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Windows Vista Can Help Societe Des Alcools Du Quebec Reduce PC Total Cost Of Ownership By 7 Percent Per Year
White Papers A business value study that included an analysis of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) showed that upgrading the PCs at the Societe des Alcools du Quebec (SAQ) from Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 to Windows Vista should improve management and...
[January 5, 2007, 0:00]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 4 Of 7): Security Features In Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast discusses many of the innovative design philosophies and development strategies involved in making Windows Vista the most secure Windows operating system to date. Windows Vista introduces several user-level security features within the...
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 3 Of 7): Network Diagnostics In Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast examines two new network diagnostics technologies that are built into the Windows Vista operating system: the Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI), and the Network Diagnostics Framework (NDF).
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 6 Of 7): Group Policy In Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast examines Group Policy functionality improvements that have been made in the Windows Vista operating system. The number of Group Policy settings has increased from approximately 1,700 in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to...
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 5 Of 7): Deploying IPSec With Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers The presenter of this webcast looks at the new network stack in the Windows Vista operating system, and talks about how innovations in the stack can help secure the network by enabling new features to filter network traffic and prevent unwanted...
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 7 Of 7): Backup And Restore In Windows Vista (Level 300)
White Papers This webcast look at how the Windows Vista operating system has been enhanced to help easily save or recover data to prevent accidental loss. Windows Vista includes a new backup and restore interfaced called the Backup and Restore Center.
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 2 Of 7): Overview Of Networking In Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast look at the new TCP/IP stack in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This webcast discusses how to manage network connections in Windows Vista, including wireless connections. On a security front, Windows Vista provides extra layers...
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security And Deployment (Part 1 Of 7): Everything You Need To Know About Windows Vista Deployment In 90 Minutes (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast shows how Windows Vista uses new imaging technologies and tools that can help engineer and customize operating system images, which can help make deployment easier. Deploying a new client operating system could be extremely complex and...
[January 15, 2008, 0:01]
Windows 7: Microsoft's Information Blackout
News Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major release of Windows. ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley and Ed Bott about the roadmap for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines, partners...
[May 27, 2008, 17:13]
Windows Vista Beta 1: Screenshot Gallery
Talkback Same old same old :-( Looks like Windows XP with some of the features of KDE, Gnome and Mac OS X thrown in on top. IE7 - well as IE 7 doesn't support the open standards and is very insecure, it is restricted to only accessing the Windows and Office...
[August 22, 2005, 7:19]
Windows Vista's New Security Features
Talkback Response to reader comments: My wife agrees with Jon. She would rather run 3 different spyware/malware programs every morning before starting to work on the system than use a standard user account instead of an administrator level acct.
[October 5, 2005, 20:57]
Windows 7? No Arm In It
Blog Comment After Vista, people are fed up of the chasm between the Microsoft spin machine and what they find on their desktops. The size of the problem is nicely illustrated by headlines like Microsoft Windows 7?
[May 29, 2008, 11:51]
Black Hat To Dissect Windows Vista
News At the 2006 event this week, however, an entire track will be devoted to the security - rather than the insecurity - of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. It has talked up Vista as its most secure operating system ever, and has said that...
[August 1, 2006, 16:20]
Windows 7 To Include Multitouch Interface
News A demo of the multitouch technology is available on Microsoft's Windows Vista blog. Microsoft plans to add multitouch interface to Windows 7, top executives announced on Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference in...
[May 28, 2008, 8:17]
Internet Explorer 7 Protected Mode
White Papers Internet Explorer 7 Protected Mode is one of several new features available in Windows Vista to help keep users safe. Available only to users running Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista Enterprise, Protected Mode provides new levels of security...
[November 22, 2006, 0:00]
Vista 'really Good, Really' Says MS. 'Like We Care?' Says World
Blog But eighteen months after Vista appeared - and eighteen months before Windows 7 - Vista has bought a metaphoric red sports car and a new pair of tight jeans, and is getting ready to go on the pull. It doesn't actually matter now whether everything...
[July 9, 2008, 8:46]
Are Things That Bad?
Talkback “Microsoft absolutely recommends customers deploy Windows Vista today” Ya, you made a whole lot more desirable by announcing that its successor is only a year away! The goal with Windows 7 is that it will run on the same hardware as Windows Vista...
[May 31, 2008, 11:33]
Vista Tipped To Appear In December '06
News The official release date has already been decided for Windows Vista, according to rumours which say you can expect it to be ready in time to make an appearance late next year. According to a report by Windows IT Pro, the official date for a full...
[September 1, 2005, 9:50]
Vista Struggles To Attract Enterprise Users
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just 6.3 percent of enterprise users on the OS by the end of 2007. And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows 2000 — which...
[April 3, 2008, 8:23]
Microsoft: Windows 7 Development On Track
News We are committed and looking good, relative to our commitment — [shipping Windows 7] three years from general availability of Windows Vista. Veghte also discussed Windows Vista. Veghte showcased the 'Mojave' marketing project, in which Vista...
[July 25, 2008, 8:36]
