Vista knowledge from the OEM team and others...

From a consumer point of view seeing the message, "Internet Explorer has stopped responding" can be frustrating. Fortunately with Windows Vista information is collected about the hang which can be sent to Microsoft for further analysis, however you may...

Hello All, Vista SP1 is here and if you are wondering how Vista SP1 can resolve potential issue on Vista clients connecting to a Distributed File System (DFS) root then allow me to enlighten you by providing the following information. In a nutshell...

You may find that although Windows Vista clients can successfully connect to a VPN or Dial-up RAS connection, access to shares on the internal LAN fails. You may have Windows XP clients connecting over RAS using the same remote access settings and they...

If the certificate has been revoked you will see the following at the bottom of the output: The smart card logon process includes the following steps: After the user inserts a smart card, the Windows logon service (WINLOGON) dispatches this...

Yes you heard correctly - The long anticipated release of Windows Vista SP1 is here. Currently you can download it from the Microsoft Download Center and it will be pushed via Windows Update in April. Things to know before you download Windows Vista...

Hello All, Today I would like to talk to you about troubleshooting LDAP over SSL connectivity issues. We will be covering LDAP over SSL basics, how Subject Alternate Name's (SAN) work, configuring Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) for LDAP over...

Many of you that use Windows Vista Media Center probably have some familiarity with the term " digital cable tuner with CableCARD " and some might even know it as an OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver ( OCUR ) tuner. Those of you that are actually using...

This is a fairly common problem which leaves a lot of users scratching their heads as to how to just make things work. There are a couple reasons one would encounter this. The most common is because an application or process still has the file open (technically...

In XP the driver rankings were determined in the following way as discussed in the "Windows Vista Resource Kit": In-box drivers are given first preference. Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) signed drivers next. Unsigned drivers are given...

One of the recent advancements in delivering updates to all Microsoft’s customers is the advent of creating separate development environments in which updates are created from. So what does this really mean and how does it apply to my computers? Microsoft...

Some of our more astute users may have noticed that memory is allocated differently under Windows Vista - especially with reference to virtual memory related to Video graphics cards. Windows Vista, applications run within their own private virtual address...

A bit on metadata for Server 2008. Unattended Vista installs use the ProductKey stored in the unattend.xml to determine which SKU to install. Server 2008 works the same way but since the Server Core SKU’s share the same Product Keys as their full OS counterparts...