Topic: Miscellaneous

(Vista Vitals articles organized by topic)
These articles cover a range of unique topics:

Vista's GPMC: Don't trust it - this is an outdated article covering the GPMC that was bundled with Vista. This tool was removed if you upgraded Vista to SP1.

Let's talk Roaming User Profiles - introduction to Roaming User Profiles as they pertain to Vista. Mentions some cohab issues with XP and identifies some reliability issues.

Vista deleting user profiles and data! - this outdated article describes how a buggy GPO caused the deletion of user profiles and data. The bug has been fixed as part of Vista SP1.

I don't like DRM - leads to an interesting article by Davis Freeburg describing his suffering at the hands of Vista's DRM.

Local Administrator Trumps GPO - think your GPOs have ultimate control of your enterprise workstations? Think again. - or - how to override your GPOs locally when you wish to test some alternate configurations.

GPAnswers: Group Policy Preference Extensions - an introduction to Group Policy Preference Extensions (GPPE). You will want to learn about this if you manage GPOs for your organization.

Microsoft's Springboard series - a 1 hour video discussing Vista deployment. I outline the highlights and provide a commentary.

More DRM woes for Vista users - leads to an article about Windows Vista Media Center users who were prevented from time-shifting their TV shows.

Who needs COFEE!? - a follow-up to a previous article about Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE). Points to a demonstration of how to completely circumvent Vista security using a Linux live boot CD.

Microsoft not branding web sites - Points to some Microsoft sites that have absolutely no branding on them - weird. But useful sites nonetheless - particularly the Sysinternals executables that are ready to run.

Want your Windows Vista bug fixed? - An interesting plea to click on that Send Information button when you experience a Windows crash.

Roll your own MS Windows OS! - There is a movement out there that is hacking Windows 2008 Server to create a Windows 2008 Workstation that is one lean, mean Vista machine.

Topic: In Other News

(Vista Vitals articles organized by topic)
These articles predominantly link to other news services that provide information about or criticism of Windows Vista:

Need to Virtualize Vista Home Versions? - news that Microsoft eased license restrictions for Vista Home on virtual machines.

Microsoft Windows Releases - Windows 7 rumors.

"Vista Capable" lawsuit is now a class action

Has Vista lost all credibility? - links to more class action details.

Vista criticism in the news

News tidbits clearance! - good stuff here from free MS support for Vista to NVidia & Creative Labs naughtiness.

More news of interest - some linux stats, better installs of upgrade licenses and extended support for some versions of XP.

A petition to save Windows XP - details why people want XP to stick around and what they're doing about it.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 is here!

XP available after the June 30th deadline - but maybe not for home users.

Windows XP SP3 deployment not going so well - oops - some endless reboot problems for some people who installed SP3 - arm yourself with the solutions to the problems before proceeding.

COFEE - information about Microsoft's latest forensic tools for law enforcement.

Need to install XP on Vista hardware? - Find out how to create a custom XP install disk that incorporates SATA drivers from alternate sources.

XP Support for 6 more years - Microsoft announced support for Windows XP until 2014. Some links and comments about the viability of skipping Vista entirely - go for it!

XP: How to continue getting it after the June cutoff - PC World actually jumped through the hoops with 9 different PC manufacturers to see what it would take to get hardware preloaded with Windows XP!

Topic: Vista Humor

(Vista Vitals articles organized by topic)
Some Vista humor to lighten the mood:

Happy Halloween!

Vista: Even the packaging needs instructions

Some humor at Vista's expense

That darn desktop cleanup wizard