MICROSOFT FIGHTS BACK WITH “MOJAVE”

Jul 25, 2008 | Vista

Microsoft will be using new advertisements and other marketing tricks to turn around the public perception that there is something wrong with Vista. A CNet writer just ran across one idea that worked well. Microsoft gathered a group of Windows XP users who had...

SONY DELIVERS CRAPWARE-FREE PC

Jul 21, 2008 | computers, hardware, software, Vista

From a column today by Ed Bott:”Sony is finally taking on its crapware problem. For the past two months, I’ve been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of it. The best part of all was that this machine was...

WINDOWS VISTA SMALL BUSINESS ASSURANCE

Jul 9, 2008 | business, Vista

Small businesses (less than 50 employees) can get free telephone support from Microsoft for any Vista-related issues on new PCs running Vista Business or Vista Ultimate purchased between July 1 and September 30. Now that Windows XP is off the market, Microsoft is...

MANUAL INSTALLATION OF VISTA SP1

Jul 9, 2008 | computers, Vista

Vista Service Pack 1 was delayed briefly when it was discovered that a handful of hardware device drivers occasionally kept the service pack installation from finishing correctly. New drivers were developed and Microsoft designed Windows Update so it would offer the...

WHICH VISTA VERSION?

Jul 2, 2008 | Microsoft, Vista

[Originally posted June 7, 2007] Many people should buy the Business edition of Windows Vista, even for home computers. Here’s Microsoft’s chart comparing the features of the various versions of Windows Vista, and here’s another one with a few more...