The above examples don't always occur but they do happen frequently enough to be pretty annoying. I run frequent virus scans via avast! and have never had any issues. I also use COMODO Firewall and ...

It held out as long as possible, but a Windows Vista laptop fell to a determined bunch of hackers Friday evening at the Pwn to Own contest at CanSecWest. Since it was the third day of the contest, ...

Considering a new laptop. The extent of my 3D needs is probably just Google Earth but I also want snappy performance in Aero. I know that the Intel GMA 950 will run Aero but will it run it well? For ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it's investigating reports of a Windows Vista flaw attackers could exploit to compromise PCs by tricking the user into opening a malicious email attachment. The problem ...

The Everex Stepnote VA4101M, offered by Wal-mart, is the world’s first Vista-loaded laptop priced under $500 (if you consider the drab Aeroless Vista Basic to be true Vista). Sporting a 15.4″ screen, ...

If you recently obtained a new laptop loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista and wondered what happened to 15% of your available disk drive space, you can relax. Vista reserved it, but it is no longer ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Microsoft introduced a new way to view and navigate a network with Windows Vista. This chapter, excerpted from Microsoft Windows Vista Administration, examines such new tools as Network Map and ...