Category Archives: Windows Vista

Brief Description These step-by-step guides provide instructions for deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides also describe how to configure security, monitor performance, and manage printers.   Quick Details Version: 1.0 Date Published: 1/3/2006 Language: English Download Size: 146 … Continue reading →

Tell us what you think about this pre-release version of Microsoft Windows We welcome your thoughts, suggestions, ideas or other comments on this pre-release version of Windows. Please tell us what you think. Please do not provide any information which … Continue reading →

Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman demonstrated for the first time to consumers the new Windows Vista interface during Gates’ CES keynote. While much of the information was previously outlined during September’s Professional Developers Conference, Woodman focused on three areas where Vista excels: … Continue reading →

Microsoft Corp. last month moved a step closer to releasing the first fully featured build of Windows Vista, the next version of its operating system due for final release late this year. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., in July made the … Continue reading →

Windows Vista will not have support for really old DVD drives. (The information below was kindly provided to me by the optical storage driver team.) When PC DVD drives first came out in 1998, the drives themselves did not have support … Continue reading →

Windows Vista will improve search functionality on a PC by letting users tag files with metadata, but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure, Gartner analysts have warned. Search and organization capabilities are among the primary features of … Continue reading →

Microsoft has released more information about Windows Vista with the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP). The December CTP, known as build 5270, will reach about 500,000 people various avenues including the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet. Security, performance and … Continue reading →

Latest version includes anti-spyware utility, disk encryption technology, and user interface improvements Microsoft today released a third preview version of Windows Vista, and plans another test version of its next-generation operating system in February. About 500,000 software developers and IT … Continue reading →

Brief Description These step-by-step guides provide instructions for deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides also describe how to configure security, monitor performance, and manage printers. Quick Details Version: 1.0 Date Published: 12/20/2005 Language: English Download Size: 146 KB … Continue reading →

Testers and developers looking forward to playing with Vista’s most prominent new feature over the holidays will have to wait a bit longer. Microsoft officials confirmed to BetaNews late Monday that the Windows Sidebar won’t be delivered in a public … Continue reading →