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Comment Does anyone have Vista on 'mission critical systems'? Vista freshens up Microsoft refreshes Vista SP1 Vista in schools? Don't put Vista in schools, says education agency Greedy or justified? Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
[17 Jan 2008]
News Microsoft has released a beta version of the first service pack of Windows Vista to about 12,000 testers. The update is largely a collection of bug fixes and performance and compatibility improvements but includes some minor new features such as...
[25 Sep 2007]
News The second beta of Windows Vista will not come until next year, Microsoft said on Tuesday. Microsoft did say it still plans to release the final version of Vista in the second half of next year. Microsoft also said it will end the monthly schedule...
[30 Nov 2005]
News Relations between Microsoft and the large security vendors deteriorated late last week, when the software giant accused McAfee of making misleading claims over its Vista operating system. Fathi was responding to comments made by Christopher Thomas...
[23 Oct 2006]
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]
News Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down 59.7 per cent compared with...
[12 Sep 2007]
News Microsoft got input from the US National Security Agency (NSA) for a document with tips on how to use the Windows Vista operating system in larger organisations. The NSA Information Assurance Directorate reviewed the Windows Vista Security Guide...
[10 Jan 2007]
News UK schools may be able to install Microsoft's upcoming Vista operating system early next year, following a review by the government. Becta, the government's advisor on IT in schools, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday it had commissioned a review of...
[30 Nov 2006]
Comment I will try Vista again when SP2 comes out in a couple of years. Vista - businesses not convinced Oh dear Vista… One year on: XP still outshining Vista Just because Microsoft says that Vista purchases are increasing, companies like ourselves with...
[29 Nov 2007]
News Despite doubts about how quickly consumers and businesses are taking up the latest Windows OS, Microsoft remains upbeat about Vista adoption. Some of that increase comes from a crackdown on piracy and because more people are opting for premium...
[30 Oct 2007]
whitepaper Cakewalk, a leader in music creation software for Windows, saw opportunities from supporting new features in Windows Vista. By supporting WaveRT drivers, Cakewalk was able to provide much lower audio latencies when running processor intensive...
[17 Jan 2008]
News The first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption. Also, the company urged businesses not to wait for a service pack to...
[04 Sep 2007]
Comment If Microsoft stick to their position of Vista or nothing then, as availability of XP dries up, all they will do is proliferate unlicenced copies of XP. Having used Vista Ultimate for two months now, I am planning my XP reinstall.
[27 Sep 2007]
News Windows Vista beta testers have stumbled upon a networking feature in the operating system that could pose a security risk to them - but they say they're not worried. After investigating the traffic for SANS, Bakos found the culprit: a peer-to-peer...
[19 Aug 2005]
News After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details about its plans for the first update to Windows Vista, saying the service pack will arrive in the first quarter of next year. In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start private testing...
[30 Aug 2007]
News Microsoft plans to meet with security companies to discuss part of the changes it has promised to make to Windows Vista in response to competitive concerns. The meeting is to discuss how third-party protective software can interact with the innards...
[19 Oct 2006]
News More consumers will be buying Windows Vista next year than businesses, analyst IDC predicts. During 2007, only 35 per cent of all new Windows operating systems deployed in companies will be Vista, while 90 per cent of home users will opt for Vista...
[29 Nov 2006]
News Windows Vista is being designed to shut the door on the scourge of spyware once and for all - but could therefore pose a threat to the anti-spyware industry. Unlike XP, Vista will run by default with fewer user privileges.
[20 Mar 2006]
News Windows Vista may have new features for mobile computers but the operating system itself is becoming considerably less portable. Under changes to Microsoft's licensing terms, buyers of retail copies of Vista will only be able to transfer their...
[17 Oct 2006]
News A raft of security features in Microsoft Vista will help many consumers become 'secure enough' but for businesses they aren't going to be the improvements which drive sales - and nor do they deserve to be, according to some experts.
[20 Nov 2006]
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