Archive for the 'Upgrades' Category
Vista Performance Shootout: Upgrade Vs. Clean Installation
Friday, February 16th, 2007Windows Vista’s been out for a few days, and people all over the Internet are alternately singing its praises and berating all who even dream of installing it; you could probably spend a sleepless month reading the content that’s been coughed up by major publishers, not to mention that of armies of bloggers and message [...]
Windows Vista upgrade power tips
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007After using Windows Vista for awhile, even the most begrudging upgrader will find that it’s got a lot more features and options for the power user compared to Windows XP. After weeks of test-driving Windows Vista full-time, there are several tips and tweaks I’d wish I’d known before I started.
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 Upgrade Edition is lame by design
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Arstechnica is reporting that Windows Vista Upgrade edition will not permit "clean" installs like all previous versions of Windows Upgrade editions. This is another one of those "what were you thinking" moments for Microsoft management similar to their bone headed decision to lock the retail version of Vista to one hardware migration.
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 [...]
Upgrade from Windows XP to Vista
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007…it’s likely that Vista will be the prevalent operating system in a couple years, just as Windows XP managed to push out Windows 98 and ME within a year or two after its release. New PCs will come with Vista installed, and most users who purchased a new computer in the past few months are [...]
Vista: The Upgrade
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Ready to make the switch to Windows Vista? We’ll show you what kind of system you’ll need, which edition you should choose, and how to install Microsoft’s latest OS. I installed Release Candidate 2 of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, the latest prerelease version as we went to press, on several PCs ranging from a brand-new [...]
PC Labels Mislead Buyers On Vista Upgrades Capability
Friday, November 10th, 2006To all the stickers that encrust the average PC - the ones advertising their processors, graphics cards and potential to inflict repetitive-stress injury - you can add one more. It’s a version of the familiar Windows XP logo that proclaims the computer "Vista Capable."
This emblem is supposed to answer what should be Topic A for [...]
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 [...]
The big question: Should you upgrade to Windows Vista?
Friday, November 10th, 2006With yesterday’s release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, PC enthusiasts now begin serious ruminations over a question they’ll need to answer come January, when the operating system will appear on store shelves:
Should I upgrade my it’s-working-just-fine computer from Windows XP to Windows Vista?
Even though I’ve been playing with beta and release-candidate versions of Vista for [...]
