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Fixing Windows Vista: Top troubleshooting tools

Tags: Performance, PC, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, Tool, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Microsoft Windows

Windows Vista SP1 Meeting Sour Reception In Places

Stony Stevenson writes "A day after it was released for public download, Windows Vista SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems. 'I downloaded it via Windows Update, and got a bluescreen on the third part of the update,' wrote 'Iggy33' in a comment posted Wednesday on Microsoft's Vista team blog. Iggy33 was just one of dozens of posters complaining about Vista Service Pack 1's effect on their PCs. Other troubles reported by Vista SP1 users ranged from a simple inability to download the software from Microsoft's Windows Update site to sudden spikes in memory usage. To top it all off, the service pack will not install on computers that use peripheral device drivers that Microsoft has deemed incompatible.

Windows Search 4 - test it now

Categories: Vista, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Windows client, Windows server, Windows Live, Corporate strategy, Windows XP, Windows Home Server, Windows 7, Search

XP SP3 vs. Vista SP1

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Windows pricing: Insane

Tags: Product Activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Price, Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Robin Harris: Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Vista Fiasco, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Robin Harris

First my kid hates Linux, now I have to buy laptops with Vista

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software

Glitch Postpones Windows XP SP3 Availability

One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Consequently, Microsoft has postponed Web access to downloading Windows XP SP3. However, the company is still making Windows Vista SP1 available via Microsoft Download Center or Windows Update.

Glitch Postpones Windows XP SP3 Availability

One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Consequently, Microsoft has postponed Web access to downloading Windows XP SP3. However, the company is still making Windows Vista SP1 available via Microsoft Download Center or Windows Update.

NVIDIA Drivers Cause Nearly 30 Percent Of Vista Crashes?

Ars Technica reports that internal Microsoft emails indicate that issues with NVIDIA's graphics drivers were the biggest cause of crashes to Microsoft's Windows Vista OS in 2007. The internal emails, ordered to be revealed by a judge investigating the ongoing "Vista Capable" class action lawsuit, shows that issues with NVIDIA drivers caused 28.8 percent of Vista crashes. Microsoft's own drivers caused 17.9 percent of Vista crashes, followed by ATI drivers with 9.3 percent and Intel drivers with 8.8 percent of crashes. 18.5 percent of Vista crashes were causes by other issues and a whopping 17 percent of Vista crashes were caused by unknown issues.

Fixing Vista: Taming the UAC

Tags: Program, Account, Microsoft Windows Vista, OK, UAC, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Fixing Vista on a Sony Vaio

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Clean Install, Installation, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Machine, Recovery Partition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn)

Windows XP vs. Vista vs. Linux

Mike Ricciuti of CNET says Windows XP is "doomed" and that "most of us will likely be using Vista sometime in the near future" (see Microsoft: All roads lead to Vista). In contrast, Ina Fried of CNET writes that Windows XP may get another reprieve, the title referring to the fact that major computer manufacturers are slated to stop selling Windows XP in June. Who's right?

Windows 7 when? Vote!

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Rule, Tech Blogosphere, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Ed Bott:: With SP1, Microsoft to ditch the Vista 'kill switch'

Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Even with Vista SP1, Hackers Still Crack WGA

quote]The fact that Microsoft has relaxed its antipiracy mechanism built into Windows Vista concomitantly with the release of Service Pack 1 failed to stop hackers from providing a crack for the latest version of Windows Genuine Advantage Validation. Various reports point out that Genuine Advantage Validation and Notifications versions 1.7.69.1 (1.7.0069.1) and 1.7.69.2 released in March 2008, following the March 18 availability of Windows Vista SP1 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, have been cracked.

Windows 7 + Windows Live

Categories: Vista, Windows client, Windows Live, Office Live, Corporate strategy, Windows Mobile, Web 2.0, Search, MSN, Advertising, Office 14

NVIDIA's Drivers Caused 28.8% Of Vista Crashes In 2007

PaisteUser tips us to an Ars Technica report discussing how 28.8% of Vista's crashes over a period in 2007 were due to faulty NVIDIA drivers. The information comes out of the 158 pages of Microsoft emails that were handed over at the request of a judge in the Vista-capable lawsuit. NVIDIA has already faced a class-action lawsuit over the drivers. From Ars Technica: "NVIDIA had significant problems when it came time to transition its shiny, new G80 architecture from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The company's first G80-compatible Vista driver ended up being delayed from December to the end of January, and even then was available only as a beta download. In this case, full compatibility and stability did not come quickly, and the Internet is scattered with reports detailing graphics driver issues when using G80 processors for the entirely of

Faster, better Windows Vista coming to a browser near you

Microsoft’s long-awaited Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available for download on the web from today, and the company’s Colin Erasmus promises a fix-rich release that will further improve the Windows Vista experience.

Vista reliable? Check the data

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Crysis Reliability, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Want Vista SP1? Here's how

Tags: Windows Update, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Service Pack 1, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Ed Bott: Want Vista SP1? Here's what to expect

Tags: Windows Update, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Service Pack 1, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Vista SP1, A Review

On Tuesday, March 18, Microsoft made Windows Vista SP1 available for download through its website and Windows Update. This article will go over what improvements this initial Service Pack will bring to current Vista users along with the issues that potential users should be aware of before downloading it. Vista hasn't exactly been the toast of the town since its release last year, so we'll see what SP1 does to alter people's perceptions. More...

Analyzing Vista reliability

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Crysis Reliability, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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