Category: Windows

  • Microsoft post Vista fixes

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    Microsoft has released two significant fixes for Windows Vista today. One is a performance related fix and the other is a reliability related fix. These fixes have to be manually applied for now although according to Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is promising to make the two new Vista fix packs available via Windows Update at…

  • Unseemly haste in Vista SP1 a sign of desperation?

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    I came across two Vista related stories on Techmeme this morning. The first from Ken Fisher on Ars Technica, talks about how Microsoft’s OEM partners are struggling with the number of customers who want to downgrade their computers from Vista to XP. Ken goes on to state the “must wait for Service Pack 1” meme…

  • Security Patched Safari for Windows released

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    Apple have released a Security Patched version of Safari for Windows (v 3.0.1). The patch fixes security vulnerabilities in Safari I wrote about earlier this week. There is still no fix for the bug I highlighted earlier this week (clicking on the x to close a window with multiple tabs doesn’t alert you and goes…

  • Don't install Safari on Windows!

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    Wow that was fast! Apple released a beta of their Safari browser last night to run on Windows and a few short hours later, vulnerabilities which allow remote code execution have been published already! It looks like Safari for Windows was released a little early. Whatever about the small functionality bug I found, the ability…

  • Safari 3 for Windows. New OS, same missing features!

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    I saw from Engadget that Apple have released a new beta version of their browser, Safari, which will run on Windows. There are versions for Windows XP and Windows Vista. I downloaded it and installed on an XP machine and it does appear to run quite quickly. However, Apple still haven’t addressed Safari’s biggest bug…

  • Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2?

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    Microsoft’s Windows Vista is a buggy product. Heck, even I found an unreported bug in it after playing with it for less than ten minutes! I was talking to Microsoft folk in Madrid last week and I said to them that I couldn’t wait for Service Pack 2 for Vista to be released. Their response…

  • OS X to Vista networking help needed

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    Anyone know of any good resources for networking a Mac (running OS X) and a PC (running Vista) on a peer-to-peer lan network? I’m asking because I have a 4.75gb file on my Vista machine which I want to transfer to the Mac and it is too big to burn to DVD. I have turned…

  • My move from OS X to Vista – Day 6

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    Good news for a change! I received an email from Miel Van Opstal alerting me to the fact that NVIDIA has updated its video driver for the Vaio (Miel is the guy in charge of the Vaio Influencer program in Microsoft). Previously SecondLife refused to run on the Vaio because of video driver issues. Steve…