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Windows Vista Review - Part 5: Windows Vista Features: For many of those interested in Windows Vista, it all boils down to the features: The applications, services, and other embedded functionality that, at a clinical level at least, makes up the whole of the next operating system. Fair enough. This paper provides a complete run-down of Vista's most important...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-11-16
Windows Vista Review - Part 3: Installing Windows Vista: While a person will install Windows Vista in ways that are similar to previous Windows versions, under the covers, everything has changed. The DOS mode portion of Windows Setup, present even in the NT-based Windows variants such as Windows XP, is finally gone, exorcised from people's lives for good. But...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-11-09
It's Gold: Windows Vista Hits RTM: Microsoft announced that it had released Windows Vista to manufacturing, ending five years of waiting and one of the longest development periods in Windows history. For Microsoft, its partners, and its customers, the lengthy road to Vista concludes with Microsoft shipping the so-called "Golden master" version of the product to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Finance; White papers 2006-11-08
Windows Vista's Enthusiastic Licensing Restrictions: At the heart of this paper is the concept that Windows is bound to a particular 'Device', and not to a particular human owner. This means that when a person buy and install Windows, he is buying it specifically for one fixed PC device, and should that PC change significantly...; Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-10-16
Last Minute Changes to Windows Vista: The big news is that Microsoft is making some pretty serious changes to Windows Vista in a bid to meet its antitrust requirements in the European Union EU and South Korea and, to a lesser degree, to answer recent criticisms about Vista security features. For the average Windows Vista users,...; Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., News, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Security, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-10-14

Licensing Changes to Windows Vista: Every version of Windows is accompanied by a End-User License Agreement EULA. This document is a contract that specifies ones rights with regards to the copy of Windows one just obtained. The thing is, most people - over 90 percent - get Windows with a new PC, according to Microsoft....; Tags: EULA, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-10-14
Mixing Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007: As one gets closer to the release date for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, the author notices that the questions readers ask are changing. To date, most of the questions have focused on features: "Is there a feature to do X?" "What does feature Y do?" This focus on features is...; Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Feature, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-10-05
Sticking With Windows XP in a Windows Vista World: In the interests of complete disclosure, there are definitely important new features in Windows Vista that the user just can't get anywhere else. But for many XP users, there's no need to upgrade to Windows Vista right away. To stave off the sense of loss that might accompany any decision...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-10-03
Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Review: Part 3 - Upgrading From Windows XP: As with compatibility, the upgrade scenario appears to be another big win for Windows Vista. To upgrade one system is a wonderfully real-world system, full of all kinds of crud. Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (and builds 5536 and 5582 before it) is so much better than previous Windows Vista...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-09-07
The Dark Side of Windows Vista RC1: Windows Vista isn't perfect. It's not even close to perfect. It is better than Windows XP is, of course, but it damn well should be: It benefits from five more years of experience and work. Being better is the minimum requirement. Whether Vista is enough of an improvement over XP...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-09-04
Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Review: Part 2 - Compatibility: Back in the Beta 2 compatibility report, the author noted that Vista was "Still not ready to be used as your sole OS, and should only be installed in a dual-boot situation with XP, or on a dedicated test system." The reasons were varied, but included performance problems and compatibility...; Tags: Compatibility, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-09-03
Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Review: Part 1: Windows Vista has suddenly turned a corner. Gone are the egregious and annoying bugs. Gone is User Account Control's most painful and frustrating behavior. Most application and hardware incompatibilities are gone. Performance problems are gone. What is left with is a highly usable upgrade to Windows Vista with tremendous security...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-09-03
Five Great Features in Windows Vista RC1: Windows Vista isn't perfect. But make no mistake: Vista is a major Windows upgrade and a huge improvement over Windows XP in most areas. Love it or not, chances are people are going to be running this new system at some point in the months or years ahead. This paper...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-09-02
Windows Vista Build 5536 Review: Windows Vista has taken too long to ship, and the first major milestone that Microsoft shipped to the public, Beta 2, was a disappointment. Since then, the company has shipped three promising interim builds to testers. The latest one, build 5536, Release Candidate 1 (RC1) escrow build, is simply wonderful....; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-08-25
Is Windows Vista Ready?: There is 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. Who are these people? And what are they...; Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-08-02
Windows Genuine Advantage: An Overview and Screenshot Gallery: Windows Genuine Advantage WGA is a component of the Engineering part of the unholy triumvirate. It's a bit of software that gets installed on Windows XP (it's part of Windows Vista right out of the gate, naturally) and is comprised of two components. The first, dubbed WGA Validation, determines whether...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-07-29
Can You Upgrade to Windows Vista?: If a person wants to upgrade to Windows Vista, the author gives some advice for Installing. Even though Microsoft does support various upgrade paths to Windows Vista, the person is going to get the absolute best experience acquiring Windows Vista with a new PC. The person might make arguments about...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-07-28
Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Movie Maker 6: The original version of Windows Movie Maker WMM, which shipped as part of Windows Millennium Edition Me was a victim of bad timing: Just before Windows Me shipped, Apple released a far more advanced tool called iMovie that was, at the time, part of Mac OS X. Microsoft is shipping...; Tags: Movie, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Windows Movie Maker 6, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-07-15
Windows Vista Beta 2 Review: Part 3 - New Features: Windows Vista Beta 2 - and to a larger degree, interim build 5456, which arrived about a month after Beta 2 - offer a much more streamlined and complete-feeling user experience than previous builds. Given the fact that the past few Community Technical Preview CTP builds were considered feature complete,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Feature, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-07-13
Windows Vista's Media Center Not Ready for Prime Time: Microsoft has made the Beta 2 version of Windows Vista available for free to anyone with a broadband connection. For young kids, Media Center is television. They have never known any other way of interacting with televised content. So what better way to put the Vista version of Media Center...; Tags: Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Corp., Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-06-28