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Re: Quicktime black bar

04 Jul 2009 13:39:43 PDT

Written by gu...@unknown-email.com (AlexChudd)
dark.axon;521123 Wrote: On Windows 7 the same effect can be achieved by using "Windows Vista" compatibility mode, plus you will not ever get aero scheme changing to vista basic.

Original story at microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Google Group .

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Stop the IE Security Nagging

04 Jul 2009 03:52:12 PDT

Written by Milo Riano
1. Click on the Run button of Windows 7 3. Go to Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Internet Explorer Image from my Windows Vista computer. Post from: Windows Vista Weblog

Original story at everyjoe.com .

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Displays Recently Lauched Computer Software In Windows

03 Jul 2009 10:17:06 PDT

Written by Martin
Mui Cache View is a Nirsoft application that displays the cache in the usual Nirsoft environment. The portable software program is compatible with several different Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. It is likely that the program w...

Original story at gHacks technology .

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Windows 7 Ultimate Extra: You still pay the Extra price

03 Jul 2009 07:11:01 PDT

Written by Dwight
In fact, Microsoft has apparently removed the Windows Vista Ultimate Team Blog, which once contained both promises of goodies to come and apologies for the failure to deliver them. But was the promise of the Ultimate Extras a factor in your purchase? If so, how do you feel about the way Micr...

Original story at Houston Chronicle .

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SCCManager 2007 Service Pack 2 Beta aka ConfigMgr07 SP2

01 Jul 2009 17:42:49 PDT

Written by Stephen L Rose
I recently interviewed fellow product manager, long-time friend and fellow “automator” of operating system deployment tasks, Jeff Wettlaufer, from the System Center team. He explained the new features in the recently released System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack...

Original story at Windows Vista Team . Related stories include: Microsoft Releases Windows 7 USMT Deployment Resources - Blake's space , Patch: ConfigMgr hotfixes available to support Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 OS deployment - TechNet Blogs

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Microsoft Security Essentials is lean, but is it effective?

29 Jun 2009 06:53:18 PDT

Written by Dwight
Microsoft Security Essentials is designed to replace Windows Live OneCare, paid software that had a mixed reputation for effectiveness. (Microsoft will quit selling OneCare on Tuesday.) It uses components from various Microsoft security products, such as OneCare's scanning engine....

Original story at Houston Chronicle .

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Windows Vista news and blogs - July 04, 2009

04 Jul 2009 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.

• Wireless Network Scanner inSSIDer -- by Martin from gHacks technology news
• Windows 7 Ultimate Extra: You still pay the Extra price -- by chron.com from TechBlog
• Linkpost | 7.3.2009 -- by Dwight from TechBlog
• RE: Version of .NET in Vista RTM and SP2 and in Windows 7 -- by v-rob...@online.microsoft.com ("Robinson Zhang [MSFT]") from microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Google Group
• $76.32 Asus My Cinema-U3100Mini/DVBT, DVBT/WHITE/AS TV Card EeePC-Linux Support -- from Eyo new products added.
• What Windows 7 Version is right for you -- by Milo Riano from Windows Vista Weblog
• What Windows 7 Version is right for you -- by Milo Riano from Windows Vista Weblog
• Add Additional Clock To The Task Bar In Windows 7 -- by Diana Huggins from Windows Fanatics
• Vista Ultimate users fume, rant over Windows 7 deals -- by gkeizer@ix.netcom.com (Gregg Keizer) from Computerworld Desktops News
• Windows Live Messager Crash - Comunication Crash -- by benram...@optusnet.com.au (Ben Ramsay) from microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Google Group

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15 days to decide: Windows 7 upgrade at half price or better

27 Jun 2009 07:42:13 PDT

Written by Dwight
• If you're a happy Windows XP user: Skip Windows 7. At its core, the new operating system is a refined version of Vista. If you avoided Vista because you weren't happy with its interface changes, you probably won't want to move to Windows 7, either. If you're an if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-...

Original story at Houston Chronicle .

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Opinion: Upgrading to...ur Migrating to Windows 7 from Windows XP

19 Jun 2009 15:09:53 PDT

Can I upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows XP? Preparing to install the Windows Easy Transfer software on Windows XP and there you have it, a successful migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 Windows Upgrade Advisor - Find out how ready your Windows XP system is for Windows 7.

Original story at adacosta.spaces.live.com .

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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Now Available!

17 Jun 2009 07:59:00 PDT

Written by Sumeeth Evans
Covers Wide Range of Scenarios--from Desktops to Servers. MAP Toolkit offers technology assessments and planning recommendations for many Microsoft desktop and server products including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V,...

Original story at Bink.nu .

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Opinion: CyberNotes: How to use Google Gadgets in your Vista Sidebar

13 Jun 2009 09:02:06 PDT

Written by Ryan
Tutorial Thursday Google Gadgets have been around for several years now and number in the thousands (more than 4,400 at the time of this writing). Windows Vista, on the other hand, is still pretty new and the selection of gadgets is slowly making progress with just over 1,100 currently ava...

Original story at CyberNet Classics .

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How To: Re: Re-installing and Formatting Windows Vista

06 Jun 2009 12:59:40 PDT

Written by gu...@unknown-email.com (Brink)
Hello Ladiesman, Your laptop should have a recovery partition or set of recovery discs to do format your hard drive and do a factory restore of Vista with. What brand is your laptop? I'll see if I can find the instructions for you on how to do a factory restore with it. :) Shawn

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Patch: Vista Service Pack 2 Standalone is available

26 May 2009 07:27:42 PDT

Written by donna
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Five Language Standalone (KB948465) Note: Windows Server 2008 released with Service Pack 1 included. Windows Vista SP1 information and downloads can be found on the Windows Vista SP1 TechNet page.

Original story at MSMVPS.COM .

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Podcast: Windows 7 Graphics - WIC

21 May 2009 18:05:00 PDT

Written by Yochay Kiriaty
· Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 1 · Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 2 · Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 3 · Developer for Windows MSDN page · Windows 7: Unlocking the GPU with Direct3D

Original story at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team .

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Opinion: What are people saying about the Windows 7 Release Candidate?

21 May 2009 16:54:44 PDT

Written by Brandon LeBlanc
We did this before with Windows 7 at PDC and the Windows 7 Beta – I figured it’s time to do it for the Windows 7 RC. Here are a handful of quotes of what people are saying about the Windows 7 RC: Windows 7 RC1 includes a substantial number of productivity and performance tweaks that make an already...

Original story at Windows Vista Team .

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Patch: LogonStudio 1.5

06 May 2009 14:33:50 PDT

Written by sscott721
LogonStudio is an application that allows you to easily change the Windows logon screen in Windows Vista. There are thousands of logons available for download from WinCustomize.com, and creating your own logon is as easy as dragging and dropping an image into LogonStudio.

Original story at lockergnome network .

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(HD) Windows Vista Tutorial Speed Up Your PC! + How to Use Rocketdock

12 Apr 2009 04:11:02 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (tobleroneuk)
None Author: tobleroneuk Keywords: Windows Vista SP1 SP2 SP3 tutorial make faster startup shutdown msconfig nvidia gtx 260 Added: April 12, 2009

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How to make Windows Vista 80 to 90% faster

05 Mar 2009 23:57:49 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (vanityscreamreacords)
this is a short video on some steps you can take to make your Vista... Author: vanityscreamreacords Keywords: Windows Vista Faster fast 90% 80% really how to Make Added: March 5, 2009

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Podcast: Is the Macintosh tide ebbing?

12 Feb 2009 06:10:25 PST

Written by Dwight
• Hype. Apple's a master at getting others to do promotion on its behalf. The Fanboy Nation is a powerful force (watch for its presence to manifest itself in the comments under this post), and it saves Apple a bundle in marketing costs. But at the moment, Microsoft's winning the buzz contest be...

Original story at Houston Chronicle .

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Podcast: Windows 7 = Vista Upgrade

02 Feb 2009 15:24:19 PST

I don’t know why it took so long, but Microsoft has finally fixed Vista. Only it isn’t calling it Vista. Instead the company is working on what it’s calling a new version of Windows, Windows 7. The operating system isn’t commercially available, but is likely to be out by the end of the year.

Original story at LarrysWorld.com .

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Patch: Testers get RC-Escrow build of SP2 for Vista and Server 2008

28 Jan 2009 12:07:00 PST

Written by (Emil Protalinski)
Microsoft has sent out an e-mail to testers announcing that the RC-Escrow build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is available for download. The company is letting testers grab it via Windows Update (available this Thursday in available languages of Vista and Se...

Original story at Ars Technica . Related stories include: Patch: Vista Service Pack 2 Online - Hard OCP , Patch: Just Released!! Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC - TechNet Blogs and ... Softpedia , Neowin.net , Lifehacker , Tech.co.uk

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Opinion: Should I get a new PC with 64-bit Windows Vista?

04 Dec 2008 05:59:53 PST

Written by Dwight
Microsoft noticed the sudden shift as well. According to stats I received yesterday, the installed base of 64-bit Windows Vista machines in the U.S. has more than tripled in the last three months. Using data from its Windows Update servers, Microsoft calculated that 1.45% of all Windows Vist...

Original story at Houston Chronicle .

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Patch: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview

03 Dec 2007 18:22:00 PST

Written by Corrine
Concurrent with working on the beta Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista, Microsoft is preparing Service Pack 3 (SP3), Microsoft released an overview of SP 3 for the Windows XP operating system. The paper is available in PDF or XPS format from the link below the description:

Original story at Security Garden .

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How To: 10 tips to make vista faster and more stable

27 Oct 2007 03:37:50 PDT

Disable Windows Vista transparency Rich click in your desktop, choose personalize - click the windows color and appearance tab, uncheck enable transparency. 4. Disable the annoying User Account Control in Vista ...

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Patch: Windows Vista SP1 "slipstream" Guide

30 Aug 2007 11:54:00 PDT

Written by bink@bink.nu
Microsoft has confirmed that there will no way to directly slipstream the Service Pack. Nevertheless, the method outlined below will still work. Microsoft has confirmed that there will no way to directly slipstream the Service Pack. Nevertheless, the method outlined below will still wo...

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Podcast: Recovering Windows Passwords

27 Aug 2007 23:02:19 PDT

Written by chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo)
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes Formats Available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4) Flash Video (.flv) MP3 Audio (.mp3) Master Password in FirefoxHappy Birthday!Password StorageErase FilesWindows Vista in Your WordsWindows Vista and Outlook 2007 ThoughtsEd Bott and Windows Vi...

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