Tag: Windows Vista 55 posts
Many in the IT field hold mixed feelings about Windows Vista, but it's a useful tool nonetheless. Some of our articles engage in this debate, "Hated Windows Vista? Will You Love Windows 7" and "Why I Hate Vista" to name a couple. We also have some useful guides on how to backup Vista, and how to make Vista run faster.
Disable UAC (User Account Control) on Vista and Server 2008
By Dave Lawlor ⋅ December 18, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments
Learn how to disable UAC in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. We’ll cover UAC settings, managing User Account Control and the steps to disable UAC in Vista and Server 2008.
Skipping Vista: What’s the Best Strategy for IT Pros?
By Brian Nelson ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments
Recently, Microsoft released its quarterly earnings reporting, detailing a continuing problem with the adoption of Windows Vista. The new operating system has not been adopted as quickly or as wide-spread as previous OS upgrades from Microsoft. Now, with the financial problems of 2008 in full swing, Microsoft said to analysts that they expect corporate IT [...]
Viewing Windows Event Viewer in Vista
By Dave Lawlor ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ One comment
If you have been working Wintel computers for any amount of time, you have eventually found yourself staring at the console of the Event Viewer at one time or another. If you were smart it was before a disaster, if not so smart, it was after. But in the end you were at the Event [...]
Vista is for Suckers and Mac Users are Better Than You
By Zach Monroe ⋅ May 19, 2008 ⋅ 87 comments
The title of this article seems to be the underlying theme in every “Mac vs. PC” commercial. The ones that have drawn my attention recently are the commercials targeting Vista. You’ve seen those commercials haven’t you? Most of them go something like this: Mac: “Hello I’m a super hip, fun, exciting Mac for young people [...]
Has Microsoft Taken the Work Out of Hacking Vista?
By Zach Monroe ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments
It’s time to purchase a new PC and you want to add the most up-to-date Operating System available. Microsoft Windows Vista is your choice, but you want to install it yourself so that the computer manufacturer doesn’t add free trials of AOL and other wonderful extras, or as I like to call it — annoying [...]
Installing RSAT: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista
By Dave Lawlor ⋅ April 3, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments
Remote Server Administration Tools was released by Microsoft for Windows Vista SP1 users to be able to manage both Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Servers. If you had upgraded to Vista in the past and wanted to manage Windows servers with your Vista client, you were able to with some hacks. But all in all [...]
Robocopy: No, It’s Not a Giant Robot!
By Ben Culbertson ⋅ October 10, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments
Robocopy is a nifty little tool that’s been around for a while under the Windows Resource Kit, but Uncle Bill and the gang over at Microsoft have decided that its time has come. Robocopy makes its desktop debut in Vista! So many of us admins love to pick up another scripting option, and Robocopy is [...]
9 Ways Vista MMC Gives You More Control
By David Davis ⋅ September 27, 2007 ⋅ One comment
As a Windows system administrator, I am sure you have used the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) before. However, like me, you may have just gone in, performed your task, and closed it out. In this article, we will learn about the new Windows Vista snap-ins for the MMC and how you can create your own [...]
How to Create a Backup Image in Windows Vista and Windows XP
By Jason Ensinger ⋅ September 12, 2007 ⋅ 17 comments
In a perfect world creating a backup image would be useless. Even in the real world, full of viruses, hard drive failures, file corruption, and accidental deletions — you may never need to fall back on your backup. Nevertheless, when disaster strikes, if you don’t have a backup, all is lost. Unfortunately, I know this [...]
Exploring the Windows Vista Sidebar
By Jason Ensinger ⋅ August 29, 2007 ⋅ 6 comments
The Windows Vista Sidebar is Microsoft’s answer for quick and easy access to simple functionality. The sidebar acts as a dock for mini programs called gadgets. Gadgets are simple applications that provide easy access to frequently used tools and limited, but useful information. The Sidebar gadgets can get updated information from applications or web services. [...]
Don’t Fear the Vista!
By Laney Dale ⋅ August 8, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
If you are moving from XP to Vista, you may be apprehensive at first; I was! In fact, I would not have tried Vista if it weren’t for the fact that my new laptop was only available with Vista installed. After going through the startup process I was surprised to see a desktop that was [...]
Vista Wireless Connections – The Easy Way
By Wayne Card ⋅ July 27, 2007 ⋅ 6 comments
Connecting to wireless networks can sometimes be frustrating as wireless networking connects over a medium that can neither be seen nor touched. There are also many points at which the connection can fail and some of these are not under the users’ control. The wireless medium is also by nature (radio communications) a very misunderstood [...]
Windows Vista Features that I Like, Part 3 – System Restore
By Scott Skinger ⋅ May 16, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
This is part 3 in the series. For the other parts, click below: Part 1 – Windows Vista Snipping Tool Part 2 – Windows Search in Vista System Restore was first introduced in Windows XP and has now been carried forward into Vista. Essentially, System Restore helps you “roll back” your system to an earlier [...]
Windows Vista Features that I Like, Part 2 – Windows Search
By Scott Skinger ⋅ May 1, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
This is Part 2 in my mini-series, Windows Vista Features that I Like. For Part 1 in this series, see Windows Vista – Snipping Tool, Part 1 Let me start out by saying that, before Vista, I have never really used desktop search much. Occasionally I search for a lost file, but for the most [...]
Windows Vista Features that I Like, Part 1 – Snipping Tool
By Scott Skinger ⋅ April 18, 2007 ⋅ One comment
I decided to start writing a little mini-series about some of the coolest new features in Windows Vista. This will be the first in a series of short posts highlighting some of the best new features in Vista. In this post I will talk about the new Snipping Tool that was included in Windows Vista. [...]
Windows Vista – Is It Really That Bad?
By Scott Skinger ⋅ March 23, 2007 ⋅ One comment
I finished recording our Windows Vista Training course earlier this week and after being immersed in Vista over the last few months, I have to say that I am pretty impressed. I am currently running Vista along with Office 2007 on three different machines and I have had very few problems. As a matter of [...]
New Training Release: Windows Vista Training
By Scott Skinger ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ One comment
We just released our Windows Vista Training today and I am pretty jacked (yeah, that’s right … I’m an old guy trying to act young)! I put a lot of time and effort into preparing/recording this course and it is good to see it finally hit the streets. As with all of our courses, this [...]
My 5 Favorite Windows Vista Features
By Scott Skinger ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ One comment
I have been using Windows Vista for awhile now … I am a fan. Here are my five favorite Windows Vista features. 1. Windows Vista Explorer One of the more drastic changes in Vista; it has quickly grown on me and I find it to be much more intuitive than the old system. I love [...]
Which Version of Vista Is Right For You?
By Scott Skinger ⋅ March 20, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
I don’t know why it has to be this way, but leave it to Microsoft to make things confusing (I am still trying to figure out their new certification program and what direction they are heading). Windows Vista is no different. If you count the different SKUs, there are 15+ different variations of Vista available [...]
Hacking Vista?
By Gosia Grabowska ⋅ March 5, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
There have been many reports, or I should say rumors, of free versions of Vista being obtained by guessing the Vista activation key. A key generator creates and tries random key-codes of Windows Vista until it finds a valid one. According to CNET News.com it checks about 20,000 different key-codes per hour. It is hard [...]