Windows Vista is the latest version of the Windows operating  system for Intel based PCs. It was released in January 2007 and its primary  objective is to improve security in the Windows OS. It has been received with  mixed reviews—its new features and improved security have been cheered, while  it has been criticized for a multitude of other reasons.

What are the Business applications?

Windows Vista’s strength is in Enterprise computing and as such it provides numerous  deployment and maintenance technologies including WIM (Windows Imaging Format),  Windows Deployment Services, 700 new Group Policy settings, and a multilingual  user interface. The Windows Vista OS also offers a Business upgrade that provides a variety of tools and features for small businesses.

Bad light for Windows Vista

Vista was never left alone by the media. The operating system was clobbered with numerous criticisms and complaints. Issues such as large system resource requirements, restrictive licensing agreements, and problems with the  User Account Control (UAC) have dogged the OS since its release and continue to make users—and  businesses—wonder whether its worth the price of an upgrade.

What are the Technical details

All in all,  there are six editions of Windows Vista; Windows Vista  Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista  Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate. Vista  capable computers are required to have at least an 800 MHz processor, 512  MB of memory, DirectX 9.0 capable graphics card, 32 MB graphics memory, and 20  GB HDD capacity. However, to fully utilize some of the special options and  high-end graphics features, it is recommended that your system have 1 GHz  processor, 1 GB memory, DirectX 9.0 and WDDM 1.0 driver support, 512 MB  graphics memory, and 40 GB HDD capacity.

Are you Upgrading to Windows Vista?

Despite the numerous negative marketing got by Windows Vista, the operating system remains to be a far improvement to Windows XP. It would be best to use this latest operating system rather than an almost decade old OS. Are you upgrading? When?

More Windows Vista information.

Malware such as adware and spyware might affect your registry file. Even if you are using XP or Vista, removal of these malware programs might leave bad or corrupt registry keys that affect your PC’s speed and performance.

If your software is not running efficiently, it is worth your time to check out the registry.

Microsoft’s operating systems include a program that is called “regedit” that you can access from the “start/run” command.  The contents of your registry folder will be displayed when you access regedit.  Using the regedit program, you can identify the bad keys and remove them directly from the registry.

The non-technical PC user does not understand the meanings of the registry keys.  There are some registry cleaner programs available for no cost or for a small fee that will take the mystery out of the registry file by identifying any bad keys.  Depending on the program, the registry cleaner software will either delete the bad keys automatically or let you choose which invalid registry keys should be deleted.

Be cautious about downloading and installing free registry cleaners or antivirus programs.  Some of these free downloads include adware or other forms of malicious code that might cause trouble for you down the road.  If you cannot spare a few bucks and need a free registry cleaner, be sure to download your software from a trusted service like cNet that verifies that the freeware is free of spyware, adware, and trojans.

If your software programs are not running efficiently, visit the NotGuru blog’s computer tips section, where you will find a step-by-step tutorial on how to clean your registry.  Forget about taking notes while watching a video — The tutorial includes screenshots and text that you can print out for easy reference.  It also recommends trusted registry cleaner software.