Vista Caller-ID

Vista Caller-ID is a telephone service built for private and small business customers. This app links with Windows Media Center and Outlook, and notifies users via a small pop-up window on their PC every time they receive a telephone call.

Vista Caller-ID supports Windows Vista and XP operating systems, and uses Windows Home Server Add-in, Media Center, and Outlook to link data and contact information with your caller. Users must be connected to a telephone landline via modem so the app can receive incoming calls. Lines and telephone connections will be displayed in the list under 'Phone and Modem' in the main menu.

Vista Caller ID allows users to synchronize telephone contacts list with Outlook contact database. This is done by linking telephone contact numbers with respective e-mails or additional information they introduced in Outlook. Contact pictures will also be imported from Outlook, and they will appear in the small pop-up window when a synchronized contact will attempt to call you.

In case you need to archive and later share all your telephone contacts, Vista Caller ID can automatically send all your contact information to your remote Home Server. This way, if your computer gets viruses or you happen to lose all your contacts in Outlook or computer, you can always feel safe that your Home Server will have your contact lists safe and sound.

Contact caller windows have a few customization options, like what sort of color tints pop-up windows will have, and their intensity, size, and transparency. Pop-effects can be changed in case the default one does not fit your preferences.

Vista Caller-ID can satisfy users that are still connected to the Internet via modems or a telephone landline. Although limited in interface customization options, it has the ability to synchronize your Outlook contacts info with your telephone caller's pop-up window, this way giving you more direct information about who is calling you than just a simple number. This is a feature that many small business users will find quite appealing.