Neowin News Feed for: Vista

Microsoft to shut down Halo 2 PC servers Feb. 15th

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:10:03 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will shut down the online servers for the PC version of Halo 2 on Feb. 15th, due to the current low amount of players on its servers. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Some infamous Vaporwares

Tyler Holman — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:55:01 +0000

Vaporware; the products that just keep getting delayed, and then disappears; the tech industry's full of it, and this week's Trivia Tuesday is delving into the anticlimactic world of vaporware. Read more...

Upgrade to Windows 8 (with physical media) for only $40

Christopher White — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:19:45 +0100

If you're currently running an older version of Windows and want to upgrade to Windows 8 when it's released, you might want to look at Amazon.com's upgrade deal. Read more...

Calling Windows 8 the next Vista makes you look like an idiot

Brad Sams — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:33:21 +0100

Windows 8 will be a lot of things when it hits retails shelves later this year. The one thing it won't be is "the next Vista". There seems to be a trend to compare these two platforms and it's offbase Read more...

Adobe drops support for XP in next Photoshop

Rob Schorman — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:12:11 +0100

Adobe announced that Photoshop CS6 is the last version to support Windows XP. The once so popular operating system isn't modern enough, because the next Photoshop will bring more GPU acceleration Read more...

Facebook Messenger for Windows XP & Vista released

Steven Parker — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:42:07 +0100

Windows XP continues to get TLC as evidenced in a recent update for Facebook Messenger for Windows. Where it previously only supported Windows 7, now it can be installed on XP and Vista. Yay? Read more...

Microsoft Office 2013 dumps support for Vista, XP

Brad Sams — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:29:46 +0100

Microsoft has just announced Microsoft Office 2013 and that the new platform will not support Vista or XP. The drop of Vista and XP shows that Microsoft is pushing users towards Windows 7 and 8. Read more...

Weekend Poll: Were you a fan of Windows Vista?

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:23:45 +0100

It's the weekend again! In this week's poll we want to know whether you were a fan of Microsoft's Windows Vista, despite the many issues that plagued people who were upgrading from Windows XP Read more...

Windows Vista consumer support extended to 2017

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:27:27 +0000

Microsoft has quietly extended consumer support for Windows Vista to April 2017, adding an extra five years into the Extended Support phase. Previously there was not going to be extended Vista support Read more...

Windows 7 begins to overtake Windows XP in usage

Byron Hinson — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:54:40 +0100

Online stats has shown that Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP as the worlds most used operating system. The news comes a few weeks after Microsoft confirmed that XP will end-of life in 2014. Read more...

NVIDIA Forceware 280.26 WHQL

Steven Parker — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:38:11 +0100

NVIDIA ForceWare software unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. Delivering a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games... Read more...

Windows Vista SP1 support is over

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:45:46 +0100

Microsoft's official support for its Windows Vista operating system with the first service pack has now officially ended. As noted on the Windows support web site, the official support for that version of the OS... Read more...

Windows Vista SP1 support being retired on July 12

James Woodfin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:57:51 +0100

Vista's Service Pack 1 will exit all support on July 12, this month's Patch Tuesday. According to Computer World, that will be last time security updates will be issued for the aging operating system. Microsoft... Read more...

Microsoft: No IE10 for Vista users

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:34:01 +0100

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the company's latest browser, Internet Explorer 10, will not be available for Vista users. Just a day after announcing the Platform Preview for IE10, Vista users will not be able... Read more...

Patch Tuesday: whopping 64 vulnerabilities, 17 bulletins

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:35:05 +0100

Microsoft is set to release a record breaking Patch Tuesday that contains 17 bulletins, fixing 64 vulnerabilities, according to the advanced notification. Microsoft patches security holes and vulnerabilities in all of their software products on... Read more...

Patch Tuesday: March 2011 edition

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:11:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advanced security notification for the month of March 2011. Patch Tuesday, as nicknamed by Microsoft, where the company releases the latest security patches for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft... Read more...

Nostalgia: Upgrading through every version of Windows 1 to 7

Steven Parker — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:55:12 +0000

Someone on Youtube calling himself TheRasteri, with some time on his hands took it upon himself to test the ability to upgrade Windows from 1.0 through to 7. Not all Windows versions were used, and... Read more...

Microsoft to end support for Vista SP1 on July 12

Brad Sams — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:29:32 +0000

Windows Vista had a rough start when it first launched. While there were many reasons for the instability of the platform that were fixed with service pack updates, the platform brand image never recovered. If you... Read more...

Windows Vista turns 4

Brad Sams — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:30:12 +0000

It was 4 years ago today that Windows Vista was released to manufacturing. Little did we know then that Vista would soon become a scar on Microsoft's record and would be quickly over shadowed by... Read more...

IE6 market share drops 6%, IE8 still in top spot

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:50:22 +0100

Over the last year, IE6 marketshare has fallen by 6% in the US, from 11.47% to 4.74%. Back in March, Neowin reported that a funeral was held for IE6 where Microsoft even sent flowers... Read more...