A service originally designed to compel unpaid Vista users to obtain genuine licenses is apparently being scrapped in Service Pack 1, to be replaced with a more "in-your-face" approach. BetaNews | Vista SP1 to replace 'Reduced Functionality' with nagware
Get Vista upgrade, never pay full price By Brian Livingston Many people are upset by the fact that the economical, "upgrade" version of Vista won't accept a Windows XP or Windows 2000 CD-ROM as proof of ownership. Vista Upgrade is said to install only to a hard disk that already has XP or 2000 already...
Microsoft Corp. will make its new Windows Vista operating system available for sale and download online, marking a new step for the software company, which has previously sold Windows only on packaged discs or pre-loaded on computers. Source: Microsoft to offer Windows Vista online - Yahoo! News I think...
Speaking at a forum in South Africa regarding a plan for Microsoft to make major technology investments in the country, Bill Gates said there was an "80 percent chance" Windows Vista would by ready for its planned January launch. He also had no qualms about delaying the OS further if necessary. http...
Microsoft UK .NET platform product manager Ian Moulster wrote in a post to his personal Web log that the company will cut access to Windows Vista Beta 2 on Friday, as the company has reached the number of testers it was looking to give access to through its Customer Preview Program. http://www.betanews...
In the seemingly never-ending list of features to be stripped from Windows Vista, yet another has fallen by the wayside. Microsoft made a decision to remove PC-to-PC synchronization from Windows Vista, Microsoft Watch reported on Wednesday. http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_No_PCtoPC_Sync_in_Vista...
Get some gadgets for Vista Sidbar. Not much of intrest up there right now. But over time, I am sure there will be some great ones. http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows_Sidebar_Gallery_Launches/1149015362
Both 32-bit and 64-bit. The website will also explain whats new in this wonderful new OS from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/def...