Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years...

minor step between Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler") and the next planned major release of Windows, code-named "Blackcomb". Vista's original codename,...

2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released...

Microsoft also made Windows Vista available for purchase and download from Windows Marketplace; it is the first version of Windows to be distributed through...

Windows Vista, an operating system released by Microsoft for consumers on January 30, 2007, has been widely criticized by reviewers and users. Due to...

Windows Server 2008, codenamed "Longhorn Server" (alternatives: "Windows Vista Server" or "Windows Server Vista"), is the eighth major version of the...

available in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, it is absent in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and other later Windows releases. The...

The booting process of Microsoft Windows varies between different releases. In Windows versions 1.01 to Windows 2.11, the system was loaded when WIN.COM...

component in the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 as System Agent. Its core component is an eponymous Windows service. The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure...

was released as part of Windows Vista and – like most Windows components – reported version number 6.0.6000, same as Windows Vista itself. It included new...

industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a server and Windows IoT for an embedded system. Windows is sold...

Windows Aero (a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open) is the design language introduced in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system...

variant of Windows 10 known as Windows 10 Team. Two versions of Windows XP were released that were optimized for tablets. Beginning with Windows Vista, all...

Windows Vista introduced a number of new I/O functions to the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. They are intended to shorten the time taken...

Windows Desktop Gadgets (called Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista) is a discontinued widget engine for Microsoft Gadgets. Desktop Gadgets have been replaced...

Windows Vista contains a range of new technologies and features that are intended to help network administrators and power users better manage their systems...

Compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, features new to Windows Vista are numerous, covering most aspects of the operating system, including...

it ran better than Windows Vista. Windows 7 removed many applications, such as Windows Movie Maker, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Mail, instead requiring...

However, with the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft published guidelines for a new Windows Logo key that incorporates the Windows logo recessed in a chamfered...

Voice Recorder in Windows 10 only records audio in MPEG-4 Part 14 (.m4a) container formats. Versions of Sound Recorder before Windows Vista recorded audio...

applications as they are started, provides support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista–based computers running apps in compatibility mode, reports...

the Windows Update web app that could only be run on Internet Explorer. Starting with Windows Vista, the primary client component became Windows Update...

Windows XP and Windows Vista differ considerably in regards to their security architecture, networking technologies, management and administration, shell...

Windows Preinstallation Environment (also known as Windows PE and WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations...

known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application and default desktop environment that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating...

developers, the digital locker and Windows Marketplace was for the distribution of their software titles. A Windows Vista Ultimate Extra, called Secure Online...

Windows 7, a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, has been released in several editions since its original release in 2009. Only Home...

Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems, with a more relaxed version also present in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8,...

side or top of the window. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, additional layers of navigation were introduced, and the Control Panel window itself became the...

Outlook for Windows. Windows Mail can be traced to a pre-release version of Outlook Express 7 included in early builds of Windows Vista (then known by...