With Microsoft having released Windows Vista to manufacturing, the computing industry is now busy preparing for the first major Windows desktop operating system upgrade in more than five years. One of ...

One of the dreaded tasks of getting a new PC or laptop is updating the shiny new machine with existing contacts, pictures, and files from that old and aging PC running Windows XP. In this quick guide ...

With careful planning, you can buy PCs that will both support Windows Vista and last well beyond today's standard life span Once upon a time, you could buy a computer that, despite being technically ...

At a recent Gartner conference featuring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, a woman interviewing Ballmer onstage put him on the defensive about the problems with Windows Vista, lamenting that she had to go ...

Editor: Say hello to fellow tech writer and Lifehacker reader The How-To Geek, who was kind enough to pull together some of the best Windows Vista power tweaks here on Lifehacker today. Whether it's ...

One year after Microsoft Windows Vista hit the market, public response to it has been underwhelming. True, most buyers of new Windows-based home computers get Vista pre-installed by default; but ...

Tomorrow is the last day Microsoft will be supporting Windows Vista. After that, all Windows Vista updates and security patches will stop, similar to what happened with Windows XP three years ago.

Last week, Microsoft finally announced that there would be six editions of Windows 7, just like there were for Windows XP and Windows Vista. The company will release Windows 7 Starter (worldwide only ...

et ready, accountants! Like it or not, your basic Microsoft computer tools—from the operating system to all the workaday applications—will soon be history. Replacing them will be the recently ...

Some users of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system may notice problems with waking the computer from sleep or standby mode. When the feature is operating properly, the computer wakes when the ...