http://www.vistablog.org Windows Vista Blog Tue, 20 May 2008 15:37:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image by Lee Bennett via Flickr Here's a question from Barb: Hello Vista Blog! I recently installed windows vista ultimate SP1 on my new computer, after I installed and connected to the internet, I noticed that Windows update started installing a bunch of other updates, when I say a bunch I mean a ... http://www.vistablog.org/can-i-save-windows-vista-updates-to-dvd/ We must admit that it's pretty obvious for all to see that developers have been excruciatingly slow to the table in writing programs for Windows Vista, which seems odd to us. With over 140 million copies sold thus far it would appear that the market is there but lack of ... http://www.vistablog.org/developers-weary-of-vista-are-slow-to-write-apps/ Recently we were asked if Vista would work with Norton anti virus or Windows One Care. Here's the question from Laura: Hello guys! I just bought a new computer (I had my old one for almost a decade) and it ran just fine. Anyway, I have a subscription for WOC for ... http://www.vistablog.org/will-microsoft-vista-work-with-norton-or-one-care/ According to Paul Thurrott's Windows SuperSite, Dellintends to ship XP Pro preloaded on their machines at least until 2012. This comes via an unconfirmed source through an email tip to the editor. Recently I have been receiving a lot of emails regarding Windows XP end of life.  Please be aware that ... http://www.vistablog.org/xp-to-live-on-according-to-dell/ James writes: I have Vista on my computer and some of my older XP programs won't even install on Vista, my question is, I heard XP can be run on Vista, so can I have both OSes? Can I like click to run XP and then click back to run ... http://www.vistablog.org/can-xp-run-on-vista/ Here's a very useful Helpful Hints guides from Microsoft. It's for Windows Vista Ultimate and covers the following topics: 1 Getting Started... Starting your computer Using your keyboard and mouse Launching programs Opening, saving, and closing documents Getting help 2 More Productive... Keeping on task Finding what you need Sending and receiving faxes Connecting to your network Optimizing your performance 3 More Protection... Protecting ... http://www.vistablog.org/windows-vista-ultimate-guide-from-microsoft/ Here's an easy "how to guide" for creating a Vista SP1 recovery disc. As we all probably know Vista, and for that matter all Windows OSes allow us to make recovery discs. These are not to be confused with system restore discs which allow users to fall-back to the ... http://www.vistablog.org/create-sp1-recovery-disc/ This guy is another who thinks he's found the fastest and easiest way to install Windows Vista. [More after the jump] [youtube FVbf9tOGwno] I love this line. I think I'm going to try to load this into another machine that I think will be a little more compatible than my computer. What's even funnier ... http://www.vistablog.org/quickest-way-to-install-windows-vista/ We all know about Microsoft's service packs, and, there's simply no doubt they they continue to be a necessity. Vista is no different! On March 18th of this year those boys from Redmond released the much anticipated SP1. This release is vital for those who have experience \d compatibility issues, because ... http://www.vistablog.org/vista-sp1/ This isn't actually a hack in the sense most people might think of, because this has absolutely nothing to do with the working of the software itself. But, rather the purchase of it. Our friends over at computerworld.com posted an article on how it would appear as though Microsoft ... http://www.vistablog.org/save-110-on-vista-sp1/