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After initially selling computers with Windows Vista, Dell has now started to feel the heat. The computer giant has switched back to Windows XP. Microsoft is busy promoting its new products but still some manufactures like Dell are wondering that.

Microsoft has left no stone unturned to prove that their latest operating system is the best in the world and also the most secure operating system ever developed by the company. To prove that their operating system is the best the Redmond giant has.

Software giant Microsoft has stated that the company will not be releasing any large service packs of their new operating system. The company has stated that there is no such need as the OS is of high quality right out of the gate. The main...

The Redmond giant has no plans to patch the loophole in Windows Vista that allow the users to use an upgrade version of the OS even if they are not actually upgrading. Windows Vista upgrade version is for all the users who are currently running..

With Microsoft stating that Windows Vista is the most secure operating system that has ever been made by the company, some attackers are already finding some lapses in the system. Microsoft made operating systems run on more 95% of the computers...

Microsoft's new operating that will be launched tomorrow will make disaster recovery a more tedious task. The reason for it is that users will not be able to upgrade to Windows Vista until they have an older OS that is Windows XP or Windows 2000...

The Redmond Software giant has stated that it has increased the customer support period of its older Windows XP operating system. This means that the company is not completely abandoning the OS due to the upcoming Vista launch. Microsoft has...

Currently, Microsoft is offering a free virtual copy of Windows XP SP2 to help developers in shifting the IE6 applications to IE7. The virtual PC image is time-limited and features a pre-activated copy of Windows XP SP2, Internet Explorer 6, and the...

Windows XP was the first OS by the software giant that allowed administrators to restrict the non-admin users from performing certain critical tasks on the system. However, the UAC was so badly designed that administrators had to give admin rights.

Microsoft has put 10,000 people to work for a period of five years spending roughly $10 Billion only on the payroll costs and has developed a product named Vista. This gamble of Microsoft will debut today for Businesses and in January for...