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Archive for April 2007

April 30th, 2007

Security Features of Windows Vista

User Access Control of Windows Vista is one of the most popular security features of the operating system; however, a number of other features make Vista the best of Microsoft’s operating systems.
Below are other features that makes the security of Vista a class above the rest:
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April 30th, 2007

Install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Premium

In case you were wondering where did the add/remove components of Windows Vista go to install IIS, use the simple steps below provided you have the Web Server Administrator role:
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April 29th, 2007

Massive Sales for Windows Vista via Citigroup

Citigroup is on the brink of updgrading their massive volume of 500,000 computers to Windows Vista in the next 14 months admidst layoffs and IT restructuring as reported by CEO Steve Ballmer during an event at Redmond.
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April 28th, 2007

Link Reads: 0428

Vista’s Compatibility Challenge (Information Week)
Microsoft explains how the ANI bug got baked into Vista (ComputerWorld)
CDV Patches Two for Windows Vista (VGGen)
Catching up with Vista in China (newswireless)
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April 28th, 2007

First Public Beta of Longhorn Server

The first public version of Windows code-named Longhorn is available for download here.
Bill Laing, general manager of Server Longhorn has this to say:
As they take it for a test drive, our customers and partners will find we made some vast improvements in Windows Server ‘Longhorn’ to help them reduce costs and adapt to changing business […]

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April 28th, 2007

65 Percent Jump in Profit

It looks good buying Microsoft Stocks given that their profits have soared to 65 percent — thanks to Microsoft Windows Vista which was speculated to be expensive and difficult to configure.
In an excerpt from Denver Post:
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April 28th, 2007

Gadget Spark

Windows Vista sidebar is a cool gadget created for Windows Vista. Gadgets could serve different purposes and offer a rich amount of productivity and functionality to users; however, the supply of gadgets is very low considering the early release of Windows Vista.
Here comes, Gadget Sparks which is a company that designs, produces, tests and sells […]

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April 28th, 2007

Windows Vista is More Secure than MAC

Dino Dai Zovi took home $ 10,000 by breaking into MAC in CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. He sent a URL during the conference that put up a blank page in MAC. This exposes the vulnerability in Safari; however, the bug was not publicly disclosed but would be given to Apple for their fixit.
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April 27th, 2007

Tips & Tricks: Accidentally Deleting Files When User is Deleted

This suggestion is a brute force approach, when a better way has been found out, it shall be posted here.
As an administrator you have the power to delete other user accounts. Upon deleting user accounts, you have the option to keep the files or delete the files. If for unfortunate events you accidentally chose deleting […]

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April 27th, 2007

Virtual Server, Windows Vista and IE

For some reason I am having problems installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista. It required me to install IIS and that’s fine, but after that it would still ask for IIS. That’s going to be my first problem, the second one would probably be running Virtual Server without IE administrator privileges.
Anyways, I have not yet […]

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April 26th, 2007

Tips & Tricks: Disabling Windows Vista Aero

You might have bought a PC running Windows Vista with shared video and average specs. You would not really notice the drag in performance until you begin to install applications and when that happens you might consider disabling Windows Vista Aero.
Disabling Aero is simple; right click on the desktop and Click on Personalize:

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April 22nd, 2007

Windows XP is Back

Consumers seem to have less and less options in the power of the machines they purchase because they are tied with requirements of Windows Vista. Unfortunately for a lot of consumers, they wouldn’t want to spend a few hundred of bucks for features they don’t need at the moment.
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April 18th, 2007

Problems in China Continue

Microsoft is finding the root cause for the poor performance of Windows Vista in China. In the first two weeks of the release of the software, Microsoft were only able to sell 244 copies.
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April 17th, 2007

Hacks on OEM BIOS Activation Confirmed

Microsoft has confirmed the presence of hacks on Windows Vista activation by either editing the BIOS directly to make it an OEM BIOS or running a software which would fool Windows Vista that the computer is OEM licensed.
As discussed on MSDN, editing the BIOS directly is risk and dangerous which could be done easily but […]

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April 16th, 2007

The Tale of the Lost 1GB of RAM

I was navigating through the Dell website, and using their computer customization service I added 4GB of Ram to their laptop when I realized whether Windows Vista would have problems with that much RAM. Obviously it should have no problems but I still researched to be sure.
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April 16th, 2007

LabVIEW 8.2.1 Support Windows Vista

LabVIEW 8.2.1 which is a graphical design platform for test, control and embedded system development now supports Windows Vista for 32-bit and 64-bit versions as announced by their maker — National Instruments.
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April 15th, 2007

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-620)

This self-paced training kit for exam 70-620 which is about Configuring Windows Vista™ Client will be available on May 9, 2007.
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April 15th, 2007

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-622)

This 900 page self-paced training kit is going to be available on September 5, 2007.
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April 15th, 2007

MCTS: Windows Vista Certification 70-620

If you want to take the Exam Certification 70-620, uCertify has an exam prep kit for just $39.99 if you order before April 30, 2007. The standard price after its release is $89.98.
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April 15th, 2007

Windows Vista Resource Kit

Microsoft released its Windows Vista Resource Kit containing 1568 pages of topics covering their latest operating system.
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