Windows Vista was introduced at a time when Windows XP is a monolithic presence on the operating system market. Accounting for over 85% of the market, Windows XP has a momentum that will carry on for the years to come. Windows Vista will not dislocate its predecessor from the dominant position over the market until 2...
Is Microsoft sabotaging its own products? No, this cannot be the case. Perhaps it is an accident, or a coincidence. But is Microsoft really highlighting links to websites that have references to cracks for Windows Vista? And you wonder why the piracy of Microsoft software is blooming. Now, truth be told, the actual m...
The Microsoft and Novell interoperability agreement announced in November 2006 has evolved to the point where the two companies have presented the first installment of a joint product-map. The Microsoft and Novell collaboration focuses on four areas of development: "virtualization, Web services for managing physical ...
The history of Windows Vista activation cracks has taken a new turn. Hackers have now made available an automatic KMS activation workaround for Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise editions. The KMS Vista activation crack is a completely automated method of illegally circumventing the activation mechan...
Windows Vista is just another operating system. Nothing more nothing less. Symantec has moved to put to rest customers that confuse the security level of Windows Vista with an actual security solution. Through the voice of Vince Hwang, Sr. Security Response Researcher, Symantec aims to no less than to clarify the sem...
The true question here is related to the extent of Windows Vista's impenetrability. The fact of the matter is that Vista is by no means bulletproof. But Symantec decided to play along with the much touted security features of the operating system and assume that Vista was perfect. "For the sake of argument, let&...
Windows Vista crack methods now have a new twist. In their "ingenuity" - the inverted commas are there to underline irony - hackers have mashed up together two workarounds for activating the operating system. The result is a combination of a KMS spoofed server and the Frankenbuild crack. And the fact of the matter is...
Windows Vista is still fresh on the shelves and Microsoft has patched the operating system with the February 2007 Security Bulletins release. However, there is an issue of nuance here. And it depends on your perspective. The affected Windows Vista component is Windows Defender. The operating system has managed to mak...
DreamScene is one of the much applauded Microsoft Extras designed specifically for users of Windows Vista Ultimate edition. And although DreamScene cannot be accessed through the Extras website for Windows Vista Ultimate, it is available via WU. DreamScene is designed to bring the Vista desktop to life, by enabling t...
Did you know that you don't have to scrap your old operating system just because you are doing a clean install of Windows Vista? Well, now you know. Let's just presume that you are attached to the old copy of Windows, and while you bought Windows Vista and are dying to perform a clean install you are also l...
Integrating a computer running Windows Vista into your existing network may cause an array of problems. Windows Vista can manage to act as the perfect break, slowing down network connections and Internet connection speeds. But additionally, users will experience gradual loss of network performance, which means that t...
Through the Windows Vista vs. Windows XP feature comparison, I will present to you a selection of key features available in Microsoft's latest operating system that you cannot access in XP. While I know that this is not an argument that will ensure you make the swap between XP and Vista, it is certainly a starti...
Windows XP outsold Windows Vista at retail outlets by approximately 60% in the first week of commercial availability. According to research firm NPD, boxed copies of Windows Vista haven't exactly been flying off the shelves and sales trailed at a distance in comparison to those of Windows XP. Microsoft has inves...
Windows Vista activation via a spoofed KMS server is already an established method of circumventing the protections of the operating system. The Windows Vista KMS activation workaround involves the use of a spoofed public KMS server, self-build KMS host or KMS local activation server VMware VM image and mini KMS virt...
System Restore is a Windows Vista feature that deals with issues generated by installing faulty software or drivers. Via this feature, users will be able to restore Windows Vista to a previous state. Returning the operating system to the state before you installed the driver or software that caused functionality issu...
Microsoft is delivering free copies of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 and the 2007 Office Professional Beta 2. The Redmond Company has announced the availability of the Windows Vista Demo[ADMAR=1] Readiness Toolkit free of charge containing both Vista RC1 and Office Professional Beta 2. "Do you have a product that...
Has Microsoft finally gained the upper hand over Google with the launch of Windows Vista? Is this the last we will see of Google search, as the Redmond Company's latest operating system will be increasingly adopted eroding the market supremacy of Windows XP? Will the Mountain View search giant be ostracized from...
Microsoft and Novell announced a Windows-Linux interoperability agreement back in November 2006. The two companies recently built upon the initial agreement by announcing a joint road-map. The first installment of the Microsoft-Novell product-map delivers a time table for the four areas of focus: virtualization, Web ...
Go beyond Vista? It's time to get a Mac? Well, Apple managed to take the anti-Windows marketing campaign one step further. In the aftermath of Windows Vista's commercial availability, Apple has gone beyond the "Get a Mac" video commercials and even beyond the claims that Vista is ripping-off Mac OS X. Apple...
The Windows Vista Express Upgrade program is anything but express. In order to support PC sales throughout the holiday season of the commercial availability of the operating system, Microsoft introduced in collaboration with the original product manufacturers the Express Upgrade to Windows Vista. The initiative is de...
The final version of Virtual PC 2007 is now available for download. In this regard, Virtual PC 2007 is another product that Microsoft has added to the support list for Windows Vista, approximately three weeks after the operating system has hit the shelves. Virtual PC 2007 supports Windows Vista as both the host and t...
The new crack has been designed to circumvent the Windows Vista activation process for OEM versions of the operating systems by patching the motherboard BIOS. Microsoft has implemented the OEM Activation for Windows Vista software protection technology (an enhanced form of System-Locked Preinstallation) in order to s...
In a recent interview I did with Microsoft, I jumped at the chance of getting an official comment on Windows XP security in the context of Windows Vista. As Microsoft was getting ready to make Windows Vista available to the general public, the company also announced a life extension for Windows XP. Two versions of t...
Applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" or the "Works with Windows Vista" logos have been centralized by Microsoft on a common list made available to the public as of today, February 22, 2007. All the applications in Microsoft's list have been tested for full compatibility with Windows Vi...
Windows Vista is an operating system that is far from being shy at hugging system recourses. And while in this aspect it falls in line with previous releases from Microsoft, the hardware upgrade that Windows Vista involves covers processor, video card and RAM. Beating the old drum of the hardware upgrades correlated ...
Windows Vista marked the first time when Microsoft has addressed virtualization technology in the operating system's End User License Agreement (EULA). And with the license, Microsoft also introduced limitations to the use of Windows Vista in concert with emulated technologies. For Windows Vista Home Basic and H...
Users have not yet seen the end of their Windows Vista Express Upgrades. In fact, they are still far from witnessing the beginning. Because Microsoft has redefined the meaning of "express." Under the slogan "the best for today and tomorrow," Microsoft has backed the Windows Vista Express upgrade during the holidays e...
Is Windows Vista's market share threatened by Mac OS X Leopard? Not even by a long shot. Let me explain. Currently, Apple has scheduled the release of Mac OS X Leopard sometime in March, with an actual date yet undefined. And there is a tendency to compare the world's most advanced and still advancing opera...
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