In some scenarios, games and benchmarks perform more poorly than expected on a Windows Vista-based computer. This issue occurs when the games and the benchmarks use multiple display adapters in a Linked Display Adapter (LDA) configuration.

On a Windows Vista-based computer that is connected to more than one monitor, the Microsoft Flight Simulator X game display flickers and becomes corrupted. When this problem occurs, you cannot play Flight Simulator X.

This problem occurs when you change the monitor configuration after you start Flight Simulator X. This problem also occurs when you do not set the monitor configuration to the default monitor configuration for Flight Simulator X when the game starts.

Vista has a number of interesting hidden features. Snowball - The Blog points out one of them, being able to add check boxes to items in the explorer. This gives another option for selecting multiple items (instead of using the CTRL or SHIFT keys). Keep reading →