Update: I've prepared an image gallery showing what you'll see if you're unlucky enough to trigger the Vista anti-tampering warnings. read my follow-up report and then view the entire gallery here.

Last month I began hearing rumblings of problems with the product activation system in Windows Vista. Last week I got to see the problem firsthand. The bottom line? The simple act of updating some ...

Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused ...

Unlucky Vista users using a driver known to break will be prevented by Windows Update from getting SP1 until the driver is fixed When Steve Sinchak’s new Intel network card became “really slow” after ...

An update to Apple Inc.'s iTunes music software still hasn't resolved some of the compatibility problems with Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system. By The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — An ...

To follow up on my last posting – regarding Windows Vista haters – why exactly does Vista have the bad reputation it has? I see several reasons: It’s not a great operating system (sorry, Microsoft).

The Redmond, Wash., software giant launched Vista and a companion update called Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update to the market on Jan 30. That update, KB929427, handles some of the more ...

One of Microsoft's goals in creating Windows Vista was to drive the move toward IPv6. IPv6 is the next-generation Internet protocol that is designed to replace IPv4, which is the standard Internet ...

You know your flagship operating system has a few issues when a longtime fan takes the time to create an entire website dedicated to highlighting "user experience quirks". For Windows Vista, that's ...

What if Microsoft waved a magic wand and everything people hated about Windows Vista went away? You might have an operating system that you liked–and that’s what Microsoft appears to be striving for ...

I use Windows Media Center quite a bit to watch my video files on the notebook (mainly .avi or .mkv) and have got a few folders being 'watched' by Windows Media Center so that I can just go straight ...

More delays in the release schedule for Windows Vista hint that problems getting the operating system out the door may be broader than Microsoft Corp. has articulated. Beta testers familiar with ...