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WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I’ve finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation. Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go [...]

No More Clean Installs Using Upgrade Discs With Windows Vista

Monday, January 29th, 2007

When it comes to the Windows Vista, Microsoft is changing a long-standing tradition when it comes to upgrading from a previous version of Windows. No longer will popping in a disc of a previous version of Windows during setup satisfy the people in Redmond when using an upgrade CD. For example, when performing a clean [...]

Drivers slow down Vista

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

While the official consumer release of Windows Vista is a little less than two months away, based on the enterprise release on November 30, the blogosphere is buzzing with comparisons between Vista and Windows XP SP2. Much of it is unflattering to the new operating system based on the lack of availability of drivers. Aside [...]

Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

At the Windows Vista Team Blog, Jim Allchin, the Chief of Microsoft’s Vista development effort and long-time Microsoft employee, soon to retire after having completed Vista at last, has advised readers that Windows Vista has more drivers built-in at launch than any previous version Windows.
While computer users will always want to see if the manufacturer [...]

Nvidia Releases Windows Vista Drivers

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Nvidia has noted that it is the first graphics processing unit company to ship WHQL-certified graphics drivers for Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, Windows Vista.
The announcement comes just after Microsoft unveiled its Windows Vista logo program, which is designed to help encourage compatibility in partner software and hardware. One of the products showcased by Microsoft is [...]