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Archive for May 2008

May 10th, 2008

Link Reads: 05.11.08

Windows Media Player Basics in Windows Vista (Informit)
Gates: Vista is doing just fine (News)
Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey (TheRegister)
Clamoring for Microsoft to keep XP alive (MarketWatch)
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May 10th, 2008

5000 Products Now Certified for Windows Vista

Microsoft has recently announced that there are over 5000 products that has the Microsoft Certified logo. In their statement:
As of April, we currently have over 5,000 products that are Certified for Windows Vista. Since last July, the amount of Certified for Windows Vista products has almost doubled! As you can see—we’ve seen quite a bit […]

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May 10th, 2008

How To Open a Vista Package

This YouTube Video shows how to open a Vista Package. I never had a chance to see what a Vista package looks like because my laptop came with an opened packaged and the one in the office are volume licenses.
Anyways, I find this cool!

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May 10th, 2008

Latest Gartner Stats Shows Microsoft Should Delay Windows 7

The latest Gartner statistic as published by Internet News are as follows:
On a global basis, projected use of Windows 2000 fell from 15 percent of the installed base in 2007 to eight percent in 2008, and Gartner predicts it will fall to only four percent in 2009, according to summary data from the report.
At […]

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May 10th, 2008

Windows Server 2003 is the Most Secure OS

ThreatFire has done a study on Microsoft operating systems namely: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista. The number of threats allowed per a thousand computers are as follows:
Windows 2000: 586
Windows Server 2003: 478
Windows XP: 1,021
Windows Vista: 639
Clearly, Windows Server 2003 is the most secure and Windows Vista is 37% less vulnerable […]

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May 10th, 2008

Waiting to Install Windows Vista Service Packs

Do you need to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 right away? We have all been waiting for its release and now that its available should we install the pack immediately? Honestly, I haven’t done it myself yet because I don’t have immediate concerns that needs to be solved.
My only Vista pains are the […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Link Reads: 05.03.08

Windows XP SP3: The Perfect Reason to Avoid Upgrading to Windows Vista (CIO)
Microsoft struggles with Vista’s perceptions (News)
Week in review: On Microsoft’s mind (News)
18 things Vista & XP need to beat Linux & Mac OS X (PC Advisor)
PC biggies ‘snub’ Vista (IndianTimes)
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May 3rd, 2008

Finally Someone Wants to Give Vista a Chance

The web is littered with Microsoft haters and everyday you would come across a negative articles about Windows Vista.
Seldom do I read about someone writing about giving Windows Vista a Chance which is what Greg Shields actually wrote last 30 Apr.
In an excerpt:
These two facets, along with the substantive addition of […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Vista Power on Fujitsu P8010

Ultraportable computers like the Asus EEe PC is a big hit to a lot of people who only wants a convenient way of doing presentations, creating documents and surfing the net. If you are looking for power and a Vista Business edition laptop, Fujitsu P8010 is what you are looking for. It is a bit […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Windows Vista SigmaTel Audio Problem

If you are running Windows Vista SP1 and are using a SigmaTel sound card, you should not install a recent IDT update named “IDT High Def Codec” from Windows Update as you are bound to lose your audio as reported by users here.
The users who have reported this are using Dell computers and […]

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May 3rd, 2008

A Story of the Vista Early Adopter

ACstaff as he described himself is an early adopter who tries and employ technologies as soon as they become available which includes Windows Vista. He says that the goal of every MAC elitist is to trash everything that comes out of Microsoft. He goes on to tell about the things he liked about Vista […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Yahoo Instant Messenger for Vista

Download has posted the latest installation screenshots for the Yahoo Instant Messenger for Vista Beta version.

In an excerpt from download:
From the moment of its inception, Yahoo Messenger for Vista, now in beta, has been a visual story. The darker, glassy look of Windows Vista, with its emphasis on translucence and layering, plays host […]

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