An earlier version of Windows for the desktop. Released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers, Vista came in six versions (see Windows Vista versions). Numerous features were ...

Windhawk is a mod-based tool that can transform Windows 11 - including turning it into one of the most hated incarnations of Microsoft's desktop OS.

Vista SP1 took 58 seconds ... The scenario is reminiscent of XPs phasing out the then popular Windows 2000 desktop. Microsoft managed to shore up XP and make it the reliable product it is today.

So unless you plan to deploy 64bit Windows on the desktop ... The sting in the tail with KMS is that Vista desktops will have to re-validate themselves at least once every 180 days, and failure ...