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- The brutal truth - but not, I think, about Vista.
- A lawsuit alleging that workers are being forced to contribute unpaid over time because their PCs record start times only after long boot periods has that laugh until you cry feel to it because it's more revealing about the organization than about Vista. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd had Vista concerns
- HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP's call centers were "being overrun" by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- How Apple gained the upper hand on Microsoft
- I've just been working my way through hundreds of emails released as part of the Vista Capable lawsuit and there's one phrase that keep coming across that might explain why Apple got the upper hand on Microsoft with Vista. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Experience, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Holding VistA's age against it
- In computing it is common to disparage old code. Old code runs on old machines. Old code is obsolete. Old code must be replaced. This common canard is being pushed by hospital IT vendors in order to dismiss, destroy, and replace the VA's VistA system. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Code, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Take back control of Vista's default programs and the Open With list
- Ever had one application establish itself as the default for a certain file type against your wishes? In Microsoft Windows Vista, with some specialized knowledge and some tweaking, you can regain control over your default applications, especially when it comes to the Open With menu. In this edition of the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2008-11-19
- The day Microsoft killed the "Vista" name - January 31, 2006
- Tech pundits the world over have their own ideas as to why Windows Vista got such a bad reputation. My personal belief is that the public's impression of Vista was tarnished by the experiences of early adopters, and many early adopters were burned by Microsoft's decision to lower the requirements...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, WDDM
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)
- Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 for the first time at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles three weeks ago. Since returning from PDC, I've been installing and using Windows 7 on a variety of hardware platforms eight distinct desktop and portable systems so far. My immediate goal...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott, Network, Change, Backup, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?
- As the e-mail trail in the "Vista-capable" class-action suit continues to unfold, I can't help but wonder whether Microsoft will apply some of the lessons it hopefully learned about working with OEMs to Windows 7 -- especially in the netbook space. The original suit, filed in March...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Passcode, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Increase Vista performance by trimming startup programs
- If you're currently running Microsoft Windows Vista on a system with only 1GB of RAM you know that the system can, at times, be frustratingly slow -- especially when you are running extremely memory intensive applications. You can bump up Vista performance by trimming back startup programs that may not...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Startup Program, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2008-11-12
- How do I... Configure OpenDNS in Windows Vista?
- DNS entries are often the primary suspect on a slow network connection. From routers to individual machines, DNS entries are typically received via DHCP and, if you're mobile with your laptop, you never know if the DNS entries you will receive will be working, sort-of-working, or not working. To avoid...
- Tags: DNS Entry, DNS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Jack Wallen, Domain Names, Networking, Internet
- Download resources 2008-11-11
- Windows 7 to arrive by 2009 holiday season
- Windows 7 to arrive by 2009 holiday seasonRe: Windows 7 to arrive by 2009 holiday seasonAnd I was planning to install Vista around 1Q 2009. Might wait it out instead!RE: Windows 7 to arrive by 2009 holiday seasonLet's see Vista was in 2006 after scraping Longhorn and WinFS. It's nice...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- The new rules for calculating Windows ship dates
- The new rules for calculating Windows ship datesoctoberthis is when i think windows 7 will come out. i dont think that releasing it in july is a good idea because that will not give then enough beta testing if they release it december 2008, they will be rushing it. ...
- Tags: Operating systems, october, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgetsMy gadgetsI agree with you Ed. The included gadgets are boring, and I think there is a lot of potential for the sidebar. Unfortunately, that potential isn't close to being met.I use the Weather Underground weather gadget, the MultiMeter CPU gadget, a wireless Network meter from...
- Tags: RSS, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn't help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems. Over time, though, I've become a Sidebar convert. I haven't encountered a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Gadget, Sidebar, ShareMaster Gadget, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Microsoft to discourage hybrid graphics systems for Windows 7
- Microsoft to discourage hybrid graphics systems for Windows 7Why should we use hybrid graphics?IMO the graphic card manufactures should do something like what the CPUs manufactures do, dynamic adjustment. When in a lower power battery setting the GPU could adjust to a lower clock speed and or voltage, etc.That is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hybrid Graphics, graphics, GPU, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics system, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- In-depth look at Windows 7
- In-depth look at Windows 7How much ?That will be the question with W7, especially for home users. If M$ think that they can stiff me for 4 x licences (4 PCs at home) then they need to go away and have a serious rethink on pricing. Say $129 for...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentals
- WinHEC: Microsoft shows off Windows 7 fundamentalsWhy the obsession over boot times?I shudder to think how many millions of dollars are being spent to shave seconds off something I do MAYBE once a month and I'm sure I'm not alone in my reboot frequency. Microsoft made the default power button...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, applet, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7 fundamental, Microsoft Windows Vista, WinHEC, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn't
- Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn'tVista apathyI reckon that people are so p****ed off with computing because of the hold of a certain monopoly delivering absolutely nothing of value for so long that it will take a couple of years before SaaS...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Vista Bar (exe)
- Vista Bar is comprehensive scalable toolbar, able to implement Vista style functions for older versions of Windows. Google, Yahoo, Alexa, Ebay and others. In addition, it supports large number of unique features: over 30 search and metasearch engines, search Term Highlighting, page Zoom In/Out feature, advanced navigation on eBay, MySpace...
- Tags: Toolbar, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Bar, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Software downloads 2008-11-05
- Windows 7: A better Vista?
- With its new operating system, Microsoft looks to address many of Vista's shortcomings while keeping things largely the same under the hood.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Articles 2008-11-05
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