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Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News A Microsoft manager has said one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy users" in order to put pressure on third-party software makers to make their applications more secure. [14 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight
News To compound Windows' problems, it has outgrown the hardware it requires and customers are considering skipping Vista and waiting for Microsoft's next-generation Windows 7, the analyst firm has said, adding that, if Windows is going to remain... [11 Apr 2008]
Microsoft fixes SP1 'repeating reboot' bug
News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. Both updates will install in the proper order... [08 Apr 2008]
Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just 6.3 per cent 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... [02 Apr 2008]
Vista SP1 problems? Relax, Microsoft will offer some help
News Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Microsoft blogger Brandon Le Blanc said: "We are offering free-of-charge support to anyone who is having issues installing Windows Vista SP1. [25 Mar 2008]
Windows Vista SP1 finally a go
News The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista According to web retailer Amazon, boxed copies of Windows Vista with SP1 will be available today in the US, and Amazon UK has the updated... [19 Mar 2008]
Microsoft strikes back at open source critics
News Microsoft said, however, its new interoperability principles operate across its high-volume products: Windows Vista (including the .Net Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint... [18 Mar 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News The NCC suggests Microsoft is likely to be one of the big winners as companies look to refresh their desktop infrastructure, replacing Windows XP with Windows Vista. XP currently dominates the server marketplace with 71 per cent of the businesses... [10 Mar 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista Microsoft cited a study by the UK's PC Pro Labs, which found that for a company with 200 PCs, running Windows Vista on the machines produced 45 tons fewer of carbon per year than running XP. [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft COO dismisses SP1 concerns
News Microsoft's chief operating officer has dismissed concerns an update to its flagship Windows Vista operating system is incompatible with a number of applications. Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista [05 Mar 2008]
Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag
News In what may be an unprecedented decision, Microsoft has said it plans to lower the retail prices for several versions of Windows Vista. Microsoft finalised Windows Vista in late 2006 but held back its retail launch of the product until January 2007. [29 Feb 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista Some to get Vista SP1 this week Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture Do US businesses want Vista at last? Vista: all the coverage. One year on: XP still outshining Vista [26 Feb 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News Microsoft said the pledge will ultimately extend to Windows Vista, the .NET Framework, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. As a first step, Microsoft will publish protocols for... [22 Feb 2008]
Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…'
News Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista The company said: "Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains many security, reliability and feature updates for Windows Vista. A program may experience a loss of functionality after you install Windows... [21 Feb 2008]
Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update
News Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista Servicing stack update KB937287, released last week, contained updates to Windows Vista installation software, and was billed as being "necessary to successfully install and to remove Windows Vista SP1 on... [21 Feb 2008]
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