All tag results for ‘Windows Vista’

XP Gets All the Love, Just Leftovers for Vista

It’s nothing but love for Windows XP and all scraps, crumbs and leftovers for Windows Vista. One inherent consequence of having an operating system dig its roots into the market for five years, is the creation of not only a loyal user base, but also of a community of developers that find it equally difficult to transition to a new platform. Additionally, Windows Vista has virtually changed the rules for software developers with the introduction of the User Account Control, forcing them to rethink products in order to run with standard user privileges. This has caused developers to steer clear of Vista, as long as XP still has a strong grip of the operating system market, a situation illustrated amply by Evans Data’s Spring 2008, North American Development Survey.

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Windows Vista SP1 Beta release available

Windows Vista SP1 pack

Today we release the Beta of windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to a private group of Beta testers via connect.microsoft.com. Brandon over on the Windows Experience blog has installed and regularly uses SP1 on all of his machines (as do I) and discusses the more notable elements of it. We’ll review some of the changes made in SP1 later this week on the blog; what’s more, our VP of Product Management, Mike Nash, answers questions about Windows Vista and SP1 in a video on Channel9. Meanwhile, I invite you to read the SP1 white paper we published last month.

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New Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista

 

The Windows Mobile Device Center enables you to set up new partnerships, synchronize content and manage music, pictures and video with Windows Mobile powered devices (Windows Mobile 2003 or later). The Windows Mobile Device Center combines an efficient business-data synchronization platform with a compelling user experience. The Windows Mobile Device Center helps you to quickly set up new partnerships, synchronize business-critical information such as e-mail, contacts and calendar appointments, easily manage your synchronization settings, and transfer business documents between your device and PC. Read the more »

Photoshop Text Effects Tips : Rainbow Text Photoshop tutorial

Rainbow Text Photoshop tutorial

Rainbow Text

Put some color into your text with this rainbow tutorial. Read the more »

Windows Vista Upgrade Secret

There is a well known Windows Vista Upgrade secret in the IT community.

In this article I talk about it and the possible legal implications! Please take this article “as-is” I provide no warranty of any kind by providing this information.

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