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Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog First, installing the Vista updates which were released while I was running XP; then a couple of driver updates. So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Learning How To Interface With Vista
News I'm very.For more, click here.familiar with the list commands that appear on these context menus in Windows XP and had a major UI Shock the first time that I accessed the context menu on the Windows Vista desktop.
[January 16, 2006, 14:40]
Vista Vs Ubuntu: This Time, It's Virtual
Blog Of course, I can't just put a Windows OS on my Ubuntu machinery - don't have an unused Genuine Windows Advantage XP or Vista, and to reuse anything would be against the licence. I've been meaning to try VirtualBox, the free x86 virtualisation...
[October 23, 2007, 14:20]
The Windows Vista Timeline
News As I began planning this edition of the Windows Vista Report, I began to look back at how long we've been anticipating Windows XP's successor and came to the conclusion that it goes all the way back to 2001.
[May 19, 2006, 13:20]
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. Having used Vista since release day and using this particular laptop...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business" which states that the owner has...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Vista Upgrades: A Case Of Technology Hobbled By Business Models?
Blog Comment Quote: "You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista by purchasing and installing an upgrade copy of Windows Vista .
[February 8, 2007, 11:17]
Vista, Like In Out In Left Field.
Talkback Its Vista or Xp or nothing. Microsoft doesn't really care whether they sell XP at Vista prices or Vista at Vista prices. What most managers don't understand though is that Vista is enough different from XP and certainly Win2K that using a desktop...
[November 22, 2007, 8:14]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog That's one of the reasons that Windows has been such fertile ground for malware, of course, and one of the things that Vista intends to fix. No, the real stinker is Vista, a recent beta of which has made its way into my life.
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
Windows Driver Updates
Blog Because of my recent adventures with Windows Vista on my Lifebook, I've had to learn about and deal with the differences between Vista and XP in third-party device driver distribution and updates. I have seen a number of them included in the...
[May 13, 2008, 12:49]
Gates Reassures Businesses
News And so what we've been able to do in Vista is take the search enhanced file system and get a lot out of that. Although Microsoft announced last week that Vista and Office 2007 would not land on new PCs in time for Christmas the company on Sunday...
[March 29, 2006, 14:55]
A Tale Of Two Vista Systems
Blog I've upgraded two systems to Windows Vista over the past few months, with vastly different results. Then I bunged Vista Business on it, instantly rendering it unusably slow (don't try Vista with less than 1GB of RAM, it's not worth it), and running...
[August 22, 2007, 10:10]
2008-01-06 Vista Is A Downgrade.
Talkback Don't *need* another newer version of Windows, such as Vista. But with Vista? The title bar of every window now looks 1.5 times the height that it was under XP and I can't change it. Selecting files is like swimming in transparent gel, moving and...
[January 7, 2008, 8:22]
Vistification - A Temporary Drive To Linux?
Blog Vista is gratuitously different from Windows XP. She's moving from Windows 98, so we thought she might as well go straight to Vista. Vista's awkwardness is going to drive people to Linux. to get a user started on Vista, as it would to get them...
[October 24, 2007, 12:07]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog I had several thoughts that I imagined might be interesting to share: about how, despite all the advances that have generated all the product upgrades from the 'Wintel' duopoly, I have this week discovered that an eight-year old Toshiba laptop...
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback New Intel Apple macs (iBook, Powerbooks, iMacs, Mac minis etc.need* to support dual boot to Windows XP/Vista. Yeah, that would explain why Windows Vista Beta 1 picked up my Soundblaster 16 on the ISA slot (I have a ISA bridge because it's a new...
[November 11, 2005, 16:36]
2008-01-06. Vista Is A Downgrade. Part 4.
Talkback There's one good thing with Vista though: When I installed my VPN for work I used something akin to a Wizzard that was able to connect me almost immediatly and effortlessly whereas in XP I had to go into advanced settings of the TCP/IP entry of...
[January 6, 2008, 23:57]
Windows Chief Fields Readers' Questions
News Interestingly, even though XP will be five years old by the time Vista ships (currently scheduled for the end of this year) the questions posted by many readers indicated that they need to be convinced that Vista will be a necessary upgrade.
[January 30, 2006, 9:35]
Do We Need A Campaign To Save XP?
Blog Moving people on, is obviously in Microsoft's interest, as more new PCs, mean more profits (though we've seen elsewhere that in many circumstances, the familiar and trusted XP commands a higher price than most versions of Vista).
[January 15, 2008, 11:51]
2008-01-06 Vista Is An Upgrade - Part 2
Talkback There is a whopping load of programs I used to run on a regular basis under XP that no longer work on Vista. Vista does NOT improve on XP ! Also, everytime I end up in a folder Vista displays a bunch of Columns that I DON'T NEED!
[January 6, 2008, 23:50]
