Paul Thurrott: Is Windows Vista Ready?
There's been a lot of speculation and opinion about Windows Vista lately. Many claim that Microsoft's next generation operating system isn't ready and can't be made ready in time for the software giant's self-imposed October 2006 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) deadline.
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3.8.2006 At NASA, Windows Vista Isn't Ready For Launch
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the latest federal agency to put a hold on PC upgrades to Windows Vista. NASA has decided against deploying Microsoft's five-month-old operating system anytime this year.
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26.4.2007 Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs….Really???
Thanks to thepodest who wrote this article for
his blog. These are the specs requirements for Premium Vista PCs according to Microsoft.
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16.6.2007 Is 64-bit Vista ready for take off?
There have been 64-bit versions of Windows since Windows 2000, but Microsoft thinks 64-bit Vista may finally be starting to take off....
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4.8.2008 Get ready for Vista and Win2k8 SP2!
Just a heads up to prepare for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.
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21.5.2009 Report: Half of PCs Not Vista-Ready
While nearly every current PC will be able to run Windows Vista, only half will be able to take full advantage of all of it's features, a recent study by research firm Gartner suggests. In turn, the firm is urging IT managers to take caution when ordering new PCs.
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7.4.2006 Get Ready for Vista SP1 RTM Action Pack
Concomitantly with the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM, Microsoft will also start offering the new Action Pack complete with the SP1 gold bits. The Action Pack has evolved since the initial offering came out, associated with the RTM build of Vista, in order to allow company partners to perform full installations (bare metal deployments) of the service
pack.
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17.3.2008 Microsoft Is Defending x64 Windows Vista
The 64-bit editions of Windows Vista have came under assault recently (read about it here and here), especially when it comes down to the kernel mode code signing security mitigation introduced in the x64 versions of the operating system.
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3.8.2007 Windows Vista Activator 2007 x86 and x64
Windows Vista Activator 2007 Activate Windows Vista Completely. Now support for both Windows Vista x86 and x64.
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8.7.2007 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 Microsoft, ISVs Set To Ship Vista-Ready Security Products
Microsoft said this week that its security unit and top security ISVs -- including Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro -- plan to release Windows Vista-ready products and services on Jan. 30, when the operating system is due to become generally available.
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18.1.2007 Got Vista x64 questions? I've got answers
I got a lot of great questions and comments via e-mail and in the Talkback section of my previous post on the sudden surge in adoption rates for Windows Vista x64. In this follow-up, I summarize the answers I’ve found for each question.
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5.8.2008 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 Vista x64 to require digital signatures for many drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft just announced that the xX64 version of Windows Vista will require all kernel-mode code to be digitally signed. This is very different than the current WHQL program, where the user ultimately decides how they want to handle unsigned drivers.
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23.1.2006 Vista Timer Stopper Crack for x64 bit
S. Simon report, that Vista RTM Timer Stopper Crack work for x64 bit too. Follow the instructions.
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3.1.2007 Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants
Let me step onto my own personal soapbox for a minute. I've always been one of those do-it-yourself, "hardcore" PC guys. I believed that the only good desktop PC was one you built yourself, and that's just what I've done for the last 10 years.
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24.10.2007 Is Windows 7 ready for release now?
Earlier today, I read about the latest leaked build of Windows 7 to appear on BitTorrent. The text on the desktop suggests that build 7057 is part of the release candidate branch.
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13.3.2009 Vista RTM x86 & x64 WGA Cracker v1.0
One of our users report this crack. It work with all versions of RTM Windows Vista x86 & x64. Your windows will be 100% genuine and you will be able to install all updates.
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17.2.2007 All 35 official Vista Ultimate MUI Packs x32 & x64
Here are all ever published official 35 Multi-Language Packs for Vista Ultimate users in one posting - delivered via direct download links fresh from the MSWindowsUpdate-server!
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25.10.2007 Are You Ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta?
Are you ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta? Windows Live messenger 8.5 is barely out the door, but the question is not without a solid foundation.
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22.11.2007 Windows Home Server nearly ready for prime time
A typical household with two adults and three children can easily have three or more computers. Since each of the users wants access to the Internet, their PCs are likely to already be connected to a router -- but sharing media files and other data among the computers often remains an arduous task.
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2.3.2007 Get Ready for the Slipstream - Integrated Windows XP SP3 RTM Disks
Following its natural course of evolution, after being released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, Windows XP Service Pack 3 began shipping to Microsoft's OEM partners, and subsequently to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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24.4.2008 Get ready for the summer of Apple
Apple is preparing for one of the most pivotal summers in its history. On June 29, the company is expected to release the iPhone, perhaps one of the most hyped gadgets in history and a clear sign of where CEO Steve Jobs is placing his bets.
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9.6.2007 New Need For Speed Game is ready
The latest EA investors meeting was a great opportunity for the company's boss, John Riccitiello to unveil a host of new and exciting projects.
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18.6.2008 Ready for a new day? The new Microsoft site!
In just a few hours, the business launch of Windows Vista will take place at the NASDAQ headquarters.
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30.11.2006 Linux gets ready to fight Microsoft
The Linux Foundation insists it is equipped to fight Microsoft if the software giant’s lawsuit against TomTom impacts the open source Linux kernel.
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28.2.2009 Microsoft Says Home Server Ready For Liftoff
Now that Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has released a fix for the data corruption bug in Windows Home Server, channel partners are hoping Microsoft will embark on an advertising and marketing blitzkrieg to show consumers that having a server in the home can, in fact, make their lives easier.
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24.7.2008 Windows 7 Build 7077 x64
Just 2 days ago the x86 flavor of build 7077 leaked to the intertubes, and, as rumored, x64 has slipped past the watchful eye of the Sinofsky Secret Police, so those of you who have postponed the upgrade because you don’t want an outdated architecture can finally get the latest and greatest to escape from the gates of Redmond.
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9.4.2009 Microsoft: Office 2007 download ready Dec. 1
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it has completed work on Office 2007's system code and released it to manufacturing.
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7.11.2006 Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is no match for RAM
There's a new way to enhance your cache in Vista - simply plug in your Flash memory stick. But how much performance gain can you really expect? TG Daily ran an average PC through a benchmark parcours and discovered that the old rules still apply: There is no substitute for an adequate amount of system memory. Period.
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13.2.2007Get ready for Windows Vista
Getting ready for Windows
Vista, available in early
2007, means choosing the
edition that's right for you
and ensuring that you have the
right PC to enjoy the
experiences you want...
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25.05.2006Next Release of OneCare Won't Support Vista x64
Peter GalliWhen Microsoft
announced that it was ready to
roll out Windows Live OneCare
version 1.5 to coincide with
the general release of Windows
Vista, it omitted one
important fact: the product
will not support Vista x64 or
XP x64. I received an email
this morning from a reader
telling me that the OneCare
v1.5 beta would not install on
his Vista test machine as it
was just for 32-bit systems.
"It would be nice, now that
64-bit Vista is set to go, to
specify if the software will
run properly in 64-bit," he
said. "Has this changed in
the final release? It would be
nice to know as I have OneCare
on all three home PCs, and
plan on upgrading all of them
to 64-bit Vista," he said.
So I asked
Microsoft, which confirmed
that, indeed, OneCare v1.5
would not run on Vista x64 or
Windows XP x64 for that
matter, "although it will
support 32-bit Windows on x64
hardware," a Microsoft
spokesperson told me. The
spokesperson was also pretty
non-committal about the
possibility of x64 support
going forward, saying "we
continually evolve OneCare to
meet customer demand, though
we have no further specifics
to share at this time around
potential support for x64 in
the future." My colleague Joe
Wilcox spoke to Gina Narkunas,
the lead product manager for
Windows Live OneCare, this
evening from London. She told
him that "it wasn't a
business priority to support
64-bit," because there is
"no consumer demand" for a
64-bit right now.
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24.01.2007Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc
NeoSmart: Ever since we
first made available the Windows Vista
Recovery Disc for download back in January, we've been inundated with requests for
an
x64-compatible version. Flash-forward to three months later, and it's finally here!
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08.04.2008I Spy the Windows Vista SP1 x64 Full DVD (integrated)
Keith Combs: The Windows Vista SP1 x64 .ISO file is now online in the TechNet Subscriber Downloads center. It's the fully integrated SP1 thus
allowing you to install the operating system from scratch. Although it says English, it's my understanding it includes French, German, Japanese and
Spanish as well.
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29.02.2008Microsoft lets loose Vista SP1 for x64-based systems
Additional info is available at
HEXUS.net and
Winfuture.de Engadget: Not a whole lot to say here,
but if you're running Vista on an x64-based system, you've probably already noticed
a little surprise courtesy of
Windows Update, which today started pushing out the x64 edition of
Vista Service Pack 1. If
you've been following things in SP1 land, you'll notice that's actually ahead of the neat and tidy Windows Update launch for non-x64 systems, but
behind the
unofficial options already available.
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21.02.2008Windows Home Server x64 Connector Announcement Coming at CES 2008
Good news is on the way for those of you who wish to use Windows Home Server with x64 home computers.
As many of you know, the
Windows Home Server Connector does not currently support x64 home computers, which has caused a lot of frustration and angst amongst early adopters of
the x64 platform. Microsoft have previously announced that they would provide x64 support for machines running Windows Vista (
check out our Q&A with
the WHS Team for more) - those of you running Windows XP x64 will have to upgrade, unfortunately.
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30.11.2007Are You Ready for Windows Vista?
Columnist Stuart Mudie
describes how to make the move
to Windows Vista using Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor and
Windows Easy Transfer...
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29.09.2006Vista: One Year Later
One year ago today,
Microsoft released Windows
Vista to manufacturing. In the obligatory anniversary post we ask: Was it ready? Will it ever be ready?
The answer to the
first question is an emphatic "no." Vista wasn't ready. Hardware manufacturers and software developers weren't ready for it. The channel and
enterprises weren't ready, and consumers couldn't get it because Vista missed holiday 2006.
Microsoft promised WOW, but the reaction was, "What?" What is
different from Windows XP? What is wrong with the hardware requirements? What is the difference between "
Capable" and "
Ready?" What is this
Software Assurance requirement for Vista
Enterprise? What happened to the familiarity of Windows XP? What is
wrong with my Vista applications and hardware?
More recently the "W" question is "When?"--as in
when will
Microsoft release Vista Service Pack 1?
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08.11.2007Early Vista SP1 64-bit installs causing new problems?
An iTWire journo by the name of Alex
has found yet another Vista
SP1 issue to bitch about, this time it's the x64 version and early reports are pointing to several problems. Anything from the "Windows
Performance Rating" vanishing, to the poor souls Treo not being recognized through "Windows Mobile Center" after SP1 installation. There could be
many explanations for this happening: Either the guys laptop is so sucky that Vista did him a favor by simply hiding crap results, and his phone may
no longer sync to Mobile center because he has so few friends and contacts it just isn't worth it.
Vista may of done the guy a
favour.
Or Vista is indeed broke, and Microsoft need to sort it. Either way I am sick of all the ranting as of late, so much so that I will
be installing Windows Vista x64 SP1 just to annoy websites like iTWire,
InfoWorld and CNet (Staff bloggers) and all of
their readers to show them that any normal user can install Vista x64 SP1 and have everything work afterwards. Meanwhile a whambulance has been
dispatched to the above mentioned sites to pick up the whiney tossers.
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25.02.2008Will 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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25.05.2006Windows Vista x64 Must Use
Signed Drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft
just announced that the x64
version of Windows Vista will
require all kernel-mode code
to be digitally signed. This
is very different than the
current WHQL program, where
the user ultimately decides
how they want to handle
unsigned drivers.
Vista driver
developers must obtain a
Publisher Identity Certificate
(PIC) from Microsoft.
Microsoft says they won't
charge for it, but they
require that you have a Class
3 Commercial Software
Publisher Certificate from
Verisign. This costs $500
per year, and as the name
implies, is only available to
commercial entities."
jcxp.net - 22.01.2006
Windows Vista RC2 available to CPP Customers
This just in from Nick White
on the Windows Vista Team
Blog, thanks to betax
for the heads up.
I
encourage you to download and
install Windows Vista RC2.
We're almost finished with
Windows Vista - RTM is almost
here. Submit as many bugs as
you can as we continue to work
hard toward shipping.
Windows Vista RC2 is now
available to Customer Preview
Program participants for a
limited time . If you're
in the CPP use these links to
access RC2:
neowin.net - 07.10.2006
Windows Vista X Has Opened
Razer Comp Shop
We have now opened our shop
selling Laptops and PCs that
are Windows Vista Ready and
are also taking
preorder's on Windows
Vista..
windowsvistax.com - 26.08.2006
Windows Vista Build 5456
Released!
As anticipated<
/a>, Microsoft have released
Windows Vista Build 5456 to
testers via MS Connect. The
build is available for both
x86 and x64 users. As ever,
beta testers with x64
compatible machines should
download and install the x64
version to aid the beta
testing and bug elimination
process.
The
entire build string is as
follows:
5456.5.060620-1700_winmain_i
dx03
The x86
DVD is 2,572.91 MB, and the
x64 DVD is 3,356.9 MB -
considerably smaller than past
releases. Testers can still
use their 5342 and up Product
Keys to install the Ultimate
SKU.
jcxp.net - 26.06.2006
Exclusive: 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.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 04.03.2009
Exploring Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
In this overview of Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition,
Columnist Charlie Russel
explains what hardware and
software it supports...
WindowsXP/expertzone - 04.01.2006
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions RC1 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (x86/x64)
Earlier today Microsoft and Ready-to-Run Software released to web the Release
Candidate 1 (RC1) version of the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. This build now includes a combined installation package for
32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.
Listed below is the link for the download page for the combined 32-bit/64-bit installation
package:
FPSE 2002 RC1 for IIS 7 is supported on all of the the following operating systems...
winbeta.org - 15.12.2007
Could this be what fixes Vista for a lot of us?
Microsoft has apparently
decided to release some
updates for Windows Vista x86
and x64 versions to the
testers.
Updates are:
Windows6.0-KB938194-x64.ms
u @ 3.65mb
Windows6.0-KB938194-x86.ms
u @ 2.13 mb
Windows6.0-KB938979-x64.ms
u @ 14.15mb
Windows6.0-KB938979-x86.ms
u @ 9.86mb
938979 Vista Performance
and Reliability Pack:
This update resolves a
number of individual issues
which may be affecting some
computers running Windows
Vista. These issues have been
reported by customers using
the Error Reporting service,
product support, or other
means. Installing this update
will improve the performance
and responsiveness for some
scenarios and improves
reliability of Windows Vista
in a variety of scenarios.
Some examples of the
improvements contained in this
update are...
winbeta.org - 30.07.2007
Windows Server 2003 - XP
Conversion Pack
Windows Server 2003 is well
known for its superior speed,
stability, and security when
compared to Windows XP. This
fact is proven by
Microsoft's use of the
Windows Server 2003 kernel in
both Windows x64 Edition and
the upcoming Windows Vista.
Given this fact, it's no
wonder that many Windows users
have already switched to
Windows Server 2003 to gain
such improvements. However,
these users will have no doubt
also discovered that
compatibility issues are
common when using Windows
Server 2003 as a primary
home-use OS. Until Now... We
are proud to present version
2.0 of Windows X's
popular Windows Server 2003 -
XP Conversion Pack. This tool
will convert the Windows 2003
codebase from ServerNT to
WinNT, which will enable
locked features and transform
Windows Server 2003 into a
more compatible, and usable OS
like Windows XP. After
converting, your OS will
perform like Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition.
Finally you can gain all the
advantages of running Windows
Server 2003, without the
compatibility headaches!..
windowsvistax.com - 21.08.2006
Windows Vista X Update
We Are Sorry For the Long
Delay On Updating Our Site As
You May Know We Are Designing
A New Program For Windows
Vista And We not Had Much Time
We Are Pleased To Say Beta 1
Almost Done And Ready To Go
Public And We Are Opening Our
New Web-Hosting Site So We Are
Still Here. Thanks..
windowsvistax.com - 26.10.2006
