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• Windows Vista Activation forum now available

  Do you have customers with questions or issues regarding Windows Vista Activation? The Windows Vista Activation forum is now available at http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2155&SiteID=17 . This forum offers a new dedicated Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:26 PM by TechBlog | 1 Comments Filed under: Vista, KMS, VAMT, Volume Activation, MAK

• Download the Application Compatibility List for Windows Vista

  The Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet containing software applications which have earned the status of “Certified for Windows Vista”, “Works with Windows Vista” via the Microsoft Windows Read More... Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:11 AM by TechBlog | 1 Comments Filed under: Vista, appcompat, Windows

• Windows Vista: New Ultimate Extras

  With (deservedly) little fanfare, a couple of new Ultimate Extras appeared on Windows Update on April 22. One is a set of two new Sound themes ("Glass" and "Pearl"); the other is a set of looping nature scene videos (dripping ice, a dripping leaf and Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:31 PM by TechBlog | 0 Comments Filed under: Vista

• Windows Vista SP1 now available through Windows Update

  You can now get Windows Vista SP1 in English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese by visiting Windows Update or the Microsoft Download Center . See the Windows Vista Blog for more details. Also notable: Hardcoreware.net has a Windows Vista SP1 performance Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:40 AM by TechBlog | 0 Comments Filed under: SP1, Vista

• 'Kill switch' dropped from Windows Vista

  The BBC News reports that Microsoft is poised to withdraw an anti-piracy tool from Windows Vista, which disables the operating system when invoked, following customer complaints. The so-called "kill switch" feature was designed to prevent users with illegal Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 3:25 PM by TechBlog | 1 Comments Filed under: SP1, Vista

• Curious about Windows Vista SP1?

  Hear Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President in charge of Windows Client operating systems product management, talk candidly about SP1 , which was made available to a limited group of beta testers o n September 24. ( A later pre-release version of SP1 will Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:30 AM by TechBlog | 1 Comments Filed under: SP1, Vista, beta

• Plan now for Windows Vista SP1

  Read the White Paper (PDF) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=090deaf6-2eaa-4aaa-8b3b-2e199db4a97d&displaylang=en (the SP1 beta is not publicly available yet -- stay tuned for an announcement.) Also of note: a useful Vista Pilot Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:51 AM by TechBlog | 0 Comments Filed under: SP1, Vista