Microsoft deploys Linux powered WLAN
The next time Bill Gates sends an e-mail through Microsoft's shiny new Wireless LAN it will be passed through a behind-the-scenes Linux-based network appliance.
Earlier this year Microsoft and Aruba Networks jointly announced the two companies will work to replace Microsoft's existing Cisco wireless network with Aruba's centrally-managed infrastructure, which eliminates the need for individual changes on the access points.
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Wake us at.. ;-)
Wake-On-LAN Add-in for Windows Home Server
One of the great things about Windows Home Server is it can act as a "proxy server", giving you access to any Remote Desktop capable machine on your LAN.
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3.5.2007 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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1.2.2008 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 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 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 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 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 Microsoft Makes Its Own: 32-bit Windows Vista vs. 64-bit Windows Vista
With Windows Vista, Microsoft delivered both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors concomitantly, a first for the company, whose Windows XP x64 Professional (April, 2005) was launched one year after Windows XP SP2 (August 2005) and four after the initial 32-bit Windows XP (2001).
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8.1.2008 Microsoft: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP – Definitely Vista!
As far as Microsoft is concerned there is only one choice possible in terms of desktop clients. But Windows Vista is also the clear option over Windows XP when it comes down to the Redmond company's preferred operating system for mobile PCs.
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6.9.2007 Genuine Windows Vista vs. Pirated Windows Vista
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Essentially there is absolutely no difference between a genuine and pirated copy of Windows Vista in terms of functionality. Sure, there is a very good chance that the counterfeit version of the operating system would contain malicious code and that the user experience would be gravely diminished because the fabric of the platform has been tampered with in the cracking process.
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12.9.2007 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 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 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 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 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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3.10.2007Turn Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot
If you have ever wanted to turn your laptop is a Wi-Fi hotspot, a secret feature has been revealed in Windows 7 code that allows you to tether your
cell phone or other wireless device to your laptop. The unfinished feature was hidden by default because of incompatibility with many of the devices
and drivers. The feature can be enabled through some simple command line scripts and a feature clicks of the mouse. Open up the Run command with
Administrative permissions and run: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspot key=passwordhere Set the network adapter with: netsh wlan
start hostednetwork After running the command, you should notice "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter" appear in your network and sharing
settings.
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17.11.2009Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007
Jeff Jones: In the wake of my
Windows Vista One Year
Vulnerability Report, I have received many questions regarding the current vulnerability record of Windows Vista as compares with Windows XP
SP2.
This short paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for
calendar year 2007 and a brief analysis to see if any benefit is apparent for users of one OS over the other.
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15.05.2008Windows' new saleswoman talks '7'
In some senses, Tami Reller has one of the toughest jobs in technology. She is tasked with selling
Windows 7 in the wake of Windows Vista and amid a relentless
assault from
Cupertino in which the PC is depicted as slow, virus-ridden, and buggy.
In another sense, though, her job is getting a lot
easier. After three years of trying to muddle through Vista, Microsoft is ready to release Windows 7--a product that, by most accounts, is much better
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20.10.2009Vista not really helping PC sales, says report
Although Microsoft
wants consumers to believe
that Vista has reinvigorated
the computer market, research
firm In-Stat says it really
has no impact at all.
"System sales that
had been muted waiting for
systems pre-loaded with Vista
rather than XP are expected to
work through sales channels in
the next two quarters," said
In-Stat analyst Ian Lao.
"However, these sales
represent an offset from last
year rather than actual new
demand creation."
In
other words, the long-term
expectations have not changed
in the wake of Vista's
launch. In-Stat predicts 300
million PCs to be sold in
2009, the same number it
predicted when Windows XP was
still the most recent OS...
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23.05.2007College interviews without shoes
Avery Cullinan put on her best outfit, but no shoes, for her college interview at Wake Forest University. She sat at her computer and did her
interview over the Internet, telling the admissions officer over 800 miles away why Wake Forest University is right for her. Part of a pilot program
which started in May, Cullinan was able to avoid a costly trip from her home of Newburyport, Massachusetts to Wake Forest for a 30 minute interview.
According to the Associated Press, Martha Allman, admissions director at the North Carolina school, said she eventually wants to give each of the
9,000 applicants a more individualised review before inviting them to join the university's 1,200 student freshman class.
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02.01.2009Windows Home Server Add-in: Wake On Lan
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28.09.2007Microsoft says 'no Alan Wake in 2007'
Microsoft has dashed any last
vestiges of hope fans of Alan
Wake may have had for the
game's release this year,
confirming it's not a 2007
title.
Alan Wake is a
title that the company wants
to nurture and ensure it's
"really ready" when it's
ushered back into the
limelight, managing director
of Microsoft Game Studios,
Shane Kim, told
Game
Informer.
However, Kim explained
that it's a game Microsoft
wouldn't be talking about if
it were "way out in the
future". So 2008 then? Could
be.
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23.07.2007Gartner: 'Wake up IT, you work in business'
To remain relevant, IT managers need to wake up and admit they work in business, not IT, Gartner's leading analysts said at the keynote address at
the Gartner Symposium in Sydney.
"None of you are in IT, all of you are in business," said Andy Kyte, VP and Gartner fellow.
IT has become invisible to end-users and should rather be called OT or Operational Technology, according to Kyte. At the same time,
the way businesses procure technology is changing, for example Software-as-a-Service, allowing technology to seep into the business beyond the IT
department's control.
"So where does that leave IT professionals?" Kyte asked. "We need to ask what we do, what to achieve,
what is expected of us, and how we are perceived by our peers in business," he said.
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21.11.2007Vista licence options make Macs look cheap
A UK property asset management
company is examining Apple
Macs and Linux desktops to cut
its dependency on Microsoft in
the wake of the software
giant's aggressive licensing
options.
Capital &
Regional has about 700 PC
users and currently runs
Windows XP Pro and Office XP
Pro, Chief Information Officer
Richard Snooks has hit out
Microsoft's aggressive
licensing policies.
"We are feeling the pinch
of the aggressive revenue
targets of Microsoft," Snooks
said. "We are asking
ourselves, 'Are they
(Microsoft) fit for our
business?'"
In
particular, Snooks isn't
convinced by the arguments for
upgrading to Microsoft's
latest Windows operating
system, Vista, and is actively
looking at alternatives,
including a small trial of a
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11.07.2007Microsoft plots embedded OS futures
In his keynote at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) last month, Kevin Dallas, GM of Microsoft's Windows Embedded unit, tipped some of his
group's future product plans. Included are new versions of Windows CE 6.0 and Windows XP Embedded, plus the arrival of "Windows Vista Embedded."
Before detailing these, Dallas began his talk by providing "examples of where we could improve as an industry." Devices need to be
service-aware, he said, citing telephony and navigation as examples.
It should be possible to use a mobile device to receive a
phone call at home via VoIP (voice over IP), have it automatically switch to a WAN (and hands-free operation) when moved to a car, then seamlessly
switch over to a corporate WLAN at the office, said Dallas. Similarly, he added, navigation devices ought to move information from a PC, to a mobile
device, to an in-car system automatically.
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10.10.2007Vote For The Best Windows Vista Website!
WinVistaClub, in association with 'Windows Vista - The Official Magazine', has organised a contest to recognise some of the Best Windows Vista
Blogs and Websites.
The following 10 websites have been being declared by the Judges, as the Top 10 Vista websites and have been put up
for a public vote.
MintyWhite Windows Guides
Vista Revisited
Windows Vista Update
Windows Vista For Beginners
Tweaking With Vishal
MaximumPCGuides
Windows Vista Forums
The Road To Know Where
Windows Vista Weblog
Vista & XP Media
Center Support Community
Click
HERE to cast your vote for your
favourite Windows Vista Website, and in the process also get to know some other real good ones !
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02.09.2008Are You Ready for Windows Vista?
Columnist Stuart Mudie
describes how to make the move
to Windows Vista using Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor and
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29.09.2006Demand for draft 802.11n devices likely to pick up momentum
Demand for draft 802.11n
(pre-N) devices is expected to
start picking up momentum in
the second quarter of this
year, buoyed by the launch of
Microsoft's Windows Vista OS
(operating system), according
to sources at Taiwan-based
network-equipment makers. New
features of Windows Vista,
such as improved multimedia
streaming and higher
transmission rate, may
facilitate encouraging users
to choose pre-N devices when
they buy a Vista-capable PC,
the sources indicated.
Recent market rumors
saying that Intel may launch a
new notebook platform,
featuring a built-in pre-N
WLAN module, in the first half
of this year, also
strengthened positive
expectations for 802.11n
products, the sources noted.
Additionally, as the market
for pre-N products becomes
more mature, makers in line
may significantly lower prices
in the first half of 2007 to
boost sales, said the sources,
adding that some makers may
begin volume shipments of new
pre-N devices built using
new-generation low-cost
802.11n chips.
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05.01.2007Why installing Vista SP1 might fail via Windows Update
When you try to install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update you can get error: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from
Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates.
To help ensure a positive update experience, Windows Update will temporarily not
offer Windows Vista SP1 to systems that have the following device drivers. In some cases, these device drivers are problematic on Windows Vista-based
computers when you update to Windows Vista SP1. By installing updated device drivers, you will resolve the issue and enable Windows Update to offer
Windows Vista SP1.
Click read more to view a list of drivers that don't work well with Vista SP1:
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20.03.2008Make Your PC Wake From Sleep Automatically
A lot of people these days are becoming more aware of the energy savings to be had by shutting down unused equipment when its not in use. And while
its no problem to shut off the TV and the end of the evening a lot of people have trouble doing the same for the PC. This is mainly because its nice
to have all your work on your computer right there where you left it when you return in the morning. Of course, this is what śsleepť mode is for “ you
can save energy without losing your place...
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09.07.2008Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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03.01.2009Broadcom: 802.11n unlikely to replace 802.11g
Broadcom has revised its outlook for 802.11n chips, envisioning that 802.11n is unlikely to replace 802.11g as the mainstream technology standard for
the WLAN market, according to Michael Hurlston, vice president and general manager of Broadcom's WLAN business unit. The price difference between
802.11n and 802.11g solutions was a fundamental factor in Broadcom's shift in outlook for 802.11n chips, Hurlston added. Since the manufacture of
802.11g chips is mature and the prices for 802.11g devices are very competitive, 802.11g will continue to be the mainstream for the industry, Hurlston
stated.
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05.09.2007Microsoft Research Ships Wi-Fi
Tool
Engineers at Microsoft
Research have released a new
software tool that enables a
computer to connect to
multiple Wi-Fi networks
simultaneously. With
VirtualWiFi, a single wireless
card can appear multiple
virtual WLAN cards. A user can
then configure each to link to
a different access point,
computer or other device...
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19.10.2005Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
As expected, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC is now available to general public for download. You can
download the SP2 RC for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 below: ISO for Windows Server 2008 x86/x64/ia64 and Windows Vista x86/x64x86 for
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x86x64 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x64IA64 for Windows Server 2008 ia64 The service pack is
delivered as a single release for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. There will be a single 32-bit standalone installer (302 MB to 390 MB)
for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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04.03.2009Will your PC run Windows
Vista? Download the Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor
The Windows Vista Upgrade
Advisor is an application that
you can run on your current
Windows XP-based computer to
find out if it's ready for an
upgrade to Windows Vista...
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