Microsoft released an incremental update to Windows Vista on 10/23/2007, I have included the description of this patch below. "This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This update includes the following improvements: It extends the battery life for mobile...
Nvidia released today a new version of their forceware drivers! These truly are the superb drivers that should have been released when vista was released. You should now be on par with your XP Professional x64 performance. Adds support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, and GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce...
For those of you who don’t really know me, I play video games quite a lot, although recently it hasn’t been too much due to school. The main game you can catch me playing is Counter-Strike: Source, (I so can’t wait until valve makes Counter-Strike: Source 64bit!!!!!) Today I installed...
When a new Microsoft product is released, everyone focuses on the product's problems. You might have seen Mary Jo Foley's article sharing some of Vista's "gotchas" - including one gotcha shared by yours truly. I'm happy to say, that there are plenty of real reasons why 64-bit...
This week, I’ve had an opportunity of a lifetime – I got to spend five days on the Windows Vista Coach. In those five days, I’ve ridden the bus up and down the east coast, stopping in many cities at malls, computer stores, and as many other places that we could (while maintaining somewhat...
The biggest shock of the day: hardware certified for Windows Vista does not guarantee that it is supported under 64-bit versions of Windows Vista. This is bad news for the adoption of 64-bit Windows on the desktop. What’s the point of the logo, when it only is half true?
Last week, the Bink.nu news poster "Spy" wrote about his experiences with Windows Vista. I have been using the final version of Windows Vista since it was released on MSDN, and I have had a completely different experience then Spy. The first thing I'd like to do, is share the specs of the...
There is a dialog in Windows that hasn't changed since the Windows 3.x generation. If you're in the Fonts folder, the context menu has an option to "Install a new font...". Clicking this option provides the decade plus old dialog box. I have been telling Microsoft about this issue for...
Yesturday I was home with my laptop and I got an error while trying to play a movie in media center. After media center crashed Windows " Problems Reports and Solutions " window poped up. And this is what it had to say. I like the line that says " Install Windows Vista RTM when its available...
Windows Vista RC1 has been released for the general public. Please use your beta2 keys as they will work with RC1 Download ( X64 RC1 ) For more information about the Vista RC1 download, please click here .