Among the new features Microsoft is building into Windows Vista is support for IP version 6, which is expected to alleviate a scarcity of Net addresses under the current IP version 4. However, IPv6 ...

With a few minutes of folder clicking, you can stop Vista's content sniffing and get the view you prefer in all your folders. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

In the current beta of Windows Vista, when an account is added to the operating system it is placed in the local administrators group. Microsoft felt that by automatically adding users to the local ...

This feature enables standard users to install ActiveX controls. This feature can be controlled via Group Policy so that the an administrator can set what hosts a standard user can install an ActiveX ...

I have Windows Vista on my work laptop. When I go to shut it down, the default mode is Sleep. I would like to change this to Shut Down. Is there a way to ...

A week ago I wrote about my investigations into System Restore on Windows XP and Windows Vista. I have since heard back from a program manager at Microsoft, who said of the Vista default disk ...

On small office and home office networks, Windows XP and Windows Vista cooperate about as well as cats and dogs. But you can teach them to get along. When you combine Windows XP and Windows Vista PCs ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the beta of which was just released by Microsoft Corp., is designed to improve Vista’s performance, reliability and security. And even though Microsoft didn’t ...

While Windows Vista may be Microsoft’s most secure operating system ever, it’s far from completely secure. In its fresh-from-the-box configuration, Vista still leaves a chance for your personal data ...