Windows Vista in a Nutshell

Network Applications

Windows Vista includes several new network applications, notably those for collaboration. This section details each.

Network Projector: \Windows\System32\NetProj.exe

Give a presentation over a projector attached to your network.

To open

Start → All Programs → Accessories → Connect to a network projector

Windows Meeting Space → Options → Connect to a network projector

Command Prompt → netproj

Description

A network projector is a projection device, like a standard projector, with one important difference: it’s connected to a network. You can use Windows Vista to give presentations over the projector. When you give a presentation, whatever is on your screen will be displayed by the projector.

When you run Network Projector, a wizard launches that helps you find a network projector. The wizard can automatically find all projectors attached to the network, or it will let you type in the address of a projector, if you happen to know it. You can use either Internet or network addresses—for example, http://BigServer/projectors/fancyprojector or \\BigServer\projectors\fancyprojector.

Tip

In order to connect to a network projector in Windows Meeting Space, a meeting needs to be underway; people will have to be in your meeting. If you launch Windows Meeting Space and you don’t invite people to a meeting, or no one attends the meeting, you won’t be able to use Network Projector.

When you see a list of projectors, icons next to each projector indicate whether it is secured (requiring ...