Third Service Pack for Windows XP in Public Beta Jennifer LeClaire,
newsfactor.com
Wed Dec 19, 2:39 PM ET
Microsoft
's Windows XP Service Pack 3 release candidate is now available to anybody and everybody who wants to confirm reports that XP with SP3 is significantly faster than
Windows Vista
Recent tests by Devil Mountain Software show that
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, the five-year, $5 billion operating system from the world’s largest software company was the tech industry’s “worst disappointment of 2007.” Ouch.
Although a statement like that will surely get readers fired up on both sides, users of the Vista operating system have to ask:
is it really
that bad
Although many of the changes in the Vista operating system are “under the hood” and not really all that recognizable to the average PC user, the brunt of criticism about Windows Vista is the 5 years and nearly $5 billion spent on the operating system. And so the question is asked:
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Hpsetool - Simple, Easy-to-use Disk Encryption Tool for Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000
Hexprobe System announces the release of version 3.0 of Hpsetool, a simple, easy-to-use disk tool that encrypts and password protects your removable and external disks, including USB drives, memory sticks, flash cards, PCMCIA drives and more. Beijing, China (
PRWEB
) December 18, 2007 — Hexprobe System announces the release of version 3.0 of Hpsetool, a simple, easy-to-use disk tool that encrypts and password protects your removable and external disks, including USB drives, memory sticks, flash cards, PCMCIA drives and more.
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There are some cases where Windows just doesn’t like the program you are trying to install or get rid of and occasionally the installer/uninstaller hangs. At this point you can try restarting or you may have to power off manually. The problem arises when you get back to Windows, it will no longer let you install/repair or uninstall the program you were working with. This is fixable.
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There are many many articles around at the moment talking about how the Office 2007 Service Pack 1 has automatically installed for a lot of people. Microsoft had said previously that Office 2007 SP1 would not automatically install and instead be an option.
Needless to say websites,
PC World
among them are making a big deal of this. I’m not. Get over it. So, now you have Office 2007 SP1, so what? It’s not like it made many changes to the system, it’s not like all of a sudden your applications won’t work. I think the only problem here is that people are complaining about a service pack that they may not have wanted.
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IT Pros Grapple With Timing Of Windows Vista Deployment By J. Nicholas Hoover
InformationWeek
Sat Dec 15, 12:00 AM ET
Windows Vista
's first service pack was released for another round of testing last week, with a final version due early in 2008. SP1 for a new Windows operating system has long been regarded as a green light for business adoption, a signal that the kinks had been worked out. This time may be different.
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Zecurion Zlock 1.3 Adds Protection from Internal Threats for Windows Vista Networks Thu Dec 13, 2:01 AM ET Zecurion, Inc. today announced the availability of Zlock 1.3 software for protection of confidential corporate information from internal threats via controlled access to peripheral devices. The new version adds support for
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website / newsletter. It is basically sympathetic to the Big Two products from Microsoft, Windows and Office, but it takes an informed and completely no-BS approach toward the good and bad aspects of them.
Therefore I was cheered to read the
latest dispatch
, under the headline “Vista Service Pack 1 is looking good.” For those who haven’t been through the drill before, the “Service Pack” is the omnibus set of bug-fixes and improvements that Microsoft puts out six to twelve months after major new releases of its software. The standing joke is that Service Pack 1 (SP1) should be considered the “real” release, everything before that being an extended beta-test period that users have to pay to participate in. Often there’s a SP2 as well. Zillions of PC worldwide are running happily right now under Windows XP / SP2.
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Zecurion Zlock 1.3 Adds Protection from Internal Threats for Windows Vista Networks
Zecurion, Inc. today announced the availability of Zlock 1.3 software for protection of confidential corporate information from internal threats via controlled access to peripheral devices. The new version adds support for Windows Vista, closer integration with Active Directory, easier deployment, and expanded list of controlled network adaptors.
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Mireth Technology adds support for Vista to ShredIt for Windows - Version 5.1 released
Mireth Technology Corp. announced today a new release of ShredIt for Windows, its file shredder software for Windows computers. ShredIt for Windows version 5.1 is available as a software download or on CD-ROM, starting at $24.95 (US).
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) December 13, 2007 — Mireth Technology Corp. has released version 5.1 of ShredIt for Windows, its simple to use file shredder and hard drive cleaner software for Windows computers. Version 5.1 adds support for Vista as well as enhancements to the user interface.
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