Microsoft has recently announced that the hottest version of company’s well-admired Windows operating system is been dealing with lesser widely disclosed security troubles in its initial year on the market than comparatively with Windows XP. This announcement was made by Jeff Jones based on a report, a security strategy director in the company’s Trustworthy Computing group. Throughout this shift Microsoft desires to show basically that its believes on redesigning the security architecture and as well adding up fresh, strong security features to its operating system have ultimately paid off.

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Windows Vista’s biggest worry is not Apple’s Mac or Red Hat Linux it’s Microsoft’s own Windows XP.

"The big story isn’t that 32% of the companies we surveyed said that they would start Vista deployments by the end of next year," says an analyst at Forrester Research Inc.

The survey was conducted on 600 U.S and European companies which have more than 1,000 employees. Then survey discovered that 84% of their Personal Computers run Windows XP and not Windows Vista. And in fact it’s up 26%. Last year only 67% of the PC’s used Windows XP.

There are many companies looking forward to Windows XP SP3 and at the same time there are companies waiting for the Windows Vista SP1 to happen before they upgrade. According to Microsoft the Windows XP SP3 will be the last service pack for Windows XP.

Source: PC World

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Preview with more new features to beta testers through Microsoft Connect. Windows Vista SP1 RC is currently available for download from the Microsoft Connect website for 15,000 SP1 testers.

“The RC Preview incorporates feedback from users in our beta program, including changes to the setup and installation experience,” one of the Microsoft executive said via e-mail.

She added that “We will release a [release candidate] of SP1 to a broader group of testers soon,” the spokeswoman added. “And we are targeting the first quarter of 2008 to release SP1 to manufacturing.”

Microsoft is planning to release the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to public via Windows Update in the first quarter of 2008. Many organizations are waiting for it’s release before upgrading to Windows Vista.

Microsoft plans to release new Windows Vista Updates via Windows Update this week. Microsoft also says that these updates will be included in the first Windows Vista Service Pack (SP1) which they plans to launch early next year. The patches increases the performance, reliability, and stability of the operating system.

It includes an update on system compatibility, reliability and stability which actually improves the battery life of Notebook PCs, increases the performance of wireless connections and also improves the response time of the operating system, an update to USB core components and an update to Windows Media Center.

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How To Find Your Files Faster By Creating Search Folders

Find files faster by saving your most common searches. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Search Explorer in Windows Vista by clicking Start and then Search.

2. Design a search by typing your query in the search box. As you type, files from a variety of locations on your PC appear that match your text.

3. Once the search is completed, on the toolbar click Save Search.

4. In the File name box, type a name for the search, and then click Save. The search is saved in the Searches folders, which you can open by clicking the Searches link in the Navigation pane.

How To Speed Up Your Windows Vista Based PC’s Performance

Windows Vista features a new way to improve your PC’s performance: Windows Vista ReadyBoost. This feature lets you use flash memory on a universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 drive, Secure Digital (SD) Card, or Compact Flash to give you additional memory cache–memory that your PC can access more quickly than data on the hard drive. To take advantage of Windows ReadyBoost:

1. Insert a USB 2.0 memory drive with at least 512 MB of capacity.

2. When prompted, click "use this device to speed up my PC."

Source: Windows Vista Help and How-To

Microsoft launched its most anticipated Operating System Windows Vista back in January 30, 2007. Millions of PC Users are still using Windows XP and haven’t switched to Windows Vista. But Windows Vista is not Microsoft’s last Operating System.

Windows 7 (formerly code named Windows Vienna) is next version of Microsoft Windows. As you know Windows Vista took more than five years after the introduction Windows XP and that makes it the longest time span between two versions of Microsoft Windows. But this time Microsoft is planning to launch the next version of Windows Family "Windows 7′ within three years.

Microsoft says “As part of our ongoing outreach to enterprise customers and partners, Microsoft has begun sharing plans for how they will continue to deliver value to businesses in the future, including Software Assurance customers in particular. As part of this, we are sharing some preliminary information on Windows ‘7’ — the internal name for the next version of the Windows Client OS — as well as updates on other future Windows-related releases such as the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. Microsoft is scoping Windows ‘7’ development to a three-year timeframe, and then the specific release date will ultimately be determined by meeting the quality bar. In the meantime, Microsoft is dedicated to helping customers deploy and get the most business value from their PCs using Windows Vista and related technologies like the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, and we’re encouraged by the response and adoption of these products so far.”

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Still hesitating about the big move to Vista? Maybe you’re best off waiting for Windows 7, the successor to Vista, which Microsoft is already hard at work on.

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Millions of PC users haven’t even made the switch to Windows Vista yet, but that’s not stopping Microsoft engineers from getting to work on the next version. For now, It’s simply called Windows 7, as it will be the seventh iteration of the venerable (and frequently reviled) computer operating system (OS).

Windows Seven: Think 2010

At Microsoft’s Global Exchange (MGX) annual sales conference in Orlando this week, Microsoft shared a bit more — albeit at a high level — on Windows Seven, according to a copy of a slide deck I saw that was distributed to the field sales force during the conference. Among the information shared was that Microsoft is anticipating it will take at least three years from now to get the next version of Windows client out the door.

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It’s rare that anyone at Microsoft talks publicly about Windows 7, the next version of Windows. It’s even rarer that anyone provides actual information about what might be inside the operating system, which is still in the planning stages.

Microsoft Shows Shaved-Down Kernel For Next Windows OS

The core code for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows OS is undergoing a rewrite to make it slimmer for use in a wide range of future products, including Windows 7, the OS that will succeed Vista.

Microsoft continuously improves Windows Vista® by providing ongoing updates while working with software and hardware vendors to deliver application compatibility and device driver improvements. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be another vehicle through which Microsoft provides operating system improvements to customers.

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