September 10, 2007 by
Jason
Windows Vista comes with a collection of built in network diagnostics tools from the Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) to the Network and Sharing Center. Essentially Microsoft built Vista to identify problems all on its own, come up with a resolve and then fix the problem. At the basis of the self diagnosis mechanism is the Network Diagnostics Framework, a feature integrated by default into the operating system designed to identify and isolate context sensitive problems and repair them automatically or provide guidance for the end user in troubleshooting common networking issues. And yet, in some scenarios all the mitigations set up by the Redmond company in Vista will fail miserably.
Microsoft confirmed that Windows Vista-based machines can experience a variety of issues when connecting to a wireless network environment. Read More»
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Dell Inc. has recently started gaining some popularity as a company very fond of the Linux operating systems. The story started with Dell’s nice initiative of answering the users who demanded some Linux-based products on IdeaStorm forum. At that time, Dell announced the four Ubuntu-based systems which addressed the open source fans.
Soon after that, Dell was to add two other systems to this catchy offer and then announced they’re trying to develop a strategy for distributing them outside the United Stated too. After such offer, Read More»
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The Vista era has officially begun. The question is, has the world changed? Not yet, although I think it’s inevitable that it will.
I’ve been using the shipping version of Vista for about three months, and although I’m impressed overall, it’s still full of nagging annoyances. The wireless networking, for example, seems to work haphazardly, and driver support is still inadequate. Take 3D graphics drivers, for example. nVidia can’t seem to get its act together with a stable driver release, and AMD’s ATI division isn’t doing much better.
I downloaded ATI’s Vista update, called Catalyst 7.1, and it gave my sleek, new 22-inch View-Sonic widescreen LCD monitor a case of iridescent chicken pox. Dialing the driver down to 16-bit color solved the problem but produced a less-than-breathtaking image. So I reverted all the way back to Microsoft’s Vista driver for my ATI card. My image isn’t speedy, but at least it’s clean. Read More»
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