Microsoft Windows Vista - XP Blue Screen – My computer is stuck on the XP Blue Screen! - Best Syndication

The XP Blue Screen has a nickname. It’s called the “blue screen of death”. And if anyone has had the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with this harbinger of bad will then you know why. The XP blue screen can be caused from numerous errors

Vulnerable Windows Machines Sitting Ducks for the Conficker Worm - Softpedia
According to the Redmond company, all supported platforms are vulnerable, including Windows 2000, Windows XP (even SP3), Windows Vista RTM/SP1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. McAfee has indicated that users not deploying the

How many editions of Windows 7 will there be? - Ars Technica
Microsoft still hasn’t officially said how many versions of Windows 7 it will sell but, based on what we’ve seen so far, it looks like “many” is a safe bet. We do know that Windows 7 will be available in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors, and while not all

DirectX 11 Won’t Repeat The Windows-Exclusive Sins Of It’s Father - Kotaku.com
When Windows Vista shipped, it shipped alongside DirectX 10. DirectX 10 would only run with Vista. It wouldn’t run with the faster, more stable, more popular Windows XP. This made those running games on XP unhappy . Well, fast forward a few years

Microsoft hopes to make Windows 7 use less disk space - Ars Technica
The latest post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog is about disk space and is written by Michael Beck, a program manager in the core OS deployment feature team. The Windows 7 team outlined tradeoffs between disk space and a few key features, and

Finish early: Create a Windows shutdown shortcut - CNET News
With a mouse, it takes at least two clicks, plus the time required for the various menus to appear. With a keyboard, you can shut down Windows XP by pressing the Windows key (or Ctrl-Esc) and typing U twice. In Vista, the shutdown keyboard sequence

Morro Antivirus (for Windows 7, Vista SP2 and XP SP3) Just for - Softpedia
Introduced in 2005, Windows Live OneCare is heading for an early grave, with Microsoft planning to discontinue license sales of the all-in-one PC care and security product come June 30, 2009, and to offer support only as long as existing

Punters buying used PCs to avoid Vista - The Inquirer
PUNTERS ARE APPARENTLY scrambling to get their hands on used, second hand PCs, not just because they offer a cheap fix in tough economic times, but mainly because they come loaded with Windows XP rather than Vista. Studies carried out by both Gartner

Apparent IP routing vulnerability affects Vista, not XP - Beta News
A change in the way the Windows client enables IP routes to be amended manually is the target of a potentially serious exploit for Vista users only, that Microsoft may now have no choice but to address. Through SecurityFocus.com last Wednesday , a

Workers’ Edge - CNET News
I approach the Windows Registry the same way I approach my dentist’s office. I enter both places only when necessary. Sometimes, the fastest, most efficient way to make your PC more usable is to venture into the belly of the Windows beast via the