- 50 Windows Tips & Tricks
For most people using a computer means using Windows and over the years Microsoft’s operating system has become easier to use.However, there is always room for improvement, so in this feature we have compiled 50 of the finest tips for Windows XP and Vista. These can help to make Windows even better, easier to use and faster. Most don’t even require you to install any extra software, so if you want to make your copy of XP or Vista better, it’s possible to get started immediately ...
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Note: 50 Windows Tips & Tricks - As Windows XP Deadline Looms , OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights
Microsoft may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline.In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows Vista, Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard , and Sony on Wednesday all confirmed plans to exercise the downgrade rights Microsoft offers with OEM versions of Windows Vista Business and Vista Ultimate in order to continue offering XP-equipped PCs to their customers ...
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Note: As Windows XP Deadline Looms , OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights - Buzz News
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Note: Buzz News - Do Not Download XP SP3 RTM ( Build 5512 ) Integrated Slipstream ISO Image
Whatever you do, make sure you steer clear of downloads from torrent and warez websites that claim to offer the slipstream ISO image of the third and final build of Windows XP Service Pack 3. You have to understand that the downloads claiming to offer Windows XP integrated with Service Pack 3 RTM Build 5512 as an ISO image do not contain an official build from the Redmond company. Despite the fact that Microsoft did indeed make available the standalone update installer packages for XP SP3 RTM to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, it has not as yet delivered the slipstreamed version of the service pack ...
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Note: Do Not Download XP SP3 RTM ( Build 5512 ) Integrated Slipstream ISO Image - Extend Vista's Speech Recognition Capabilities
Vista is a step forward in terms of the evolution of natural input methods for the Windows client, in comparison to its predecessor, Windows XP. The latest Windows operating system features advanced speech recognition capabilities designed to supplement the now traditional input methods involving the keyboard and the mouse. As of the past week, the Redmond company is offering end users a way to extend the default speech recognition functionality offered by Vista via the Windows Speech Recognition Macros Technical Preview ...
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Note: Extend Vista's Speech Recognition Capabilities - Forget Vista SP1, Microsoft Made An Alternative For Download
Forget about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Even though the first service pack for the latest Windows client was made available to the general public just two months ago, it is already old news. Moreover, Microsoft has alternatives in place designed as a veritable plan B to Vista SP1 ...
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Note: Forget Vista SP1, Microsoft Made An Alternative For Download - June 30 Not End Of Windows XP Support
Concerned that customers are confusing the impending end of Windows XP retail availability with the end of support, Microsoft Corp. has reminded users that the aged operating system will be supported until early April 2014.Jared Proudfoot, a manager in Microsoft's support life cycle group, reiterated the final support dates for Windows XP in a post to a company blog ...
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Note: June 30 Not End Of Windows XP Support - Leopard Leaves Vista in the Dust in Performance Benchmark
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has left Windows Vista Home Premium in the dust in a performance benchmark put together by Popular Mechanics both on desktop machines and on laptops. On computers featuring similar hardware configurations Apple's proprietary operating system proved its superiority over Microsoft's latest Windows client, according to the results delivered by cross-platform benchmarking tools Geekbench (from Primate Labs) and Cinebench (from Maxon) ...
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Note: Leopard Leaves Vista in the Dust in Performance Benchmark - Over 5,000 Products Certified For Windows Vista Service Pack 1
One of the main aspects that hurt Windows Vista RTM and the adoption of the operating system was poor support from the environment of products orbiting the platforms in comparison to Windows XP. The fact is that the vast majority of software and hardware solutions available on the market when Vista hit the shelves in January 2008 were tailored to XP ...
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Note: Over 5,000 Products Certified For Windows Vista Service Pack 1 - The Art Of Blocking And Dodging Vista SP1
In the context of Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista RTM was easy to ignore throughout, but with the introduction of Service Pack 1, the equation of the latest Windows client has evolved. SP1 represents not only a maturity milestone for Windows Vista, but also a stage in the life of the operating system that will catalyze a boost in uptake. But at the same time, the rapidly approaching cut-off date for the availability of Windows XP and the increasing focus of the OEM market on XP's successor mean that consumers will find it increasingly hard to avoid Windows Vista ...
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Note: The Art Of Blocking And Dodging Vista SP1 - The New Face Of The Vista SP1 User Account Control
With the maturity milestone that is the introduction of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, Microsoft has improved various aspects of the operating system, including the User Account Control. Introduced as an added security mitigation into Windows Vista, UAC is one of the features of the operating system that have been under a constant barrage of fire, throughout 2007, as it was advertised as one of the platform's problem areas ....
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With Windows Vista and Windows XP concomitantly available on the market, the Redmond company inherently catalyzed the comparison between the two Windows clients. But the fact of the matter is that the benchmarks, comparisons of features, capabilities, market shares and security vulnerability measuring contests performed since Vista became available have managed to hurt Microsoft's Windows business where it counts more. In the end, the repercussions of the constant Vista RTM vs. XP SP2 which grew into the smackdown of Vista SP1 and XP SP3 have unfavorably impacted the Windows client total revenue and operating income ...
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Note: The Ugly Side Of Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Vista SP1 To Cure The Vista RTM Wow Hangover
When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience. Instead Vista got a mixed reception, and a barrage of criticism over how bloated it was, over hardware resources consumption, over hardware and software incompatibility issues, over poor support, over the nagging User Account Control, etc. Everything that didn't tic to perfection in Vista was dissected and thrown to the dogs. And Vista made it easy... Microsoft's own customers' satisfaction studies for Vista indicates that potential buyers failed to warm up to the latest Windows client. The same is not valid for end users ...
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Microsoft has given the green light to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM downloads... again. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, the availability saga of the first service pack for Vista is now in its final stage, namely delivery through Automatic Updates. Two days after the RTM of Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft started pushing Windows Vista SP1 through AU. In this manner, the service pack was delivered and deployed automatically to all Vista RTM users that had Automatic Update enablers ...
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Note: Windows Vista SP1 RTM Downloads Get The Green Light - Windows Vista SP1 RTM Optimized Desktop
With the advent of Windows Vista at the end of 2006/the beginning of 2007, Microsoft has started pouring a consistent amount of efforts into enabling optimized desktops. Throughout 2007, and after the introduction of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Redmond company continued to fine tune a set of offerings bundled together under the umbrella of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance customers.
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Note: Windows Vista SP1 RTM Optimized Desktop - Windows XP SP3 RTM Symbols Package
Microsoft is accompanying the final version of Windows XP SP3 with additional resources aimed to complement the release. Case in point: the Symbols Package for Windows XP Service Pack 3, containing items made available in order to provide developers with the tools necessary to perform debugging actions on the third and last service pack for XP ...
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Note: Windows XP SP3 RTM Symbols Package - XP SP3 Safe From Vista RTM And SP1 Fountain Of Vulnerabilities
With the advent of Windows Vista RTM, the public perception focused on XP SP2's superiority and further development of the two platforms comes to support such a scenario, despite Microsoft's claims of the contrary. The Vista RTM vs. XP SP2 face-off has now translated to the comparison between Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista SP1. And despite the fact that Vista was applauded as an apex of security (because of the Security Development Lifecycle), with SP1 designed to carry the evolution onward, it is Windows XP SP3 who manages to prove itself on the front lines of attacks. The third and final service pack for XP is safe from the fountain of vulnerabilities that has affected Windows Vista Gold and SP1 ...
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Note: Buzz News: XP SP3 Safe From Vista RTM And SP1 Fountain Of Vulnerabilities
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