Microsoft finally ships Windows XP SP3 – and here’s how you can get it Microsoft often simply seems to ignore XP, preferring instead to trumpet Vista – but it looks like Microsoft’s aged, and aging, operating system is wrapping up with the release of its certain-to-be-the-last service pack. Despite the focus on Vista, there have [...]
SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp.’s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world’s largest software maker. But you’d never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it’s someone running Windows XP, a version [...]
“Are you currently running Windows and Linux in a dual-boot setup? You’re going to have major headaches with Vista SP1, Microsoft has admitted. “If you’re dualbooting Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate alongside a Linux distro, and have installed the Linux bootloader into the MBR, then you’re guaranteed to run into problems when installing Vista Service [...]
SAO PAOLO, Brazil–At a Las Vegas conference on Thursday, Gartner analysts warned that Windows is in danger of collapsing, according to a report in ComputerWorld. Upon reading that, I wondered how this could have happened in the 10 days I have been traveling around Latin America. Although Microsoft faces challenges from Linux and piracy here, [...]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released “sometime in the next year or so”. The software giant has been aiming to issue more regular updates of the operating system software that powers the majority of the world’s personal computers. Nevertheless, [...]
Did you know that the upgrade edition of the Vista (SP1) can be installed on a “clean” hard drive (or a computer without Windows XP or 2000 already on it). The loophole allows tech-savvy users to save up to US$110 by purchasing a DVD upgrade of Vista SP1, rather than the full retail one. Providing [...]
Last-minute changes to Windows Vista broke drivers, forcing key hardware vendors to “limp out with issues” when the OS launched last year, according to a presentation by Dell Corp. that was made public this week. “Late OS code changes broke drivers and applications, forcing key commodities to miss launch or limp out with issues,” said [...]
The 145 systems are:- 3 Dos 5 Windows 137 Linux I have also installed most of the PC-based BSD and Solaris together with a Darwin x86 too but these systems dislike to co-exist with a large number of other systems so I have to keep them off in another PC until I find a way [...]
Now I don’t know about you but when I look at my family,friends and business associates none of them jumped up and down thrilled by the B-day event. Not one of them are running Vista and only a couple will even admit that they know of someone that does use it. And now that a [...]
BRUSSELS — — The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3-billion (U.S.) on Wednesday for charging rivals too much for software information. EU regulators said the company charged “unreasonable prices” until last October to software developers who wanted to make products compatible with the Windows desktop operating system. Source: Globe & Mail