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IE7 For Windows Vista: A First Look review
Reviews Called Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista, it differs significantly from Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Beta, which is currently available to the public. This version of Internet Explorer 7 will ship only with Windows Vista; it will not be...
[October 31, 2005, 10:10]
Businesses Focus On Windows 7, XP Over Vista
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor. More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft...
[October 2, 2008, 7:37]
Microsoft Struggles To Push Out IE7
News Many organisations are using IE7 as part of their plans to get ready for Windows Vista. Everyone who uses an English language version of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Automatic Updates enabled should receive a notice to upgrade to IE7 by the...
[November 14, 2006, 16:36]
Gartner: Ignore Vista Until 2008
News Also on the security issue, the Windows Vista personal firewall is better than the one included in XP Service Pack 2, Gartner acknowledged, and will, crucially, improve security on inbound and outbound traffic — a particular issue with laptops.
[November 11, 2005, 12:05]
Microsoft Gets Ready For IE7 Release
News The final version of IE7 for Windows XP is due to be released in the fourth quarter, with the new browser also being built into Windows Vista, which is slated to be made broadly available in January. In part because of the security changes...
[August 25, 2006, 9:40]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog Vista has been slammed by business users and gamers alike for bringing their systems to their knees or at least noticeably reducing speed with some apps and games compared to XP. One thing you will notice is that it now says Windows Vista...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Windows XP Embedded Standard 2009 CTP#1 & CTP#2
Blog A dubious feature at least in our environment since our Windows based software applications won't run on Vista. them that Windows XP Embedded was finally going to get IE7 in component form, the MS marketing nimrods got into the mix and decided to...
[August 14, 2008, 1:58]
Ten Tweaks To Love (and Hate) In IE8
Articles This happened on both XP and Vista machines, and many others have told me that it happened to them, too. You can run it on XP and on both the 32- and 64-bit editions of Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008.
[September 26, 2008, 15:53]
Photos: Steve Jobs At Apple WWDC
News Jobs also showed off Safari 3.0, which runs on Windows XP and Windows Vista, as well as Mac OS X Tiger. Jobs joked about the various versions of Windows Vista, noting that Apple will ship a basic, ultimate, business and other versions for $129 (£65).
[June 12, 2007, 12:43]
IE7 Linked To Possible Phishing Scam
News IE7 on Windows Vista and Windows XP are affected, Raff wrote. Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cybercrooks launch phishing scams, the company said on Wednesday.
[March 15, 2007, 8:33]
Microsoft Reveals How To Avoid Forced IE7 Upgrade
News Users of Windows Vista are already tied to IE7, as it comes as a component of that operating system. The advice, available in greater detail on Microsoft's support site, only applies to those users who do not want to upgrade from IE6 to IE7, and...
[January 22, 2008, 13:23]
Users Warn Of Problems With IE8 Beta 2
News For example, Windows Vista users must be running SP1 before installing IE8 Beta 2. In a blog on Wednesday, Microsoft IE developers explain how IE8 users running Windows XP SP3 will not be able to downgrade back to IE7 without uninstalling the...
[August 29, 2008, 9:53]
IE7 Beta Goes Public
News Microsoft plans to release a final version of IE 7 later this year, around the time the company debuts the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows Vista. The latest version works only with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and includes many...
[February 1, 2006, 8:25]
Microsoft Readies Windows Embedded 'Quebec'
News Although Microsoft hasn't revealed much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, the company is already working on one. Unlike the 2009 release of Windows Embedded, the Quebec product will make...
[June 9, 2008, 9:16]
Vista Bug Report Probed
News The problem affects Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and Windows Server 2003, FrSIRT said. Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, the company said on Monday.
[February 27, 2007, 7:16]
Vista Struggles To Attract Enterprise Users
News And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows 2000 — which lost around six percent of users — rather than XP, which Vista is intended to replace. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a...
[April 3, 2008, 8:23]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Brings Six Critical Updates
News Affected versions of the web browser include Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for multiple iterations of Vista, XP and Server 2008; IE6 for versions of XP and Server 2003 and 2000; and IE5.01 for Server 2000.
[August 13, 2008, 12:31]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog IE7 has now been renamed Windows Internet Explorer 7 For Windows XP and Windows Internet Explorer 7 On Windows Vista. Meanwhile, Microsoft's efforts to become a player in the online services game stumble on, with a relaunch of MSN Spaces as Windows...
[August 7, 2006, 13:40]
Vista Clears Antitrust Hurdle
News The program serves as a single source for all the Registry settings needed for applications "to attain equal visibility on Windows XP and Vista systems", the technical committee said. Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows Vista operating system...
[November 22, 2006, 8:02]
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. The sorting of control panel items into groups, erm, doesn't XP do that? I know I can choose photo's as a background for XP (I don't...
[August 22, 2005, 7:19]
