. they get to accept or reject and the game begins after a set time.

Thanx

i want an option for a stripped down interface, nothing fancy, like get rid of all those tabs on msn buddy list. its godawful!

vista..not wlm

A-Patch will let you Remove MSN Logo
Remove "Messenger" Title
Remove Display Picture Container
Remove Personal Message Bar
Remove E-mail Button
Remove MSN Today Button
Remove My Space Button
Remove Add Contact Button
Remove Search Bar
Remove Button Text
Remove Advertisement
Change Display Picture Link
Remove Contacts Personal Message
Remove Buttons From Contact Card
Remove Gleam Notification
Add Always On Top Button
Add Sign Out Button
Disable Song Links
Fix Add Contact Bar Position
Disable MSN Spaces Contact Card Integration
Remove Display Picture in Sign-In Window
Remove Bottom Links in Sign-In Window
Remove Microsoft Passport Network Branding
Swap Title - Artist (Windows Media Player)
Remove Toast Display Picture

http://apatch.ikhost.com/downloads.php

I would like to see Windows Live Messenger not suck. KTHX

more freedom when it comes to icon display. I should be able to draw/copy/etc. a picture and save it as whatever format the product allows me to save it as. Then Right click it and save as desktop icons at ANY size I want. I am a visual person and I use certain items more often than other. But they all equal sized currently. Or even better, let me do the above and then allow me to make a couple of "desktops". Each desktop would have a few big icons relevant to a type of task. Since I am a slave to outlook, allow me, when setting tasks or meetings to define what which "desktop" I will see during that time frame. I should be able to easily click to go back to my all-in-one desktop too.
I move, depending on the task at hand, from designer to writer to presentation maker to web surfer.

Someone beat me to it, but I'd like to go one step further with a fresh install rollback , give the option to burn to an automated "restore" disc (complete with any additional drivers & software, customizations added by user) and the option to do incrimental update burns as well. That way you could have a customized DVD with all your software and drivers ready to restore in one shot.

I am looking forward Microsoft provide pseudo-open source OS.

It's hybrid OS, can act as home OS as well as powerful Server.

It provides the capability of changing the interface setting, that will allows user change the mode of interface, whether it's going to be more graphical based or just console based program. Usually advanced user play a lot in the console environment, while newbie will love to see more nice graphics.

The feature I would like to see is "Remote Adminastration Portal". XP Pro has a great feature where I can take over the users PC with "Remote Desktop Connection" or a user can send a "Remote Assistance" email or IM. I would like to see these two features combined in a program that monitors all the pc's in a workgoup. You would open the program and it would give you a list of the PC's that your a current administrator, and you could see it in list or thumbnail form. Then with one click you take over that PC and you can have an option of letting the person view what your doing to the pc or not. One feature in this new that is configurable is the ability for the "Remote Adminastration Portal" to notify the admin of errors that have occured with a popup or flashing in the task bar. When you open the "Remote Adminastration Portal" the errored pc's are highlighted with a color of your choosing, you click it and fix the problem and you never have to leave the chair.

How about the complete elmination of the windows registry? Poof, 90% of all problems solved.

Ability to copy a directory from one drive/folder to another without having the whole thing stop if one file can't be copied (I would like the copy process to continue and ignore those files)

I wonder what's in store here...

More invites @

www.mess.be &

http://www.alibutt.com/?p=262