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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 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft Has A Second Shot At Vista SP1
News Microsoft said on Thursday that it has released another updated test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Earlier this month, Microsoft released the first refresh to the release candidate of Vista SP1 to about 15,000 testers and later to the...
[January 28, 2008, 12:54]
Security Providers Need More Time For Vista
News Microsoft released Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, but most security companies look like they need more time to deliver tools to protect the new operating system. Microsoft has promoted Vista as the most secure version of Windows yet, but...
[December 1, 2006, 9:13]
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]
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]
Microsoft Fires Up The Vista Marketing Machine
News Aiming to recreate the excitement that accompanied the launch of Windows 95, Microsoft is gearing up for a massive campaign to launch Windows Vista. On the PC side, Microsoft will also be pitching computer makers to qualify machines not just for a...
[March 8, 2006, 9:25]
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 Sidebar...
[September 16, 2007, 17:01]
Vista Beta Drains Laptop Batteries
News The Windows Vista Aero theme and components which implement it can use more resources than previous versions of the operating system," Microsoft product manager Mike Burk said in a statement. Microsoft executives also said they hope to get better...
[June 2, 2006, 12:25]
Changes To User Security In Vista
News As the long-awaited release of Windows Vista approaches, it's a good idea to get acquainted with some of the security enhancements we can expect in Microsoft's latest operating system. With Vista, Microsoft has made some interesting changes to user...
[October 10, 2006, 16:50]
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. Microsoft did not disclose pricing for Vista, although Goffe said Vista Business will be priced...
[February 27, 2006, 10:30]
The MS-CHAP Version 1 Authentication Protocol Has Been Deprecated In Windows Vista
White Papers The MicroSoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 1 (MS-CHAP v1) has been deprecated in Windows Vista. In Windows Vista, Microsoft has removed MS-CHAP v1 from the list of authentication protocols for dial-up connections, for...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft Updates Vista Business Beta
News Microsoft has provided some of its current business testers of Windows Vista with a slightly updated beta version. Until last month's delay, Microsoft had been planning to have Vista on new PCs in time for this year's holiday buying season.
[April 26, 2006, 11:50]
Photos: Behind The Scenes For Vista
News Microsoft has now announced that Windows Vista is ready to ship. Microsoft's marketing blitz will soon shift outside Redmond, with the company expected to spend millions of dollars to make Vista's launch the biggest thing since Windows 95.
[November 9, 2006, 10:49]
Microsoft Keeps Quiet On Vista Figures
News Microsoft has declined to confirm statistics from its chief operating officer on the number of copies of Windows Vista it has sold, throwing into confusion how successful the operating system has been.
[July 30, 2007, 16:38]
Microsoft To Meet Security Companies Over Vista Row
News Microsoft plans to meet with security companies to discuss part of the changes it has promised to make to Windows Vista in response to competitive concerns. In response to antitrust concerns from the European Commission, Microsoft last week said...
[October 19, 2006, 8:55]
Microsoft Coughs Up Vista APIs
News Microsoft has released a first draft of programming interfaces meant to help security firms create products that work with kernel protection features in Windows Vista. The new application programming interfaces, or APIs, will let software makers...
[December 21, 2006, 8:05]
Vista Backlash Begins
News With the launch on Tuesday in the UK of the consumer version of Microsoft Windows Vista, some critics have delivered an early backlash against the operating system. We believe the focus that Microsoft has placed on Vista Security — from core OS...
[January 31, 2007, 9:35]
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]
Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update
News Microsoft has stopped automatically distributing a prerequisite piece of software for Vista Service Pack 1, following customer complaints that it had caused system problems. Vista SP1 is already available to subscribers to the Microsoft Developer...
[February 20, 2008, 15:24]
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]
