ITsVISTA Web Links: November 14th, 2007

Vista SP1: Release Candidate test build goes to 15,000 testers

12,000 for the last release, 15,000 for this one which is designated the SP1 Release Candidate Preview. No final release date announced yet.

(tags: SP1 Beta )
Vista mistakes Microsoft won?t repeat with Windows 7

Lots of talk about Windows 7 lately. Here’s some comparison between Vista and Windows 7.

(tags: Review )
Hands-On with Windows Vista Service Pack 1

A brief examination of performance changes with Vista SP1 beta installed.

(tags: Beta SP1 Performance )
Windows Vista Team Blog : Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Getting A Major Facelift: Tool Expansion Announced at IT Forum 2007

The network-wide readiness assessment tool will add Server 2008 elements as well as Microsoft Integrated Virtualizatioon elements and change it’s name to Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator.

(tags: Hardware )
Microsoft releases details on Vista activation

A white paper says Vista can only be activated 5 times, but a Microsoft rep confirms that this isn’t the case. Ed provides some useful activation tips as well as describing the contents of the recently released paper.

(tags: Activation )