Archive for the 'Installation' Category
Workaround: Clean Install With Vista Upgrade DVDs
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007This workaround allows users to perform a “clean install.” The process is a bit tedious, but is not hard at all to complete. Users have to perform these simple steps to perform a clean install of Vista without a previous version of Windows installed with an upgrade DVD:
Vista DRM: Update on Driver Signing Bypass
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007I apologize for the lack of news, but after attending CUSEC, I had to spend my time on catching upthe two weeks of school and work that I had missed, and exploiting Vista ended up going on the backburner, especially as I had to re-install VMWare 6.0 (which wasn’t being helpful with me) and a [...]
No More Clean Installs Using Upgrade Discs With Windows Vista
Monday, January 29th, 2007When 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 [...]
HOW TO: deploy Windows Vista out to desktops from a central server using WDS
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006With Vista Business and Enterprise editions out and about, tools and infrastructure utilities which support Windows are getting an overhaul. One extremely useful tool for desktop admins wanting to centrally deploy Windows is Microsoft’s Remote Installation Services (RIS). It ties in to Active Directory and NTFS security, and lets individual workstations connect to a central [...]
Installing Windows Vista For N00bs
Thursday, December 14th, 2006Many end-users consider the installation of any new operating system a real nightmare. We admit, it can be really daunting; especially if you are a newbie, or in geek parlance - a n00b.
But fear not, my young Padawan. Let us show you how to install the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. We will take [...]
Want to test Vista risk free? Try virtualization
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Living together is pretty accepted way for modern couples to test a relationship before marriage. So shouldn’t there be a way for modern computer users to test Microsoft’s Windows Vista before making the deep commitment of buying and installing it on their PCs?
There is, using virtualization software. Virtualization is one of the hottest server-side trends [...]
Windows Vista Review: Installing Windows Vista
Sunday, November 12th, 2006While you will install Windows Vista in ways that are similar to previous Windows versions, under the covers, everything has changed. The DOS mode portion of Windows Setup, present even in the NT-based Windows variants such as Windows XP, is finally gone, exorcised from our lives for good. But the changes go much deeper than [...]
Vintage Vista: running Microsofts newest OS on your older hardware
Saturday, November 11th, 2006A little over four months ago we took a look at Windows Vista Beta 2. At the time, we received a number of comments about the lack of performance some readers were experiencing with Vista in comparison to what we were reflecting in our review. Admittedly, we tested Vista Beta 2 on young, fresh hardware [...]
Tough new rules on Vista OEM
Friday, November 10th, 2006The tech community has breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as Microsoft announced it was backflipping on a nasty clause in its EULA that prevented users from reinstalling Vista more than once on a new or modified PC.
However don’t settle down for a bedtime story just yet: Microsoft hasn’t done the full circus [...]
Vista Home Basic: of lemons and lemonade
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006Acer is talking openly about what many OEMs are privately expressing frustration over: the weak value proposition offered by Windows Vista Home Basic. The many-headed hydra that is Vista has at least one gimp head, according to complaints.
If you ask Jim Wong, senior corporate VP at Acer, Microsoft has crippled Home Basic so thoroughly that [...]
