Easier

Get things done and get on with life! Windows Vista makes it faster and easier than ever to find, use, manage, share, and enjoy information—on your PC and on the web.

Make a smooth transition to Windows Vista: Windows Easy Transfer simplifies the process of setting up your new PC by automatically transferring your important items—including files, folders, photos, music, settings, and e-mail messages—from your old computer to your new one.

In the Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, you'll see everything you're working on more clearly through the stunning new Windows Aero interface, which includes Windows Flip 3D to help you quickly switch between windows and tasks. Find any file, document, photo, e-mail message, song, video, or program on your PC with ease using Windows Instant Search. Just enter the name of something you're looking for—such as the date you took a picture, a song title, or a word in a document or e-mail message—and Instant Search will list all relevant matches.

Windows Flip 3D in action.

Organize a lifetime of photos and movies with ease using Windows Photo Gallery. Tag your photos by date, keyword, star rating, or any identifying label you want—so you can find them when you want them. When you’re ready to print, select your best photos and easily send them to your favorite location to be printed with Online Printing on Windows Vista.

Find, enjoy, and share that extra-special shot.

Windows Internet Explorer 7 helps you browse the web more efficiently. View multiple webpages simultaneously in one window with tabbed browsing or use Quick Tabs to see thumbnail images of all your open webpages.

Use Quick Tabs to see thumbnail images of all your open webpages

Another convenient way to surf.

Use Windows Sidebar with customizable mini-applications called Gadgets for at-a-glance access to weather, news, calendar, and other useful information.