Windows Vista

Microsoft is ending support for Windows Vista today; an OS that never had a chance at long-term success.

Windows 8 may be an impressive product, but it still may not be right for you or your company. Read our six reasons why you shouldn't deploy Windows 8.

Learn the basic functionality of the Windows 7 Firewall service as well as some of the advanced security configuration.

We started this series with how Windows Firewall started out in Windows XP and then the changes to Windows Firewall in Windows XP SP2. This article will cover how Windows Firewall changed with Windows Vista. Stepping up from Windows XP SP 2 Windows Firewall as it was introduced as part of Windows XP Service Pack… Read More

Windows Firewall under the Windows 7 operating system offers many new features and operational enhancements over prior versions. Where did the Windows Firewall begin? Windows XP offers the first iteration of a firewall service as part of the operating system. Additional changes were introduced as a part of the release of Windows Vista until the full… Read More

Jason Zandri provides a 'from the field' overview of the features and requirements of BitLocker To Go and its abilities to control how removable storage devices are secured.

One of the most handy tricks in Windows Vista (and previous operating systems) is the My Computer shortcut. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri shows you how to quickly access any folder on your computer through a cool toolbar shortcut.

The Windows 7 Release Candidate download page on TechNet suddenly showed up online and available for review for a short while a few days before it was supposed to officially show up. Here's a summary of what was published...

Windows Vista (and Windows Server 2008 and even Windows 7 for that matter) are configured so that after the installation completes and the user first logs on, the desktop is totally empty from any icons, and only the Recycle bin is present. While this setup might fit some users, most users want control over their old desktop icons. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri will show you how to do that.

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is now set for a planned release in the final quarter of 2009 which would be just a bit shy of the three years since the release of Windows Vista. This segment of the article series is an overview of BitLocker… Read More

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is still set for a planned release for early 2010 which would be three years after the release of Windows Vista. This article is a walkthrough of the steps for enabling BitLocker on your Windows 7 system. [NOTES FROM THE FIELD]… Read More

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is now set for a planned release in the final quarter of 2009 which would be just a bit shy of the three years since the release of Windows Vista. This article series is an overview of BitLocker and Encrypting File… Read More