Tag: windows_vista
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Vista sales numbers don't add up (to much!)
Microsoft are boasting that Vista is selling twice as fast as XP did when it shipped originally. From the Microsoft release: Initial sales figures from Microsoft show its new operating system Windows Vista made a splash in its debut. In the first month of Windows Vista’s general availability, sales exceeded 20 million licenses, more than…
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More bad news for Vista
According to an article in InformationWeek, a privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in Windows Vista. The vulnerability was reported to Microsoft by eEye Digital Security on the 19th of January. Marc Maiffret, Chief Hacking Officer of eEye said: with this vulnerability, you can elevate yourself to system-level access. Any normal user can do anything…
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Free downloadable wallpaper files
Tired of looking at the same old desktop on your computer? There’s a free gallery of very nice downloadable wallpapers for Windows Vista available here. The photos are from a blogger and prolific Flickr user called Brajeshwar and as well as individual photos, you can also download a .zip wallpaper pack. I’m not quite sure…
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Too much choice is not (always) a bad thing
Joel Spolsky has written an interesting critique of Windows Vista where he points out that there are up to 15 ways to turn a Windows Vista computer off (I can think of a 16th – don’t license it and Windows will automatically disable your computer!). He goes on to suggest ways to trim the number…