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...
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The Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR) is the bootloader provided by Microsoft for Windows NT versions starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008...
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minor step between Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler") and the next planned major release of Windows, code-named "Blackcomb". Vista's original codename,...
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safety, new I/O technologies, new networking features, and new technical features. Windows Vista also removed some others. Windows Vista introduces a...
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Windows XP and Windows Vista differ considerably in regards to their security architecture, networking technologies, management and administration, shell...
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Protected Media Path (category Windows Vista)
Protected Media Path is a set of technologies creating a "Protected Environment," first included in Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, that is used...
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Microsoft also made Windows Vista available for purchase and download from Windows Marketplace; it is the first version of Windows to be distributed through...
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Windows Vista contains a range of new technologies and features that are intended to help network administrators and power users better manage their systems...
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Windows Vista (formerly codenamed Windows "Longhorn") has many significant new features compared with previous Microsoft Windows versions, covering most...
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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...
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In computing, Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduced in 2007/2008 a new networking stack named Next Generation TCP/IP stack, to...
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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...
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Windows Server 2008, codenamed "Longhorn Server" (alternatives: "Windows Vista Server" or "Windows Server Vista"), is the seventh major version of the...
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Retrieval Client) interfaces to metadata about devices from Windows 7 onwards. I/O technologies Macro Recorder Microsoft Agent Prefetcher ReadyBoost Sync...
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BitLocker (category Windows Vista)
full volume encryption feature included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with Windows Vista. It is designed to protect data by providing encryption...
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Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (category Windows components)
of Microsoft Windows components Kernel Transaction Manager Windows Vista I/O technologies Distributed Transaction Coordinator on the Microsoft Developer...
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product version. Versions of Windows NT are installed using Windows Setup, which, starting with Windows Vista, uses the Windows Preinstallation Environment...
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features of Windows API – the Pascal equivalent of windows.h. Many Microsoft technologies use the Windows API -- as most software running on Windows does. As...
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Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista as a replacement for the previous Indexing Service of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, designed...
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Hyper-V (redirect from Windows Server Virtualization)
systems with Enlightened I/O and a hypervisor-aware kernel such as Windows Server 2008 and later server versions, Windows Vista SP1 and later clients and...
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ReadyBoost (redirect from Windows ReadyBoost)
Features new to Windows Vista Hybrid array Hybrid drive Windows Vista I/O technologies Windows To Go Moulster, Ian (April 6, 2006). "SuperFetch, ReadyBoost...
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chipsets. All models from this series came preinstalled with either Windows XP or Windows Vista depending on the time of manufacture. Model numbers for the dv9000...
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Prefetcher (category Windows components)
disabled. Windows maintains prefetch files in the Prefetch folder for up to the 128 most recently launched programs. Windows ReadyBoost Windows Vista I/O technologies...
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Windows Vista contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were a part of previous Windows versions up to Windows XP...
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Link Layer Topology Discovery (category Windows Vista)
wireless networks (such as IEEE 802.11). LLTD is included in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows 10. It is used by their Network Map feature to display a...
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Microsoft Gadgets (redirect from Windows gadgets)
currently not the case. The gadgets and the Windows desktop Sidebar were a hallmark feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7 editions of the operating system. Subsequently...
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system ever since. Previous versions of Boot Camp supported Windows XP and Windows Vista. Boot Camp 4.0 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard version 10.6.6...
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the Volume Shadow-copying Service (VSS) in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and Shadow Copy in Windows Vista. Melio FS provides snapshots via the same...
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Mojave Experiment (redirect from Windows Mojave)
Mojave Experiment was an advertising campaign conducted by Microsoft for Windows Vista in 2008. The campaign was part of Microsoft's efforts to change what...
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Solid-state drive (section Windows Vista)
additional overhead in the system and SSD. Windows Vista generally expects hard disk drives rather than SSDs. Windows Vista includes ReadyBoost to exploit characteristics...
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