Windows Vista News

Vista struggles to bust out as business customers snub it By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY 1 hour, 38 minutes ago Will Weider is just the kind of customer
Microsoft
(MSFT) needs to keep its Windows computer operating system franchise growing.
He oversees tech for a chain of Wisconsin hospitals - 14,000 computers' worth. But Weider has no desire to upgrade to Vista, the latest version of Windows.

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He oversees tech for a chain of Wisconsin hospitals — 14,000 computers’ worth. But Weider has no desire to upgrade to Vista, the latest version of Windows.
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“I wouldn’t put on Vista if it was free,” says Weider, chief information officer for Ministry Health Care. “In the past, there’s always been an important reason to upgrade, but XP (the previous version of Windows) is perfectly acceptable.”

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Microsoft has temporarily delayed the release of XP Service Pack 3 due to a compatibility snag, though some readers report the direct download links are still working. Your milage may vary. ZDNet’s
Mary Jo Foley has the official word
from Microsoft. We’ll post more info as it becomes available.
The third service pack for Windows XP has finally arrived. As we
mentioned last week
, the 300 MB+ standalone installer will be available from the

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Microsoft Delays Release of Windows XP SP3 Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Microsoft
has delayed the release of a third service pack for
Windows XP
, blaming a "compatibility issue" between the software and a retail-chain-management application.

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Lenovo To Make Windows XP Available Until 2009 By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Fri Apr 25, 11:45 AM ET In the latest sign that computer makers are bucking
Microsoft
's decision to retire
Windows XP
at the end of June,
Lenovo
says it will make the operating system available to business customers until Jan. 31, 2009.

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Microsoft Investors Don't Like The View Of Windows Vista Patrick Seitz Fri Apr 25, 6:20 PM ET The drop in sales of
Microsoft
's Windows software last quarter in the face of healthy PC shipments worldwide looks like another black eye for the company's

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Windows Vista SP1 Now An Automatic Download By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Thu Apr 24, 1:35 PM ET
Microsoft
on Thursday released the first major update for its
Windows Vista
operating system to its automated download service, meaning that Vista users could receive the update by default as early as today if they have the service turned on.

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Dell To Ship Windows XP Computers Until 2010 By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Thu Apr 24, 11:14 AM ET In the latest setback for
Microsoft
's
Windows Vista
operating system,
Dell
plans to continue offering the older
Windows XP
on business systems until 2010,
InformationWeek

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