As everybody knows, Windows Vista is going to be released in January 2007 (Crossing my fingers and hope for the best). Besides a brand new operating system, Microsoft actually is putting a lot work in the Internet Explorer 7. We can see that Microsoft is facing stiff competitions from competitors likes Linux, Mac OS of Apple, FireFox and definitely Google.

To date, Firefox has increased its market share to about 25% and meanwhile Microsoft Internet Explorer (Combined version 5 and 6) has dropped from about 90% market share to now about 65%. Hence, the release of Windows Vista is not just a counter attack of Microsoft towards Linux, Mac OS and other operating systems; the bundled Internet Explorer in Windows Vista also will create a new war in browser market.

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Windows Vista is about to launch…yes..launching..yes..coming soon..well..Microsoft has announced that Windows Vista will be launched in January 2007 but the enterprise edition of Windows Vista will be available in November of 2006. Although there are rumours about possible delay of Windows Vista’s launch date again(I lost count how many times the launch date has been changed), but let’s take a look of the snapshots of Windows Vista Beta 2 so that you at least can feel that Windows Vista “coming very soon”…

Snapshots of Windows Vista Beta 2

It seems like Brandon LeBlanc at LongHornBlogs runs into file permission issues of Windows Vista beta 2. Is it because of bugs in Windows Vista or because the file permission directory of LeBlanc’s Windows Vista got screwed up ? Below are the description of his problems.

First off, I copied all my files onto CD and DVD. I then copied them back onto my Windows Vista installation so I can use these files, such as music and photos. Whenever I want to access these files, it tells me I have insufficient rights - yet I am logged in as Administrator and don’t have the file protection UAP turned on.

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If you do at least read some newspaper or listen to radio or watch TV, you should know or heard about Microsoft Windows Vista, the next version of Operating System from Microsoft. It is projected that Microsoft is going to release Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise edition in November 2006 and Home Edition in January 2007. Alright, before we start seeing this operating system changing into our lives, let’s preview the Microsoft Window Vista and see how it looks like.

Microsoft Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7

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After long wait, Microsoft has finally released the Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 for public testing. According to Microsoft Website, the Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 is for IT professionals, developers, and technology enthusiasts to try, test and give feedbacks to Microsoft. If you are interested, you can sign up the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program.

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