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Friday, January 16, 2009 2:04 PM

Windows Vista Performance – The proof

So last September I posted this about some Windows Vista performance issues I was hearing about and what my approach was going to be.  In October I posted this advice and guidance on how to get Windows Vista to perform . Today I’m posting this short
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:04 PM

Windows Vista Performance (the sequel)

Windows Vista with SP1 (and some tweaks) is faster than Windows Server 2008. Since my last post on this topic , I've been doing my homework. On my laptop Vista was always quicker than Server, but I have found some very useful information (most of which
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:02 PM

Windows Vista Performance

I've been talking to a few people recently who are using Windows Server 2008 as a workstation. Some of their comments are along the lines of: "Server 2008 has the same code base as Vista SP1, how come it feels quicker?". Interestingly there doesn't seem
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Friday, February 15, 2008 2:50 PM

Windows Vista SP1 anyone?

Well it took its time, but it's here now.  Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released To Manufacture (RTM) last Monday (4th February).  It's now available everywhere except Microsoft Update. You can download it from TechNet , MSDN , Licensing
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Monday, January 07, 2008 10:11 AM

Deploying (or about to deploy) Vista and/or Office?

We have a couple of FREE events coming up to help you. Belfast (Jan 22): Click to register. Dublin (Jan 21): Click to register. The content has been put together by consultants who are doing this work on a daily basis, so it is "real-world" material that
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:03 PM

Springboard - Windows Vista TechCenter

I came across this today ( Springboard ). Looks like it's pretty much everything you'll ever need to get your Windows Vista deployment project kick-started.  Everything from why you'd want to move to Windows Vista in the first place, through overcoming
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Friday, August 17, 2007 7:23 AM

Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 Released

I just found out that we release an updated version of the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution Accelerator yesterday - and haven't made any 'noise' about it (we seem to be pretty good at 'stealth marketing'). What is WVHA? WVHA is a scalable agent-less
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:05 PM

Windows Vista - the most secure OS (again).

http://blogs.csoonline.com/windows_vista_6_month_vulnerability_report
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Monday, June 11, 2007 9:59 AM

VHD Test Drive Program

I've been telling people how they can download pre-configured, 30 day evaluation copies of Microsoft (and Partner) software from www.microsoft.com/vhd - well, looks like it's finally taking off. You can now download: Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Vista
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:10 PM

Windows Recovery Environment

I've got some time on my hands (I'm at home not feeling too well) and decided that I'd spend a bit of time setting up the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on my laptop. I've been meaning to do this for ages, as I want to enable BitLocker (and be able
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