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ITsVISTA Web Link: The Windows Experience Blog : Looking for the Logo: Update on Certified for Windows Vista

Discussion of some of the cool devices that are ‘Certified for Windows Vista’, including cams, printers, motherboards, sound cards, keyboards, etc. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2008

Vista escapes any security updates this month. You may see some arrive, but they are all for non-OS software like Defender or Office. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Phone-Rush: How To Tether Your Nokia S60 Phone To Your Windows Vista Laptop

Have a Nokia S60 phone? Have a Vista laptop? Here’s three ways to make them talk to each other! (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Peering through Windows… : Managing Server 2008 from Vista SP1

How do you manage a Windows Server 2008 Server Core? It has no GUI, so you normally would have to use the command line. You can, however, use Remote Server Administration Tools, as described in this article, from your Vista SP1 machine so you can enjoy a GUI interface. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Description of User Account Control and remote restrictions in Windows Vista

We’ve been exposed to UAC for a while now, but here’s a new Knowledge Base Article from Microsoft that describes in detail what it’s about, how it works, and how to control it. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Customization: Uxtheme Patches Windows Vista to Allow Custom Themes

Life Hacker points to a ‘How-to-Geek’ article describing how to customize your Vista theme. The comments mention other options you have as well. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Ed continues his series on fixing Vista by demonstrating how to use tools built into Vista to help track down and fix performance problems. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: XP SP3: Now on Windows Update | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Along with XP SP3, Vista SP1 is being pushed out again through Windows Update as long as you don’t use Microsoft Dynamics RMS. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: PC Manufacturers Embrace 64-Bit Vista

Gateway and HP are both offering 64-bit Vista options, as are ASUS. 64-bit is getting more main-stream! (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Don’t slipstream XP SP3 on Windows Vista! - KezNews.com

If you’re running Vista, but still manage XP machines, don’t use a Vista machine to slipstream XP SP3, it mucks up the PID process. (more…)