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  • Author: joshua
  • Published: Sep 2nd, 2008
  • Comments: 1

WinFS, Was it Really so Good?

If you were in any way interested in Windows Longhorn then WinFS will not be an unfamiliar word to you. This technology was to be part of the revolutionary next OS and to change the way software shared data and interacted with each other.
You will also be aware that WinFS was removed from the feature [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

  • Author: joshua
  • Published: Aug 17th, 2008
  • Comments: 9

Multiple Desktops for XP and Vista

I’ve always loved the ease in which multiple desktops are accessible in Ubuntu (and other Linux OS’s as well I presume, I haven’t tried any) and find myself wishing for the same kind of functionality in Windows more and more.
I really can’t see Microsoft adding it into Windows itself, not even for Windows 7, so [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 15th, 2008
  • Comments: 4

Windows Vista Firewall Control

The Windows Vista Firewall is definitely better than the Windows XP Firewall because it is able to control incoming and outgoing connections. If you have to rely on the firewall you might feel that it is missing several features known from desktop firewalls. That’s where Vista Firewall Control comes into play. The free version of [...]

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Categories: Security, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 1st, 2008
  • Comments: 6

Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide

Microsoft has released a Windows Vista Performance Tuning Guide as a 14 paged PDF and XPS file that can be downloaded for free. The interesting aspect of this release is that Microsoft has actually put together a guide that many experienced computer users feel quite comfortable with and that could help inexperienced users increase the [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 29th, 2008
  • Comments: 1

The Mojave Experiment Website Is Up

Microsoft is trying to prove to the world that Windows Vista is not as bad as a large portion of the public and press is seeing it. The Mojave Experiment is just one way by tricking Vista critics into believing that they review a new Windows called Windows Mojave while they are actually seeing Windows [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: joshua
  • Published: Jul 25th, 2008
  • Comments: 19

Vista Part 3

Well I don’t think I’ve ever had so many responses as I have to these Posts on Windows Vista =) But obviously it’s a controversial subject.
Now I realise that many of the things I said where good about Vista can be backported or substituted into XP. There are freeware alternatives to everything really, and Microsoft [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

  • Author: joshua
  • Published: Jul 24th, 2008
  • Comments: 15

Vista vs. XP

300 Words into replying to some comments made by Rarst on my post yesterday about Microsoft I decided I may as well publish it like so as a new post… that’s what happens when you have the power of authorship =P
No I don’t want to make this too serious and I hope I don’t seem [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

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