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Machine is Disabled for File Encryption Installing Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Vista
There are a few programs that require Encrypting File System (EFS) to be turned on in Windows Vista. Among them: Various Hotfixes Windows Powershell .NET Framework 3.5 (and subsequently Visual Studio 2008) This occurs because there is a group policy set on your domain that prevents this from being enabled. It causes several variations of the following error message: Installer encountered an error:...
Finally a Reason I'll Install Vista for My Mom
I've been using Vista for a while now, both at work and at home. Up until now, I've mostly felt that it's just a slight upgrade from Windows XP. I understand all of the work that went into the underpinnings and such and from a developer perspective I can certainly appreciate these. From a regular user's perspective, I'm concerned with features and of the features that I've used, the system-wide search...
Windows Vista Impressions
I hate to be a naysayer here and I know that my experiences are caused by my lack of updated hardware, but my Vista installation lasted an hour before I was formatting again. I am hopeful for the future, though. The features that did not crash long enough for me to see were impressive. One thing that I saw in the system that I was very interested in was the centrally located RSS Feed system that programmers...
Almost there...
I'm downloading Windows Vista RC1. I'm just about ready to install it. I'm nervous but hopeful for the future.
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