May 15
Software giant Microsoft has claimed user “complacency” is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last week by security vendor PC Tools, which said that over the past six months Vista had suffered 639 unique threats, whereas Windows 2000 has suffered 586. PC Tools’s research was conducted by collecting data from customers using its ThreatFire behavioural detection software.
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May 14
While some businesses might not be seeing much incentive to move to Vista SP1, gamers might be warming up to the idea. Past game performance tests have shown that lower frame rates, lag, and crashing are the norm for Windows Vista RTM. While some switched over and found they were having no problems, the majority held onto Windows XP SP2 for dear life. The majority of the blame for this problem was laid on lack of solid video drivers. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 13
In a recent post on the Microsoft Developer Network blog, Austin Wilson, director of Windows client security product management at Microsoft, dismissed a claim made last week by security vendor PC Tools Software that Windows Vista was more vulnerable to malware than Windows 2000.
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May 12
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista is 37% more secure than its Windows XP ancestor, a security vendor claimed today, a rate it hinted was disappointing. Using different data collection techniques, Microsoft has recently asserted that Vista is 60% more secure than XP.
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May 11
After finding a few last-minute problems with Vista Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft delayed deployment on both of them. Now they’re both back and ready for download, either manually or through Windows Update.
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May 09
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says sales of Windows Vista have been “rapid”, with more than 140 million copies sold worldwide. Gates, speaking in Tokyo, said the figure represented “a very rapid sales rate,” according to a Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Despite the sales figures, Microsoft has admitted to struggling with the public’s perception of Vista. Windows XP, Vista’s 7-year-old predecessor, is still popular among both businesses and consumers.
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May 08
A recent Gartner report shows that businesses are installing Windows Vista at about the same or even a slightly quicker pace than they did with Windows XP.Microsoft is touting those figures as positive spin on Vista uptake. But a deeper look into the numbers shows that the two operating systems aren’t exactly competing on a level playing field. XP had Windows 2000 upgrades to contend with, and Vista has no similar competition.
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May 07
A week ago, Microsoft delayed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) because of a problem that could lead to data loss when running the XP update in conjunction with its Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) program. It also halted automatic updates to Windows Vista SP1 because of a similar issue.
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May 06
When we wrote about Gateway’s spring retail PCs back in January of this year, it was quite obvious that, at least for that product cycle, Gateway had thrown out Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6600 quad-core processor in favor of an AMD Phenom X4 chip. Back then, company representatives assured us that an Intel quad-core would return soon. It took some time (four months), but an Intel chip is back, but only for the pricey “FX” version. The more affordable “GT” versions - four of them - continue to rely on AMD and integrate triple-core and quad-core processors.
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May 05
Although a “significant” number of corporations are hesitating to move to Windows Vista, businesses should bite the bullet because Microsoft Corp. is retiring Windows XP, and there’s no guarantee it will deliver a next-generation operating system on time or with compelling features, a research analyst said.
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May 04
Microsoft and its hardware/software partners have done a lot in the past 16 months to make Windows Vista a better operating system. With Service Pack (SP) 1, Microsoft has addressed some of the performance and reliability problems that has made Vista the butt of so much bad press when it launched.
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May 03
Several users running Windows Vista with SP1 installed who recently downloaded an audio driver for through Windows Update say the update disables their machines’ audio functionality. The update for IDT (Formerly Sigmatel)’s high definition sound and is called “IDT High Def Codec,” according to several users on a Dell customer forum, who claim that installing the update results in a “Code 10″ Error after rebooting, as well as the loss of audio.
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May 02
In the 15 months since Windows Vista had its mainstream launch, Microsoft says it’s made progress on a number of key metrics: things like application compatibility, availability of drivers, performance, reliability, and battery life.But there is one area where the company has struggled to gain ground: how Vista is perceived.
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May 01
If you’re running Windows Vista Ultimate and have already upgraded to SP1, then you now have access to two new Ultimate Extras. The first set of new Ultimate Extras is called Windows Sound Schemes and consists of two sound schemes for Windows Vista, appropriately called Glass and Pearl. The second set of Ultimate Extras is called the Windows DreamScene Content Pack #3 and consists of three new video backgrounds. Greg Shultz takes a look at these two new Ultimate Extras.
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Apr 30
On two separate occasions yesterday, Microsoft announced a delay in the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, and later pronounced stopping of automatic updates for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as well. The delay in XP SP3 and stoppage of Vista SP1 were both attributed by the company to the same problem — a compatibility issue, although no further details were disclosed. However, Microsoft confirmed that due to this problem, Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System would not be able to work with either operating system update.
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