Mary Jo talks about people wanting to ‘upgrade’ their Vista license to XP, and how analysts are dropping Microsoft’s earnings estimates because of the flack Vista is getting. Keep reading →

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 →

A video of a comparison between two virtual machines, one Vista, one XP, doing identical file copies. XP lags, Vista wins! Keep reading →

Gartner’s numbers show Vista isn’t as shunned as the media would have us believe. Keep reading →

Vista had 30% fewer security bulletins than XPSP2 and 20% fewer vulnerabilities. A report is available with details. Keep reading →

• Don’t slipstream XP SP3 on Windows Vista! - KezNews.com
  If you’re running Vista, but still manage XP machines, don’t use a Vista machine to slipstream XP SP3, it mucks up the PID process.
• WARNING: Do not install the Windows Vista Audio CODEC update…
  Some are reporting that after installing IDT - Audio - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC update released in the last week, it kills their audio.

If you’re running Vista, but still manage XP machines, don’t use a Vista machine to slipstream XP SP3, it mucks up the PID process. Keep reading →

• TechBlog: Apple changes the way it pushes Safari at Windows users
  Apple makes a token jesture to make it's pushing of Safari to Windows machines more palatable.
  (tags: Apple Safari Updates )
• Businesses warned not to skip Vista - CIO UK Magazine
  Forrester Research issued a report saying don't wait for Windows 7, plan your rollout of Vista now.
  (tags: Deployment Review )

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Microsoft sees how Vista has been received, and now seems to be acknowledging that it has problems. Ballmer almost suggests that XP will get more support than it otherwise might have. Keep reading →

• Windows Vista Team Blog : Announcing the Windows Search 4.0 Preview
  If you use the search feature in Vista, here’s a preview of the improvements you’ll be seeing soon.
  (tags: Search )
• Changes to the default NTFS Discretionary Access Control List (DACL) settings in Windows Vista
  In Windows Vista, the NTFS file system Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACLs) have been changed to enable data sharing and collaboration in data directories that are outside protected directories.
  (tags: DACL NTFS )

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