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With the new update model, instead of updates being released as they became available, only two update packages were released on the second Tuesday of every month until Windows 7 reached its end of life—one package containing security and quality updates, and a smaller package that contained only the security updates. Users could choose which ...
The Platform Update for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (KB971644) was announced on September 10, 2009 [131] and released on October 27, 2009; [132] [133] The Platform Update for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 allows developers to target both Windows Vista and Windows 7 by backporting several significant components by consisting of:
Windows Vista: Longhorn [3] 2007-01-30 NT 6.0 Windows Vista Starter; Windows Vista Home Basic; Windows Vista Home Premium; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Ultimate; 6002 [c] IA-32, x86-64: 2017-04-11 Windows 7: Windows 7 [4] 2009-10-22 NT 6.1 Windows 7 Starter; Windows 7 Home Basic; Windows 7 Home Premium ...
Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows ...
Unlike Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Windows Update Agent in Windows Vista and Windows 7 allows the user to postpone the mandatory restart (required for the update process to complete) for up to four hours. The revised dialog box that prompts for the restart appears under other windows, instead of on top of them.
The Platform Update for Windows Vista backports several features introduced in Windows 7. [102] Windows ReadyDrive introduces support for hybrid drives and other flash memory caches such as Intel Turbo Memory, which offer conservation of battery life and decreased times for booting and hibernation. [103]
Windows Anytime Upgrade (Add Features to Windows) was a service by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista that facilitated upgrades across successive editions of Windows Vista. [1] Prices for upgrades purchased through Windows Anytime Upgrade were lower than prices for upgrades purchased at retail.
Windows Vista features an update to the Microsoft Crypto API known as Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG). CNG is an extensible, user mode and kernel mode API that includes support for Elliptic curve cryptography and a number of newer algorithms that are part of the National Security Agency (NSA) Suite B.