Windows Ultimate Extras

Windows Ultimate Extras are optional features offered to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition users. They are available via Windows Update.

Current Windows Ultimate Extras

 * Windows DreamScene - a utility that allows videos to be used as desktop backgrounds.
 * BitLocker and EFS Enhancements - two tools (Windows BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool and Secure Online Key Backup) that facilitate the use of security features in Windows Vista.
 * Hold 'Em Poker Game - a version of Texas hold 'em.
 * MUI language packs - add-ons that allow Windows to be displayed in another language.

Proposed Windows Ultimate Extras
The following have been proposed, but never officially released as part of Ultimate Extras:
 * Group Shot, a photo editing program developed by Microsoft Research.

Criticism
Microsoft has been criticized for not delivering many useful Extras after the launch of the Vista operating system and its most expensive edition. Some people even argued there's not an Ultimate Extras team in existence anymore. However, on July 2, 2007, in post on the Ultimate Extra blog they issued a statement that they would be providing 20 more language packs and final version of Windows DreamScene by the end of the summer, as well as more Ultimate Extras "over the next couple years".