Why we banned Windows Vista
The prestigious National Institute of Standards and Technology has put a ban on Windows Vista, but that's standard procedure, according to NIST's chief information officer.
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23.3.2007 US government dept bans Vista
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has banned its users from installing Microsoft's new Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 software packages, saying there was no business or technical justification for the upgrades.
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9.3.2007 Hackers steal government, corporate data
Hackers stole information from the Department of Transportation and several U.S. corporations by seducing employees with fake job-listings on ads and e-mail, a computer security firm said on Monday.
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17.7.2007 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 - let’s 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 Vista’s tarnished image?
Call it complaining. Call it whining. The end result is the same: Windows Vista’s image is tarnished. And it’s 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?
Microsoft’s 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 can’t 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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14.8.2007 Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Windows Vista – Leaves Vista SP1 in the Dust
Forget about Windows Vista. And forget about Windows Vista SP1. Microsoft's latest Windows client has been quite sluggish to begin with. This in both consumer adoption and in terms of the performance it delivers.
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27.11.2007 Windows Vista Wow! Forget about Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows 7!
That's it, forget about Windows XP Service Pack 3, about Windows 7, the next iteration of Windows and even about Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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1.2.2008Texas bans Windows Vista from government use
Windows Vista wasn't the biggest commercial success; many companies refused to use it initially, and are sticking with XP for now. It's
strange, however, that the state of Texas has only just now declared it unfit for government use, despite a service pack having been released and many
initial issues fixed. The news comes from Computer World, and states that it is now not allowed for government agencies to upgrade to Windows Vista,
because "of the many reports of problems with Vista." They say that they are not picking on Microsoft, but that they just don't trust the most
recent Windows operating system, and that Windows XP does everything they need to.
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03.04.2009New iPod nano banned in major gym chain's locker rooms
Apple's recently introduced iPod nano packed a couple new features, as is expected, but it also came with a built-in video camera. Whilst this is
all well and good, the slim size of the nano makes it very discrete, meaning it can be used for less appropriate purposes. People are well aware of
this, and, according to Pioneer Press, a major gym chain has now banned the device from its locker rooms to prevent any issues.
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23.09.2009Halo fan banned from Xbox Live until 10,000AD
A Halo fan has been reportedly banned from Microsofts Xbox Live service until the end of the year 9,999 AD after he got his hands on a test build of
the game.
The fan, who describes himself as an achievement whore and has a GamerScore of over 61,000, goes by the name śScarť. He
told
GameSpot that he was given the Halo 3 Epsilon
test build by a friend and used a glitch, known as the two-controller exploit, to get the game into his account.
śI downloaded it
from Marketplace and played it for maybe six hours or so all alone,ť he said.
After this period, it kicked him off Xbox Live
every time he tried to play the test build and it wasnt until the following morning that he found he had been banned...
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10.09.2007Singapore bans Microsoft's video game for sex scene: paper
Singapore has banned a Microsoft Corp video game which contains a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing and caressing each other, a
local newspaper reported on Thursday. The Straits Times said "Mass Effect" -- a highly anticipated futuristic space adventure game from Microsoft --
was banned by Singapore's Media Development Authority.
In October, Singapore's parliament decided to keep a ban on sex between
men, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the city-state should keep its conservative values and not allow special rights for homosexuals.
Singapore is the only country to have banned the game, so far, and it is the first Microsoft video game to be banned in the
city-state, The Straits Times said.
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15.11.2007Banned Xbox's flooding eBay and Craigslist
In the wake of the mass Xbox Live bans hundreds of Xboxs have appeared on online marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist by gamers looking to offload
their Xboxs. In the past two weeks Microsoft has banned nearly one million users from the online gaming service after finding that they had modified
their consoles to play pirated games. Since the ban is connected to the console rather than a gamer's online account, many modified Xboxs have
appeared on multiple bidding and personal sales sites. eBay has issued a warning to potential buyers on its website to be wary of buying consoles in
the wake of Microsoft's move.
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21.11.2009UK government looking into open-source
According to an article by the BBC, the UK government will very soon be making a push for open-source software, mainly in the public services. The
government is considering open-source software as an alternative to commercial software, although the government said that only "when it delivers
best value for money" would it be adopted. Open-source software in itself is usually free, however, developing, maintaining and supporting it
wouldn't be, which is what the government is investigating at the moment The problem with proprietary software that the government is facing is
the contracts and licenses. Once the license expires, the government has to once again pay out. With open-source software, this could be prevented.
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26.02.2009Microsoft Bans 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts
It's being reported today the Microsoft has banned up to 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts. Fresh on the heels of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
release Microsoft has stepped up their attack on piracy by banning a mass of Xbox Live users. According to a report in InformationWeek, Microsoft has
banned as many as a million players from Xbox Live for altering or modifying their consoles in order to play pirated versions of Xbox video games.
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13.11.2009UK government drops 'Orwellian' database plans
As reported here last year, in its efforts to stop terrorism and the crimes of fraudsters and paedophiles, the UK government had been floating the
idea of devising a central database to contain records of all Internet activities that passed through the country. As is the norm for the UK
government, potential policies are given a public airing of sorts, to see how people react. This may or may not influence what the government
eventually decides to do. In the case of the national database, the government has backed down, largely thanks to the complaints of those who argue
that it would have negative effects on privacy and civil liberty.
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28.04.2009YouTube expelled from Australian state's schools
An Australian state has banned
video website YouTube from its
government-run schools.
According to Victoria's
Education Services Minister
Jacinta Allan, the move will
help limit cyber-bullying and
was prompted after a gang of
male students videotaped their
assault on a 17-year-old girl
outside of Melbourne and
posted it on the site late
last year. The ban would
affect 1,600 government
schools in Victoria, the
second most-populous state in
the country after New South
Wales. Allan said the state
government " has never
tolerated bullying in schools
and this zero tolerance
approach extends to the online
world ." The ban means
YouTube will be added to the
list of websites the school
board's internet service
providers already filter so
that students are unable to
access them.
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02.03.2007Texas state Senate bans Vista from use in government agencies
The Texas state Senate yesterday gave preliminary approval to a state budget that includes a provision forbidding government agencies from upgrading
to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista without written consent of the legislature.
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03.04.2009Vista, IE7 Clear of US Antitrust Concerns
The Justice Department will
not be going after Microsoft
for any antitrust concerns
with Windows Vista or Internet
Explorer 7. The government
agency said Tuesday in a
report that it could find no
issues in either product...
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23.11.2006Cuba Bans Windows
In an effort to rid every computer in the country of the American-designed Windows OS, the Cuban government has banned the software and created its
own Linux-based operating system.
The Communist country 90 miles off the coast of Florida calls the Linux OS "Nova", and the government
considers it an integral piece in the fight against U.S. hegemony in Cuba. Shown at a Havana conference dedicated to "technological sovereignty",
the goal is to have Nova replace Windows on computers all across the island.
While most of the world has enjoyed a consumer computer
market for decades, the Cuban government only started allowing such a market last year. According to Cuba University's Information Sciences Director
Hector Rodriguez, around 20 percent of computers on the island are already running some sort of Linux-based operating system.
The turn
away from Windows is the latest move in Cuba's resistance to all things American, which has been ongoing since Fidel Castro took over the island
nation in 1959. Rodriguez certainly sees a ideological link between Linux and Cuba, "The free software movement is closer to the ideology of the
Cuban people, above all for the independence and sovereignty."
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19.02.2009How should the US government spend $7.2B in broadband funds?
Special interest groups are weighing in, but the government is also asking for comments from the general public...and that means you!
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11.03.2009Apple ad banned over iPhone 3G speed claims
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Apple to pull a recent TV ad for its iPhone 3G after receiving complaints that it was exaggerating
the speed of the device's data connection. The advert showed a close-up of the new iPhone being used to surf a news web page, view Google maps
and download a file, while a voice over stated: "So what's so great about 3G? It's what helps you get the news, really fast. Find your way,
really fast. And download pretty much anything, really fast. The new iPhone 3G.
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26.11.2008Netherlands Eases Segway Ban
The Netherlands is to relax its ban on the Segway motorized scooter, a two-wheeled, gyroscopically-balanced machine. " The general use of the
Segway will be allowed on bicycle paths and roads under the condition that a maximum speed of 25 km per hour will be kept to, " the Dutch
government said in a statement. The electric scooter is currently banned on public streets in the Netherlands and many other European countries have
placed restrictions on the use of the machine because of safety fears.
The Dutch authorities said all Segway users must be 16 or older and
must be insured when the ban eases from this summer. The government said it had not yet decided on whether the machine, which moves when the rider
leans forward or backwards, will need to have license plates or some other form of identification. Disabled persons will be able to use the Segway on
pavements up to a maximum speed of 6 kph.
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19.04.2008City of Toronto disconnects workers from Facebook
The City of Toronto has banned
its 23,000 employees from
using the social networking
site Facebook on work
computers. Politicians,
however, are exempt from the
ban because they use Facebook
to communicate with their
constituents, accordiing to
city spokesman Brad Ross. A
week ago, the province blocked
access to Facebook on staff
computers. The site is also
banned in most federal
departments in Ottawa. Ross
said there's no sign that
city employees have been
wasting time on the site,
" but to mitigate that
possibility, we just simply
denied access. Does it serve a
purpose that a city staff,
city employee have access to
Facebook? Does it do anything
for the city? The answer would
have to be no ." Other
websites already deemed
unacceptable and banned by the
city include pornography
sites, gambling sites and
YouTube.
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11.05.2007Manhunt 2 to Remain Banned in UK
Even though Take-Two attempted to tone down the violence in its Manhunt 2 video game, the revised version is still too much for British eyes...
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09.10.2007Creative Goes After Driver Modder
Since the release of Windows Vista, Creative has promised their Sound Cards as being 'Vista Ready'. Unfortunately, as many unlucky customers
did discover, this is not true. What the users actually found were buggy, feature crippled drivers. Creative insisted that features such as Decoding
of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals and DVD-Audio which worked fine in WinXP, would not work on Windows Vista. With Creative releasing less
than one new driver a year, things seemed bleak. Fortunately, a talented user, Daniel_K, was recently able to 'fix' many of the drivers,
enabling the incompatible features and also fixing many bugs. Just today Creative has decided to put a stop to this. They removed all links to his
modified drivers, and banned several users who were posting links to the now banned drivers.
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31.03.2008Microsoft: First Month Vista Sales Double XP
Responding to media reports
that initial adoption of
Windows Vista has been slow
and news that certain
government agencies are
holding off on upgrading,
Microsoft announced Monday
that it sold more than 20
million copies of Vista in the
first month - double the
copies of Windows XP sold in
its first month...
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27.03.2007Microsoft Releases More Information About Vista Source Code in China
Microsoft has announced
further plans to open the
Vista source code in China.
Microsoft
has reportedly signed a new
government security program
source code agreement with
China Information Technology
Security Certification Center,
allowing CNITSEC and other
approved institutions to look
over the source code and
relevant technical data of
Microsoft's products,
including Windows Vista, so as
to improve their evaluation on
the security of Microsoft
products. The agreement is an
important part of the MOU
signed between National
Development and Reform
Commission and Microsoft in
April 2006.
Microsoft's Government
Security Program helps
government departments and
international organizations
evaluate the security of
Microsoft products. CNITSEC
previously signed an agreement
with Microsoft on security
source code in February 2003
and was authorized to check
over the company's major
source code and technical
data.
Microsoft's move should
bring good results in the
promotion of information
security and enhancement of
mutual trust between China and
the United States.
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