Ed points out how all modern OSs need updates, and compared to others, Vista has needed far less. Keep reading →

Consider the following scenario. You use Windows Vista Local Security Policy on a Windows Vista-based computer. Or, you use the new Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on a Windows Vista-based computer. You try to initiate an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) connection from a Linux-based computer to the Windows Vista-based computer. In this scenario, you cannot establish the connection.

Notes:

• If you initiate the IPsec connection from the Windows Vista side, the connection is established correctly.
• Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 work correctly with the Linux operating system in this environment.

• PWN to OWN contest happened here in Vancouver
  Apple laptop cracked on day 2 due to Safari hole, Vista cracked on day 3 due to Adobe Flash hole. Ubuntu survived uncracked.
  (tags: Apple Linux Security Crack )
• Vista Vitals: Welcome back Command Prompt!
  If you like to use command prompt, here’s some of the things you can do with it in Vista.
  (tags: Command Prompt UAC )

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Apple laptop cracked on day 2 due to Safari hole, Vista cracked on day 3 due to Adobe Flash hole. Ubuntu survived uncracked. Keep reading →

• 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.
  (tags: RAW Nikon Codec )
• 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.
  (tags: Apple )

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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. Keep reading →

• Vista Codec Package v4.5.1 Final
  All your codecs in one package. Includes improved FLV1 playback, updated ffdshow, improved filetype recognition for WMP11 and more.
  (tags: Codec Software Video Audio )
• Vista SP1 Preview
  This author suggests you give up Vista and instead move to GNU/Linux where hardware and software apparently work much better. Yea. Give it a try folks. I’ll be here when you return…
  (tags: Linux FUD )

This author suggests you give up Vista and instead move to GNU/Linux where hardware and software apparently work much better. Yea. Give it a try folks. I’ll be here when you return… Keep reading →

• Vista ‘Clarify’ Wallpapers
  There are a number of wallpapers for Vista here that have the Vista logo, and a ‘Clarify your World’ title.
  (tags: Wallpaper )
• Computer Security Evaluator SekChek Announces Compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista
  If you use SekChek IPS, you’ll be happy to hear their automated computer security assessment tool is now fully compatible with Vista.
  (tags: Compatibility Software Security )

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Like the look of Vista, but don’t want to run Windows? Here’s a Linux distribution with a Vista look. Keep reading →