Dec 26, 2006 | IE, software, Vista
Intuit has finally released updates for various versions of Quickbooks to make them more or less compatible with Internet Explorer 7. Here’s the IE7 compatibility chart, with links to the various updates.This is an odd issue with a long history. For years,...
Dec 20, 2006 | search, Vista
My first impression was that the Vista developers had left Vista in a crippled state, unable to index shared network folders, but apparently they were just running late. Today Microsoft released a Vista-compatible add-in for Windows Desktop Search for indexing mapped...
Dec 13, 2006 | network, search, Vista
EDIT: On December 19, Microsoft released an add-in to index files on network shares in Windows Vista. See this comment.ORIGINAL POST:Windows Vista cannot index files on a network share. It cannot do instant searches for text in files stored on a network server.This is...
Dec 13, 2006 | humor, Microsoft, Vista
The folks responsible for promoting Windows Vista are trying hard to be hip – check out http://clearification.com. Microsoft is footing the bill for Demetri Martin, a Daily Show regular, to film short episodes of a random and mildly amusing story that features...
Dec 10, 2006 | security, Vista
You may have seen news coverage of complaints by Symantec, McAfee and others about security changes in Vista. Basically they complain that Vista’s security is locked up so tightly that they are unable to take over the system in the way they think is best for...