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Firefox 3 RC1 unleashed for feedback

News Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) features tweaks to the user interface across all operating systems - Windows Vista and XP, Mac OS X and Linux - as well as "fixes and improvements to platform features, to improve security, web compatibility and...

Tags: windows, beta, firefox

[20 May 2008]

Developers snub Vista for XP

News A survey has found an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. John Andrews, CEO of Evans Data, said in a statement: "The new...

Tags: vista, xp, windows

[19 May 2008]

Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics

News However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight-year-old Windows 2000 operating system, and only 37...

Tags: xp, windows, vista

[16 May 2008]

Gov't department readies for Vista rollout

News The Vista upgrade is part of a regular technical refresh of Defra systems and was chosen over XP to avoid another near term upgrade, saving time and resources. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will start to roll out...

Tags: upgrade, encryption, carbon, defra

[15 May 2008]

Training Center Performs Skills Assessment, Saves Healthcare Provider U.S.$75,000

whitepaper In preparation for a large-scale desktop migration to the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system, a large healthcare provider wanted to ensure that its help-desk personnel had the knowledge necessary to resolve potential user questions...

Tags: career development, skills, healthcare, provider

[15 May 2008]

Windows XP SP3 users warned over IE downgrades

News Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.

Tags: sp3, xp, ie7, windows

[12 May 2008]

Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'

News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Many see it as a hindrance to performing everyday tasks, as it requests confirmation for many actions where no user confirmation was needed in Vista's predecessor, XP.

Tags: hack, uac, vista

[29 Apr 2008]

Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer

News The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand it stick around.

Tags: vista, xp, windows, microsoft

[24 Apr 2008]

How File Fragmentation Occurs on Windows XP / Windows Server 2003

whitepaper A while ago there was a little research project to find out exactly how fragmentation occurs on Windows XP. Well, it turns out that Windows XP/2003 fragments files whether or not all the free space is defragmented.

Tags: back-up, xp, files, windows xp

[24 Apr 2008]

Business Space Provider Tightens Security, Boosts Migration Efficiency

whitepaper As an enterprise customer and member of the Windows Vista Technology Assistance Program (TAP), Ascendas wanted to migrate from Windows XP to the latest operating system and boost the efficiency of deployment across regional offices.

Tags: security management

[14 Apr 2008]

Utility Company Speeds Desktop Deployment, Enhances Security With New Operating System

whitepaper At that time, the release of the Windows Vista operating system was imminent, which meant the utility had two options: upgrade to the reliability of Windows XP or wait another year for Windows Vista to be released.

Tags: security management

[14 Apr 2008]

Manufacturer Gains Time, Money, and Peace of Mind with Microsoft Server Solution

whitepaper Atom Jet worked with local partner CFive Ltd.to integrate a solution based on Microsoft Windows Server System and a workstation upgrade to the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system and Office XP Professional Edition.

Tags: upgrades and migration, xp, microsoft windows, productivity

[10 Apr 2008]

How to Configure Basic IPv6 Interoperability Between an Allied Telesyn AR450 Router and Microsoft Windows XP

whitepaper This paper is essentially a lab note, and assumes you have a basic knowledge of IPv6 implementation as well as knowledge of configuring the Windows XP operating system. This paper introduces basic IPv6 interoperability testing between an AR450...

Tags: ip technologies, xp, knowledge, windows xp

[10 Apr 2008]

Healthcare Provider Uses Windows XP Professional to Help Standardize and Secure the Desktop and Prepare for HIPAA

whitepaper Through a deployment of Microsoft Windows XP Professional on desktop and portable PCs at facilities throughout the state of Colorado, Centura Health is running both legacy and state-of-the-art clinical applications in a more stable, standardized...

Tags: windows xp, pcs, desktop, portable

[10 Apr 2008]

Dynamic Operating System Enables Firstsight to Work Remotely, Develop Website Services and Improve System Reliability

whitepaper The deployment of Microsoft Windows XP Professional has given Firstsight Vision greater flexibility and efficiency, along with the ability to make better use of resources and realize its vision for flexible working.

Tags: web servers, vision, reducing, realize

[10 Apr 2008]

Windows Vista: Is it secure enough for business?

whitepaper Five years after the release of Windows XP, Microsoft's primary stated goal with Windows Vista has been to reduce security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malware and other threats. This paper describes Windows Vista security...

Tags: anti-hacking, windows vista, vista, windows xp

[08 Apr 2008]

Bill Gates: Windows 7 coming 'in the next year or so'

News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expects the latest Windows operating system, code-named Windows 7, to be released "sometime in the next year or so".

Tags: microsoft, bill gates, windows, vista

[07 Apr 2008]

Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace

News And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows 2000 - which lost around six per cent of users - rather than XP, which Vista is intended to replace. Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft

Tags: microsoft, xp, firefox, ie7

[02 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded: Multilingual User Interface (MUI)

whitepaper The issues addressed in this paper are relevant to both Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded, since the embedded version of the Operating System (OS) is based on the same binaries as the desktop version.

Tags: interfaces - buses - i-os

[22 Mar 2008]

Windows Vista SP1 finally a go

News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft One year on: XP still outshining 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 operating...

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp1, operating system

[19 Mar 2008]

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