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Opinion: Windows Vista Running Slow? Two Proven Ways to Speed it Up

16 Aug 2008 11:35:09 PDT

Written by ShaDow
If you truly want to speed up vista, you need to approach the issue from a few different angles. Simply installing an anti-virus tool or anti-spyware tool isn't going to cut it. That being said, start considering different methods of speeding up your computer -- examine what techniques can...

Original story at Windows Vista Guide .

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Opinion: Windows Vista Running Slow? Two Proven Ways to Speed it Up

16 Aug 2008 11:27:00 PDT

Written by ShaDow
The registry is in charge of keeping all vital information organized and readily available for your PC. When the computer needs something, the registry is where it turns to. So, this means if the registry becomes corrupted, the computer will have a bit of trouble getting what it needs and wi...

Original story at MS Windows Vista Compatible Software .

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Opinion: CyberNotes: TweakVista Giveaway!

14 Aug 2008 08:11:09 PDT

Written by Ashley
Microsoft Monday Stardock describes this portion of TweakVista as: “Unleash the power of the Desktop Windows Manager, underlying Vista’s user interface.” From here you can do things like enable or disable the Flip 3D window switching.

Original story at CyberNet Classics .

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Opinion: Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths

05 Aug 2008 20:43:23 PDT

Written by The How-To Geek
Windows expert Ed Bott explains it: Windows expert Mark Russinovich agrees: Editor: Readers should note that a recent Windows Vista tweaking guide, offered for download by Microsoft, does suggest disabling unneeded services.

Original story at Lifehacker .

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Opinion: Virtual Private Networking in Windows XP Pro. and in Windows 98 SE

02 Aug 2008 03:36:11 PDT

Written by Dan
I wanted to add this post because when the APS network was hacked in 2007 and then my home computer was hacked it was really disturbing but now in reflecting back on the experience it was profoundly interesting as well. The hacker(s)? stole all my personnel information and my identity and it...

Original story at MS OS .

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Opinion: My Favorite Windows Vista Runtime Improvements (RTI)

29 Jul 2008 07:57:01 PDT

Written by Keith Combs
An astute observer of Windows Vista will notice the operating system is always doing something. The most visible activity involves the hard drives of your system. If you haven’t changed any of the default settings for Windows Vista, you’ll notice those hard drives are constantly readi...

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Windows Vista news and blogs - August 21, 2008

21 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Windows Vista news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: Ultimate Language Secrets Revealed -- by Lockergnome from Windows Fanatics
• Opinion: FREE: PlacesBar Editor - Configure the dialog places bar -- by Michael from 4sysops
• Opinion: CyberNotes: Windows Explorer Groups and Stacks in Vista -- by Ashley from CyberNet Classics - CyberNotes
• Opinion: Convert Windows Server 2008 to Windows Workstation 2008? -- by Michael from 4sysops
• Opinion: Why Vista? (Volume 6 -- CompletePC Backup) -- by danwoodman from TechNet Blogs
• Opinion: I can control what I watch of the Olympics? Any event? Anytime I want? -- by KevinRemde from TechNet Blogs
• Opinion: CyberNotes: Use Any USB Drive or Memory Card with ReadyBoost on Vista -- by Ryan from CyberNet Classics - CyberNotes
• Opinion: Mojave Experiment: If you have to trick people into using your product, what does that say about your product? -- by Chris from Chris Pirillo
• Opinion: CyberNotes: Windows Memory Usage Explained -- by Ryan from CyberNet Classics - All Articles
• Opinion: Why Vista? (Volume 2 -- Windows Meeting Space) -- by danwoodman from TechNet Blogs

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Opinion: People who hate Vista shown ‘Mojave’ and like it, then find out that ‘Mojave’ is actually Vista

29 Jul 2008 07:30:00 PDT

Written by Doug Aamoth
Okay, here’s what happened. Microsoft took a group of 120 individuals who “were either Mac, Linux, or users of versions of Windows that came before Windows Vista” and who rated their perception of Vista at less than a five on a scale of one to ten. These people were shown a demo of what they [...]

Original story at CrunchGear .

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Opinion: CyberNotes: How To Replace Vista’s Flip-3D with Something Better

27 Jul 2008 04:33:59 PDT

Written by Ryan
This article was written on February 15, 2007 by CyberNet.Tutorial Thursday The Flip-3D task switching in Windows Vista is probably one of its most notorious features. If you’re not familiar with it then the next time you get your hands on Windows Vista (with Aero enabled) make sure you p...

Original story at CyberNet Classics .

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Opinion: We need a new OS. Let's call it Consumer OS... [Geekzone: IT, mobility, wireless and handheld news]

15 Jul 2008 14:34:00 PDT

Written by freitasm
And of course the inevitable comparison with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 - itself fast and quite solid. Microsoft Windows Vista must to go the way of the enterprise. Leave it for the corporate bodies. You can always use Windows Vista Home Basic" I hear you saying...

Original story at Geekzone .

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Opinion: Refresh of the Kernel-Mode Driver Architecture Reference section

26 Jun 2008 16:31:00 PDT

Written by wdkblog
Hi, I’m Seth McEvoy and I’m the writer for the Kernel-Mode Driver Architecture section of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). My section is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973498.aspx. I’ve only been writing on the kernel for about a year, but I’ve been at Microsoft for 17 year...

Original story at MSDN Blogs .

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Opinion: Yikes! Vista Security to be Obliterated!

24 Jun 2008 14:47:12 PDT

Written by david_leblanc
Just picked up this link from Robert Hensing's blog - http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Vista-security-to-be-obliterated-at-Black-Hat/0,339028227,339290040,00.htm. Seems Mark Dowd is going to be doing a presentation on how to bypass some of the defenses used by programs. I wr...

Original story at MSDN Blogs .

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Opinion: How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying

17 Jun 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Written by The How-To Geek
Turn Off Windows Explorer Click Sounds in Windows Vista>> Use Compatibility Mode to Make Applications Work Using Windows Vista Compatibility Mode>> Fix File Copying Problems Install Windows XP on Your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer>>

Original story at Lifehacker .

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Opinion: Speed up Vista

17 Jun 2008 00:22:53 PDT

Written by joshua
What is your opinion on this? Am I wrong? Did these things make a difference to the performance of Vista on your computer? Tags: performance, vista, Windows, windows-vista Related posts Zoom It (3)Zip Repair (2)Yuck new Windows Vista Ultimate Extras (9)Youtube Batch Downloader (11)X...

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Opinion: The Acer Ferrari 5000 eighteen months later [Geekzone: IT, mobility, wireless and handheld news]

09 Jun 2008 22:18:00 PDT

Written by freitasm
As for the software, I ran the original Windows Vista 64 bit for twelve months on this machine, but one day I scheduled a boot time CHKDSK and it never booted. So I decided to install Windows Vista 32 bit in early January 2008 because I was tired of the lack of 64 bit drivers.

Original story at Geekzone .

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Opinion: Comparing Windows to Linux

28 Mar 2008 02:44:35 PDT

Written by James Senior
View the Windows Screencast View the Windows Screencast Security Development Lifecycle The Microsoft Perspective on Windows Server and Linux for Server Operating Systems View the Windows Screencast Windows PowerShell View the Windows Screencast View the Windows Screencast

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Opinion: My Vista Experience just got sooooo much better

22 Mar 2008 12:09:00 PDT

Written by DotNetInterop
Quietly I've been suffering through an experience with Windows Vista on my laptop. I got my laptop, a HP/Compaq nc8430, in October 2006 and had been running Vista on it since then. In the early days, I used a pre-release version of vista, but I switched to the generally-released (RTM) vers...

Original story at MSDN Blogs .

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Opinion: 5 Takes on Windows Vista SP1 [Roundup]

21 Mar 2008 12:15:53 PDT

Written by Benny Goldman
Anandtech: "Compared to where we were a year ago, our general recommendation for Vista is unchanged. We are however impressed with the progress of the x64 versions of Vista over the past year, after feeling like it was lagging behind Vista x86 from beta up through the release version of Vis...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Mossberg Reviews Vista SP1: "Don't Expect Much From It" [Windows Vista SP1]

13 Feb 2008 20:09:54 PST

Written by matt buchanan
Today, Mossberg takes a look at the lukewarmly anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. It's an odd little beast of a review, its flat, monotonal surface covering a bed of barbs. (Most of 'em are true.) Here's the sharpest one (bold is mine): SP1 doesn't resolve some of the most annoying f...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: Deploying Vista SP1.

12 Feb 2008 05:43:58 PST

Written by jamesone
My machine is definitely running better - how much that is SP1 and how much just cleaning it out I don't know. But the ease with which you can make build disks and give them to every laptop user in the company is just one more reason why I say Vista is superior to anything we've had before. Technora...

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Opinion: Microsoft Year-End Report Card: B- [Microsoft Report Card]

21 Dec 2007 11:00:00 PST

Written by Wilson Rothman
Let's cut the blather about new functionality and early-adoption growing pains and all that: New operating systems are supposed to run smoother than older ones. In my own life, three Vista machines proved unable to meet the mobile rigors of blogging in the field. I had used both Macs and PCs...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: How to secure a wireless network

19 Aug 2007 10:28:00 PDT

Written by Corrine
Here's a great tip via Josh at Windows Connected: Join the fun at Windows Connected. I'm connected, are you? Computer security news & information, help, tips and more, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Original story at Security Garden .

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Opinion: IE 7 Crashes On Downloading Any File, Using Vista Ultimate

08 Aug 2007 08:50:35 PDT

Written by rEAL.pRO
1) Open Internet Explorer 7. 1) Open Internet Explorer 7. 2) Click Internet Explorer (No Add-Ons). Internet Explorer 7 opens Option 1: Reset Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 7 settings, use Method 4. 1) Open Internet Explorer 7. 1) Open Internet Explorer 7.

Original story at Technology Questions .

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Opinion: Microsoft Responds to Reported Windows Vista OEM BIOS Hacks

11 Apr 2007 03:58:51 PDT

Written by bink@bink.nu
Here's a little more information on how OEM BIOS based activation works. This form of product activation is also known as OEM Activation or just OA, which is how Microsoft refers to it and how I will refer to it in this post. Back at the launch of Windows XP when Microsoft introduced Windows Pro...

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Opinion: More Vista Bookmarks Added

05 Mar 2007 15:02:00 PST

Written by Corrine
As Sidebar Geek wrote when describing Windows Vista RTM FAQ and Quick Start Guide - March 2007 Edition: While you are at Windows Vista User Guide, check out the collection of Windows Vista Screenshots, a gallery of all the applications within Windows Vista

Original story at Security Garden .

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Opinion: Security Garden: Windows Live OneCare Failed VB100 Test

08 Feb 2007 09:12:49 PST

Windows Live OneCare Failed VB100 Test In a report by BetaNews, it was indicated that a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that Windows Live OneCare antivirus failed a test conducted by Virus Bulletin. Windows Vista Business Edition was the operating system used in the test. The BetaNews...

Original story at Security Garden .

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