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Toshiba portable computers which cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista

April 24, 2007

The following Toshiba portable computers cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista. These portable computers were originally manufactured and designed to support only Microsoft Windows XP: • Satellite R15 series • Satellite L25 series • Satellite L2 series • Satellite M45 series • Satellite M55 series • Satellite M65 series • Satellite A70 series • Satellite [...]

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Windows Vista Beta 2, RC1 and RC2 set to expire

April 24, 2007

On May 31, 2007, pre-release versions of Windows Vista will expire. If you are running a pre-release version of Windows Vista (Beta 2, RC1, or RC2) you will begin to receive notifications about the upcoming expiration on May 18, 2007. To avoid work disruption and the loss of data, it is strongly recommended that PC [...]

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Creative’s struggle to produce drivers for Vista

March 9, 2007

I didn’t expect Creative to release fully functioning Drivers within the first quarter, but I did expect that when they made a non-beta driver available for download, it would be an improvement. With that anticipation, today I installed Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Driver 2.12.0002. Finally I might have some resemblance of the sound [...]

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New wallpapers for Windows Vista

March 1, 2007

Two photographs taken by Hamad Darwish, during Microsoft’s Windows Vista photoshoot, made it into the Vista Wallpaper Collection. Darwish has released desktop wallpapers that did not make the final cut. Don’t let that fool you, they are stunning. Hamad Darwish | World of Photography Take a look at more of Hamad Darwish’s Gallery at Flickr

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Vista Tools for IT professionals

February 21, 2007

Windows Vista Team Blog Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Free Downloads to Deploy and Manage Windows Vista One of the things we’ve done differently with the release of Windows Vista is made it a priority to provide IT professionals with the tools and guidance they need to successfully deploy the new desktop OS as easily, quickly, [...]

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Windows Vista public release

January 30, 2007

All Editions of Windows Vista are now available to the public, you can purchase and download Windows Vista via Windows Marketplace Before upgrading, read Windows Vista Get Ready

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Vendor Drivers for Vistaâ„¢

January 27, 2007

Patiently waiting for the release of updated drivers at Creative to support Microsoft’s Vista. Windows Vistaâ„¢ is currently available to volume licensing customers only. Creative will provide support for its products, as detailed in our Driver Availability Chart support, following its consumer release on January 30th, 2007. Windows Vistaâ„¢ – Driver Availability Chart The last [...]

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Windows Vista Coach Tour

January 17, 2007

If the tour schedule brings the bus near your town, it is a good opportunity to see demos of Windows Vista. Nice site to bookmark, Sandi Hardmeier’s IE-Vista

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CNET’s Best of CES 2007. Microsoft’s Vista: computers and hardware

January 11, 2007

Windows Vista Team Blog We learned today that Windows Vista has been named the winner of CNET’s Best of CES 2007 award in the computers and hardware category! Best in Show

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Arranging Data in Vista

January 7, 2007

Jim Allchin has written an informative article including screenshots: Working with Data with Windows Vista There are many new features in this Operating System. Reading as much information as possible beforehand will smooth the transition to what is a major version upgrade.

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