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2. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   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 earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows.

3. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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   In Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 R2, after a grace period of 30 days, the operating system cannot be used at all until the activation process is completed successfully. [12] [13] In Windows Vista RTM, after a grace period of 30 days, the operating system will boot only into a reduced functionality mode. The reduced ...

4. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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   Windows Vista Enterprise supports up to two physical CPUs, [18] and the 64-bit version supports up to 128 GB of RAM. [19] Windows Vista Ultimate "Windows Vista Product Red" gadgets Windows Vista Ultimate includes all features of the Home Premium and Business editions, as well as BitLocker and MUI; it also provides access to optional "Ultimate ...

5. Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   Windows Vista is able to work around many LUA bugs in third-party applications with its file and Registry virtualisation feature, as well as application compatibility shims. Internet Explorer 7 's Protected Mode utilizes User Account Control to isolate IE from other applications and prevent it from writing content to any location, except the ...

6. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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   Server, Server Enterprise Edition, Terminal Server, Embedded Workstation, Server, Embedded PCs Windows 2000: 1999-12-15 5.0 2195 SP4 Rollup 1 v2 (2005-09-13) Unsupported (2010-07-13) Windows NT 5.0 Windows 2000 64-bit: Janus; IA-32: Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Powered (Embedded) Desktop, Workstation, Server ...

7. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   The early development stages of Longhorn were generally characterized by incremental improvements and updates to Windows XP.During this period, Microsoft was fairly quiet about what was being worked on, as their marketing and public relations focus were more strongly focused on Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, which was released in April 2003.

8. Criticism of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   According to Gartner, "Vista has been dogged by fears, in some cases proven, that many existing applications have to be re-written to operate on the new system." [54] Cisco has been reported as saying, "Vista will solve a lot of problems, but for every action, there's a reaction, and unforeseen side-effects and mutations. Networks can become ...

9. Volume licensing - Wikipedia

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   In software licensing, volume licensing is the practice of using one license to authorize software on a large number of computers and/or for a large number of users. . Customers of such licensing schemes are typically business, governmental or educational institutions, with prices for volume licensing varying depending on the type, quantity and applicable subscripti