ITsVISTA Web Links: August 28th, 2007

Windows Vista Team Blog : 10 Things – Volume Mixer

Another of the ‘10 Things’ that the Windows Vista Team Blog is covering. This one is the Volume Mixer, which allows you to selectively change the volume on certain programs and features in Vista.

(tags: Audio Volume )
Understanding how multimedia playback moderates network transfer speeds

More info on the problem with networking slowing down when playing audio in Vista. Sounds like it’s primarily an issue with Gigabit networks, which are increasingly more common.

(tags: Network Audio )

Windows Genuine Advantage : Update on Validation Issues

An update on the outage, which affected approx. 12,000 systems, lasted almost 20 hours, and disabled important features like Windows Defender, Windows Update, ReadyBoost, and Aero.

(tags: WGA )