How to Install Windows Vista Ultima Extras
In this article you can find how you will install Windows Ultimate Extras. If
you track the screen displayed on the article, you can find ways to get the
latest Windows Updates and Ultimate Extras and review the updates of your system.
Also two recently released Vista Ultimate Extras; Hold 'Em Poker Game and
BitLocker and EFS (Encrypting File System) Enhancements are summarized in brief
in the last section of the article.
Let's start with Windows Update
First open Welcome Center and click on Windows Ultimate Extras button.
When you click on Windows Ultimate Extras, the upper side of the screen will
be updated as follows. Click on the Go to Windows Ultimate Extras button.
Windows Update screen will be displayed. Windows Update with Windows Ultimate
Extras is summarizing the current update status of your system. You can view a
list of available updates if any. Also you can find out if any Windows Ultimate
Extras are available.
If you click on the link Learn about Windows Ultimate Extras on the left hand
side of the Windows Update panel, you will be navigated to the below screen
titled What are Windows Ultimate Extras?
Also the links on the bottom of the screen will lead you to the
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition site.
If you click on the View update history link button the below screen will be
displayed containing a list of updates, installation dates, etc. If you double
click on an item in the update list, a detailed information about the update is
also supplied. For example, the below update history detail belongs to one of
the two Ultimate Extras released recently, Hold 'Em Poker Game. This is a
popular poker game to introduce you with Windows Vista gaming experience.
The second Windows Vista Ultimate Extra released is the BitLocker and EFS (Encrypting
File System) Enhancements. This package contains two tools to help you protect
your computer and keep your system secure by making it easier to use some new
security features of Windows Vista Ultimate. These tools are the Windows
BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool and Secure Online Key Backup tool.
Windows BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool configures the hard drive of your
system in order to be used with the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature of the
Windows Vista. Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption encrypts everything including
data, programs and even the Windows itself to increase security.
Please review the article Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step
Guide at Microsoft TechNet site at page
Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step
Guide
for more information on how-to's about the Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption
Secure Online Key Backup tool stores a backup of your system's BitLocker
recovery password and EFS (Encrypting File System) recovery certificates in your
digital locker.
I can recommend you keep the Vista Ultimate Extras updates for Windows
DreamScene which will enable you to play movie files on your system as your
desktop background and also additional features for desktop background images.
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