Dennis O’Reilly asks you to check your Windows Vista update history as an important patch by Microsoft needs to be applied on your machine. In an excerpt:
Microsoft usually releases patches for Windows on the second Tuesday of the month. But last Thursday, the company sent out an update that was too important to […]
Microsoft was straight to the point during the presentation of Windows 7 at PDC; mostly to the delight of the audience.
Ray Ozzie noted that Windows 7 is going to increase the value of consumers’ investments through the combination of PC, Web and mobile devices. — “If you take one thing away from what you see […]
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie finally announced during WinHEC PDC 2008 their Windows Cloud operating system named Windows Azure.
I have previously written about Windows Cloud and was excited how it would synch up with Windows Vista. The announcement focused on the architecture of Windows Azure which was being built for open development. In the […]
Dell is releasing the most expensive netbook to date with their 12 inch Inspiron Mini 12 which is pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Basic. The starting price for the minimum features of this netbook is already 600 USD and the price could reach almost a thousand dollars.
According to Dell, the mini 12 is ideal for […]
Microsoft is placing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 into Beta Testing starting Next week. Based on the results of the testing, they would announce the date for the public release of Windows Vista Service Pack 2.
The second service pack for their latest operating system would include all fixes found in the first service pack together […]
Help file: Vista — Is 64-bits the best bet? (Wenatchee World Online)
Microsoft’s Online Unit Shows Encouraging Signs of Growth (CNN)
Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers (NYTimes)
C2C Buy one Take One on SharePoint Archiving (Techticles)
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ZDNet has posted an impressive whitepaper on the ROI of Windows Vista early adopters which ranges between 81% - 104% for midsize organizations.
In their description:
Depending upon the deployment method chosen, Windows Vista ROI can be very strong–ranging from 81% to 104% for midsize organizations.
With widespread application availability, the release of Service Pack […]
The Vista Battery Saver Utility in another application you can use to save your Windows Vista battery power. The 30 percent battery savings published for this application is in reality less than 10 percent. But that doesn’t matter, right? We have all been there, just wishing to have another minute or two to get the […]
If you have enabled User Access Control (UAC) an authentication confirmation pops-up whenever a program is launched. You can however, prevent it from asking a confirmation by creating a task scheduler that runs the program at startup.
Below are the steps:
1. Click on the Start menu
2. Type “Task Scheduler”. The image below appears:
3. Run “Task Scheduler” […]
I have previously written — (
Steve Ballmer himself Confirms that Windows 7 is still Vista in its Core) that the release of Windows 7 should have enterprises think about skipping Windows Vista. In an excerpt:
With this strategy, I think enterprises who have not yet moved into Vista may finally decide to wait for Windows 7 […]
Microsoft is releasing their October patch with a Maximum Security Rating of Critical. The impact of vulnerability is “Remote Code Execution”. As described in the Microsoft site:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: October 22, 2008
Microsoft Security Bulletin to be issued: October 23, 2008
This is an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is […]
Apple came back with their own version of the MAC and PC ads as a response to the millions of dollars Microsoft started spending for the image recovery of Windows Vista.
In the ads, it says that the money spent on advertisements for Windows Vista should instead be used to fix Windows Vista. What? Apple, the […]
I found this image via Flickr, a bookshelf full of Windows Vista sidebar gadget books. It’s in Spanish. It’s been a while since I saw a shelf of books in Vista as most of my readings are in electronic format.
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Microsoft to Deliver Vista SP2 Before Windows 7 (Toms Hardware)
Make Vista Great, Part 4: Solve Ultimate Edition Envy (PCMag)
Windows 7: How you can get it now (TopNews)
Sharp Analysis of Windows 7 as the Final Name for Windows Vista Successor (Techticles)
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I made a Sharp Analysis of the Windows 7 name and in an excerpt:
Windows Vista was hyped to uncontrollable proportions by Microsoft (WOW Factor) and when it came out blazing, the heat quickly went ice cold. This only tells me that Microsoft isn’t done with Windows Vista and most probably a lot of the features […]
There were so many theories on why Microsoft has chosen the number 7 in the next Windows Vista. Mike Nash quickly posted his explanation — Why 7? In an excerpt of his post:
Anyway, the numbering we used is quite simple. The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, […]
Last week I asked readers here in Windows Vista Weblog what name they want for the next version of Windows — What Name do You want for Windows 7?
Mike Nash posted the news over at Windows Vista Blog that Microsoft has finally decided that the official name of the next version of Windows is “Windows […]
Right after the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft was quiet about Windows SP1 and industry news were speculating that Microsoft did not want to release a service pack because it would mean that the operating system is not as stable and ready as what was campaigned by Microsoft. Windows Vista finally gave in and Service […]
The Windows Vista menu is configured to display after 400 milliseconds, while it isn’t slow, some people prefer to remove this to improve faster loading times.
Following are the steps to remove the delay and make menus load faster:
1. Click on Start Menu
2. Type “regedit” on the Vista search box
3. Run the registry with administrator rights
4. […]
The image above is a green leafy Windows Vista wallpaper . Found here.
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