Posts Tagged ‘ vista ’

The sky isn’t falling: a look at a new Vista security bypass

Aug 13th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: Technology

Even with the attacks described in the paper, Windows Vista has many worthwhile security improvements compared to Windows XP. Stories suggesting that Vista’s security is now irredeemably broken are far off the mark; the truth is merely that some of its automatic security protection is less effective than it was before.



Vista SP1 won’t install on dual-boot systems: Microsoft

Jul 31st, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: Technology

Are you currently running Windows Vista and Linux in a dual-boot setup? You’re going to have major headaches with Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has admitted.