The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant announced on Wednesday the availability of the first official beta of its newly named Windows Vista, formerly code-named Longhorn. At the recent TechEd 2005, ...

Microsoft has released a new version of its Windows Vista beta code that sheds some light on how the software giant plans to improve networking and PC manageability in this next major release of the ...

The public beta of Vista SP2 is now generally available, and the full release to manufacturing of the service pack is expected in April As expected, Microsoft launched the first public beta of Windows ...

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, ...

As I post this piece, Microsoft is revealing the official existence of Windows Vista™ SP1, the SP1 beta , and the timeframe for testing and availability. Microsoft will release the beta of Windows ...

Microsoft's Enterprise Desktop Virtualization beta lets users run legacy apps from Windows XP and Windows 2000 on Windows Vista; the final release is expected later this year Microsoft has released ...

Microsoft downplays the importance of first Windows Vista service pack, urging users to adopt the new operating system now, not later. As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi has been ...

Microsoft Corp. today released the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to subscribers of its developer services and said it would open the preview to the general public on Thursday. In a pair of ...

The Redmondians at Microsoft have finally opened the sluicegates on Beta 2 of their oft-delayed Windows Vista operating system, and your intrepid reporting team at Gizmodo jumped all over it, trying ...

Microsoft is giving thousands of testers a look at a trial version of the next incarnation of Windows. Images: Vista views During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed ...

Microsoft's Brad Goldberg, General Manager for the Windows client, noted that what's new in Windows Vista Beta 1 over previous pre-release editions is largely focused on IT functionality, including ...

Microsoft has released the first public beta of a tool that solves one of the chief https://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143608/article.html?tk=rel_news with Windows ...