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Microsoft to broaden Vista SP2 testing
News Microsoft said on Tuesday it is ready for broader testing of Windows Vista Service Pack 2, the second collection of fixes for the latest version of the operating system. Nash said Vista SP2 is on track to arrive sometime before the end of June.
[December 3, 2008, 8:01]
Windows Vista SP2 beta due this week
News The next update to Windows Vista will enter beta testing this week, bringing with it support for Blu-ray drives, among other enhancements. In a blog posting on Friday, Microsoft confirmed that a beta version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2...
[October 27, 2008, 12:43]
Microsoft working on SP2 for Vista, Office 2007
News The Windows team, on the other hand, offered far less detail, only confirming that there will be a Service Pack 2 for Vista. Microsoft is working on a second service pack for Windows Vista… and Windows Server 2008," Microsoft said in a statement.
[October 23, 2008, 8:36]
Microsoft issues new RC of Vista SP2
Blog While the world and its dog eagerly awaits Windows 7, Microsoft still has another service pack for Vista waiting in the wings. We are excited to announce RC-Escrow build as the next milestone release of Windows Vista SP2 / Windows Server 2008, now...
[January 30, 2009, 11:52]
Second service packs released for Vista, Server 2008
News Microsoft has released the second service pack for its Windows Vista and Server 2008 operating systems. Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2, which pull together various updates to the operating systems that have already been rolled out by Microsoft in a...
[May 27, 2009, 12:50]
Stunning...
Talkback Now people won't have the chance to wait until Vista SP2 (or 3), they'll start waiting for Windows 7.2 or 3. Well, that's unless it's all a snow job and Windows 7 is actually Vista SP2 or 3.
[April 7, 2008, 14:41]
Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP
News Security company Kaspersky claims that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it.
[March 16, 2007, 15:09]
Microsoft's Dam Project Springs a Leak.
Blog Comment Second, I agree 100% with your comments about "spin", and I would add that there is also a "backspin" going on with Vista. It is almost impossible to get anyone at Microsoft to talk about Vista any more or even to mention the word.
[April 30, 2009, 7:45]
Apple QuickTime update includes nine patches
News This patch affects users of Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3. This patch affects users of Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3. This patch affects users of Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3. This patch affects users of Mac OS X v10.4.9-v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5...
[September 10, 2008, 15:51]
Google denies disassembling Vista code for Chrome
News The source code underlying Google's Chrome web browser suggests Google used a reverse-engineering technique called disassembly to figure out how to use a useful Windows Vista security feature, but the company has denied doing this.
[September 22, 2008, 8:36]
Inside Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2 beta 2 review
Reviews Unlike Vista's IE 7, you can't mouse over the open tabs to see previews of each page -- something that Firefox and Opera currently allow you to do. Hoping to stop the increasing tide of disgruntled surfers switching to Mozilla Firefox and Opera 8...
[February 1, 2006, 9:55]
Struggling With the Vistaster Disaster
Blog Comment If it's a raw on the hardware install, I would recommend the k-lite codec pack so that everything works through Windows Media Player including .mov files and DVD playback, which is sadly not an out of the box expierience on XP and Vista.
[July 30, 2009, 10:23]
Using Windows Is Like...
Blog Comment Regarding upgrading Vista->Vista SP2, your description sound pretty much about right (from my experience and if you add-in the HP updates too - a good bit longer), and thats why in previous posts, I called it the holy grail of Vista, if you...
[November 9, 2009, 10:15]
Tube staff get huge discount on Office 2007
News One of the London Underground's maintenance companies is offering its employees £17 copies of Microsoft Office 2007 for personal use at home, in preparation for its migration to Windows Vista. Tube Lines, a private company that has the maintenance...
[November 28, 2007, 16:43]
Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2 Beta 2 review
Reviews However, borrowing from what we've seen inside the Windows Vista prereleases, Microsoft has added the ability to visually display all open tabs. Hoping to stop the increasing tide of disgruntled surfers switching to Mozilla Firefox and Opera 8...
[February 1, 2006, 7:05]
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 On the Block
Blog Since Windows Vista is released in the market for home and business world, Windows Vista was not able to capture the market due to some of the some of the disadvantages/ Drawbacks associated with this.
[May 22, 2009, 15:02]
Microsoft tells businesses: It's time for Vista
News Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper targeted at the many businesses that have chosen to stick with Windows XP instead of moving to Vista. It argues that Vista is more secure, reliable, and can save companies money when it comes to...
[June 5, 2008, 13:04]
Windows Vista SP1 review
Reviews Before installing SP1, all users running Windows Vista RTM (that is, if you bought your computer with Vista preinstalled) will need to install three updates from Microsoft. Windows Vista SP1 will arrive one of three ways.
[February 12, 2008, 7:45]
Windows 7 (E) - don't pre-order at these prices.
Talkback Feel sorry for the Vista customers that supported MS at launch - they really have had a raw deal. Having bought Vista Ultimate, then asked to pay £200 within 2 years to get a respray (per machine! And actually if your running Vista Ultimate SP2 I'd...
[July 30, 2009, 15:53]
Outward bound with Vista's new firewall review
Reviews With Vista, Microsoft says it's finally including 'bidirectional filtering as well as integrating IPSec protocols'. Microsoft also assures me that in Windows Vista all inbound connections will be blocked by default, whereas all outbound connections...
[June 6, 2006, 14:40]
