Microsoft said last week that it would have a test version available by Aug. 3. At the same time, the company announced the Windows Vista name for the operating system, which had been known by its ...

Like a lot of other reviews of Microsoft Windows Vista, mine suggested that most people are better off waiting until they buy a new PC rather than upgrading their existing machine.

Trauma-inducing startup sound finally axed Great news! Microsoft has finally squashed a Windows 11 Insider bug. No, it still hasn't "Made the Start Menu Great Again." No, you still can't drag the ...

The Vista boot-up sound is the same jingle played on boot-up of Windows 7, but Microsoft specifically cites it as the Windows Vista sound, and Vista was technically first.

Microsoft disclosed the Vista name Thursday to 11,000 employees at a sales conference in Atlanta and publicly confirmed it yesterday morning. Several Web sites and eWeek posted unconfirmed reports ...

In Microsoft's view, the User Account Control feature in Vista, which has been widely criticized for the nagging alerts it generates, has been unfairly maligned in IT industry circles.

Microsoft has completed work on its biggest product, Windows Vista, and is releasing it to manufacturing today. The company also set Jan. 30 as the date the operating system will be available to ...

Microsoft emphasizes that software and hardware compatibility work is still ongoing, though by the date of Vista's general availability, January 30, the story should be better.

What this means is that Windows Vista will no longer receive any kind of update, including new security updates, non-security hotfixes, or free or paid support. Microsoft will also no longer ...

Unfortunately, Vista Capable PCs weren't really capable of running Vista. Microsoft's rationale was that a hardware upgrade on Vista Capable PCs would make them capable of running Vista.

Vista views: Microsoft's license changes Readers pitch on whether Microsoft is being too stringent in restricting Vista transfers to one PC. Oct. 18, 2006 4:00 a.m. PT 10 min read ...