Windows Vista News

Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes By Alexander Wolfe
InformationWeek
Wed Jul 30, 6:18 PM ET Vista also is more resistant to damage to key files. Indeed, my original plan was to retrace Langa's XP path for my Vista article and induce a crash by damaging the crucial "hal.dll" file. Thanks to Vista's improved protections, even though I had admin privileges, I couldn't touch it. (On the other hand, my hal.dll test exposed the achingly

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Most Vista Business Buyers Downgrade To Windows XP, HP Says By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Tue Jul 29, 11:03 AM ET An official at PC maker
Hewlett-Packard
said the majority of the company's business customers are downgrading new computers from
Windows Vista
to
Windows
XP — raising questions about Microsoft's Vista sales figures.

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Microsoft Dupes Windows Vista Haters With 'Mojave Experiment' By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Tue Jul 29, 2:31 PM ET
Windows Vista
's troubles are all in users' heads,
Microsoft
believes — and to prove it the company set up a blind study in which subjects were asked to watch a
video
demonstration of what they were told was its forthcoming "

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Adobe Ships Photoshop Lightroom 2 For Windows Vista, Mac By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Tue Jul 29, 11:58 AM ET
Adobe
on Tuesday said it is now shipping Photoshop Lightroom 2, a set of software tools that allow photographers to edit and manage
digital images
. The product is Adobe's first
64-bit
application for the Mac and

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Microsoft's Mojave: Viral Vista? Joe Wilcox - Microsoft Watch Tue Jul 29, 11:58 AM ET It's the seventh inning, and
Microsoft
finally hits a marketing home run. Is it a game winner? If the competition were

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Microsoft Calls Forrester's Windows Vista Report 'Schizophrenic' By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
Mon Jul 28, 10:10 AM ET Invoking a common misnomer for multiple personality disorder, a
Microsoft
blogger
called IT research group Forrester "schizophrenic" for publishing a report on

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With Windows Vista’s reputation suffering and Macs continuing to gain ground, Microsoft made it clear last week that Apple is on its competitive radar as much as ever.
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer referred to the Redmond, Wash., company’s position against its Cupertino rival multiple times in a presentation to analysts and an e-mail to employees.
“In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving,” Ballmer acknowledged in the e-mail. “Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often comes with some compromises to the end-to-end experience.”

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Total Phase Releases WHQL Drivers on 64-bit Windows Vista Fri Jul 25, 3:01 AM ET Total Phase has released WHQL drivers on 64-bit Windows Vista for its entire suite of tools. This latest release supplements the existing support for 64-bit Linux and Mac OS X. Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2008 — Total Phase has released WHQL drivers on 64-bit Windows Vista for its entire suite of tools. This latest release supplements the existing support for 64-bit Linux and Mac OS X.

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