Local Users and Groups
The Local Users and Groups tool (lusrmgr.msc) duplicates some user
account management features found elsewhere in Windows, and offers
a few extras. See ???Log In As the Administrator,??? in Chapter 8, for a
workaround if you don??™t have this tool.
Media Center
See Chapter 4 for free alternatives to the Media Center application
included with the Home Premium and Ultimate editions.
Remote Desktop
TightVNC, a freeware remote control application, works with any version
of Windows, or for that matter, Mac OS X, Linux, and even Apple??™s
iPhone. See ???Control Your PC Remotely,??? in Chapter 7, for details.
Shadow Copies
Vista??™s Previous Versions tool, which can be used to automatically back up
files you??™re working on, makes use of the Shadow Copies feature in the
Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions. See Chapter 6 for alternatives.
6 | Chapter 1: Get Started with Windows Vista
Tablet PC
You can use a tablet with any edition of Vista, as long as its manufacturer
provides a native Vista driver. But the Tablet PC subsystem, which
adds handwriting recognition and a few other gimmicks like gestures,
isn??™t available in Home Basic. If you want handwriting in Home Basic,
you may be able to use the ???Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
2005 Recognizer Pack???; just go to http://search.microsoft.com/ and
search for TRPSetup.exe.
Windows Movie Maker
You can download Windows Movie Maker for all editions of Vista; just
go to http://search.
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