Video: Keyboard shortcuts for moving faster in Windows Vista

Courtesy of Tech Republic, here is the video. The link also has a link to text, if that's preferable to video.

Video: Keyboard shortcuts for moving faster in Windows Vista

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10 reasons Vista haters will love Windows 7

For those of you who have upgraded to Vista and hate it or if you're still running Windows XP and waiting for Windows 7, here's one take on improvements in Windows 7 over Vista.

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Add Run to your Vista Start Menu (CNET Tip of the Day)

Courtesy of Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, CNET.com again, another Tip of the Day.


Add Run to your Vista Start Menu

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5 Ways to speed up your PC

Courtesy of Microsoft (not that you need a faster PC to run Vista). The last note is on ReadyBoost in Vista, using a flash drive or memory card to boost memeory without having to crack the case. We prefer cracking the case at this time...

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Microsoft patches Windows TCP/IP, LSASS flaws

From SearchSecurity.com

Attackers could exploit several flaws within Windows to hijack targeted computers and do a variety of damage, Microsoft warned as it released two security patch bulletins Tuesday. The vulnerabilities affect various versions of the operating system, including Windows XP SP2 and Vista.

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'Kill switch' dropped from Vista

We're looking forward to Service Pack 1 for Vista in the first quarter of 2008. We hope to be buying and recommending Vista by the middle of next year.

Microsoft is to withdraw an anti-piracy tool from Windows Vista, which disables the operating system when invoked, following customer complaints. From BBC News

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Still Buying Windows XP

We've had to downgrade a couple of laptops from Vista to Windows XP and have yet to purchase a new workstation with Vista. We're buying Dells with Windows XP (usually Pros, although we have bought a couple of Home Editions).

We don't have anything against Vista, but with the problems we did run into we ask our customers if they have a need (or desire) for Vista and so far it's been a unanymous "let's stick with XP." We are supporting a handful of Vista machines and other than the two that needed to move back to XP, they've been ok.

We'll probably continue to buy XP into 2008 now that Microsoft has decided to keep selling it (Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay), according to CNET.

CNET also tells us that Microsoft is allowing PC manufacturers to offer a downgrade to XP to buyers of new computers with the Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions The (XP alternative for Vista PCs).

Fujitsu has gone so far as to include a XP disk with its laptops and tablets, says CNET.

and from eWeek... XP's Success Isn't Vista's Failure

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