When I was sent an e-mail in regards to the “Windows Vista the Pocket Guide”, I was very skeptical. Promising a link on their ‘highly visited site’ and even a template for my review made me not even want to take time to my currently busy schedule to review this piece. I’m glad to see that Corrine confirms my thoughts that Ciprian’s review of the ‘Windows Vista Pocket Guide” was worth listening to. Security Garden and Vista4Beginners are two sources that continue to provide trustworthy opinions, and have not sold out to weak promises of linkbacks in trade for good reviews. (more…)

Ciprian calls it like he sees it and lets you know the real story behind a Vista related ‘Pocket Guide’ that has been shopped around to many Vista related sites. Way to go Ciprian! (more…)

Chris Flores comments on a USA Today article that touts Vista as a better computer for online investors (over a Mac). (more…)

Adds new Avivo video features, as well as dozens of resolved issues. (more…)

If you’re having problems running Adobe Premiere Elements 4 in Windows Vista, here are some troubleshooting techniques you can use to fix your problems. (more…)

Unhappy with some aspect of Vista? Ciprian suggest collecting all those issues and submitting them to the new “Engineering Windows 7″ blog, so they aren’t repeated in the successor to Vista. (more…)

Though the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2008 said Vista would be getting five updates, four were delivered. Missing from the list was a critical update for Windows Media Player. Also released were 7 other updates, mostly for Microsoft Office, revisions for four existing security bulletins, and two security advisories. Here’s what was released for Vista: (more…)

Ed examines the claim that Windows security has been bypassed and there is nothing that Microsoft can do about it. His verdict? The sky is not falling… (more…)

This article links to some pretty interesting themes for Vista. Unfortunately, you have to do a little hacking to get them to work. (more…)

Microsoft posted the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2008 today. In all, seven security updates are being released that affect the Windows Operating System, with five of them affecting Windows Vista. Three are ‘Important’, the other two ‘Critical’. Expect updates for the following issues on Tuesday, August 12th: (more…)