Microsoft Vista Feature: Windows Sideshow

In this age when everything is hectic, conveniencesyou can check your calendar, scan top news stories
matter a lot. And with the new feature fromor view your Windows Mail inbox without having to
Microsoft Vista, having information at your fingertipsturn your computer on. The extra display also allows
has become even better. With the advent of theyou to view essential information whether you laptop
Windows SideShow, viewing and downloadingis on, off or in a sleep mode, saving you both time
information from one PC to another has never beenand battery life. You can also look up appointments
easier.and contacts on the secondary screen. Selection and
The new Microsoft Vista Windows SideShow comesnavigation through the accessible functionality is also
with a feature akin to a picture frame. Thiseasy with the little buttons located next to the
wireless-based Vista mechanism supports ascreen.
secondary screen on your computer. The WindowsThe information displayed on a stationary LCD screen
SideShow from Microsoft Vista can be used to viewis courtesy of an Auxiliary Display Controller (ADC).
information from your mobile or desktop computerThe LCD screen may be of any size a device
to a wide variety of devices like on a keyboard'sdesigner needs. Screens may range from
display, a display embedded on a laptop lid, or onemonochrome panel of a computer's external surface,
that's built into your remote control. This Microsofton a remote control or on a mobile phone. The
Vista technology allows users to downloadMicrosoft Vista's SideShow uses Application
information from a computer to another device, keepProgramming Interfaces (APIs) in order to convert
it for display and have it on standby and ready to beinformation to a type that allows efficient display on
referenced.the small screens on mobile devices.
With the new Microsoft Vista Windows SideShow,