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RSS Microsoft VistaOn/Off Transition Performance Analysis of Windows Vista
White Paper This information applies to the Windows Vista operating system. This paper discusses the importance of on/off transition performance, methodologies for measuring this performance, and how to analyze the results. [16 Sep 2009]
BCDEdit Reference
White Paper The Boot Configuration Data store (BCD) contains boot configuration parameters and controls how the operating system is booted for Windows Vista and later versions. BCD abstracts the underlying firmware and provides a... [16 Sep 2009]
Mobile Battery Life Solutions for Windows 7: A Guide for Portable Platform Professionals
White Paper This paper is an updated version of the Mobile Battery Life Solutions Guide for Windows Vista. Many of the recommendations are the same for designing both Windows Vista and Windows 7 platforms for... [16 Sep 2009]
Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows
White Paper Windows Vista and later versions of Windows feature a redesigned power policy store that enables third-party extensibility and configuration by using Windows Group Policy. This paper describes the Windows power policy... [16 Sep 2009]
Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
White Paper Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include updated support for ACPI Processor Power Management (PPM) features, including support for processor performance states and processor idle sleep states on multiprocessor systems. [16 Sep 2009]
Five critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News Meanwhile, Microsoft said on Tuesday it is investigating another zero-day issue, this one a reported flaw in Windows Vista. McAfee Avert Labs director Dave Marcus said two of the flaws, in particular,... [09 Sep 2009]
Windows 7: Unaffected by latest zero-day flaw
News Microsoft issued a formal security advisory late on Tuesday on a reported zero-day flaw in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a... [09 Sep 2009]
Microsoft IIS flaw being exploited in attacks
News Customers should be aware that the Download Center has FTP 7.5 available for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. A vulnerability in Microsoft's software for housing websites is now being used for... [07 Sep 2009]
Battery life: Windows 7 leaves Vista for dust
News At a demo on Tuesday, Microsoft showed two identical laptops playing the same DVD, with the Windows 7-equipped laptop getting 20 per cent better battery life than one running Windows Vista.... [02 Sep 2009]
IT Provider Boosts User Productivity, Saves Money With Improved Operating System
White Paper The firm deployed the Windows Vista operating system to 2,000 of its 3,600 client computers and was eager to build on that foundation to achieve even greater user productivity and IT efficiencies. ErgoGroup is a leading... [01 Sep 2009]
Lower Your TCO With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
White Paper When the high licensing fees of Windows desktops are accompanied by additional costs - including Software Assurance for maintenance, licenses for office productivity tools and new hardware to run the memory- and processor-hungry Windows... [30 Aug 2009]
Windows 7: When will businesses really be ready to make the move?
News In many ways, he considers Windows 7 to be the "R2" release of Vista, borrowing the nomenclature Microsoft uses to describe updates to its server products. I'm not sure that isn't going to be the... [28 Aug 2009]
National Aquarium Baltimore Doubles User Productivity by Migrating to Microsoft Windows Vista on Dell Desktops and Laptops
White Paper Migrate to Microsoft Windows Vista operating system on Dell desktops and laptops through participation in Microsoft Technical Adoption Program (TAP) to take advantage of Fast User... [28 Aug 2009]
Odebrecht Oil and Gas Makes Its Mobile Staff More Productive With Dell Latitude Laptops
White Paper The Dell E-Family machines run the Microsoft Windows Vista Business operating system and include enhanced security and productivity tools and prompt support service. Odebrecht Oil and Gas needed a... [28 Aug 2009]
'Ditch Windows, free software is the answer'
News With Windows 7 getting fairly positive reviews, Brown said he knows it could be tougher to garner public support than was the case with the often-criticised Vista. There's kind of this attitude of 'Well, it's better than... [26 Aug 2009]
