Diskeeper 2007 is now Vista Certified. The certified version is free to current licensed customers or those with maintenance contracts. Keep reading →

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  Turn on checkboxes to make it easier to work with multiple files in explorer on a Tablet PC.
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  More information about the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool.
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Linksys EasyLink Advisor is a free application that provides an easy way to setup, view, manage, and repair your network - it’s like having a Linksys expert in your home helping you to get the most out of your home network! Now Vista compatible. Keep reading →

• Linksys EasyLink Advisor
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When you try to connect to a shared printer in Windows Vista, you receive the following error message:

Windows cannot connect to the printer. The printer driver is not compatible with a policy enabled on your computer that blocks NT 4.0 drivers.

You experience this behavior if the following conditions are true:

• You use the Windows Point and Print feature to connect to the shared printer.

  Note: The Point and Print feature lets you print to a shared printer without manually installing a new driver. For more information about this feature, see the “More Information” section.

• The shared printer uses a kernel mode printer driver.

On November 8th Jim Allchin, the co-president of the Platform Products and Services Group at Microsoft said that the new lockdown features of Vista are good enough that he could let his seven-year old son use it without antivirus software installed.
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