If you’re like me, you probably like your computer to run as fast and efficiently as possible.  One of the main ways to do this is to stop any unwanted processes from working behind the scenes and eating up your system’s resources.  You’ve most likely already gone through Windows Task Manager to stop unneeded processes, but what about that pesky "ctfmon.exe" that never seems to go away.

ZoneAlarm was at one time the most downloaded piece of software available across all categories, which raises the question- where is the version compatible with 64-bit Windows Vista?  The company that produces ZoneAlarm has stated several times that it will be available "in 2008," so what’s the story?

Microsoft has always been notorious for its efforts against stopping pirated use of its Windows software, as its some of the most pirated software around.  A new initiative in Malaysia, aimed at educating user of the "benefits of fully licensed and legal" versions of Windows, will begin initiating black-screens to users with internet-connected machines running pirated versions of Windows XP Pro.

People in general don’t like anything new that requires getting “used to.”  That may be part of the problem with Vista.  According to a new article it seems it has been forgotten that XP wasn’t particularly popular when it was first released.

Vista isn’t the greatest operating system on the planet but it is far from the worst.  The “honor” of worst operating system goes to Windows ME but that’s a really old hat.  Yet another vulnerability has cropped up in the opera that has become Vista.

Last month saw Microsoft slam a report by analysts Forrester Research dubbing Vista as New Coke. Now Forrester has published another report, this time highlighting how use of Vista among businesses is up around 75% since last October.

Fed up with hints and tips telling you all the life-changing things you can do in Vista? Well here are some ‘features’ and applications which serve little or no useful purpose – but it’s nice to know you can do them.

Windows Vista is perceived as an unreliable behemoth that requires the power of a supercomputer to run.  When it was released that may have been the truth and there still may be some to it.  Today, that is less the case but first impressions cam be hard to change.

The adoption rate for Vista SP1 has hit record levels if you are to believe a study done by Devil Mountain software.  It is believed that the problems with the release version of Vista are behind this trend.  On the other hand, Windows XP users see almost no reason to adopt SP3.

We’ve known for a while that Microsoft has a $300 million budget earmarked for upcoming marketing, with a particular emphasis on Vista. It’s now emerged that $10 million of that is going in the pocket of Jerry Seinfeld.

The Vista saga has unfolded almost like a duplicate of what happened with Windows ME.  It’s not really a secret that Microsoft wants to sweep Vista under the rug like some unwanted dirt.  What does Windows 7 have in store for consumers?

Microsoft recently came as close as it’s going to get to admitting 1GB of memory doesn’t cut it for Vista. But now there’s a claim that even 2GB really isn’t a practical amount.

Microsoft’s latest difficulties in the XP-Vista switchover can be marked ‘Made In Taiwan’. The country’s Fair Trade Commission is investigating a claim that the withdrawal of XP leaves Microsoft in an unfair monopoly position.

It’s no secret that, since Xpiry Day, some businesses have been buying hardware that officially ships with Vista, but exploiting a loophole to legally ‘downgrade’ to XP. Now we have the first specific numerical claim, with a report that 35% of firms are doing this.

Windows Vista can sometimes be the prettier but dumber brother to Windows XP.  Getting standard bluetooth devices working on Vista such as keyboards, mice and headphones/headsets should be as simple as scanning for the device, right?  Wrong.  Someone at Microsoft needs to should jump on this.