I am sure many of you have seen that we launched a new wave of the Live suite (Windows Live Writer - which I am using right now, Messenger, Sign-in Assistant, Family Safety, Mail, Toolbar and Photo Gallery - which also uploaded videos to MSN Soapbox). If you want to more about these cool product, go...
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on Sun, Sep 9 2007
Filed under: Support and Tools, Community, Live, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Vista, Documentation, Tips, x64
I’m not sure how many people are aware of this, but if you buy a Windows Vista Business or Ultimate then you can use a Windows XP CD (which you have legal access to) to load Windows XP onto that machine. When you need the product key / or need to activate, this will potentially fail, but a quick call...
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on Fri, Jun 1 2007
Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Community, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Vista, Documentation, Licensing
I saw this was released and thought I had to share it - finally a resource will logo'd ready and community opinion on application compatibility for Vista. It states: Welcome to the Windows Vista Application Readiness Beta site! The central place to find and share information about software that runs...
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on Fri, May 11 2007
Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Community, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Vista, Documentation, Partner, Application Compatibility
[updated 19th March 14:45 - added App Compat fixes KB article] I seem to be being asked this question a lot, so I thought I would blog the answer. The short answer is yes, you can run Office 2003 on Windows Vista . For that matter, you can run many other applications on Windows Vista too. For those who...
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on Mon, Mar 19 2007
Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Community, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Vista, Office 2007, Documentation, Application Compatibility, Office 2003