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    Give your business desktops and laptops a boost. Diskeeper 2011 Professional prevents the majority of fragmentation before it can happen and brings data flow up to peak speed for the best possible...

  • 20 hours to upgrade Windows 7 ... maybe, but it's a fringe case

    Last Friday Chris Hernandez, a Microsoft Software Engineer, posted benchmark result data to show how Microsoft had managed to get the Windows 7 upgrade time to be faster than, or at least equal...

    Blog posts | September 14, 2009 2:33am PDT

  • 7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 1

    Over the past few months I've talked a lot about the performance side of things with regard to Windows 7. However, I've not been able to give you any actual numbers because the EULA for the beta...

    Blog posts | August 5, 2009 11:26am PDT

  • Windows 7 RC 32-bit vs. Vista SP1 32-bit - Gaming shootout

    Is it worth upgrading your Vista gaming rig to Windows 7? Will you see any performance benefits? Let's find out!

    Blog posts | April 25, 2009 5:22am PDT

  • Windows Fiji: a world class failure

    Before I get blasted by the uber-nerds, I'll tell you now. I've been playing with Windows 7 (6519) for a while, and Fiji, the new Windows Media Center TV Pack supposedly for Windows 7 for Windows...

    Blog posts | August 9, 2008 7:44am PDT

  • IT Dojo video: Remove all remnants of the Windows Vista SP1 installation files

    When you install Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the installation process leaves behind about 800 MBs of original Windows Vista files--in case you later want to remove SP1. Relative to...

    Blog posts | July 30, 2008 2:05am PDT

  • News to know: Microsoft; Oracle; SAP; Vista SP1 video

    Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs How will Microsoft spend its multicore millions? More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere Larry...

    Blog posts | July 29, 2008 1:58am PDT

  • IT Dojo: Remove all remnants of the Windows Vista SP1 installation files

    When you install Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the installation process leaves behind about 800 MBs of original Windows Vista files--in case you later want to remove SP1. Relative to...

    Videos | July 28, 2008 10:48am PDT

  • No, Vista DOESN'T scream past XP in gaming tests

    When I came across Ed Bott's post this morning called "Vista screams past XP in gaming tests!" I was intrigued. Yes, my testing over the past few months had shown that gaming under Vista had now...

    Blog posts | May 28, 2008 4:41am PDT

  • XP SP3 vs. Vista SP1 - Which is fastest?

    In the TalkBack section on my post looking at SP3 benchmarks, _deitrich asked a really good question: Adrian, how about a comparison of XP SP3 vs Vista SP1? Oui? C'est possible? Good question!

    Blog posts | April 28, 2008 4:22am PDT

  • Microsoft earnings cheat sheet: Vista SP1 impact; Strong results expected; Is Yahoo a distraction?

    Did Microsoft keep its focus amid all the Yahoo hubbub? It may not matter given the bump from the weak dollar that Microsoft is expected to get in the third quarter. According to Thomson...

    Blog posts | April 24, 2008 3:25am PDT

  • Windows updates galore: The latest on SPs, FPs and UEs

    The Windows client team has been pushing out service packs (SPs), a new feature pack (FP) and Ultimate Extra add-ons for Vista over the past few days -- to varying degrees of customer satisfaction.

    Blog posts | April 23, 2008 3:23pm PDT

  • Microsoft to begin automatic distribution of Vista SP1 today

    If you're a Vista user and you've been waiting (patiently!) for Service Pack 1 (SP1) to be pushed to your systems automatically, your wait is nearly over.

    Blog posts | April 23, 2008 2:04pm PDT

  • Vista SP1 available in more languages

    Microsoft released SP1 last month in English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese. Now it's available in lots more languages. Users can manually install SP1 (x86 and x64) versions of SP1 either...

    Blog posts | April 15, 2008 1:25pm PDT

  • News to know: AMD; IT spending; Google; Microsoft Mesh; ULPCs

    Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor? Garett Rogers: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry? Michael Krigsman: Heathrow T5...

    Blog posts | April 8, 2008 2:00am PDT

  • Microsoft to recommence pushing Vista SP1 prerequisite

    After a number of users reported endless-reboot problems in February after installing one of the prerequisites for Windows Service Pack (SP) 1, Microsoft pulled automatic distribution of it. As of...

    Blog posts | April 7, 2008 11:54am PDT

  • Vista SP1 reboot bug fixed

    Remember that issue where trying to install Vista SP1 would result in a hard-to-break reboot cycle? Microsoft says they've identified the problem and created a fix for it. If you've been holding...

    Blog posts | April 7, 2008 11:02am PDT

  • News to know: Microsoft, Apple update techniques; Ubuntu; Hacking Java; XP SP3

    Notable headlines: Ed Bott: What Microsoft can teach Apple about software updates Compare and contrast gallery (right). Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life...

    Blog posts | March 25, 2008 3:59am PDT

  • Need Vista SP1 help? Call Redmond toll-free

    Microsoft is providing free phone support for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 users -- whether they get their SP1 from Microsoft or via a PC maker or other retailer -- through March 2009....

    Blog posts | March 24, 2008 9:38am PDT

  • UPenn says no to Vista SP1

    Information Week is reporting that the University of Pennsylvania has advised users to forgo the Service Pack 1 update that Microsoft recently released for Windows Vista. Citing numerous problems...

    Blog posts | March 24, 2008 9:10am PDT

  • Vista SP1 collateral damage not as bad as I had expected

    On Tuesday Microsoft opened the door on Windows Vista SP1. This is a landmark occasion because it marks a transition from where only a select few have had access to the software to where...

    Blog posts | March 20, 2008 5:56am PDT

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