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Microsoft's decision to have both Windows XP and Windows Vista available concomitantly on the market was a move that inherently backfired against the company. Comparisons involving the two Windows operating system versions favored Vista very little, being, quite to the contrary, beneficial for XP instead. Howeve... |
22 August 2008
09:39 GMT |
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According to Microsoft, both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1/RTM can run into very rare problems when it comes down to integration with hardware components connected via a PCI Express interface. The Redmond giant described an issue occurring only at restart in which cards failing to play nice... |
21 August 2008
06:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is indeed starting to deliver an increasing volume of details related to the upcoming Windows 7 client and Windows 7 Server releases, but the end of 2009/ the debut of 2010 is still not even on the horizon, and neither are the next iterations of the Windows platforms. And with Windows XP available only on u... |
19 August 2008
12:16 GMT |
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In certain scenarios select editions of Windows Vista RTM can lose the IP address received through a DHCP server, Microsoft informed. According to the Redmond company the gold version of its latest Windows client can revert back to an Automatic Private IP Addressing address instead of retaining the DHCP IP. Such prob... |
19 August 2008
06:54 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking new storage features for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. However, the Windows Feature Pack for Storage will not be limited to the Vista and XP clients, and will also be released for the Windows Server operating systems, namely Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 200... |
18 August 2008
12:56 GMT |
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Microsoft has released Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 to manufacturing in mid-July 2008, and the problems have already begun to emerge for the Windows media Center update. The Redmond company indicated that on machines with Windows Media Center TV Pack installed, following the finalization of the "Set up TV" proce... |
18 August 2008
06:03 GMT |
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Windows Vista, both the RTM and Service Pack 1 versions, can lose installed drivers in scenarios in which the computer is started via the Last Known Good Configuration feature. According to Microsoft not only Vista RTM/SP1 is affected, but also Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1. Machines booted with the Last Known Good Con... |
18 August 2008
05:35 GMT |
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A free solution accelerator available for download straight from Microsoft is capable of sniffing out the security holes on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and RTM computers in an IT infrastructure. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 was released at the end of June 2008, and is the evolution of the Window... |
15 August 2008
07:25 GMT |
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With the release of the gold version of Service Pack 1, but also with the maturing of the software and hardware environment orbiting around the Windows client, Windows Vista's compatibility level has continually increased. Still, Microsoft is very much hammering away at the operating system with its evangelism w... |
14 August 2008
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The RTM and Service Pack 1 versions of the latest Windows client can fail to play nice with restarting multicore-processor computers, according to Microsoft. The Redmond giant indicated that both the 32-bit and 64-bit variants of Vista RTM and Vista SP1 could be impacted by the issue. However, it appears that the pro... |
14 August 2008
08:46 GMT |
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The System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista was initially made available in mid-April 2008, following the release of Service Pack 1. Earlier this week, the Redmond giant delivered an update version of the tool, focused only on the 32-bit editions of the latest Windows client. Also up for grabs, the System Upda... |
14 August 2008
07:16 GMT |
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Some of the sins of the RTM version of Windows Vista have not been exorcised with the advent of Service Pack 1. The gold Build of Vista was plagued from the get go with hardware incompatibility problems, mainly due to the lack of compatible drivers. However, while incompatible drivers can be blamed on hardware develo... |
12 August 2008
11:39 GMT |
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Developers leveraging Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 are in for a treat in terms of the tools available for building what Microsoft referred to as client, web and data-driven applications. This because the Redmond giant just released to the Microsoft Download Center the Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework 3.... |
11 August 2008
13:00 GMT |
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Microsoft has made Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2008 available for download. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now live on the Microsoft Download Center. Weighing in at 2.8 MB, the... |
11 August 2008
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Microsoft has warned end users that performing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades from copies of XP SP2 and Vista RTM, respectively, that have Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed will cause the operating systems to display a black screen following reboot. According to the Redmond company, t... |
8 August 2008
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At the start of July, Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer, revealed that the Redmond company considers Windows Vista an apex of security, and in this sense, superior to Mac OS X, Linux, the whole of open source and even Windows XP. Yet this perspective is not sufficient to take either Vista or XP out of t... |
8 August 2008
09:58 GMT |
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Windows Codename Fiji is the prime example of Microsoft sticking to an absurd policy when it comes down to communicating details about its products to the general public. Even at just one month from the release of Windows Fiji, the Redmond company is keeping a tight lid on all details much to the frustration of Windo... |
8 August 2008
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Windows Vista has embarked on a new course from Windows Codename 'Perception' to the final product labeled 'Reality.' In the past, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer dismissed claims that the latest Windows client failed as a product. And commercially, Vista has fared rather well, sel... |
2 August 2008
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Microsoft is mid-way on the road from Windows Vista to Windows 7, the next iteration of its Windows client, planned for availability no later than the end of January 2010. And following the release of Windows Vista Service pack 1, Microsoft is finding fertile soil to unveil Windows Codename Mojave - or the Mojave Exp... |
29 July 2008
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Microsoft is usually mute when it comes down to critics related to its product and traditionally quiet when it comes to reports thrashing Windows Vista. However, there are exceptions to this rule, and with the Redmond giant gearing up for a massive pro-Vista campaign, Christopher Flores, Director Windows Communicatio... |
28 July 2008
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Microsoft claims that it has seen what the company referred to as very good results in fighting Windows piracy with Windows Vista, although it has failed to elaborate on the subject. At the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2008, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President, Online Services & Windows Business Group, indicate... |
28 July 2008
07:28 GMT |
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Service Pack 1 was designed from the get go to tackle the big Windows Vista RTM performance issues, revealed Brad Marrs, senior program manager Windows client performance team (video here via Edge). In this regard, SP1 was not built as a global evolution of the latest Windows client in terms of performance, but was s... |
28 July 2008
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Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing. The Redmond giant sent Windows Fiji RTM emails to the select pool of customers who helped nudge the product forward through development milestones. Fiji has been from the get go to the finish line a product developed under wraps at M... |
18 July 2008
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Windows Vista might not be the top seller that Microsoft had forecast before the operating system hit the shelves at the end of January 2007, but the latest Windows client is by no means a failure. Quite the opposite, in fact; according to the Redmond giant, Vista has sold over 180 million licenses in its first year ... |
18 July 2008
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The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is designed to help customers get the most out of their Windows Vista clients, according to Microsoft's official description of the solution. Delivering a comprehensive package of technologies from virtualization to asset inventory service, but also including an advanced g... |
16 July 2008
09:40 GMT |
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1, a USB optical disc drive and the process of resuming a computer from standby are the perfect recipe for a Stop error message, according to Microsoft. Essentially, a computer running Vista SP1, or even the plain vanilla version of the operating system that is resuming from Standby while c... |
16 July 2008
08:57 GMT |
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Volume Licensing is just one of the modalities to acquire Microsoft software, but perhaps, as customers are concerned, it is also the most appealing because of the cost savings it implies. In contrast to the retail copies of Windows Vista, the main benefit of the Volume Licenses is that it takes the cost of the packa... |
15 July 2008
09:43 GMT |
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The joint releases of Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System in November 2006 and January 2007, designed to be a repeat of Windows 95 and Office 95, have had an inherent result on consumer perception. The simultaneous release of the latest versions of Microsoft's flagship products indicated that the Redmond co... |
14 July 2008
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Looking for software and hardware products fully compatible with Microsoft's latest Windows operating system? Well, look no more, as the Redmond company has unveiled the ultimate resource designed to parade the software and the hardware solutions tailored to Windows Vista, now with Service Pack 1. Set up to offe... |
14 July 2008
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Can users handle the truth about Windows Vista? Now with Service Pack 1 in its arsenal, Microsoft is ready to prove that they can. Or, at least, its own version of the Vista SP1 truth. Microsoft is on a mission. A mission to salvage what little is left of the latest Windows client, although admission of such a scenar... |
12 July 2008
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Without a doubt, Windows Vista, even after Service Pack 1, is at the center of a consistent volume of "Pass" decisions, especially in the corporate environment. Judging by the slow pace of the operating system, which barely crawled over 160 million sold licenses worldwide at the end of June 2008, customers are not ex... |
9 July 2008
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Through the release of Service Pack 1, Microsoft has now added what it referred to as seamless Voice over Internet Protocol integration to its Response Point solution. Starting with the first quarter of 2008, the Redmond giant offered repeated indications of plans to position SP1 as a major feature update to Microsof... |
9 July 2008
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With Service Pack 1, Microsoft provided fixes for the vast majority of the issues that have now became associated by default with Windows Vista RTM. But softening the rough edges of Vista is not enough, as there are scenarios in which the problems reported by end users cannot be blamed specifically on the latest Wind... |
3 July 2008
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With Windows XP but four days away from the June 30 end-of-sales date, various scenarios are depicting the operating system as already dead. But XP is far from being expired, and this is why Microsoft has not been shy about talking about the future of Windows Vista's successor, as irreverent as this might seem. ... |
26 June 2008
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Processor maker Intel is saying pass to Windows Vista, SP1 or no SP1, delivering a heavy blow to Microsoft. Service Pack 1 is a traditional milestone which catalyzes a boost in the adoption rate for Windows operating systems. And as far as Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is concerned, Microsoft is giving out all the rig... |
26 June 2008
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A reliability and performance update is available for download for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This specific release targets all Windows Vista editions, provided that they have the first service pack integrated. The update comes with the promise of improving the performance and reliability of the gold version of Vi... |
25 June 2008
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Windows Vista is by no means a failure, nor is it a lost battle, as Microsoft is fighting the Service Pack 1 crusade opening new fronts against both itself and rival companies. Having RTM'd Vista SP1 on February 4, 2008, and then released it to the general public in March and April, the Redmond company has essen... |
23 June 2008
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Following the advent of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft geared up to dispel the negative aura which was orbiting around the RTM version of the operating system. As soon as the latest Windows client hit the shelves back in January 30, 2007, negative feedback started flowing, focused on hardware and software co... |
23 June 2008
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Free, pre-activated copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2 are available for download straight from Microsoft. The free variants of XP SP2 have been made available together with a version of Windows Vista RTM, also up for grabs at no charge. The Redmond company is simply marking a new chapter of what has become a tradit... |
20 June 2008
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New Windows Vista wallpapers are available for download from Microsoft. The fresh Vistas are not a repeat of the excellent collection that shipped included by default in the RTM version of the latest Windows client, nor are they additional Extras for the Windows Vista Ultimate SKU. The images have been delivered via ... |
19 June 2008
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Although Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing just four months ago, at the start of February, becoming available for download on March 18, 2008, Microsoft is already giving a sneak peek at what the next service pack will feature. In this regard, hotfixes are always items integrated into the service packs f... |
17 June 2008
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The Release Candidate versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have only two more weeks to live. Microsoft warned users still running development milestones of the first service pack for Windows Vista that the testing releases would expire at the end of the month. June 30, 2008 is the last day in the life of Vista SP... |
16 June 2008
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One of the aspects that Service Pack 1 changes for Windows Vista is the way that the operating system reports the amount of installed system memory. The way that Vista SP1 now deals with the physical RAM impacts both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the platform and end users could experience an increase of the memo... |
13 June 2008
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Microsoft has started pressing the acceleration pedal of the marketing of Windows Vista, now complete with Service Pack 1. At the debut of June, Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management, revealed that Vista SP1 was ready for wide business adoption, and the software giant even launched a Vista e... |
11 June 2008
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Windows Vista Experience... Safe, easier, reliable and versatile. Microsoft is welcoming users to the Windows Vista experience, a website focused on Service Pack 1 for the latest version of the Windows client. Designed to share "real stories and real successes" with Vista at the core, the website features full case s... |
11 June 2008
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Just in case you have failed to tune in after Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1 to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and to the general public on March 18, the latest Windows client is now ready for adoption. Yes, indeed it took the Redmond company approximately a year and a half after the release of Vista RTM to... |
9 June 2008
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Four months since Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing, the driver incompatibility issues affecting the implementation of the service pack are still unresolved. Vista SP1 RTM'd on February 4, 2008 along with Windows Server 2008. At that time, Microsoft informed that it was postponing the general avail... |
6 June 2008
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Ever had the feeling that Microsoft is scrambling to salvage what little it still can out of Windows Vista? While continuously claiming that its latest Windows client is not a failure, and pointing to the 140 million licenses sold as of March 2008, the Redmond company seems keen on demonstrating that it can pull the ... |
5 June 2008
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Microsoft released Windows Vista to corporate customers in November 2006 and to the general public in January 2007. But it wasn't until 2008 that Windows Vista was actually ready for businesses. It took Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management, over a year and a half to acknowledge that th... |
5 June 2008
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Computers running open source Linux operating systems have problems connecting to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 machines when cryptographic security services are involved. Essentially, the problem affects all distributions of Linux and both Vista RTM and SP1 and is related to failures to establish IPsec connections be... |
4 June 2008
12:38 GMT |
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