Wow! Windows Vista!
I finally got my hands on the finished product. Experiencing Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate, I was so excited I had to call in my family to show them the cool new features available right from the desktop.
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19.1.2007 The Vista wow becomes a whisper
I wasn’t a big fan of the “Wow” campaign around Windows Vista. But its newest incarnation — “100 Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless” — might be even worse.
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22.10.2007 Can There Be Wow in Vista Marketing?
Yesterday's Microsoft marketing bravado is just too funny. So now, 17 months after general availability, Microsoft will promote Windows Vista? Get a life.
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10.7.2008 Vista and Office: The WOW Starts Now!
It's official! The consumer release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be celebrated in New York on January 29 at a launch event the software giant has dubbed "The WOW starts now."
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4.1.2007 Microsoft on the Windows Vista Wow: Were Sorry! And the Autopsy
Back on November 30, 2006, Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer launched Windows Vista to businesses at the NASDAQ headquarters in New York.
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7.10.2007 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 The eXPerience XP SP3... The Wow Vista SP1... and the Seventh Windows 7
Windows XP (Service Pack 3 imminent), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 just around the corner) and Windows 7, still on the distant horizon, but at the same time becoming increasingly palpable...
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26.1.2008 Wow Starts January 29: Microsoft Sets Vista Consumer Launch
Microsoft will officially launch Windows Vista and Office 2007 for consumers at a special event in Times Square in New York City on January 29 called "Wow Starts Now."
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25.12.2006 Mac OS X and Linux Left Scrambling for Wow Crumbs in the Windows Vista Dust
Microsoft is celebrating a veritable Windows Vista feast, while Mac OS X and Linux are left scrambling for Wow crumbs.
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2.11.2007 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 WoW for Free!
Are you tired of paying $14.99 a month for a game you already bought? If so check out this great site for a list of the best FREE World of Warcraft servers and their current statuses.
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World of Warcraft WoW Edition Free Download
Addicted to Peggle Extreme that available for free on Steam? PopCap Games
, the developer of Peggle series of casual action video game, has teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of World of Warcraft (WoW), to release a special Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition, available for free download at no cost.
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19.7.2009 Microsoft postpones Winhec 2008 to Fall 2008
Microsoft announced that WinHEC 208 will not be held in the spring as previous years, but in the fall (October probably) of 2008.
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17.11.2007 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 No Vista for 2008 Beijing Olympics
The IT systems supporting the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will not be using Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest operating system.
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30.5.2007 Windows Vista to Explode in 2008
2007 might not have been the Wow's year, but in 2008 Windows Vista will explode. All the starts are aligned for Vista adoption to go through the roof. As a matter of fact, 2008 will prove the first truly fertile year for the Wow from the household to the corporate environment.
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15.11.2007 "Avoid Microsoft Windows Vista until 2008"
New security features in Windows Vista will largely eliminate the need to run separate anti-spyware or firewall software, according to a new analyst report.
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8.5.2006 Users may need Vista to make most of Server 2008
Companies installing Windows Server 2008 may have to buy extra Microsoft software, such as Windows Vista, to use more advanced features, analyst firm Gartner has said.
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3.11.2007 The Best Windows Vista Blog Contest 2008
WinVistaClub, in association with Windows Vista Magazine, is organising a contest to recognise some of the Best Windows Vista Blogs and Websites.
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13.8.2008 Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista
It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista after all and it’s already been released. Windows Server 2008 isn’t easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly can be 20% faster than Vista while retaining most of the same features.
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12.3.2008 AutoCollage 2008 for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
AutoCollage 2008 is a project developed by Microsoft Research Cambridge and made available for download as of September 4, 2008.
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4.9.2008 Microsoft to launch new Vista-subscription trials in early 2008
Microsoft is readying a new Windows-Vista based version of its FlexGo hardware-software-services bundle aimed at emerging markets.
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17.5.2007 Vista SP 1 Ships in 2008, the First Beta Drops in 2 Weeks!
After a long period of Windows Omerta, in which Microsoft gagged all details related to the future development plans for the Windows platform, the company has come out and confirmed the availability dates for the first beta of Windows Vista SP1, as well as for the final release of the refresh.
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29.8.2007 Testers get SP2 Release Candidate for Vista and Server 2008
Microsoft has released the Release Candidate build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to its testers. The build is slightly newer than the RC-Escrow build and contains 691 hotfixes.
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20.2.2009 Windows Vista ServicePack 1 RC1 Will Expire on June 30, 2008
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1 Will Expire on June 30, 2008. Microsoft finally wakes up and points to Vista SP1 RC1.
Thanks to GypsyDavid for this news.
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21.12.2007 Vista SP1 Desktop Optimization Pack 2008 R2 RTM
Since the introduction of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, the Redmond company has sold in excess of 10 million units of the package of solutions, and on September 15, the R2 version of MDOP 2008 was released to manufacturing.
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16.9.2008 Windows Vista & Server 2008 SP2 Beta released to testers
Microsoft have made available build v6002-16497 of Service Pack 2 for both Windows Vista and Server 2008 to testers late last night. The bits show a compile date of October 17th and weigh in on average around the 3 Gigabyte mark.
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2.10.2008 Microsoft to Release Windows Server 2008 RCO, Vista SP1 Beta
Microsoft is about to make available the first release candidate for Windows Server 2008, the first beta for Vista SP1 and a preview of Windows Server virtualization.
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25.9.2007 Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008
Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008!
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15.1.2008 Rearm and Extend Activation Grace Period in Windows Vista and Server 2008
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has free activation grace period which allows user to install and use the operating system for 120 days and 240 days without product key or product activation completed.
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8.6.2008Can There Be 'Wow' in Vista Marketing?
Yesterday's Microsoft marketing bravado is just too funny. So now, 17 months after general availability, Microsoft will promote Windows Vista? Get
a life. The big talk and promises came from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, in Houston, where Brad Brooks fessed up about Vista
marketing mistakes and promised there would be response to Apple's "Get a Mac" ads. They say that confession is good for the corporate soul. I
say that it's not good enough.
Microsoft should never have abandoned the original "Wow" Windows Vista marketing campaign. It brought
new meaning to the term "marketing blitz." The campaign flashed by before anybody could blink and say, "Wow." Even if Microsoft executives loathed
the ads, better to keep them than have nothing. I remain convinced that the Vista marketing campaign could have been very effective. The TV
commercials were aspirational, potentially creating positive feelings about the then-mysterious Windows Vista.
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10.07.2008Wow! Windows Vista!
Columnist Joli Ballew shares
her excitement over the new
interface, graphics,
applications, and features in
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19.01.2007The Vista wow becomes a whisper
I wasn’t
a big fan of the “Wow” campaign around Windows Vista. But its
newest incarnation
“100
Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless” might be even worse.
The new site lists 100 reasons users should take a
closer look at Windows Vista. No. 1 is “It makes using your PC a breeze.” No. 100 is “Because your network is the backbone of your
business (Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting).”
Seeing Windows Vista for the first time may leave you searching for words.
Many people just say ‘Wow.’ Here are 100 reasons why,” the site says.
When Microsoft launched Windows Vista in
January, execs knew they needed a succinct way to explain why users should upgrade to the new OS. Not a list of 50 reasons. But something that would
roll off the tongue of salesclerks and PC makers in a 30-second pitch.
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22.10.2007Vista and Office: The WOW Starts Now!
It's official! The consumer
release of Windows Vista and
Office 2007 will be celebrated
in New York on January 29 at a
launch event the software
giant has dubbed "The WOW
starts now." The invitation
to "The "WOW starts now"
event includes a note signed
by Microsoft chairman Bill
Gates, in which he says that,
"on January 29th, Microsoft
will celebrate the launch of
two amazing products that
represent the culmination of a
tremendous team effort."
Attendees will be
treated to a celebratory lunch
at Manhattan's famous
Cipriani restaurant, followed
by the actual launch event at
the Nokia Theatre in Times
Square later in the day.
Gates goes on to say
that millions of
people--Microsoft employees,
developers, customers,
bloggers, families, media, the
entire industry--"have come
together like never before and
added their own individual
imprints to help make Windows
Vista and 2007 Microsoft
Office system the most tested
products in Microsoft
history."
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04.01.2007New Vista Slogan for CES
It's not surprising Microsoft
will be touting Windows Vista
at the upcoming Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in Las
Vegas. But the slogan the
company has chosen to tout its
new version of Windows may
catch some off-guard.
There will be an entire
Vista pavillion outside the
main convention center,
dedicated to showing off Vista
and new Vista machines.
Additionally,
according to a couple of
sources, Microsoft is using as
a key component of its Vista
marketing material the phrase:
"WOW!" "When you
see it, you'll say
it."
Supposedly, we'll all see a
lot of that message over the
next week on banners all over
Vegas.
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04.01.2007Exclusive: 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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04.03.2009Video claims to demo breathtaking Windows 7 features
Many users are interested in whether or not Windows 7 will be an improvement in terms of
performance, but that verdict will only be out once benchmark tests are performed on the RTM build. That will be a while. Other
users have their eyes set on what features Windows 7 will offer over Windows Vista. Will Microsoft's next operating system add something that truly
makes the user exclaim "wow!" or make customers rush to stores the second it hits the shelves?
The current internal builds look
like Windows Vista, and this is completely normal because Microsoft begins work on the user interface last. Nevertheless, there have been minor
features added already (none of which are set in stone of course). Out of everything we've seen in these early builds, there really hasn't been
anything to write home about yet, until now.
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14.05.2008What Went Wrong with Windows Vista?
December is the month for year-end reviews. We begin our first 2007 look back by offering 10 reasons why Vista failed to "WOW" consumers or
businesses. Make no mistake: Despite PR assertions otherwise, Windows Vista did not meet Microsoft expectations.
-Windows Vista
advertising ended almost as abruptly as it started
-Microsoft beat the drum a bit too loudly about the number of Vista licenses shipped
-Windows Ultimate Extras became a real dreamscape of empty promises
-Microsoft already is advancing plans for Vista-successor Windows
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07.12.2007Windows 7 marketing initiative outlined
There’s great marketing campaigns, like
5.5 million views of a blender blending things on YouTube,
and then there was “
the wow starts now“. A job posting published
today looking for a marketing manager to be responsible for the Windows 7 marketing campaign gives us some insights into how Microsoft plans to pitch
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22.01.2009Vista: 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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08.11.2007Vista Leads the 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007
#1. No Wow, No How: Windows Vista
Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?
It's
not that Vista is awful. The integrated security and
parental controls are nice, and the Aero interface is as whizzy as it gets. Searching and wireless networking are much faster and easier than under
XP.
It's just that Vista isn't all that good. Many of the innovations the operating system was supposed to bring--like more
efficient file and communications systems--got tossed overboard as Microsoft struggled to get the OS out the door, some three years after it was first
promised. Despite its hefty hardware requirements, Vista is slower than XP.
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17.12.2007Microsoft 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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26.05.2009Announcing the Windows Vista Coach Tour
Nick White has written up a
blog entry regarding a road
trip planned between January
16 and 24, 2007. The trip is
regarding the "Wow" starts
now campaign for Microsoft
Windows Vista.
"I
and a few Windows community
influencers will hop on a
custom-wrapped Windows Vista
bus and visit major cities on
the East coast of the United
States: Nashville, Lexington,
Cincinnati, Columbus,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington DC,
Charlotte, Savannah,
Jacksonville, Orlando,
Gainesville, Atlanta and
places in between. We'll then
return to Nashville to wrap up
the tour."
You can
catch the Windows guys in the
cities as well as on the road.
Why would you want to? First
off, there will be a custom
designed coach bus based
around the Windows Vista
"energy" theme (Vista's
default wallpaper). This
isn't just Microsoft we're
talking about; AMD will be
part of the branding too. The
coach will be equipped with
free Wi-Fi so that you can
fully utilize, in the very
comfortable lounge area, the
numerous systems running
Windows Vista. An Xbox 360
will be present along with
refreshments, not that you
won't have anything to do:
the team is only too happy to
answer your Windows Vista
questions.
Secondly, features such as
Ultimate Extras, speech
recognition, Tablet
functionality, and the way
Media Center works with the
Xbox 360 as an extender will
all be showed off. Thirdly,
and what people are probably
most interested in, there will
be various prizes to give
away. Videos and still photos
of the trip will be available
on the Windows Vista Team Blog
on a day-to-day basis. For
those who already have the
Vista Sidebar, a gadget will
be available for tracking the
group on the road.
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16.01.2007Sneak peak at upcoming Windows 7 advertisements
Microsoft has a lot riding on its upcoming launch of Windows 7. With Vista burned by bad reviews, user errors, and a general vibe of negativity, it
needs Windows 7 to replace Windows XP as the next rock solid platform. Posted below are some upcoming advertisements for the Windows 7 campaign
where Microsoft hopes to show off some of the highlights of the new platform, according to istartedsomething.com. Each advertisement shows off a
different feature in a unique way that directly address negativity received over its previous "The Wow is Now" campaign for the launch of Vista.
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08.09.2009Vista SP1 to Bring Fixes, Not Features; Due in Early 2008
In response to media coverage and pressure from partners, Microsoft finally opened up about Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Wednesday, detailing what
customers should expect of the update, and setting a final release date of Q1 2008...
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29.08.2007WOW Upgrade Sets US, EU Sales Records
World of Warcraft fans turned
out in full force last week to
purchase The Burning
Crusade , Blizzard
Entertainment said Tuesday. In
the first 24 hours of
availability, nearly 2.4
million copies were sold...
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24.01.2007How Microsoft Can Save Vista And Windows Server 2008
Mitchell Ashley: Over the weekend my son Phil and I built a computer and a server for the test lab I use in my business (building computers is also a
hobby we share). One of the machines was a Vista box, the other was a server which I'm testing the Windows Server 2008 RC-1 Hyper-V software that
came out last Thursday. I'm sure I'll be writing about the Hyper-V RC-1 software in several upcoming blog posts.
It caused me
to think about 2008 and to look back at the 2007 ups and downs of Vista since its introduction earlier in the year. The Vista SP1 service pack is
coming in February 2008, while at the same time Vista is being compared to Windows ME, another Windows operating system Microsoft "didn't get
right".
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18.12.2007Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista
It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista after all and it’s already been released. Windows Server 2008 isn’t
easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly can be 20% faster than Vista while retaining most of the same features.
Windows Workstation 2008 is not a product sold by Microsoft and must be configured from a copy of Windows Server 2008. It seems this version
of Windows lacks the “bloat” that is part of Vista. However, I am not sure what the author is referring to (but is likely talking about
unnecessary services). Of course this version of Windows was designed with developers in mind who covet speed above all else. Workstation 2008
includes IIS and Hyper-V for creating virtual machines.
A
Microsoft
employee and
third party website have created tutorials on how to
use Windows Server 2008 as a desktop operating system. This is what I’ve been referring to as Windows Workstation 2008. Keep in mind that this
will have the same driver problems as Vista does, meaning, if a Vista driver doesn’t exist for a piece of hardware you still won’t be able
to use it with Server or Workstation 2008.
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12.03.2008Gartner: Wait Until 2008 to
Adopt Vista
Research firm Gartner made
waves Friday by telling
clients in a note that there
was no compelling reason for
most businesses to upgrade to
Windows Vista until 2008 -- or
even later. However,
Microsoft's response to the
scathing analysis may shock
many: it called the report
"balanced."..
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14.11.2005Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2: watch this space
As some of you may recall, Windows Server 2008 shipped
with SP1 already installed. Microsoft
made this decision in order to synchronize the Windows client and server release schedule. As such, SP2 will be released simultaneously for both Vista
and Server 2008. Earlier this month Microsoft put up
Knowledge Base Article 948465, a
placeholder for both Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008...
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