Microsoft last month made Windows Vista Beta 2 publicly available for download or delivery on DVD via its Windows Vista Consumer Preview Program (CPP). The CPP closed to new registrations on June 30, ...

Blogger Kurt Shintaku figured out how to install Windows Vista from a USB flash drive, a potentially huge time-saver for anyone needing to deploy the OS on multiple ...

A flash drive that can install an operating system is one of the most useful tools for any computer repair monkey (I should know, that occupation took many years away from me). Like its older ...

Enough, apparently, that some users have reported overloaded sites that never begin the download. (As of mid-day Thursday, TechWeb was unable to reach the English-language, 32-bit download file.) That ...

Be extremely cautious when installing AMD or whichever drivers that you are installing the correct versions for Windows Vista. Many manufacturers now manufacture driver sets that will work universally ...

Sometimes the most effective way to clean up Windows is to just wipe your hard drive and start over with a fresh re-installation, and that process can be so long and tedious—unless you know the ...

What you're about to read is a recantation of the trials and tribulations that ZDNet reader Tim Patterson experienced when he attempted to upgrade a Windows XP-based system -- one with the Windows ...

I have been running Vista in virtual box under Ubuntu 11.10. I now want to dual boot to get better performance for various games. I resized my primary ext4 partition to free up 80GB on my main disk. I ...

Well it's the final day in our Vista Month and I just stumbled across a handy trick to speed up your Vista instalations should you choose to make the leap. Blogger Kurt Shintaku has posted some ...