The version of Windows Media Player that will ship with Windows Vista won't include playback support for either Blu-ray or HD DVD movie titles. "In box we have the Microsoft VC1 decoder...but in order ...

We have known for some time that Vista will be available in a number of different versions. Late last week, Microsoft said that most of those versions will come on a single DVD. Instead of shipping a ...

Over the last few days, the Internet has been abuzz with the discovery of three mysterious men in the hologram of the Windows Vista Business DVD. The image was first discovered by a Spanish blogger ...

The disk would operate in conjunction with the Windows Anytime Upgrade feature in Vista, which is scheduled to ship to consumers in January. If people want to buy a different version of Vista, they ...

This is the first of a two-part series on getting your system (or systems) ready for Windows Vista. In this post I'm going to look at what you need to do (or at least think about) before putting that ...

In an effort to simplify the distribution of Windows Vista and make it easier for customers to upgrade, Microsoft Corp. will include the various retail versions of the OS on one DVD instead of having ...

Remember those hidding images on the Windows Vista DVDs we talked about just the other day? If not, you can check them out right here. Well, it turns out the images are a mix of images from the public ...

The Windows Vista DVD includes System Recovery Options, which is a set of utilities designed to restore or repair the operating system. Most computer manufacturers no longer ship recovery discs or the ...

The workaround works as it is possible to install Windows Vista from the upgrade DVD as a ’30 day trial’ – with no license key entered at all. Then, once the Vista installation is complete, Vista can ...

The three faces embedded in the surface of Windows Vista’s installation DVDs may have been too small to see with the naked eye, but they’re no big mystery, Microsoft Corp. said late last night. First ...

Most of us are waiting for the DirectX 10 games to arrive before upgrading to Windows Vista, but the new operating system does offer a number of new features that might make it a worthwhile upgrade ...