Category Archives: Vista

Posts about Vista related news and the such

A tip for VLC users in Vista RC1

September 28, 2006 – 6:07 am

One of my favorite media apps is VLC by VideoLAN but when I tried to use it in Vista it would kill the Areo Glass feature; something about video incompatibility or some such.
While browsing around for other stuff though I ran across a tip that said to change the Video output module to OpenGL (Preferences -> [...]

By Steven Hodson |

Who’s pulling the FUD now?

September 28, 2006 – 1:14 am

Ars Technica is reporting on a statement released by Symantec today that Vista will “reduce customer choice” when it comes to computer security
Now, with Microsoft’s new operating system Vista still on pace for release in January 2007, Symantec is warning that the OS may harm it and other security software companies. In a statement released [...]

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Vista Program Compatibility

September 27, 2006 – 5:12 pm

Curious to see what applications are known workings in Vista RC1 and what ones aren’t?
IEXBeta.com has started a wiki page that provides an on-going list for you to check on.
Vista Compatibility list
tags: Vista, compatibility

By Steven Hodson |

Memory management ala Vista

September 25, 2006 – 2:30 pm

For those of you moving over to Vista maybe be wondering why your memory usage being reported in Task Manager is so radically different than it was in XP.
Well apparently it is because of the way that Vista utilizes that available memory. Jeff Atwood; over on the Coding Horror blog provides a nice and easy [...]

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There had to be a better way

September 24, 2006 – 4:12 am

I can totally understand the need for UAC (User Access Control) from a security point of view; but damn there had to be a better way to do this.
I have only been using Vista full time for a couple of days now and while in general I have been enjoying it this implementation of UAC [...]

By Steven Hodson |

Making the jump

September 22, 2006 – 2:05 pm

Well I made the big jump last night and installed Vista RC1 as my primary OS and in general I like it.
Although, I’m just making it through my first pot of coffee for the day so I’m not quite coherent enough to write anything up until later today; but you can expect to see more Vista [...]

By Steven Hodson |

UAC begone :)

September 20, 2006 – 4:18 pm

One of the most bemoaned features of Vista has been the UAC (User Account Control) security measures. For those power users out there this has been a real pain in the butt and something that they want more control over.
Well Tim Snead has come to the rescue with a well written explanation of how you can [...]

By Steven Hodson |