The book is devoted to a description of the new features of Windows Vista, as well as changes to the standard functions of this operating system. If you are an experienced Windows XP user and are wondering what the new Windows Vista system will give you when you switch to it, then this book is for you. From it you will learn about the intricacies of Windows Vista, about improvements in standard components of Windows operating systems, about new graphical applications and command line programs included in Vista, new services and registry settings of this operating system, standard and non-standard ways to optimize and configure Windows Vista.