It’s a bit of an understatement that at release Windows Vista rather fell flat. Much of the problem was due to how rushed of ...

Windows 11 beta builds have a bug that swaps the startup sound with Vista's. Brandon LeBlanc confirmed the bug and clarified it wasn't intentional. The cause of the swap remains unknown, but it may ...

Longhorn Server and Vista are of the same ilk. Over 70% of the code in the two products is shared; in fact, Vista and Longhorn Server were being developed together for much of the Vista development ...

Back in the day, your operating system was a big deal. It was who you were. Mac vs. Windows was like Catholic vs. Protestant, or Republican vs. Democrat, and about as rational. Now it’s somewhere down ...

In today's Liquid Glass-infused software landscape, it's only fair to give Windows 11 the Vista-style Aero makeover it ...

TL;DR: A Windows Vista-inspired theme for Windows 11 has been facilitated via Windhawk, which offers a library of mods that can be used to customize Microsoft's OS. Be warned: the setup is fiddly, ...

There are two main types of Windows users in the world. Which kind are you: Windows XP or Windows Vista? The recent news that testers at Devil Mountain Software found Microsoft’s beta of Windows XP ...

If you’ve heard sounds from 20 years ago coming out of your PC when it starts up, it’s not haunted. Well, probably not. (I’m not in front of your computer and I’m not Egon Spengler, so I can’t say for ...

Windows Vista’s launch in late 2006 and early 2007 was one of the toughest chapters in Microsoft’s history. There’s still a lot to learn from Vista. That thought struck me this weekend as I was ...

A new Microsoft Windows operating system is always big news, especially for the federal government, which overwhelmingly relies on Windows of one stripe or another to run just about everything. The ...

After years of relying on third-party tools, Windows is preparing to bring video wallpapers back as a built-in feature in Windows 11. Personally, I’ve always loved the idea of video wallpapers, so ...