Hi, I'm Tony Mangefeste, Program Manager in the Optical Platform Group. With the upcoming Beta 2 release of Windows Vista, I took the opportunity to self-host it on my primary development system. At Microsoft, we’re encouraged to self-host the OS and...

Are you wondering whether your PC is ready for the move to Windows Vista? Or are you considering buying a new system that will really be able to take advantage of the heightened graphics, ramped up media, faster search capabilities—and more? Last week...

I’m at the Gartner IT Symposium this week. We have a strong Windows Vista presence, of course, including Hands On Labs where people get a guided walk through as many cool, relevant Windows Vista features as we can fit into 30 minutes. I have a fun assignment...

This week is a big one for Windows Media Player 11. The new release is part of Windows Vista, but Windows XP users won’t be missing out—in fact, they’ll get an early look at some of the features in the player, maybe as soon as Wednesday, May 17! ...

Hi, I’m Mike Chan, a product manager for Windows Vista. I wanted to let everyone know about a great feature that is included in Windows Vista. The threat of malicious software is still a problem that many customers face today and Microsoft has been making...

Hi, my name is Lorrin Maughan; I’m a Product Manager with the Windows Client Marketing organization, focused on the Windows Vista consumer story. Being a typical consumer, I’m going to talk about how I’m using some of the consumer focused features in...