Windows Vista Google Alerts for 18 November 2008

Microsoft feared Mac vs. Vista comparison in ’05, insider e-mails show
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer November 18, 2008 (Computerworld) More than a year before Windows Vista’s release — and long before Apple started poking fun at the …
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Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro’
ZDNet – USA
The freebie will be available as a stand-alone download and offer malware protection for the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. …
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Microsoft Co-Prez Warned Colleagues ‘Vista Capable’ Was Misleading
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
… allow PC manufacturers to label machines not capable of running all of Windows Vista’s features as Vista Capable "terrible" and "misleading," according …
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Microsoft Launches Hardware to Complement Vista
PC World – USA
To complement its Windows Vista operating system, software giant Microsoft Corporation recently launched its latest suite of hardware products composed of …
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Vista creeps forward and Windows 7 makes its Sentinel debut in our …
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
In response to my second question above, Windows Vista Service Pack adoption has now reached near saturation levels. Fully 89 percent of sampled Vista …
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Phoenix Door and Window Market Leader VanDenBosch Acquires Vista …
MarketWatch – USA
… integrated the Vista sales staff into its day to day operations. While other providers of doors and windows continue to struggle in the current economy, …
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Microsoft Got Nasty E-Mails About Changes To Vista Standards
dBTechno – Boston,MA,USA
Washington (dbTechno) – A US federal court revealed some e-mails received by Microsoft in regards to changes made to the requirements of Windows Vista …
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Windows 7 Pre-Beta Early Reactions
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
The installation process was very fast — much faster than Windows Vista. It also did its job with a minimum of fuss and questions. …
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On the Road to Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft Applauds Vista Successes
Softpedia – Bucharest,Romania
However, efforts are also directed onto advancing Windows Vista, with Service Pack 1 made available in mid-March 2008, and with Service Pack 2 development …
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Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac or how I lost my socks
ZDNet – USA
Parallels demonstrated Windows XP, Windows Vista, Ubuntu Linux, and Mac OS X applications running side by side in separate windows on the same Mac OS X …
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Vista BCD corruption after iTunes upgrade
By atrembla
Ultimately I would like to learn how to fix this without installing Vista from scratch, that is what I would consider a lazy to do things (Windows 95 era) no offense meant to those who choose that method. …
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Make Active Window Transparent in Windows XP and Vista
By DC
Minimize Active Window to Tray With A Shortcut Key in Windows Minimizing opened windows to tray is good to help you to be more focused on certain tasks when your taskbar… Change Folder Background in Windows Vista Cannot add an image …
Digital Corner – http://www.themisteriosos.com/

Windows 7 and Windows Vista Junk PC
By john
I’ve read quite a few Windows articles this week, and there is definitely a buzz about Windows 7 in the air. It just seems like nobody knows what is going on. This post Windows 7: A New Vista or a New Operating System lists some …
Vista Review – http://www.vistareview.info/

The “Windows Vista Capable” Files: How Did Microsoft Not Avoid …
By Harry McCracken
If you compiled a list of Things Microsoft Utterly Botched With the Windows Vista Launch, it would be interminable. The top five would surely include its Windows Vista Capable program, which let manufacturers slap a sticker which seemed …
Technologizer – http://technologizer.com/

Windows Vista sidebar for Windows XP
By Sohail
Windows vista has now been available for around two years but still many PC users including me think there are not many reasons for them to start using Vista. But there is one feature in Windows Vista that many people love and that is …
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