Windows Vista Google Alerts for 08 October 2008

Windows XP Gets Reprieve, Yet Again
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
By Paul McDougall Windows XP is proving harder to kill than a Halloween vampire. With businesses having all but shunned Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided …
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Vista is alive and kicking
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
Rather than appreciating the extension, some people have chosen to mock Microsoft and call for the curtain to close on Windows Vista once and for all. …
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Windows XP gets yet another reprieve
Heise Online – Hannover,Germany
The move, which reflects the continued popularity of Windows XP and continued resistance to Windows Vista, means that users buying certain Windows Vista …
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Forget the damn netbooks. Can “Windows” replace Windows?
ZDNet – USA
If Windows Vista’s “success” is any indication, I have my doubts if the next version of “Windows” can replace Windows, let alone Linux. …
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Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
ZDNet – USA
Windows XP is going to be popular for a long, long time, whereas Windows 2000 has almost vanished. Windows Vista was version 6.0, with a new major version …
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Windows Vista outlook gets cloudy
GCN.com – Washington,DC,USA
A blog posting Monday from ZDNet’s TechRepublic editor, Jason Hiner, suggesting that IT departments are ignoring Windows Vista, stirred up fresh debate on …
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Vista Following the Footsteps of Windows ME
Tom’s Hardware Guide – Culver City,CA,USA
It appears that Windows Vista is following in the footsteps of Windows ME closely. Not many people like it, including Microsoft. Some key indicators are out …
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Windows Vista as an upgrade was Microsoft’s biggest failure
By Abhishek Nandakumar
To start, there are too many editions of Windows Vista: Home Basic to the Ultimate edition. The result, too difficult a choice to make. For most users, Windows Vista Home Basic would not look any more than a modified version of Windows …
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Making the case for Windows Vista
I have been rolling out some new Dell Optiplex 755 systems for the past 4 weeks at a Government Agency and the procurement includes both Windows Vista Business and XP Professional media. The systems are preloaded with XP because they …
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Windows Vista Configuration Files
By Computer Techno(Computer Techno)
In Windows 3.1, the System.ini file in C:\Windows listed all the Windows device and subsystem drivers to be loaded at startup. In Windows Vista the vast majority of the driver information is in the Registry, but System.ini still …
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Animated Wallpapers: September ‘08 Edition
Don’t forget the GUI Champs ‘08 starts this month, and .dreams are one of the categories. You can get more info at www.guichamps.com. To use .dreams (animated wallpaper) you need to have Windows Vista and Stardock DeskScapes installed. …
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