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  2. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 was released through different channels between April 28 [125] and June 9, 2009, one year after the release of Windows Vista SP1, and four months before the release of Windows 7. [126] In addition to a number of security and other fixes, a number of new features have been added.

  3. 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.

  4. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Both projects faced delays; Longhorn would go on to be released to consumers as "Windows Vista" in January 2007, while development on Blackcomb continued until the Blackcomb project was renamed "Vienna" in early 2006. Vienna — July 2007 [m] — — Vienna replaced Blackcomb and was intended as Windows Vista's successor.

  5. Microsoft Windows version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista desktop. Windows Vista was released on November 30, 2006, to business customers—consumer versions followed on January 30, 2007. Windows Vista intended to have enhanced security by introducing a new restricted user mode called User Account Control, replacing the "administrator-by-default" philosophy of Windows XP. Vista was the ...

  6. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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    [36] [40] The company would later release alternative media for Windows Vista SP1. [41] A Windows Vista Family Discount program enabled United States and Canada customers who purchased the Ultimate edition before June 30, 2007 to purchase additional licenses for Windows Vista Home Premium at a cost of $49.99 each. Microsoft sold these licenses ...

  7. Criticism of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista, an operating system released by Microsoft for consumers on January 30, 2007, has been widely criticized by reviewers and users. Due to issues with new security features, performance, driver support and product activation, it has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups.

  8. Timeline of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    NetBSD 1.0 (First multi-platform release, October 1994) OS/2 Warp 3.0; Red Hat; RISC OS 3.5; SPIN – extensible OS written in Modula-3; 1995 Digital UNIX (aka Tru64 UNIX) OpenBSD; OS/390; Plan 9 Second Edition (Commercial second release version was made available to the general public.) Ultrix 4.5 (Last major release) Windows 95; 1996 AIX 4.2 ...

  9. List of Microsoft operating systems - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista: 2007-01-30 Windows Home Server: 2007-11-04 ... Date of release Windows Phone 7: 2010 Windows Phone 8: 2012 Windows Phone 8.1: 2014 Xbox gaming.