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Vista/Office 2007 Day!
Posted by: Hooz on: 01/30/2007 08:39 PM [ Print | 2 comment(s) ]
Today marks the official release of the twins from Redmond, Windows Vista and Office 2007. There is a flurry of discussion around the 'net regarding these releases, but, like-em or hate-em, they're finally here.
I've been playing with betas and RCs for quite a while now, and I can say that I am one of those poor souls smitten by all the eye-candy in Vista and the increased functionality and usability in Office 2007.
In an ongoing effort to thwart pirates, MS has implemented a new licensing/activation scheme in Vista that has generated almost as much discussion as the OS itself. Today the Tech Report, umm, reports on Vista's new licensing model, and tries to explain what's to like and/or not like about it.
I've been playing with betas and RCs for quite a while now, and I can say that I am one of those poor souls smitten by all the eye-candy in Vista and the increased functionality and usability in Office 2007.
In an ongoing effort to thwart pirates, MS has implemented a new licensing/activation scheme in Vista that has generated almost as much discussion as the OS itself. Today the Tech Report, umm, reports on Vista's new licensing model, and tries to explain what's to like and/or not like about it.
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RottenMutt V8 Posts: 2015 Joined: 2001-07-01 |
#39510 Posted on: 02/03/2007 08:50 PM
W A R N I N G: VISTA UPGRADE WILL NOT DO A CLEAN INSTALLATION, ONLY A UPGRADE FROM XP. techreport.com : "Microsoft has decided to prevent "clean" installations of the Windows Vista Home editions from upgrade DVDs. No longer will the installation routine simply ask the user to insert the CD with his previous version of the OS on it. The only way to install a Vista upgrade on one's PC will be to install Windows XP on the system, activate it, and then do an upgrade to Vista." For now: Seti / Einstein / [URL="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta//show_user.php?userid=139037"]Rosetta[/URL] / [URL="http://stats.kwsn.net/user.php?proj=all&cpid=2327f8b3b063dc9424f0c9ee82166577"]Combined BONIC Stats[/URL] / Good Power Supply Review Sites: [URL="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/"]X-bit labs[/URL] / [URL="http://jonnyguru.com/"]JonnyGURU[/URL] |
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RottenMutt V8 Posts: 2015 Joined: 2001-07-01 |
#39512 Posted on: 02/03/2007 11:15 PM
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=24683 looks like someone found a work around  For now: Seti / Einstein / [URL="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta//show_user.php?userid=139037"]Rosetta[/URL] / [URL="http://stats.kwsn.net/user.php?proj=all&cpid=2327f8b3b063dc9424f0c9ee82166577"]Combined BONIC Stats[/URL] / Good Power Supply Review Sites: [URL="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/"]X-bit labs[/URL] / [URL="http://jonnyguru.com/"]JonnyGURU[/URL] |