En installant Windows 64-bit Vista service le paquet 1 à partir d'une image de 32 bits de Vista SP1 est un mouvement qui est devenu possible avec la dernière étape dans l'évolution du plus défunt client de Windows. Avec une gamme des perfectionnements, Vista SP1 vient à la table avec des améliorations d'installation et de déploiement. Tandis que des utilisateurs seulement seront superficiellement effectués par les changements, fabricant professionnel et IL pourront apprécier les avantages supplémentaires du paquet de service.

SP1 est grand pour LUI des professionnels parce qu'il facilitera votre vie autour du déploiement et de la gestion de la technologie. Vous pourrez maintenir une image simple de WinPE parce que vous pouvez installer des versions 64-bit de Vista d'un OS de 32 bits, » Deeps De expliquée Silva, directeur de vente d'assistances, Microsoft Australie. (plus…)

Il n'est guère douteux que les architectures 64-bit sont le futur, jusque l'évolution parallèle des processeurs et des logiciels d'exploitation disparaît. Mais quand il descend à Windows, la version de 32 bits de la plateforme survivra non seulement avec Windows Vista, mais également avec Windows 7. En ce moment à temps, parmi les détails rares rendus disponibles par Microsoft au sujet de la prochaine itération de Windows, pour suivre Vista, la seule chose sûre est que Windows 7 viendra dans des saveurs de 32 bits et 64-bit.

Selon des évaluations de la compagnie de Redmond, pour la mi- 2008, la base d'installation du logiciel d'exploitation de Windows surpasserait 1 milliard d'étape importante dans le monde entier. Mais la grande majorité de ces copies de Windows sera toujours Windows de 32 bits et en grande partie juste XP et Windows Vista. (plus…)

The basic idea: What if I could search my own computer as easily as I can search the web? Then I could find an email or a Word document, even a PDF document, or a previously-viewed web page, or all of those on my own computer in an instant, just by entering a few words of text that I think might be in the document or in its name.

Enter Google Desktop (GD). I discovered this a year or two ago, when I was running Windows XP, and thought it was slicker than sliced bread. Well, almost, and certainly better than anything that Microsoft offered. It didn’t work exactly right - sometimes I would click on a result and nothing would come up - but at least it did seem to find everything.

Except WordPerfect documents. I use WordPerfect and certainly prefer it to Microsoft Word, but the documents apparently have a unique format and are not correctly indexed by GD or by Microsoft’s Vista indexing software. No surprise that Microsoft would deliberately omit WordPerfect, because they have been trying to bury it with Word for years (with obvious success),…

My business requires me to safeguard the security of certain files. For years I have used Encrypted Magic Folders (EMF) from PC-Magic to encrypt those files, and to hide them from the view of an interloper. I loved it, because files were always encrypted on disk and yet were fully accessible to applications. However, when I upgraded to Vista 64, the new EMF crashed my system so completely that it was unbootable even in safe mode. I tried it twice, recovered twice with some difficulty, and gave up on EMF.

In the meantime I had heard about TrueCrypt, an open-source disk encryption package for Windows and Linux. It’s free! I must admit that after I downloaded it, I needed some time to get my mind around it.

Here are the basics:

• Using the TrueCrypt application you create a large “container” file on your system, larger than you will need to hold your encrypted files. It can be on any read/write disk, even a memory stick, and is initially filled with random data.
• The container file can be copied, moved, deleted, or renamed just like any other file. It’s not fragile.

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This weekend, I decided to “evaluate” all my PC’s on my home network. My main Desktop PC wasn’t performing like I wanted it to and was running a combination of new and old hardware. I had a Test / Work PC running a combination of new and old hardware as well. My Test / Work PC was also running x64 which was something I wanted to move to on my main Desktop PC for quite some time now (I like being on the “bleeding edge”). So I decided to take the best parts of my main Desktop PC and my Test / Work PC and combine them together to create the “Ultimate” Desktop PC for myself. I was pretty satisfied with the results.

Here are the specs of what I ended up with:

• Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600
• Motherboard - ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
• Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
• Memory - 4GB
• Keyboard / Mouse - Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000
• Monitor - Dual 24-inch Dell UltraSharp 2407 Flat Panel Displays
• Storage: 160GB Maxtor Harddrive, 160GB Western Digital Harddrive, 320 Western Digital Harddrive

I am also now officially running Windows Vista Ultimate x64

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