Technical features new to Windows Vista: Difference between revisions

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* When accessing files with the [[ANSI]] character set, if the total path length is more than the maximum allowed 260 characters, Windows Vista automatically uses the alternate short names (which has an 8.3 limit) to shorten the total path length. In [[Unicode]] mode, this is not done as the maximum allowed length is 32,000.

* The long "Documents and Settings" folder is now just "Users", although a symbolic link called "Documents and Settings" is kept for compatibility. The paths of several [[special folder]]s under the user profile have changed.

* New support for [[infrared]] receivers and [[Bluetooth#Bluetooth v22.0 + EDR|Bluetooth 2.0]] wireless standards; devices supporting these can transfer files and sync data wirelessly to a Windows Vista computer with no additional software.

* A non-administrator user can share only the folders under his user profile. In addition, all users have a ''Public'' folder which is shared, though an administrator can override this.

* '''Network Projection'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/VistaBeta1FS.mspx |title=Microsoft release regarding Network Projection |access-date=2007-03-07 |archive-date=2007-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331082307/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/VistaBeta1FS.mspx |url-status=live }}</ref> is used to detect and use network-connected projectors. It can be used to display a presentation, or share a presentation with the machine which hosts the projector. Users can do this over a network so multiple sources can be connected at different times without having to keep moving the sources or projectors around. The network projector can be connected to the network via wireless or cable (LAN) technology to make it even more flexible. Users can not only connect to the network projector remotely but can also remotely configure it. Network projectors are designed to transmit and display still images, such as photographs and slides —not high-bandwidth transmissions, such as video streams. The projector can transmit video, but the playback quality is often poor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/network-projectors-faq#1TC=windows-7 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-03-16 |archive-date=2016-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322234324/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/network-projectors-faq#1TC=windows-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Binary ''%windir%\system32\NetProj.exe'' implement Network Projection feature.