Computerworld obtained a recent interim build of Windows Vista, Build 5472, that shows Microsoft is making progress in the areas of performance and installation time, has refined the User Account ...

Having written the article "Why You Want Vista Now!" in our May 9 issue, I held my breath when I installed beta 2, fearing that after the OS gets hammered by as many ...

While beta 2 has made significant improvements, Vista is still a little rough around the edges when it comes to hardware support and driver compatibility. Those issues became evident as Test Center ...

Back in April, news reports stated that Microsoft planned to turn off half the firewall in Vista, disabling the outbound filtering capabilities by default -- making its defense identical to that of ...

Microsoft last month made Windows Vista Beta 2 publicly available for download or delivery on DVD via its Windows Vista Consumer Preview Program (CPP). The CPP closed to new registrations on June 30, ...

Microsoft's Enterprise Desktop Virtualization beta lets users run legacy apps from Windows XP and Windows 2000 on Windows Vista; the final release is expected later this year Microsoft has released ...

eWEEK Labs tests of Beta 1 show that Microsoft is going in the right direction with Windows Vista, but there are several things that arent in the beta–and arent necessarily planned for the release ...

Some of you have corresponded with me recently, taking me to task for my seeming enthusiasm for the new Windows Vista desktop operating system. So I want to take a moment to explain my position and ...

Prolific Windows Insider explorer "Phantomofearth" unveiled yet another unexpected change that could soon become part of the Windows 11 experience. The latest OS builds released by ...

The Redmondians at Microsoft have finally opened the sluicegates on Beta 2 of their oft-delayed Windows Vista operating system, and your intrepid reporting team at Gizmodo jumped all over it, trying ...

After four long years of talking the talk, Microsoft on Wednesday gave the outside world its first official look at its next generation operating system, shipping Beta 1 Release of the recently ...