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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There has been a lot of talk lately surrounding the limitation Microsoft has introduced for Windows Vista virtualization. An Associated Press article has connected the dots between Mac users, virtualization technology, security issues and Windows Vista. The problems with Windows Vista virtualization have emerged afte...
Windows Vista Ultimate is not the only version of Vista that Microsoft is going to kill early. According to the Lifecycle information for Windows client products, Microsoft will cut support for Windows Vista Ultimate in just five years. The Redmond Company has informed that Mainstream Support for Windows Vista Ultima...
Windows Vista has grown from 0.18% to almost 1% of the operating system market in the first month of commercial availability. In doing so, Vista has already surpassed Linux, and is breathing down MacIntel's neck. According to data released by Market Share by Net Applications Windows Vista accounts at the beginni...
Want to know exactly what will Windows Vista bring extra to your desktop compared to Windows XP? How about if we narrow it down? Let's just compare Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Business editions. The images included at the bottom deliver a visual representation of the differences between XP Processi...
In its first month of commercial availability, Windows Vista only managed to outperform Linux and grow its share on the operating system market to 0.93%. However, Windows 98 and 2000, not to talk about Windows XP, are still in front of Windows Vista with shares of 1.5% and 4.75%. One of the reasons for which this has...
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