Archive for July, 2008

Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes (InformationWeek)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

We’ve pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and repair techniques so you won’t have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hits a fatal startup error.

Creative Finally Releases Fixed Vista Drivers For X-Fi [Vista Drivers] (Gizmodo)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

Creative’s finally put that whole driver fiasco behind them and released Vista-capable drivers for their X-FI cards. What took them so long? Who knows, but they’ve added DVD Audio playback, which is…

Is Microsoft’s Mojave Vista experiment backfiring with users? (BetaNews)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

Is a new marketing campaign what Vista really needs? The first stages of it — already under way with the Mojave Experiment — are certainly drawing attention to Vista. But in ignoring Vista’s problems, could the campaign also be backfiring?

Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes (InformationWeek)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

We’ve pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and repair techniques so you won’t have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hits a fatal startup error.

Microsoft sees uptick in use of 64-bit Vista (InfoWorld)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

People are beginning to use 64-bit Windows Vista on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have previously, Microsoft said this week. However, analysts warn the uptick may have less to do with customers’ interest in a 64-bit OS and more to do with the fact that so few people have, until now, used a 64-bit client version of Windows. [ Discover the top-rated IT …

Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes (InformationWeek)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

We’ve pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and repair techniques so you won’t have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hits a fatal startup error.

Microsoft sees uptick in use of 64-bit Vista (IT World)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

People are beginning to use 64-bit Windows Vista on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have previously, Microsoft said this week.

Alex Ionescu, one of the lead developers behind the ReactOS project, has published a detailed article on the XP/Vista … (OS News)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

“For the last few days, I’ve been intimately becoming aquainted with a piece of technology in Windows XP and Vista that rarely gets the attention it deserves.

Vista Partners Updates Coverage on Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTP) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

Vista Partners announced today that it has updated coverage on Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. “Raptor’s drug candidates, which target billion dollar markets, are progressing through the clinic at a rapid pace.

Microsoft claims a consumer ’shift’ to 64-bit Vista, but where are the drivers? (BetaNews)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2008

A big “shift” is now on to 64-bit Windows Vista PCs, even among consumers, according to Microsoft product manager Chris Flores. But he acknowledges that, even now, few if any 64-drivers are available for some categories of consumer products, including DVD/RW devices.