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		<title>Vista users keen on SP1, but XP SP3 not so much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows Vista users have jumped at the first service pack for Microsoft&#8217;s troubled operating system, but people running Windows XP haven&#8217;t been in much of a hurry to install SP3, according to a Windows performance and metrics researcher.

According to Devil Mountain Software, by the end of July, 86 percent of the machines in its community-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Details In October, Microsoft Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft said it plans to release the first technical details about its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system, successor to the widely criticized Vista, at its developers&#8217; conference in late October.

&#34;We will provide in-depth technical information about Windows 7&#34; at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference on Oct. 27 and also at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/windows-7-details-in-october-microsoft-says.html</link>
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		<title>Microsofts plans for post-Windows OS revealed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is incubating a componentized non-Windows operating system known as Midori, which is being architected from the ground up to tackle challenges that Redmond has determined cannot be met by simply evolving its existing technology.

SD Times has viewed internal Microsoft documents that outline Midori’s proposed design, which is Internet-centric and predicated on the prevalence of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/microsofts-plans-for-post-windows-os-revealed.html</link>
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		<title>Most Vista Business Buyers Downgrade To Windows XP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An official at PC maker Hewlett-Packard said the majority of the company&#8217;s business customers are downgrading new computers from Windows Vista to Windows XP &#8212; raising questions about Microsoft&#8217;s Vista sales figures.

PCs downgraded from Vista to XP represent &#34;the majority of business computers we are selling today,&#34; said HP marketing manager Jane Bradburn, in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows XP SP3 Hits Microsoft&#8217;s Automatic Update Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft was scheduled to begin pushing out the third and final service pack for its Windows XP operating system to users on Thursday via its automatic update service. Though not a major update, Windows XP SP3 offers numerous enhancements over the current, SP2 version of the OS. It includes all updates issued since Windows XP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/windows-xp-sp3-hits-microsofts-automatic-update-service.html</link>
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		<title>Should Microsoft Throw Away Vista?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throw Vista away. That&#8217;s what my colleagues at our fellow IDG publication InfoWorld have now argued that Microsoft should do. Give it a dignified resting place, as a stepping-stone OS, and come up with a replacement that&#8217;s more sensible for enterprise IT.

There is historical precedent in the consumer OS space for such a move; look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Vista users vent over SP1 driver issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Confused and angry users are blasting Microsoft on its own Vista blog over the requirements for downloading SP1. And an industry analyst feels their pain. Last Tuesday, Microsoft released Vista SP1 to Windows Update, giving most users their first shot at obtaining the service pack.

Previously, only earlier testers, volume licensing customers, and IT professionals and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/angry-vista-users-vent-over-sp1-driver-issues.html</link>
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		<title>Want Vista SP1? Here is what to expect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to manufacturing on February 4, they promised to make it available for the general public in mid-March. Today they delivered on that promise, making SP1 available to Windows Vista users through Windows Update and as a standalone installer package from the Microsoft Download Center.

I covered most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/want-vista-sp1-here-is-what-to-expect.html</link>
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		<title>99 Windows Vista Performance Tips and Tweaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This collection of tips is all about making your PC system perform to its full potential with Microsoft&#8217;s newest operating system. Knowing Vista, chances are good that there&#8217;s a tip or two in this article that&#8217;ll make a world of difference for you and your computer.

Most of the following tips emphasize increasing the responsiveness and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/99-windows-vista-performance-tips-and-tweaks.html</link>
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		<title>Has Vista lost all credibility?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even internally, Microsoft couldn&#8217;t agree on what the base requirements to run Vista were, but that didn&#8217;t stop it from inaccurately promoting the OS as running on some hardware, new email evidence in an ongoing consumer class action suggests. What do the latest revelations mean for the future of Vista?

Ever since Vista was placed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Up Windows Vista</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The flash and polish of Windows Vista seduced you, but so far the glamorous interface is just sucking the life out of your PC. Fear not, this guide has everything you need to turn Vista into the beautiful *and* speedy OS you were dreaming of.

Keep in mind though, that, while these tips can help you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/speed-up-windows-vista-2.html</link>
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		<title>A Second Shot: Windows Vista SP1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to say the last year has been anything but rough for Microsoft’s Windows division. Although we found Windows Vista favorable upon its launch last year after watching it go through an usually drawn-out development process, such a sentiment hasn’t been shared by Windows users as a whole.

Windows XP proved to be every bit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/a-second-shot-windows-vista-sp1.html</link>
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		<title>Recover Files with Shadow Copies on Any Version of Windows Vista</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was written by our very own whs, one of the most helpful forum members. The &#34;Previous Versions&#34; feature in Windows Vista is a major step forward for users, since it provides some built-in protection against losing important files.

The problem is that the home versions of Vista don&#8217;t give you an interface to access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/recover-files-with-shadow-copies-on-any-version-of-windows-vista.html</link>
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		<title>Windows XP SP3: The improvements are under the hood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), just out from Microsoft as Release Candidate 2 (RC2), may not necessarily be worth the download now, but when it&#8217;s finally released, it&#8217;ll be worth the effort. It won&#8217;t make any noticeable cosmetic changes to your operating system, but underneath the hood are several security improvements worth having. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/windows-xp-sp3-the-improvements-are-under-the-hood.html</link>
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		<title>WGA exploit finder coming, changes made to WGA in Vista SP1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), Microsoft&#8217;s antipiracy feature in Windows, has undergone many changes and has caused many headaches over the years. Once again, the software giant has announced that it will be tweaking WGA. With the release of Service Pack 1, the company will disable the two most common exploits to the product activation technology, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/wga-exploit-finder-coming-changes-made-to-wga-in-vista-sp1.html</link>
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		<title>Illegal copies of Vista targeted in an update next week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for the public release of Service Pack 1 in mid-March, Microsoft wants to kill off all of those pesky illegal copies of Vista out there. Next week, the company will send out an update to Vista users that identifies illegal copies installed by two cracks commonly used to activate pirated copies, reports Computerworld.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Pulls Buggy Windows Vista SP1 Files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has removed from its software update service a file that&#8217;s a prerequisite to installing the first major update to the Windows Vista operating system. The move follows reports from users that the file causes their computers to crash or enter an endless cycle of boots and reboots.

&#34;We made the decision to temporarily suspend automatic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/microsoft-pulls-buggy-windows-vista-sp1-files.html</link>
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		<title>Microsoft posts new Windows XP SP3 build for public download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after it last handed a new build of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to several thousand invitation-only testers, Microsoft Corp. today posted that version for public downloading.

&#34;We&#8217;re broadening the availability of the release candidate in order to receive further user feedback prior to the release of Windows XP SP3,&#34; a company spokeswoman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SP1 won&#8217;t outsmart Vista copiers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft had announced that Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, the successor to Windows XP, would give it better protection against unlicensed use, and would disable the activation crack circulating on the internet.

But the developers have only partly succeeded: a back door in Vista&#8217;s activation method can still be exploited to enable systems fully, without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/sp1-wont-outsmart-vista-copiers.html</link>
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		<title>How to Enable Vista hidden administrator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You probably know about the &#34;hidden&#34; administrator account in Windows XP. It&#8217;s the only account on XP systems on which no other accounts have been created. Until you add a new account, you zip right to the desktop when you boot the OS, with no stop at the Welcome screen.

 Once you set up one [...]]]></description>
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