• Buying a new PC? ‘Windows Vista Capable’ barely hits the mark
  Who would have thought that 4GB of RAM, the most possible in a 32-bit machine, would be the sweet spot?
• How to Play HD-DVDs with Windows Vista
  Using an Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive ($199) will get you HD-DVD on Vista if you’ve got the right software.
• Windows Vista Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) released
  Soooo many licensing acronyms! Here’s yet another to have to remember. Better add it into my glossary…
• Review Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 RTM
  It’s no VMWare Workstation, not even VMWare Server.
• NVIDIA WHQL Certified ForceWare Vista Drivers
  The 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the drivers are now available. Control panel still not ready for prime time.
• Yahoo! Search Gadget for Vista
  Nice to see competitors take advantage of the available technologies in Vista.
• Windows Installer 4.0
  Some details about the new Windows Installer released to support some of the new systems in Vista.
• 9 New Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets
  5 rectangular and 4 circular gadgets for tracking RAM, HD space, battery charge and Wireless signal strength. Nicely done.

• Windows Vista-compatible third-party virtual private network (VPN) client schedules
  A special MS Knowledgebase article listing VPN clients and their current status as far as Vista compatibility.
• Vista DreamScene is mobile aware
  Thankfully those with laptops can save their batteries a bit when using DreamScene.

• Windows Vista still requires reboots after Windows Updates
  Microsoft has been promising less reboots for 3 versions now, and as this short article suggests, nothing has changed.
• CompUSA TechPro TechPro-Live 30 Days Microsoft Windows Vista & Office 2007 Support
  $30 for 30 days of CompUSA phone/chat/remote desktop support for your Vista install.

• Optimizing the Windows Desktop
  Microsoft’s Desktop Optimization Pack is available for clients with Software Assurance. Includes a number of tools that IT pros would find useful in their day to day management of Windows computers.
• Microsoft CEO: Vista Forecasts Too Aggressive
  Hmm, a bit of backpedaling. Not selling as well as they initially hoped I would presume.
• Vista support FAQ for Adobe
  Adobe now has a Vista Compatibility document listing all of their products and their level of support in Vista.
• AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT and Microsoft Windows Vista Compatibility
  AutoCAD 2008 scheduled for release in March will be Vista compatible. Update for AutoCAD 2007 will be released in same time-frame to make it Vista compatible as well.
• Testing Vista’s Speech Recognition
  A long video of someone using Firefox, and then IE7 to go to a website using speech recognition. Firefox did a decent job, IE7 was horrible. It is comical to watch, especially when you need to spell something with the letter ‘N’!

• Philips kicks out four Vista certified monitors
  A Vista Certified Monitor? What special requirements must a monitor meet to become Vista certified? Mine aren’t certified, but I’ve had no problems so far. Perhaps Vista looks prettier with a certified monitor?
• Grisoft AVG receives first Virus Bulletin Vista certification
  Free is always good…
• BadVista shirt
  If you’re not a big fan of Vista (you probably wouldn’t be visiting ITsVISTA) here’s a shirt for ya.

Just a couple weeks ago a ‘fix’ to stop the Frankenbuild activation hack was released. A few hours ago ‘alexkoc’ on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog acknowledged that there is a new Vista activation hack in the wild. It won’t be long until another update is released, and a new round of messages on how to uninstall it floods the web. Keep reading →

• Surprises inside Microsoft Vista’s EULA
  An excellent read about the crazy restrictions in Microsoft’s Vista EULA.
• After month, no rush to adopt Vista
  Amazing that anyone is surprised at this. Enterprise needs much more time to deploy an OS than home use does. Getting it earlier than the home users really amounts to an extended beta period. I personally can’t see any chance of deploying Vista earlier th

• Vista marketing ramping up
  Some are getting free laptops, others a Vista marketing kit (with USB drives I’d love to use to boost my Vista memory). Anyone get any swag?

• Vista Still Using Older OS Code
  So it not only will have security holes in the new code, but will share the holes still not found in the old code. How nice…
• Windows Vista Activation Cracked Yet Again
  Another activation hack, yet one more of many to come.

• DOSing Windows Vista
  An interesting post about how a new feature of Vista which allows MS to turn off compromised drivers could become a target of Denial of Service attacks.
• Report: More flaws found in Microsoft Vista operating system
  Not surprising, more flaws have been found.