I‘ve written previously about the Vista SP1 debate. If there is still any lingering doubt about whether their will be a Service Pack 1 for Vista, here is more evidence that it is coming. (more…)

No one has any reason to like WGA (accept for Microsoft), but Corrine points out another reason to like it even less: advertising. This amounts to Microsoft forcing you to view their ads as a condition to obtaining updates and additional features. (more…)

If you deal with video at all (and these days who doesn’t) then here’s the latest version of a package that includes all the codecs you need. It includes info on getting the 64-bit versions as well. (more…)

One of the ways Vista’s security was improved was by separating system services and user applications into separate ‘sessions’. Keeping the system services isolated helps to better secure them, but also makes any interactive interface unavailable to the user. That’s where the Interactive Services Detection service comes in. When a service needs to interact with the user, Interactive Services Detection presents a dialog that will switch the user to the session where the service is running so they can interact with the service. For an excellent, detailed description of this, see this post. Many sites recommend disabling this service, but doing so will result in you not being able to interact with any services that require your attention. This service is run manually by default, so there is little point to disabling it unless you don’t want to be bothered by important information from the software you may be trying to run. (more…)

• Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers R1.66 For WinXP/2K/2K3/Vista
  Their are plenty of issues with High Definition Audio in Vista (what the heck is that anyway?). Perhaps this update will address a few.
  (tags: Software Drivers Audio)
• F-Secure Releases BlackLight Beta
  Paranoid about rootkits? F-Secure has a beta for Vista that may be able to help you out.
  (tags: Security Rootkit)

Paranoid about rootkits? F-Secure has a beta for Vista that may be able to help you out. (more…)

Their are plenty of issues with High Definition Audio in Vista (what the heck is that anyway?). Perhaps this update will address a few. (more…)

Someone talking about how they’re running Vista on their Mac mini. How long till someone runs Vista on the Apple TV? (more…)

As a college IT pro, it’s incompatibilities like this that will delay the adoption of Vista. (more…)

Wow. Mac fanboys aren’t going to like that. (more…)