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NEC offers official Vista downgrade product - Engadget

By jclark88 299 days ago from http://www.engadget.com

Are you one of the many, many...many unhappy people who have purchased a computer recently that had Microsoft Vista installed? I don't have Vista and haven't even used it, but so many people are complaining about it that some companies are taking steps to insure THEY don't get blamed for Microsoft's problem.

NEC is now

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Easy Fix For Missing Icons In System Tray/Notification Area In Windows Vista Home Premium

By bethchelle 382 days ago from http://afrogtokiss.net

In a few simple steps the post describes how to restore missing icons in the System Tray in Windows Vista Home Premium. I personally had to perform this myself after a Windows Update grayed out the Notification Area check-boxes. Easy enough for beginners to understand and will prevent you from searching an hour for a fix. As always-back up yo

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I’m a Mac, I’m a PC

By mikeo75 374 days ago from http://www.amikelife.com

If you are like me, you love these commercials the Apple marketing department came up with however many years ago. They’ve been funny and usually right on the money.

Here is the latest addition to the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” commercials…a rip on Microsoft Vista, which I’ve heard nothing good about. I found the video posted by Ed on The Editi

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The Vista Dilemma - To upgrade or not?

By uganr 383 days ago from http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com

A lot of computer users are currently debating whether or not to upgrade to Windows Vista. I've personally been using Windows XP as my primary operating system since early 2003. I've grown to love XP after the initial learning curve, more of a bump really! I have used Vista, but not for very long. I've found it to be both useful and annoyi

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Windows Vista or Toshiba

By ArticleQueen 356 days ago from http://bestvideoflix.com

This weekend we took the advise from Toshiba to upgrade the bios from our laptop computers. Oh yes this was recommended by Toshiba because it was going to fix an error within the compatibility issues of Windows Vista. Well here is the sad part my room mate decided she was going to do the upgrade after all Toshiba recommended it, and we do wan

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10 myths about Windows Vista

By uganr 333 days ago from http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com

Myth #1: You'll have to buy a new, high-end PC to run Vista

Many in the mainstream media are claiming that to run Vista, you'll almost certainly have to buy a new computer. This myth is undoubtedly being encouraged by hardware vendors, but it's not true. I was able to install Vista on my existing Dell Dimension mid-priced system with no

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Download

By KernelXP 259 days ago from http://www.vistastic.com

Microsoft has at last made Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available for public download.

The update is available in 5 languages which include English (US), French, German, Japanese, or Spanish (Traditional).

The update addresses specific reliability, performance and compatibility issues which also fixes the slow file c

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How to set Firefox to use Windows Vista fonts

By KernelXP 318 days ago from http://www.vistastic.com

The new fonts in Microsoft Windows Vista certainly look nice but did you know that you can also use them in Mozilla Firefox?

This tutorial is for Firefox 2.0.0.11. I'm not sure though if it will work in Firefox 3.0 as I haven't tried it in the latest beta but maybe someone could test it out for me?

Please leave a comment if you got t

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How to get a @windowslive.com email address

By KernelXP 319 days ago from http://www.vistastic.com

Ever wanted your very own @windowslive.com email address. This article will show you how.

Of course it might not be as cool as having a new Windows Live email addresses but @windowslive.com can be pretty tricky to obtain so get while you still can.

Unfortunately the Microsoft site is in French so I wrote a small tutorial on what to subm

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Why is Windows Vista Slower Than Windows XP?

By pumpkinjumper 282 days ago from http://www.bauer-power.net

Many people are taking the leap and upgrading their pc operating system from Windows XP to Windows Vista, only to be very disappointed by the distinct slow down in performance.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that Windows Vista requires twice the computing power and resources to operate at a performance level similar to that of

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