Windows Vista features

My company had a customer inquire about getting a Windows Vista laptop and wanted particular features to be available. He wanted to make sure that the data on his pc would be secure even if it was lost or stolen. The first recommendation that I made was that he had a secure password on the pc which included upper case, lower case, a number and a symbol and that it be at a minimum of 7 characters. The second thing that I suggested was that he have a drive encryption which in Vista is Windows Bit Locker Drive Encryption and since he was not part of the Microsoft Software Assurance I recommended that he get the Ultimate edition as that is the only edition that offers the Drive Encryption. There were some other things that my company would do to insure the security of his pc but these built in features are a great starting point for security.