• Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center
  Vista Premium accounts for 70% of Vista sales, and each copy could create a link to the living room, putting digital media on your HDTV.
  (tags: Media Center Premium )
• TechBlog: What’s Microsoft doing to battle the negative Vista buzz?
  Does Vista really suck, or do people just perceive that it sucks, and what’s Microsoft going to do about it?
  (tags: PR )

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Vista Premium accounts for 70% of Vista sales, and each copy could create a link to the living room, putting digital media on your HDTV. Keep reading →

• Microsoft Releases v2 Extender Vista Update
  Install this update to enable new types of Windows Media Center Extenders, such as digital televisions and networked DVD players, to connect to the Windows Media Center PC.
  (tags: Extender Ultimate Premium )
• Vista SP1: Create a recovery disc
  SP1 adds a tool to make creating a repair CD simple.
  (tags: SP1 Backup Repair Recover )

Install this update to enable new types of Windows Media Center Extenders, such as digital televisions and networked DVD players, to connect to the Windows Media Center PC. Keep reading →

You use a computer that is running Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Home Premium. The computer has an integrated LCD screen that is built into the computer’s case. When you use the integrated screen to watch a video that uses a 50-Hertz (Hz) Phase Alternating Line (PAL) signal, the video playback quality may be poor in Windows Media Center. The video may be choppy, jerky, or not smooth.

Consider the following scenario:

• You join a Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004-based computer to a domain.
• You upgrade the computer to Windows Vista Home Premium.

In this scenario, you experience the following problems:

• The Windows Vista Home Premium-based computer remains joined to the domain even though you cannot join a Windows Vista Home Premium-based computer to a domain.
• The Parental Control feature is disabled on the Windows Vista Home Premium-based computer.

Microsoft is nearly ready to unleash Vista to the mainstream world. They’ve created a number of releases to try and cover as many price points as possible (justified by various levels of functionality). There are nine available (more if you count upgrades), but most of us will only have access to four (five if you’re willing to spend a little extra for an autograph). Which one do you choose? Here’s how they break down: Keep reading →