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...
I have been helping with the lunch of Vista at a store. I have come across these questions and because these were not made clear, either hidden of fine print on the bottom of the box, I and everyone else is giving away bad advise. Once I get all of the answers, the store will be able to give good advise...
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...
Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to clamp down hard on pirates of its next-generation operating systems, crippling both Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" if users fail to activate their copies within 30 days.... http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_to_Lock_Pirates_Out_of_Vista/1159977311
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.betanews.com/article/Free_Antivirus_Offered_to_Vista_Testers/1148668916 Note it seems it is for 32-bit Vista only.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/def...