VISTA & SHADOW COPY

Windows Vista Business edition has one of those features that you might not need right away – but if you ever do need it, it will be a lifesaver.Vista Business (and Vista Ultimate) uses Microsoft’s “shadow copy” technology to make a copy of...

WINDOWS VISTA BUSINESS

Strange but true: it is not easy to purchase a new computer with Windows Vista Business installed on it. It’s virtually impossible to find Vista Business on any computer sold in a retail store, and even Dell’s Small Business division installs Vista Home on...

TIMESLIPS & VISTA COMPATIBILITY

Vista compatibility will be hit or miss for the next year. Some business-critical software won’t run on Windows Vista; I’ll be doing what I can to help businesses learn that before they buy new computers.It will be a moving target. There will be many lists...

VISTA/XP COMPARISON

There’s no shortage of lists of Vista features but this is a particularly good one – with a minimum of fuss, the chart in the middle compares Windows Vista to Windows XP, feature by feature, to show what’s new, what’s improved, and what’s...

WINDOWS VISTA BASICS

Windows Vista is here.After using it for two months and studying hard, here are some of the conclusions I’ve reached.Windows Vista is a wonderful operating system. There are genuine improvements in appearance and security; there are important new features for...

QUICKBOOKS AND VISTA

Here’s the latest word from Intuit about running Quickbooks under Vista, and it’s not pretty.Quickbooks 2007 will run correctly, or so they say.There’s no chance of getting Quickbooks 2003 or earlier versions to run.And Quickbooks 2004, 2005, and...