Posts Tagged ‘vista’

No seriously, I’m asking what department I’m supposed to go to. Here’s the deal. I purchased two Windows Vista Home Premium product keys way back when Vista was shipping. They were $50/each, under their Family Upgrade Discount deal. I purchased the keys from a special Windows e-store that is since defunct. Fast forward to 2009. [...]

That’s right. Unfortunately, Sprint just informed me that Vista SP2 and Windows 7 will not work with the Sprint 4G demo cards handed out at the Open Developers Conference. The reason is that Vista SP2 and Windows 7 are not compatible with the older Sprint SmartView included on the demo CD. That version of SmartView [...]

Engadget HD posted an article that really was disingenuous, in my opinion. I’d link to it, but that would be giving them a SEO benefit for poor work. Basically, the article initially claimed that it had found out why Microsoft never released Vista Media Center TV Pack 2008 to end users. Unfortunately, when you hit [...]

At PDC, Microsoft let drop the announcement that I pushed for. The Windows Home Server Team has announced that the next version of the product will indeed feature Live Mesh technology integration. Live Mesh will be a big help for solving one of the inconsistencies in the Windows Home Server offering. As I’ve noted in [...]

As it stands right now, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 still won’t include TV Pack 2008. I haven’t heard official word from Microsoft, but I can confirm that TV Pack 2008 is absent from SP2. It’s not clear why the Media Center team didn’t add this. Microsoft has confirmed to me that TV Pack 2008 will [...]

That’s right. Even if you use Boot Camp, you’re stuck at Bluetooth 2.0 on your Windows-powered MacBook. I didn’t realize this until I considered getting one of those nifty MacBook Air units now that they have reasonably good graphics. Not that this would really tip my decision either way… but Microsoft added support for Bluetooth [...]

I’m on my third complete reinstall of Windows on my Inspiron 530n. Completely erased the hard drive, reinstalled Windows from scratch… and the same problem keeps happening. Worse, my Inspiron 530n is plugged into my HDTV… making troubleshooting a royal pain. Here’s the problem. With Vista SP1, this computer keeps corrupting my user account. This [...]

Microsoft has launched a new tool out called the Web Applications Installer. This is a refined program that does the same functionality as scripts like Fantastico. Basically, you chose what web software you want to install… and the app will configure your Windows Server to run it. So, if you want to install WordPress on [...]

Live Mesh got an update today. While Microsoft hasn’t said it yet, I just put it to the test… and you don’t need User Account Control to use Live Mesh anymore. Now, here’s the catch… the installer may be out of date. So, you may need to enable UAC in Vista, reboot… then install Live [...]

Microsoft keeps coming up with creative marketing to sell Windows Vista on customers. Now, I actually have far fewer complaints than most about Vista. In fact, all my primary PCs run Vista. But, this marketing line is definintely a new one. In their latest TechNet email, Microsoft decided to use it pitch Vista to IT [...]