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My landlord came to me with his wife’s laptop, which is running Windows Vista. She bought it a few months ago and was just getting around to really using it. Trouble is, she forgot what her password was, and was unable to access her Windows profile, and her data.

Hate it or love it, Windows Vista is here to stay.

From the day it hit the shelves, Windows Vista has had a bad reputation, and for good reason. For the longest time, it didn’t work with a lot of hardware and software. I switched back to XP when some of my hardware wouldn’t work with Vista. Its release proved what consumers are willing to put up with in terms of software.

The truth is, you can have all the security software in the world, but if you don’t follow safe computing practices, your computer will be at risk regardless of what software you use to secure it.

Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, is predicted to hit store shelves in late 2009 or early 2010, but it seems that many are saying it’s what Windows Vista should have been. In addition, the hype surrounding it seems to be positive this time around.