Microsoft has announced a series of updates to the Windows Vista code. The first to try them out will be the members of the testing community. Among the novelties, Microsoft has succeeded to improve the web browser and has also introduced some changes aimed at improving Windows Vista's security system.

It seems that the new release is the first from a series of monthly updates the Community Technology Preview (CTP) will analyze. Using the information provided by the CTP, Microsoft will be able to operate changes at a much faster rate than it would have succeed through the classic beta-testing programs.

The update presented yesterday includes a series of new functions, including an improved printing procedure for Internet Explorer 7, but also a new Mobility Center solution, which groups laptop settings, especially the power management type options.

Microsoft's goal is to establish standards which will allow computers to fix themselves in a way that has never been attempted before.

Many of the options included in this October release are only partially functional, or exist in a form which will be very different from the final version.

Microsoft said that several components, among which a migration wizard, the Power Management Center solution, Windows AntiSpyware, Windows Calendar and Windows Media Player 11, will suffer significant changes by the time the operating system is finalized.