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Enable Aero In A Virtual Machine Installation
4:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’ve been disappointed by the lack of Aero-based visual effects when you install Windows Vista or Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine installation, this handy guide will help you crank up the eye candy in your Windows virtualisation. More »
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Performance Tests Show Windows 7 “Marginally” Faster Than Vista
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Windows 7 will officially be released on October 22, but PC World has already given the new operating system a side-by-side spin with Vista and concluded that it’s only “marginally faster” than its older sibling. More »
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Installing Vista SP2 Might Free Up Hard Drive Space
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | PC World reports that its forum users are, in some cases, seeing big chunks of their hard drives freed up after installing Vista Service Pack 2. It might be due to old Restore Points being wiped out, or because it runs a command-line cleaning tool, compcln.exe, but a good number of (successful) SP2 installers report tens of gigabytes opening up. [PC World]
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Windows Vista SP2 Available For Download
12:10AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: As we foreshadowed last week, Service Pack 2 is officially available for download, bringing better Wi-Fi and BlueTooth connectivity, processor compatibility, native Blu-Ray support, and faster search to Windows Vista. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | Windows 7 may well be getting most of the attention around here, but Microsoft is still beavering away on trying to turn Vista into a product that works with the imminent release of Service Pack 2. More »
Vista Service Pack 2 Due Within Weeks
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Windows 7 may well be getting most of the attention around here, but Microsoft is still beavering away on trying to turn Vista into a product that works with the imminent release of Service Pack 2. More »
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Change Your User Profile Location In Vista
1:45AM Adam Pash | Yesterday we showed you how to move your home folder to another drive in OS X; if you’re a Vista user, now it’s your turn. More »
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | There’s no feature of Windows Vista more loathed than the User Account Control (UAC) security feature that pops up every time you try to do anything. Here’s how to permanently disable it (and possibly regain your sanity in the process). More »
How To Switch Off User Account Control In Vista
1:00PM Angus Kidman | There’s no feature of Windows Vista more loathed than the User Account Control (UAC) security feature that pops up every time you try to do anything. Here’s how to permanently disable it (and possibly regain your sanity in the process). More »
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Glass CMD Enables Aero Transparency For The Command Prompt
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny application Glass CMD for Vista forces command prompt windows to use Aero’s glass transparency effect. More »
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Vista Shutdown Timer Turns Off Your PC For You
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny utility Vista Shutdown Timer turns your computer off at the time you specify—and even fades the volume out so you can stay asleep. More »
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