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XP SP3 RTM 2DAY
The moment that Windows XP users have been waiting for. Today Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) goes RTM. XP is like that old Pontiac you keep in the garage, out of site of the neighbors, while your prominantly show off your Vista Cadillac. The Caddy sure is flashy but it has trouble handling a [...]
Ballmer: Vista is ‘a Work in Progress’
As PC users clamor for Microsoft to continue to support Windows XP, company CEO Steve Ballmer called the Vista OS “a work in progress” at an annual Seattle event on Thursday. I guess most of us missed that fine print when we paid full price at the time of purchase.
Change the Taskbar Group Size in Windows XP or Vista
Taskbar grouping came about upon the release of Windows XP. Love it or hate it, the idea behind it was to de-clutter the taskbar by condensing similar application windows into one container on the taskbar. Users with low resolution displays that were limited in the amount of “applications” they could fit on their taskbar receive [...]
Microsoft: UAC designed to bring insanity
User Account Control is both the most publicized and hated feature of Windows Vista as evident by the random tech headlines on any given day. The incessent pop-up confirmation boxes inundate users on even the mundane of tasks. We’ve heard the lectures that this is really for own good, how we are more secure as [...]
Internal emails put NVIDIA platform on Vista in bad light
You may have heard of the recently launched "Vista Capable" lawsuit in which there is mounting evidence that Microsoft tweaked the minimum specifications of what constitutes a PC as Vista Capable, much to Intel’s delight. Judge Martha Pechman, who is overseeing the class-action, has ordered the release of over 150 pages of internal Microsoft [...]
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