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Entries from November 2007

ITsVISTA Web Links: November 27th, 2007

ITsVISTA Web Link: Nikon RAW Codec for Windows Vista updated to support D3, D300

A new version of the NEF plug-in for 32-bit versions of Windows Vista, has been updated to support RAW files captured with the D3 and D300. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: The happiest Vista customers: Mac users?

Ten percent of all new Vista licenses are sold to Macintosh owners, and they tend to be more satisfied with Vista than the average customer. (more…)

ITsVISTA KB-Link: KB943991

After you update a storage device driver on a computer that is running Windows Vista, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

  • You are prompted to reactivate Windows Vista.
  • You experience reduced functionality in some components, such as Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.

ITsVISTA KB-Link: KB938716

When you try to save a file in a Microsoft Office program on a Windows Vista-based computer, the save operation may fail. Additionally, a new 0-byte destination file may be generated.

This issue may occur if the following conditions are true:

  • The client-side caching (CSC) feature is enabled.
  • A program is monitoring the files or folders on the computer.

ITsVISTA Web Link: Five secrets to faster Vista starts

Ed Bott points out that most Vista startup issues are hardware based, or more likely third-party software based, and all are fixable if you know what you’re doing. He also points out that Vista doesn’t have a monopoly on problems, OS X has them as well. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Windows Vista Search Saves 15 Minutes a Day

I suppose if your job is browsing for files and programs, this might be true. Otherwise, it seems a bit of a stretch. Supossedly I’ve saved over 90 hours so far! (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Featured Windows Download: Move Window Buttons to the Left with Leftsider

For those of you that run both Mac and PC, this may save you some ‘oh yea, wrong side’ mouse movement, though it appears not to work with all programs. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Link: Humor: Windows Vista Incapable Stickers

A Linux site with some of those familiar ‘Windows Vista Capable’ stickers, but with a decidedly anti-Vista twist. They even include one for Mac OS X, which is curious since over 95% of the computers on the planet truely are incapable of running it. (more…)

ITsVISTA Web Links: November 26th, 2007