Vista Performance Post SP1
Poor performance was one of the sins associated with Windows Vista RTM, especially in comparison to Windows XP throughout 2007.
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9.10.2008 Microsoft Backpedals on its Post-Vista Plans
Microsoft Corp. Friday declined to comment on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment -- a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features to Vista's successor. The list was yanked from a Microsoft forum earlier this week.
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17.7.2007 Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans
Microsoft declined to comment Friday on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment -- a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features to Vista's successor. The list was yanked from a Microsoft forum earlier this week. Thanks pacpis to for this news.
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14.7.2007 Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) 6.1
Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) is a hypertext application designed for giving users choice. While Windows XP offers many ways of customizing the setup process out of the box, its major drawback is the lack of being able to select which applications an end user may install.
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29.7.2007 Microsoft's plans for post-Windows OS revealed
Microsoft is incubating a componentized non-Windows operating system known as Midori, which is being architected from the ground up to tackle challenges that Redmond has determined cannot be met by simply evolving its existing technology.
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30.7.2008 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer
In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
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1.11.2009 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the Chinese come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however Vista Boot by gkend does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP
We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
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15.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
Enough with benchmarking the OS - lets see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
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26.2.2008 Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Needs to Speak the Same Language as Vista RTM
Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game.
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2.4.2008 Vista SP1 to Cure the Vista RTM Wow Hangover
When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience.
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11.4.2008 Vista-For-Free coupon with Vista ready PC's
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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11.10.2006 Can Vista SP1 help polish Vistas tarnished image?
Call it complaining. Call it whining. The end result is the same: Windows Vistas image is tarnished. And its corroding more and more rapidly as the weeks are going on. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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21.8.2007 Vista SP1 Features the Same Sins as Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes with the same sins as Windows Vista. The service pack is not even out the door, and is already putting users at risk.
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16.1.2008 Will Vista SP1 Go Where Vista Never Went? Even with XP SP3 and Windows 7?
Throughout 2007, it became painfully clear to Microsoft that the main competitor for Windows Vista was not Apple's Mac OS X or even the open source Linux operating system but Windows XP, and, in fact, specifically XP SP2.
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1.3.2008 New Vista AutoPatcher - Vista update toolkit Alpha
Vista Update Toolkit Alpha (Windows Vista Updates Downloader) is a FREE program which downloads updates directly from Microsoft. All files are very useful with vLite!
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26.9.2008 Vista SP1 Microsoft Could Not Have Given Less Vista SP2 Anyone?
Microsoft had the chance to position the first service pack for Windows Vista as a panacea for the operating system, giving the platform nothing less than a fresh start and another take at the Wow.
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3.10.2007 Vista SP1 Rolling Over for Vista SP2
Vista SP1 did not do the trick for your RTM copy of the operating system? While such a scenario is highly unlikely, Microsoft is getting closer and closer to taking Windows Vista to the next level, again.
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7.12.2008 Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?
Microsofts announcement that it is preparing a Vista Service Pack 1 beta in two weeks is curious on many levels. Although Microsoft delivers improvements via service packs I cant help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over.
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30.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP2
We are all well aware of the limping start of Vista on the OS market. Despite the fact that its launch had been highly anticipated for a good while, contrary to all Microsoft expectations, Vista was received with great reluctance and unwillingness on the part of XP fans.
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13.12.2008 Microsoft: Vista! Vista! Vista!
Microsoft has a single generalized answer to all life's problems, but especially end user protection, and that answer is of course Windows Vista.
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14.8.2007Microsoft to post videos of users who liked Vista after thinking it was new OS
On Tuesday, Microsoft plans to post actual videos from its "Mojave Experiment" -- an effort to dispel negative stereotypes about Vista -- on a
recently set up "teaser" Web site, BetaNews has learned...
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29.07.2008The happiest Vista customers: Mac users?
Microsoft blogger Joshua Allen has a post over on the Microsoft VisitMix blog that already has raised some Mac users hackles.
In
a post entitled,
Our Newest Vista OEM: Apple, Allen cites a few stats that
are interesting (though, so far at least, not independently verifiable from what I can tell from the post). Allen said:
- Vista
runs great on Macs
- Ten percent of all new Vista licenses are sold to Macintosh owners
- Mac owners are more satisfied with
Vista than average
Why are Mac users allegedly happier with Vista? Allen suggested a few theories that he mentioned in the comments on
the original post. (His comments are not currently working; not sure if he closed them intentionally or this is just a temporary error.)
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28.11.2007Want to Test Vista? Better Act
Fast
Microsoft UK .NET platform
product manager Ian Moulster
wrote in a post to his
personal Web log that the
company will cut access to
Windows Vista Beta 2 on
Friday. He recommended that
users start their download and
activate Vista as soon as
possible...
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30.06.2006Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans
Microsoft declined to comment
Friday on post-Vista plans by
releasing a comment -- a move
bloggers attributed to buzz
about a list of most-asked-for
features to Vista's
successor. The list was yanked
from a Microsoft forum earlier
this week.
The
company's statement,
attributed to Kevin Kutz,
director of the Windows client
team, was among the shortest
on record from the company.
"The launch of
Windows Vista was an
incredibly exciting moment for
our customers and partners
around the world, and the
company is focused on the
value Windows Vista will bring
to people today," Kutz said.
"We are not giving official
guidance to the public yet
about the next version of
Windows, other than that
we're working on it. When we
are ready, we will provide
updates." ..
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14.07.2007Join the Windows Vista
Discussion Group
Want to ask questions, share
information, or exchange ideas
about Windows Vista with
others, including experts from
around the globe? Come visit
the discussion group and post
about your thoughts on Windows
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16.09.2005Final Windows Vista Build Gets
Closer
Microsoft on Friday made
available the first post-RC1
build of Windows Vista to
technical beta testers, which
is numbered 5728. The interim
update is most notable because
the 5700 range has been
allocated for the final Vista
build, indicating RTM could
arrive as scheduled next
month...
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23.09.2006It's Time: Windows Vista Goes Gold
"It's time!" And with
that simple blog post,
Windows head Jim Allchin has
herladed the arrival of
Windows Vista. Microsoft said
Wednesday that it has released
the next-generation operating
system to manufacturing,
capping a more than five-year
development effort...
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09.11.2006Windows Vista RC2 Set for Release
A Portugese-language blog post
from a member of the Windows
Local Test and Support team in
Brazil Wednesday, along with a
download page on Microsoft's
Web site confirmed that
Windows Vista RC2 is arriving
shortly, and will be available
for public download...
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05.10.2006Timing and Vista Woes for the Mobile Warrior
James Kendrick has had enough. A master of
mobile technology, hes been working with Vista on more mobile devices than I can keep track of. Hes put up a pretty scathing post on jkOnTheRun
stating that that in his opinion Vista will never run well on mobile devices and it is one giant step backwards. His long post is summed up nicely in
this excerpt:
The whole Vista mobile experience is very unstable and that is unsettling to anyone who needs to get their work done, and get it
done now. I don't care how pretty the OS is or how much new sophisticated stuff is going on under the hood if it makes my performance unpredictable.
That is such a big step backwards that you have to wonder how it can be fixed in the short term. I fear it can't. Say what you will about Windows
XP the one thing it is on mobile devices is stable. Rock-solid stable. Can anyone say that about Vista on mobile PCs? I have a very bad feeling
about the immediate future of mobile computing on the Vista platform. And that hits me where I live.
He mentions many of the issues that have
been well chronicled here on the pages and forums of GBM and elsewhere, like docking and undocking (
Robs post about this yesterday stirred up a small
firestorm) and echoes my experiences with UMPCs and Vista quite well. Anything with one of the newer mobile processors and limited to 1GB of memory
is nothing short of frustrating running Vista. It is just an unsatisfactory experience on a UMPC, period. Im actually thinking of selling the two
UMPCs I own and waiting (probably in vain) for something better down the line.
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24.08.2007Small Note Regarding Copying News Posts (Updated)
I just wanted to post a small note regarding the use of our news posts in blogs and other news sites. As many of our readers know, WinBeta, as well as
many other similar sites including ActiveWin, Bink etc. properly source the news posts when we post something from an outside site.
However, we've noticed some bloggers that are copying entire news posts without sourcing them back to WinBeta or to the actual place they came
from. The latest and most easily noticed one came from
Odd-Magne Kristoffersen regarding our
Vista SP1
integration guide. We also noticed many other news posts on his blog that also came from us which were also not sourced back. What we fail to
understand is why some of our posts
do get sourced back to us while the more important posts regarding, for example, Vista SP1 integration do not. Our posts also
get changed on his blog so as to
remove the WinBeta links at the beginning of the post as seen in our
Vista SP1 integration guide.
What these non-sourced posts do is lead to a false claim of ownership as to
who actually wrote the post. While we realize that many sites do tend to post bits or the whole portion of our post and vice versa, they always get
properly sourced back to the correct site. We hope those who read this post (and we know Odd-Magne Kristoffersen will be reading it to) realize that
and do so in the future.
Update:
Odd-Magne
Kristoffersen's posts have been updated with source links back to us and other news sites. We thank him for the quick change.
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29.08.2007First Post-Beta 2 Vista Build
Released
Microsoft late Friday
delivered the first build of
Windows Vista to follow the
release of Beta 2 at WinHEC in
May. Build 5456 is available
to technical beta testers, and
includes better user interface
performance along with User
Account Control tweaks to
lessen the number of
authentication notices...
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26.06.2006Windows 7 Beta to RC transition - What you need to know
Every one of us is waiting for the upcoming Windows 7 RC release. In the meantime, Windows 7 Team has blogged on the upgrade experience from pre-RC
builds to RC build, even when the RC dates are not officially out. This blog post indeed shows the openness of the Windows 7 Team to discuss various
issues regarding Windows 7 RC. If you are expecting any major announcement, then this post does not have any! The blog post talks a little about
upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7, but as we discussed earlier there is no upgrade path available from Windows XP to Windows 7 "There's no
change here to the plan as has been discussed on many forums.
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07.04.2009Screencast: Slipstream Internet Explorer (IE) 8 into Windows Vista
Matt Hester: Lately, I have been doing a lot fun work with the IE 8 team. Look for a TechNet radio interview shortly I did with Jane Maliouta who is
a IE Deployment Program Manager. In talking with Jane she told that
she had written a post on how to slipstream IE 8 into an Windows Vista image. After checking out the post I decided to make a
screencast to show how easy this is to do.
Check it out...
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04.07.2008Windows 7 build 6956 vs. Windows XP SP3
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Several of you have asked me to add data for Windows XP to my
Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista benchmark post. Well, you asked for it!
Rather
than build this into a large post, I’ll just post the data here. For any background check out the
original post...
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12.12.2008Neowin Giveaway: Windows Vista Ultimate Boxed (RED) Edition
As usual we have something to give away to all our members worldwide, Windows Vista Ultimate (RED) Edition. Vista (RED) is enhanced with (PRODUCT)
RED wallpapers, gadgets, and a unique screen saver and DreamScene. For more information on Windows Vista and Vista (RED) please head to
Microsoft's Website. In order to enter the competition you simply have to reply to this post, we will select a winner at random and multiple
posts will not count so no need to go crazy folks. The competition opens NOW and ends on Wednesday 25th February at 23:59 GMT. The competition is
open to all members worldwide.
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23.02.2009Microsoft: Expect Vista SP2 in the first half of 2009
A quick update for those wondering when to expect the final version of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2): Microsoft is saying (via one of its Web sites, at
least) that it is due in the first half of calendar 2009.
The October 24 post on the Vista Team Blog from October 24 says
the final SP2 release date will be
“based on quality.” The October 24 blog post on the
newly
launched Springboard Series site for IT professionals says
the Vista 2 release target is “the
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25.10.2008Call between CEOs questioned in Vista case
Plaintiffs' lawyers in the 'Vista Capable' case want to know what Steve Ballmer said to Intel CEO Paul Otellini during a phone conversation the two
men had on the same day that Microsoft decided to loosen the requirements needed for a PC to get a 'Vista Capable' sticker.
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17.10.2008Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know
about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is if "vLite" was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed
required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 from installing. Microsoft has a workaround for this issue. Microsoft is expected to post the
bits to Windows Update in the coming weeks but if you are eager to install SP2 today then the download links are listed below. Download: Vista
SP2/Server 2008 SP2 32 bit Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 64 bit
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26.05.2009Allchin: We really botched "Vista Capable" scheme
Former Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin claimed the company "really botched" the Vista Capable sticker scheme, according to a leaked email read
out in court.
Microsoft is currently defending a lawsuit in the US, which claims the company knowingly misled consumers by
allowing PC makers to put "Vista Capable" stickers on machines that could only run Vista Home Basic.
The plaintiffs claim that
Vista Basic "isn't the real Vista" because it doesn't offer many of the operating system's advanced features, such as Aero Glass or Media Center.
An earlier filing to the court cited
PC Pro contributing
editor Jon Honeyball's interview with Acer Corporate Vice President, Jim Wong, in which he claimed "Premium is the real Vista".
Now the court has heard that several Microsoft employees also shared Wong's doubts. One employee's email stated that "even a piece of junk
will qualify" for the "Windows Vista Capable" sticker, according to court testimony reported in the
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
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11.02.2008Vista SP1 x86 appears on Torrent Sites
In the last few days, certain Neowin forum members have reported that an image of Vista SP1 x86 Final has leaked to torrent sites. This file is
supposedly a slipstreamed image of the final Service Pack 1 for Vista x86. It is allegedly available in various languages, including English. Since
many believe that this is indeed the download that Microsoft will provide in the upcoming weeks, I would like to emphasize that this is not the case.
This release is not official, nor is it genuine. I repeat: Vista SP1 has not gone final.
Neowin members are reporting that the file in
question may be SP1 Refresh 2 slipstreamed or simply a malware-filled release. I would like to remind our members not to post links to any Vista SP1
build, unless it comes directly from Microsoft’s servers.
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