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Microsoft: 'Windows 7 XP Mode code is ready to go'
News Microsoft hopes XP Mode will combat any compatibility problems users have when upgrading to the latest version of the operating system - one of the major gripes users had with Microsoft Vista. Microsoft announced... [02 Oct 2009]
Spanish Building Society Reduces Energy Consumption on Desktops by 80 Per Cent With Dell
White Paper Through Dell services, La Caja trialled Windows Vista and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 successfully on Dell Optiplex desktops featuring Intel vPro technology and Intel Core 2 Duo... [02 Oct 2009]
Building Careers With Better IT
White Paper The school migrated to Microsoft Windows Vista on Dell Latitude laptops and Dell OptiPlex desktops and portable computers with Intel vPro technology to help students become more productive and IT more... [02 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 Deployment Considerations
White Paper This release promises to be more features rich, visually appealing and more efficient on the same hardware than its predecessor Windows Vista. Knowing what options are available on how to plan for,... [02 Oct 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News In many cases they can actually be of no demonstrable benefit and a real source of pain, for example Vista. I don't view 'operating systems' as the enablers of business now that they perhaps once were with say... [21 Sep 2009]
The Business Value of Windows Vista: Five Reasons to Deploy Now
White Paper This white paper presents strategic IT decision-makers with business case for deployment of Windows Vista based upon research and analysis of current IT trends and challenges. The findings from this... [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... [16 Sep 2009]
Installing Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 on UEFI Systems
White Paper Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 support Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) on Intel Itanium-based and x64-based platforms. This paper provides guidelines for system... [16 Sep 2009]
On/Off Transition Performance Analysis of Windows Vista
White Paper This information applies to the Windows Vista operating system. This paper accompanies the Windows 2008 Software Development Kit release of the xperf tools. This paper discusses the... [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... [16 Sep 2009]
Advances in Memory Management for Windows
White Paper This paper provides information about enhancements in memory management for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has implemented major enhancements in memory management for... [16 Sep 2009]
Virtual Address Space Usage in Windows Game Development
White Paper Windows Vista significantly improved the way in which the operating system handles the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). The Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM)... [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... [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... [16 Sep 2009]
UEFI and Windows
White Paper This information applies for the operating systems like Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. This paper briefly describes support for the Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI) in... [16 Sep 2009]
