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You heard it from us here at Correct PC Errors. There is a major competitor to Windows Vista and we Bet you can’t guess who it is! Why its none other than Windows XP! You heard me right and get this. Did you know that many people that are going out and buying a new computer are still opting for Windows XP over Windows Vista?

Windows Vista has officially been launched for about 6 months now, yet Windows XP is still showing surprising strength in their sales. In fact, in August Microsoft announced a new xp service pack, service pack 2c, which only goal is so that Microsoft can produce more product keys so they can continue to sell the operating system to businesses through January 31st, 2009.

Did you know? Dell, HP, or Levono Customers whom purchase a Vista System may use an XP Pro Recovery Disc to replace Vista OS and run XP on their new system.

Dell, which offers a choice of Vista or XP on its new computers, is staying close-lipped about how many XP computers it sells compared with Vista. But Michelle Pearcy, manager of the global marketing software team at Dell, confirms that the company is seeing the same trend as Microsoft: XP sales will be higher than expected during its next fiscal year.

Source: Vista Resistance: Why XP Is Still So Strong

Well, it seems that Microsoft Office now going to also receive competition from newcomers to the world of Office Suite products.  Google Inc., IBM, and also Yahoo have all launched free office programs, or are getting ready to, to compete against Microsoft Office.

Google Docs has released its long awaited presentation capabilities, which is basically a lite version of Microsoft’s PowerPoint application.  Google claims that it is simply a new feature added to Google Docs, but it clearly resembles a lite version of PowerPoint.  Also, Google is definitely playing up to one of Google Docs strengths which is the fact that it has a real-time collaboration ability.  Basically users can easily share files and work on files together via the internet from anywhere in the world quickly, efficiently, and easily.

Next up we have IBM who has also recently decided to release a free downloadable office suite productivity pack. If you remember Lotus which was the software IBM bought to try and compete with Microsoft Office way back when, then you would know that it didn’t work out to well, however, with IBM throwing in support for OpenOffice and now Lotus Symphony will be based on that platform of OpenOffice.

Finally, we can’t forget that Yahoo has recently purchased Zimbra which give them an ability to jump in to online collaboration software as well, as it seems all Yahoo does if follow Google’s steps.

So, you don’t like Microsoft updating Windows XP or Windows Vista without your permission, so you simply turn off the Automatic Updates and your set…Right??? Well, supposedly not anymore.

Microsoft updated 9 files on your system even if you have automatic updates turned off according to a report at pcworld.com. Scott Dunn, whom is an editor for the newsletter “windows secrets”, said that nine files in both the vista and xp operating system, however, not the same files in each windows operating system, have been changed by Windows Update without displaying the normal notification or permission box.

The changed files on Microsoft Windows Vista were wuapi.dll, wuapp.exe, wuauclt.exe, wuaueng.dll, wucltux.dll, wudriver.dll, wups.dll, wups2.dll and wuwebv.dll.

The changed files on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 were cdm.dll, wuapi.dll, wuauclt.exe, wuaucpl.cpl, wuaueng.dll, wucltui.dll, wups.dll, wups2.dll, and wuweb.dll.

Was this simply a mistake Microsoft Corporation made, or are they now going to continue updating files on users systems without notifying them or even allowing them to set whether they want to receive updates or not automatically?

Most machines logged the invisible updates as being done on August 24th, however, some machines did show a different time frame.

My only question to you is, “What’s waking up at 2 a.m. and downloading files if it’s not your Window’s Update Software?”

So you’ve finally caved and spent the big bucks getting one of those fancy HD Camcorders to film your family events, sport outings, or that last great family vacation before summer comes to an end.  Just make not to run it or edit it on Windows Vista!

Many Vista consumers are in an uproar over what was suppose to be to help video piracy over the internet.  Many are now complaining that they are unable and others are having difficulties running or even loading HD Video.  So whats the reasoning behind this? Vista is designed to reject HD video that appears to be unlicensed. It was placed into effect by Microsoft in an effort to help protect copyright owners from their videos being distributed.

While this of couse will help with the issue of stolen HD content, it also prohibits users from loading high-definition videos they themselves have created.  High-Definition is gaining ground fast and normal people are getting into this new technology very quickly.

Microsoft needs to fix this problem asap as its doing more problems then it is doing good.

As a former worker of Best Buy and a former Geek Squad agent myself I have a simple question to ask you. Why are you wasting your money? Were you aware that one of the first things the Geek Squad is instructed to do when you take them your computer and tell them its giving you an error? They run a Registry Cleaner. Not only do Registry Cleaners clean your registry and optimize it, they also can fix 99% of computer problems.

Thats right, 99% of computer problems are caused by an error in the Window’s Registry. So before you take your computer to Best Buy or Circuit City run a Free Scan on Your Computer using RegClean, the best registry cleaner out there!