Windows XP Sneak Peek

What else is there? Well there's probably alot more than I can cover in this one web article, but here are a few feature highlights...

The Home Networking Wizard has been enhanced, and now includes a basic personal Firewall setup. This is a great idea, especially considering that Microsoft is officially dropping support of NetBEUI, the non-routable (i.e. not hackable by the script kiddies) protocol I usually prefer to use for file and print sharing, and defaulting to using TCP/IP for this purpose.

Remote Desktop Sharing is an exciting feature! Based on Windows existing Terminal Services, this allows what it says, remotely accessing your desktop securely. Ideal for accessing your system on the road, or for diagnosing your idiot friends who screw up their PC, and want you to "fix" it for them over the phone. Now you can just tell em to share, sit back, and shut up while you unscrew their world for them. :):)

Not exactly a new feature, but an expanded list of Performance related options for the GUI can be found here, and turned off or on at will.

What else? There are still quite a few interesting additions to the OS that deserve mention.

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