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Windows Vista SP1 availability for technical customers

February 12, 2008

Update to Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista to manufacturing (RTM) release In my blog post on the subject, I noted that we were going to make SP1 available to customers in stages to make sure we delivered a great experience. As I explained, one reason for this is that we are working through an [...]

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Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista to manufacturing (RTM) release

February 4, 2008

Announcement at the Windows Vista Team Blog Here’s the timing for SP1 availability for current Windows Vista users: In mid-March, we will release Windows Vista SP1 to Windows Update (in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese) and to the download center on microsoft.com. Customers who visit Windows Update can choose to install Service Pack 1. [...]

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Windows (PRODUCT) RED

January 29, 2008

If you have a new Dell running Windows Vista Ultimate, you can help eliminate AIDS in Africa and also get some nifty stuff like (PRODUCT) Red sidebar gadgets, wallpaper and Dreamscene. LEARN MORE ABOUT (RED) MONEY AT WORK IN AFRICA Enabling the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED bits

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Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report

January 24, 2008

TechNet Blogs, Jeff Jones Security Blog This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows XP, along with other modern workstation operating systems Red Hat, Ubuntu and Apple products. Download: vista-one-year-vuln-report.pdf Edit. Jesper Johansson’s blog. Predictably, the [...]

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Windows Vista Sidebar Protection

January 9, 2008

Microsoft January 2008 Bulletin Release included a Windows Sidebar Protection update for Windows Vista. SUMMARY This article documents the Windows Sidebar Protection update that was made to the Windows Sidebar for Windows Vista. The update was made to allow for the Windows Sidebar to perform the following actions: Generate unique identifiers for all gadgets that [...]

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Office 2007 SP1 Installation issues

December 13, 2007

As you know, Office 2007 SP1 was released yesterday to Microsoft Update, and to WSUS as part of the Tues, Dec 11th release. As planned, Office 2007 SP1 was not pushed via Automatic Updates. There has been some confusion where Windows Vista customers are seeing Office 2007 SP1 listed as available with an option to [...]

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Microsoft Launches Windows Live Services Suite Final

November 7, 2007

Windows Vista Team Blog: Today the Windows Live team announces the final release of the Windows Live suite of applications and web services designed to enhance the Windows user experience. Consumers can now download the full Windows Live suite at once or pick and choose their favorite apps and services. Why Windows Live on this [...]

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Buying a new PC, which Operating System

October 14, 2007

A relative in the market for a new computer, showed me a pretty good deal she was looking at and asked what I thought. Everyone in the family knows I am a total geek. The machine came with Vista Basic installed. I advised her to upgrade to at least Vista Premium so she could run [...]

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Multiple Clocks in Vista’s Taskbar

October 4, 2007

Did you know that Windows Vista allows three clocks to be accessed from the taskbar. Pretty handy if you would like to keep an eye on different time zones, especially when travelling and working from a laptop. I have mentioned vista4beginners before, and link from the sidebar under ‘Vista’. They really do have great tutorials [...]

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Dreamscene for Vista

September 27, 2007

Tuesday Microsoft offered a Vista Ultimate ‘Extra’. DreamScene is video wallpaper, so instead of a static image a full-motion video takes its place. I downloaded and installed DreamScene which required a reboot. Right click on your desktop and you can either play DreamScene or leave it static. Either way, it is a very attractive dark [...]

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