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Looks like the editors at PCWorld decided to compile a list of the biggest disappointments in tech this year. It also looks like they picked the 15 biggest stories and just found some negative things to say about them. From social networks to Vista (which got #1) and Apple’s Leopard (#8) to the...
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In the midst of service pack releases, Microsoft has also rolled out an update that seems to address the notorious Sleep of Death and Vista Insomnia issues we’ve been reporting about of late. Here’s the link to the info and download , and here's what is addressed. This update is called a "preview...
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As we blogged last week , The Vista SP1 Release Candidate is now available for public download. If you’re looking to see what fixes are contained in the Service Pack, check out this post by Long Zheng of istartedsomething . Keep in mind, this isn’t the final release, it is a release candidate...
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Craig Pringle gets the credit for coining the phrases Sleep of Death and Vista Insomnia to identify issues with sleep and returning from sleep in Microsoft Vista. As he states, both are real issues mobile users have to deal with. The Vista Insomnia issue is more than annonying. You put a device to sleep...
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Long Zheng of istartedsomething has posted an extensive list of what issues Vista SP1 addresses. As Microsoft prepares to roll out the Release Candidate of this to users soon, it might be worth taking a look. Some highlights that might be of interest to mobile users: Improves the effectiveness of a Windows...
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If you’re one of those dying to get your hands on Vista SP1 there is info out on when the Release Candidate will be released. Nick White blogs that for testers using Microsoft Connect it is available today. If you have a MSDN or TechNet subscription it will be available tomorrow. And for the general...
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Ed Bott has been digging in to the Microsoft's Vista Activation policies in a Microsoft document entitled Product Activation in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 . Through that document and other research, he's gotten his head around some of the confusing aspects of Microsoft's Activation...
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Microsoft has put the Release Candidate of Vista SP1 into the hand of about 15,000 testers recently. I’ve got my invitation to give it a go, but won’t be able to for a bit as I’m in a heavy work period and don’t want to take a risk just now. But if you’re looking to find...
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We’ve been hearing calls for a more mobile-orienated operating system recently and recent news about the next Microsoft OS, Windows 7 , is a part of the spark that is lighting that fire. Call it MinWin , or what have you, talk of an embedded OS for mobile systems certainly makes sense. After reading...
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Remember the Vista updates Microsoft released in October? Microsoft is now rolling them out via Windows Update, supposedly today, November 13. These are not new updates, but this is the first time they are being made available via Windows Update. According to Nick White on the Windows Vista Team Blog...
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Fascinating. As many folks using Vista on mobile devices have discovered, one of the first tweaks to aid performance is to turn Aero Glass off. Of course with that you loose the eye-candy transparency effects on windows. As I was trolling through some early reviews of Apple’s Leopard update to...
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There is a great thread running in the GBM Forums startred by TEO develoepr Josh Einstein. He kicked the thread off with this statement: That's it. I've had it with reading baseless claims about Vista's bugginess in newsgroups, blogs, and forums. From now on, I am going to take anyone to...