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Microsoft Windows Vista Migration: Addressing The Issues Of Operating System Upgrades And Migration
White Papers Windows Vista (originally codenamed Longhorn) has been one of the greatest software challenges in history and has resulted in a completely re-written operating environment that has over 50 million lines of code.
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Symantec Spots Potential Instability In Vista
News Some of Microsoft's efforts to make Windows Vista its most stable and secure operating system ever could cause instability and new security flaws, according to a Symantec report. Given that Windows Vista is still in the beta stage of the...
[July 18, 2006, 17:25]
Microsoft: More Security Challenges Lie Ahead
News Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007, promoted as the most secure versions of the operating system and productivity products yet. In Vista, Microsoft introduced Windows CardSpace for consumers to use instead of passwords.
[February 7, 2007, 15:21]
The Hard Lessons Of Vista
News The latest delay for Windows Vista highlights a mounting challenge for Microsoft — finding a way to update its most important product on any kind of reasonable schedule. With Vista, Microsoft originally hoped to make major changes to the underlying...
[March 23, 2006, 13:10]
Thoosje Vista Sidebar
Downloads Our Vista sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, Sticky's, calculators, google search, yahoo search, and lots of more search engines. The sidebar uses 50% less RAM and is faster than the original Microsoft...
[August 19, 2008, 21:16]
Vista's Six Versions Finalised
News Although it is still working to finish the code for Windows Vista, Microsoft has reached a decision on which versions of the operating system to offer. Because of the European Union mandate, Microsoft will also offer two flavors of Vista that have...
[February 27, 2006, 10:30]
Vista Sales Gaining Momentum
News The software maker has also kicked off an online marketing campaign touting the benefits of combining Windows Vista with Microsoft's Windows Live services, the most significant melding of the operating system and online businesses to date.
[October 29, 2007, 14:59]
Security Providers Need More Time For Vista
News Microsoft has promoted Vista as the most secure version of Windows yet, but has also emphasised that users will still need to run security software to protect their PCs. Microsoft released Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, but most security...
[December 1, 2006, 9:13]
Microsoft Strips Email, Photo Apps From Windows 7
News Microsoft has decided Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for email, photo editing and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista. The software maker included Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail and Windows Movie Maker as part of Vista, but...
[September 23, 2008, 9:09]
Microsoft Rebrands Anti-spyware Tool
News In October, Microsoft said that the tool would undergo significant changes before Windows Vista ships. The updated application will be part of Vista, the successor to Windows XP that is expected to launch by the end of next year.
[November 8, 2005, 8:25]
Will Your PC Keep Pace With Vista?
News Microsoft is readying a second tool, currently called the Windows Upgrade Advisor, that will take a look at a PC and make recommendations on how its performance can be enhanced to run Vista better. The idea behind the Windows Performance Rating is...
[March 16, 2006, 11:00]
Vista's Journey Isn't Over Yet
News Microsoft has wrapped up development on Windows Vista, but there's still a lot of work to do before new PCs start shipping with the operating system in January. At Microsoft, the Windows team is taking Friday to celebrate the completion of Vista...
[November 13, 2006, 8:36]
Evidence Mounts For Premium Vista
News With Windows Vista, Microsoft is considering a product line-up that would include several new high-end editions of the operating system. In a statement, a Microsoft representative said the company plans "to share more about the Windows Vista...
[September 14, 2005, 9:05]
Gates Announces 40 Million Vista Sales
News Microsoft has sold nearly 40 million copies of Windows Vista so far, Bill Gates told a crowd of hardware developers on Tuesday. Microsoft also announced the results of a study it commissioned IDC to do that found, for every dollar Microsoft makes...
[May 16, 2007, 10:31]
Vista Could Create 50,000 EU Jobs
News The studies have appeared as Microsoft has faced antitrust actions in the US, the EU and elsewhere, with regulator attention most recently beginning to focus on Windows Vista ahead of its scheduled January launch.
[September 14, 2006, 15:00]
Symantec Launches Security As A Service
News Symantec plans to introduce a security product later this year that will take on Microsoft's forthcoming Windows OneCare and Vista security technology. Genesis will run on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista.
[February 2, 2006, 8:15]
Mystery Surrounds Microsoft's Virtualisation U-turn
News For months, the industry has been calling on Microsoft to ease restrictions forcing customers to use only the priciest versions of Windows Vista for desktop virtualisation. Microsoft has already made one change to the Vista licensing terms in...
[June 21, 2007, 9:45]
Microsoft Updates Vista Business Beta
News Microsoft has provided some of its current business testers of Windows Vista with a slightly updated beta version. With Vista, Microsoft has been offering outsiders far more access to updates. This is the second time that Microsoft has offered a...
[April 26, 2006, 11:50]
Microsoft Releases Vista SP1
News Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim that it would be made available by mid March. According to Microsoft, the service pack will be pushed out via automatic updates to all...
[March 18, 2008, 16:15]
Microsoft Goes On Green Vista Offensive
News Microsoft has commissioned a report which claims the new power-management features in Vista can help companies "massively" reduce carbon emissions resulting from the use of desktop PCs. Asked why Microsoft has not compared a desktop running Vista...
[March 22, 2007, 13:17]
