Windows Vista News

Microsoft’s announcement that it is preparing a Vista Service Pack 1 beta in two weeks is curious on many levels. Although Microsoft delivers improvements via service packs I can’t help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over.
When the
SP1 lands in the first quarter of 2008
are we really getting what Vista should have been at launch?
Redmond would dispute that notion, but I wonder. After all, SP1 is chunky and we’re not talking just pleasantly plump. The list of bug fixes is long with stuff–better printer driver support, reliability with external displays, more speed copying files, improved log-on–you’d expect to be in the first go round.

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Microsoft Adds Ubisoft To 'Games For Windows' Campaign By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Mon Aug 27, 10:00 AM ET In an effort to increase the number of game titles available for its
Windows Vista operating system
Microsoft
has struck an agreement with Ubisoft under which the companies will work together to ensure the French developer's offerings are fully compatible with the new OS.

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BeyondTrust Tames Vista's UAC Pop-Ups John Fontana, Network World Thu Aug 23, 4:00 PM ET
Management
vendor BeyondTrust Tuesday unveiled software that lets companies nearly eradicate the pop-ups that plague
Windows
Vista's user account control feature.BeyondTrust released Privilege Manager 3.5 with a feature that plugs into

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Lieberman Software Offers Secure Enterprise Password Vault for User Passwords and Administrator Pass

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Lieberman Software's Account Reset Console Provides Automated Self-Service User Password Resets for Windows Vista and Server 2008
New version is first Vista certified application that allows users to safely unlock own accounts in corporate and educational environments. Los Angeles, CA (
PRWEB
) August 20, 2007 — Lieberman Software's
Account Reset Console

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The Ultimate Utility For Windows Vista Performance Optimization Now Available: Stardock's TweakVista
– The Most Enhanced and Robust Tweaking Program for Windows Vista Now Available — By PR Newswire PLYMOUTH, Mich.,
Aug. 21
/PRNewswire/ — Users looking to get the most out of
Windows Vista
(TM) can now get TweakVista at
http://www.stardock.com/products/tweakvista
. TweakVista is a comprehensive utility that enables users to modify a multitude of hidden or hard to

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Webroot Window Washer 6.5 Provides the Most Advanced Information Removal Solution for Protection Against Today
’
s Malicious Online Threats
BOULDER, Colo. (BusinessWire EON) August 21, 2007 — Webroot Software
Inc., a leading provider of security solutions for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced the immediate availability of
Webroot

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Lieberman Software's Account Reset Console Provides Automated Self-Service User Password Resets for Windows Vista and Server 2008 2 hours, 24 minutes ago New version is first Vista certified application that allows users to safely unlock own accounts in corporate and educational environments.

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Lieberman Software's Account Reset Console Provides Automated Self-Service User Password Resets for Windows Vista and Server 2008
New version is first Vista certified application that allows users to safely unlock own accounts in corporate and educational environments. Los Angeles, CA (
PRWEB
) August 20, 2007 — Lieberman Software's
Account Reset Console

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What do you get when you take a product used by hundreds of millions of people every day, add a few new features / polish up the interface, and then try to get everyone to shell out a grip of money for this
delay
- and bug- plagued upgrade? No, we’re not talking about New Coke, although Microsoft probably could have learned a lesson from that failed experiment when it went about developing what would end up being

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