TechRepublic have written an article on using a computers management console’s shared folders.
Components of the Shared Folders snap-in
Shared Folders includes the following three objects, which allow you to monitor systems from the comfort of your office for any system on your network.
Shares: Shows the active shares (including all administrative shares) for the system to which […]
Week in review: Microsoft the magnanimous? (News)
Vista Capable suit is now class-action (Seattletimes)
Introduction to Windows Vista (Informit)
ComputerWorld Canada Rallies Users to Save Microsoft Windows XP Operating System (FoxBusiness)
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More than a week back, Microsoft is being sued for class action suit, you can read it here. Now, a federal judge has already said that consumers can go ahead with a class action lawsuit.
In an excerpt:
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that consumers may go ahead with a class action lawsuit against […]
I have reported about Windows Vista boot-up problems from sleep mode and apparently Infoworld has reported on Microsoft’s workaround on it.
In an excerpt:
The latest turn of events — and to be sure, this journey changes course daily — has Microsoft recommending workarounds for rebooting issues caused by a recent Windows Vista update that was meant […]
A number of my friends had wake up problems after installing Windows Vista Service Pack. They experienced their PCs crashing when attempting to wake their computer from sleep mode.
This should not be a problem if you have not been using this feature; however for me, this is a big issue as I have been […]
To all you MSDN subscribers, Windows Vista SP1 RTM has been made available through your account. The link for the download still isn’t available in the download menu on the left side; currenty, you can see the link in the “Top Subscribers Download” section in the front page upon login.
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If you have already applied Windows Vista SP1 the command “mstsc /console” would not work when trying to connect to a console session using RPD Client as Vista SP1 has changed the “/console” command to “/admin”.
This is a little change but I do not see the rationale with it. Anyways, happy “/admining….”
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Microsoft Battles Vista Perception With Prizes (Slashdot)
The slow road to Windows Vista (ITWeek)
Microsoft Replaces Windows Vista Kernel In SP1 (DABCC)
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available for MSDN and Technet subscribers (Heise)
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Microsoft announced a number of people departing from Microsoft including Michael Sievert, who was responsible for marketing Windows Vista.
Top executive of Microsoft’s mobile phone software business, Pieter Knook is also leaving along with Steve Berkowitz who is the senior vice-president of Microsoft’s online business group. Steve will hand his duties to three people: Satya Nadella, […]
WhatsNext.Ru has posted a series of leaked Windows 7 screenshots. From the looks of it, it seems Windows 7 is a boosted Windows Vista.
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Flipss is a utility that quickly enables or disables you Screensaver. This is best used when viewing a video or doing a presentation. Instead of going through the motion of opening Control Panel and enabling/disabling your screensaver, flippss could just be a click away when placed in a shortcut menu.
These are the steps:
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There are days when I don’t want to see the System Tray in Vista especially when a lot of applications have littered on it. You can hide the system tray in the Vista Registry through the following steps:
1. Click on Start Orb
2. Type Regedit.exe on the search box
3. Go to the path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
4. Create a […]
Microsoft is being sued to a pushed class suit action on their Vista Capable Machine slogan which got so many consumers disappointed and mad about their new purchase which could only run the most basic version of Windows Vista.
Below are emails from top executives of Microsoft which were read in a federal court in Seattle […]
Microsoft has released one of the biggest update to Windows Vista in the past year with 11 security updates that patch 17 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Internet Information Server (IIS) and other components and technologies.
This is definitely a large update release from Microsoft and it seems they are very busy to tackle these […]
E-mails: Microsoft execs raised ‘Vista Capable’ concerns (Seattle PI)
Fans protest Microsoft’s plan to dump XP (SFGate)
Microsoft responds to Save XP petition (IT World)
Microsoft Partners Screaming - “We Want Windows Vista SP1 Now” (DABCC)
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NEC has come up with “NEC Software Tool” which downgrades Vista PCs To Windows XP. In an excerpt:
In the latest sign that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Windows Vista operating system has failed to catch on with businesses, Japanese computer maker NEC has released a software tool that helps IT managers downgrade Vista-based PCs to the older […]
This is a video of Windows Vista Aero vs Linux Ubuntu.
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TheVistaForums has released a cool Windows Vista Gadget which lists the latest 15 posts from the site.
Below is an image of the Gadget.
The announced is found here.
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One of the better security features I like about Windows Vista is being able to limit user access to my computer and files. I have been sloppy securing my files before during my Windows XP days which proved unpleasant when someone quickly used my computer at home.
The things you should bear in mind when limiting […]
One of the Vista forums I frequent, TheVistaForums, has announced they have installed a new component which allow users to create their own blog and post entries. They allow two options when you decide to create a blog and they are:
Hosted blog: This is a blog hosted on the site itself. You can post entries […]
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