Day archives: April 5th, 2007

Microsoft sued over Vista branding

From TechRepublic: Microsoft has come under attack for the way it advertises the Vista operating system. A lawsuit, filed in Seattle, alleges that the company advertised systems as “Vista capable,” when in fact the systems were not able to run Vista properly. The suit alleges that the marketing around Vista was designed to deliberately mislead …

AutoRuns for Windows

The April 2007 TechNet Magazine highlights a tool called AutoRuns for Windows. This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones …