Archive for March, 2008

Windows Vista SP1 Flunks Out At Penn

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Windows Vista SP1 Flunks Out At Penn By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Fri Mar 21, 10:53 AM ET
Windows Vista
SP1 Is having a tough time getting into the Ivy League. University of Pennsylvania
tech staffers are advising faculty and students not to upgrade their computers to the new service pack for

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Windows XP vs. Vista: An Explosion of Opinion

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Windows XP vs. Vista: An Explosion of Opinion Harry McCracken Thu Mar 20, 2:00 AM ET When I
posted a little survey
concerning the news that
Microsoft
plans to discontinue most sales of
Windows XP
on June 30th, I expected lots of people to take it, and for the sentiment to be overwhelmingly pro-XP. They did, and it was. (More than 3500 people completed the survey, and 83 percent of them are unhappy with Microsoft's move.)

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Windows Vista SP1 Wreaks Havoc On Some PCs, Users Complain

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Windows Vista SP1 Wreaks Havoc On Some PCs, Users Complain By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Wed Mar 19, 2:38 PM ET A day after it was released for public download,
Windows Vista
SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems.

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First Major Vista Update Released to Windows Users

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

As predicted by the rumor mill on Monday, the first significant update to Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has arrived.
Vista Service Pack 1 was released Tuesday. Vista users can install the update through the Windows Update application on their systems (Go to the Start Menu, then All Programs and select Windows Update). Vista SP1 can also be downloaded as a stand-alone installer package from the

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Windows Vista SP1 Available Now–Do You Need It?

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Windows Vista SP1 Available Now–Do You Need It? Robert Strohmeyer, PC World 1 hour, 53 minutes ago After considerable rumor and speculation, numerous false starts, and not a small amount of frustration on the part of consumers,
Microsoft
has released

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Windows Vista SP1 officially available

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Windows Vista SP1 officially available Nancy Gohring Tue Mar 18, 3:04 PM ET San Francisco -
Windows Vista
Service Pack 1 is available starting Tuesday, a day after
Amazon.com
let slip that it would become available this week.

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Amazon Says Vista SP1 to Arrive Tuesday

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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Amazon: Major package of Vista fixes goes online

Monday, March 17th, 2008

SEATTLE (AP) — A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com’s website.
The retailer is selling copies of Vista without the service pack and advising customers that they can download the free SP1 upgrade starting Tuesday.
Amazon is also taking pre-orders for boxed copies of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which it said it will start shipping Wednesday.

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Amazon: Vista SP1 to Arrive Tuesday

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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Death match: Windows Vista versus XP

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Death match: Windows Vista versus XP Randall C. Kennedy Mon Mar 17, 6:00 AM ET San Francisco - So there you are, signing the
"Save XP" petition
, shaking your fist in triumph as you stick it to "the man." It's a liberating feeling. You've found the courage to buck the trend and jump off the Wintel upgrade treadmill. You feel empowered, enlightened. But still, there are these nagging doubts.

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