Apparently Vista will have a feature which “searches over a Wi-Fi connection for other Vista users nearby and then sets up a peer-to-peer network with them. The tool is meant mostly to enable laptop users to share applications and files, among other things.”

Gosh. Bonjour for Windows. Which you can get already, and which has been around on the Mac since 2002.

The same article states that virtual folders (i.e. Smart Folders) will be in the background because it “was a bit too much for some of its beta testers”.

There will also be a “protected Administrator” mode where “people will have to change it to full administrator level to perform certain tasks, such as installing an application. The operating system will warn the person when full privileges are needed.” Which implies that if you’re a full Administrator you won’t need to confirm your access privileges. Although “In the upcoming Vista preview, any action that requires full privileges will be displayed with a shield around it.”