Ed discusses an article from ExtremeTech that, while showing Vista is 16% faster than XP in the games tested, still tries to pooh pooh on Vista and not acknowledge the news. A caress with the left hand, a slap with the right! Keep reading →

• The FMS Flight Simulator Is Now Working with Windows Vista
  If you use FMS Flight Simulator, here are instructions on how to get around the D3DRM.DLL error so the program will run properly.
  (tags: Games )
• Information about new Group Policy preferences in Windows Server 2008
  This article discusses the Group Policy preferences that are new in Windows Server 2008 and how to enable down-level computers to process these new items. This new functionality can only be configured using Server 2008 or Vista SP1.
  (tags: SP1 GPO )

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If you use FMS Flight Simulator, here are instructions on how to get around the D3DRM.DLL error so the program will run properly. Keep reading →

• Windows Vista Security : Windows Vista Security One Year Later
  Save $251 per machine per year with Vista!
  (tags: Security )
• Windows Vista Team Blog : Do the (RED) thing
  A Dell/Microsoft promotion to help people with AIDS in Africa.
  (tags: Dell PR )

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Perhaps useful for some SimCity players. Keep reading →

• ATI Catalyst? Software Suite Version 8.1
  Includes MultiView support, which renders across multiple graphics adapters.
  (tags: ATI Video Drivers )
• Microsoft reintroduces Plus! for Windows Vista
  Four ‘casual’ games for Vista. These better be released to Ultimate users, cause that whole ‘Ultimate Extras’ thing smelling more like a rip-off every day.
  (tags: Extras Ultimate Games )

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Four ‘casual’ games for Vista. These better be released to Ultimate users, cause that whole ‘Ultimate Extras’ thing smelling more like a rip-off every day. Keep reading →

In some scenarios, games and benchmarks perform more poorly than expected on a Windows Vista-based computer. This issue occurs when the games and the benchmarks use multiple display adapters in a Linked Display Adapter (LDA) configuration.

• DirectX 10 Hardware Is Now Obsolete
  Gamers have a hard life, between drivers and hardware compatibility it seems very difficult these days to meet the qualifcations required to power these new games.
  (tags: Games Drivers Hardware Video DirectX )
• Vista SP1 Leaked to the internet
  A ‘pre-beta’ of SP1 has leaked to the internet, and at least one person is saying their machine is running much smoother with it.SP1
  (tags: SP1 Beta )

Gamers have a hard life, between drivers and hardware compatibility it seems very difficult these days to meet the qualifcations required to power these new games. Keep reading →