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Last-minute changes to Windows Vista broke drivers, forcing key hardware vendors to "limp out with issues" when the OS launched last year, according to a presentation by
Dell
Corp. that was made public this week.
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Microsoft cuts Vista prices 1 hour, 15 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -

Microsoft
announced Friday that it is cutting prices of packaged
Windows Vista
operating systems it sells in stores. The move comes as computer users rebel against the software, contending it is too complex for many machines and conflicts with programs they rely on or enjoy.

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Microsoft cuts Vista prices to urge upgrades 1 hour, 22 minutes ago SEATTLE (Reuters) -

Microsoft Corp
said on Thursday it
plans to cut prices of its
Windows Vista
operating system sold
at retail outlets in a move aimed at pushing customers to
switch to the newest version of Windows.

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Microsoft cuts price for boxed Vista By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer 1 hour, 21 minutes ago SEATTLE -
Microsoft Corp
. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday.

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In the past year, you’ve heard about Microsoft Windows Vista’s security benefits. You’ve seen Vista’s spiffy design. Improved security is a welcome change, of course. But Vista’s pretty face hides more than beefed-up security.
Vista is more complete than previous versions of Windows. Microsoft has bundled many features into Vista. But you might not even be aware of them.
You’ll find programs that save you time and make Windows easier to use. Other programs turn your computer into a multimedia powerhouse.

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Now Windows Users Have Their Own Skinny Contender in the Battle of the Lightweight Laptops

By JOHN BIGGS
Published: February 28, 2008
It’s hard to be the
Lenovo ThinkPad
X300. While the rest of the world was fawning over
Apple
’s ultraslim MacBook Air,
Lenovo
’s laptop entered the world with little fanfare, even though it is 0.1 of a pound lighter and runs Windows Vista.
The X300 gets up to 10 hours of battery life on one charge and has an internal metal cage to keep it from snapping during the rigors of travel. It has a 1.2-gigahertz

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Microsoft hopes Windows Server 2008 will overcome Vista resistance Sumner Lemon Wed Feb 27, 7:12 AM ET San Francisco -
Microsoft
's expectations are running high for the upcoming release of 
Windows Server 2008
Steve Ballmer
, the company's CEO, will officially launch the server software at an event in

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Advanced EFS Data Recovery Breaks Vista and Windows Server 2008 Encryption Wed Feb 27, 2:01 AM ET ElcomSoft Co.Ltd. has released the Professional version 4.0 of Advanced EFS Data Recovery (AEFSDR Pro) for Windows, a powerful
data recovery
application that makes it easy to recover (decrypt) files encrypted on NTFS (EFS) partitions created in Windows 2003, XP, 2000, Vista, and 2008. In addition to all of the capabilities of the Standard version, AEFSDR Pro can perform low-level disk scanning at the sector level, enabling data recovery and forensics specialists to find encryption keys that have been deleted, even on drives that have been reformatted.

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ElcomSoft Co.Ltd. has released the Professional version 4.0 of Advanced EFS Data Recovery (AEFSDR Pro) for Windows, a powerful data recovery application that makes it easy to recover (decrypt) files encrypted on NTFS (EFS) partitions created in Windows 2003, XP, 2000, Vista, and 2008. In addition to all of the capabilities of the Standard version, AEFSDR Pro can perform low-level disk scanning at the sector level, enabling data recovery and forensics specialists to find encryption keys that have been deleted, even on drives that have been reformatted.

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Rogue Packets Stalk Windows Vista, XP Stuart J. Johnston, PC World 1 hour, 24 minutes ago Just in time for spring,
Microsoft
has been busy tending to a new swarm of bugs, including a critical hole in
Windows Vista
and XP that could expose you to an early-season bite without your doing anything other than being online.

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