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Vista security under scrutiny, again

News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft In an attempt to reinforce its claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000, PC Tools released statistics this week, collected over the six months since last November, from customers...

Tags: security, windows, vista

[21 May 2008]

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]

Microsoft - halted Vista, XP updates resumed

News The software maker said it is releasing XP Service Pack 3 for web downloads, and resuming automatic updates to Vista Service Pack 1, after developing a filter that will prevent machines running Dynamics RMS from getting either update.

Tags: windows, microsoft, xp, vista

[07 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08

Round-Up The way it works is thus: by taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, PC companies plan to offer machines loaded with XP beyond the cut off date.

Tags: iplayer, iphone, blackberry, vista

[02 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment I don't know why Microsoft don't do the blatantly obvious thing, allow downgrade rights on any Windows Vista to XP. Microsoft gets the Vista sales they want, Joe Public gets what they want with XP. Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this...

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release

News The glitch also exists between Microsoft Dynamics RMS and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, though that product has already been broadly released. Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates.

Tags: xp, sp3, windows, microsoft

[30 Apr 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]

Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive

News Taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, HP and Dell both plan to offer machines loaded with XP well beyond June. Technically, the computers will be Vista Business or Vista Ultimate machines...

Tags: xp, vista, hp, dell

[28 Apr 2008]

Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer

News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Ballmer said most consumers are choosing to buy Vista, the current version of Windows.

Tags: vista, xp, windows, microsoft

[24 Apr 2008]

Managing Exchange Server 2007 Using a Windows XP Workstation

whitepaper At the moment, there is no support for installing Exchange Management Tools on Windows Vista. This paper shows how to install the Exchange Management Tools on a workstation running Windows XP 32bit. The paper shows how this is done in a Windows XP...

Tags: application servers

[23 Apr 2008]

Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'

News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture Vista: all the coverage. Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1...

Tags: ooxml, iso, microsoft, vista

[21 Apr 2008]

Windows XP SP3 a go this month?

News Windows XP has been around since 2001, and was replaced at the end of 2006 by Windows Vista. Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft However, Vista has been poorly received by many users, and numerous petitions are currently...

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp3

[16 Apr 2008]

Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'

News Security company Kaspersky has in the past severely criticised UAC, claiming in March last year that it would make Vista less secure than XP. A Microsoft manager has said one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy...

Tags: vista, uac, microsoft

[14 Apr 2008]

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: Making the Windows Firewall Work in an FDCC Environment

whitepaper This webcast cover the FDCC Windows Firewall settings for Windows XP and Vista and provide best practice recommendations on how customers can still perform key functions with the FDCC recommended settings in place.

Tags: firewalls, firewall, vista, windows vista

[14 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]

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) - Best Practices to Build an FDCC Standard Image

whitepaper It covers how to use MDT to build a Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 image, best practices for installing applications, and techniques that can be used to install updates and apply FDCC settings to an image.

Tags: infrastructure management

[14 Apr 2008]

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