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Get Ready for Windows Vista and Office 2007

Microsoft is officially announcing the launch of Office 2007 and Windows Vista for Business today. Windows Vista is finally released after a long development cycle. There are great many features in Windows Vista and comes with a calendar, photo gallery , DVD Maker and Better Games. Also there are numerous features in windows vista. You may refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista or http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista . There are many criticisms for having taken this long to develop and also copying many features from Apple OS X. I am using RC2 build Windows Vista as my primary operating system which i got through customer preview program. I find that it is very good and when comparting to pervious builds almost all the softwares seem to work on RC2. The reason for choosing windows rather than other OS is the ecosystem. Many softwares that i want to use is available for windows platform. Also i need not buy proprietory hardware (like OS X). The software compatiblity list

SyncToy v1.4

SyncToy is a powerful and Simple tool to keep in sync of your folder. SyncToy is part of Microsoft PowerToys. It is very very useful and is available for free.     SyncToy 1.4 Works on Windows Vista as well. You can select the configuration of folder sync.   This tool might be very useful for those who are working in different computers and want to keep their data in sync always. For myself i want to keep my documents, my photes and all my development materials in sync between my computers. I do it easily with Synctoy. I use an external HardDisk and SyncFiles from my external HDD and Desktop. This serves me two purpose 1. Keey sync of folders so that i can transfer to any other pc of my choice. 2. Additional BackUp of your data. Certainly this very very useful tool and for me it has become very essential for daily routine. First step is to create the folder Pair. Source and Target. Then Click on Preview to Preview before you Sync. You can also directly sync without preview.