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Vista RTM bits on MSDN now (and keys, too)

16November2006GeekTieGuyMicrosoft, Vista

If you’re a lucky MSDN subscriber and have been waiting for the final Windows Vista bits, they’re available for download now. What I’ve been waiting for is also ready: the ability to request a key for your Vista development system. I’ve got mine and am writing this from Windows Live Writer running on my shiny new

News.com reviews Vista RC2 – are they off the mark a little?

12October2006GeekTieGuyVista

The review from news.com mentions several problems with RC2 that seem like steps backwards from RC1. That may actually be the case, since, as far as I understand it, RC2 is built from what’s called the “RTM branch” in the source control system Microsoft uses to keep their code neat and orderly. The thing about

Vista has a new Reliability and Performance app

5October2006GeekTieGuyVista

The coolest thing in it is the Reliability Monitor: It tells you about crashes that happened in the past, applications that installed or uninstalled with failures, hardware failures, windows failures and so on, and then it compiles all that data into a nice visual to give you an impression of how stable your system is

How to connect to older Samba server versions using Vista RC1

18September2006GeekTieGuy1 CommentVista

I ran across an issue with my home network server, which is running an older version of Linux and Samba to share files around the house. Vista RC1 wouldn’t authenticate with the server. After some digging using Google I found out that you need to change one of the local security policies (Local Policies –

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Vista RTM bits on MSDN now (and keys, too)

News.com reviews Vista RC2 – are they off the mark a little?

Vista has a new Reliability and Performance app

How to connect to older Samba server versions using Vista RC1