TL;DR: A Windows Vista-inspired theme for Windows 11 has been facilitated via Windhawk, which offers a library of mods that can be used to customize Microsoft's OS. Be warned: the setup is fiddly ...

Windows 11 no longer plays the Vista startup sound. Microsoft says it was just a bug, but the timing with Apple’s new UI says ...

Windows Vista's launch in late 2006 and early 2007 was one of the toughest chapters in Microsoft's history. There's still a lot to learn from Vista. That ...

The Vista boot-up sound is the same jingle played on boot-up of Windows 7, but Microsoft specifically cites it as the Windows Vista sound, and Vista was technically first.

It’s also worth noting that Microsoft’s not betting the farm on Windows Phone 7. The company will still ship, support and sell Windows Mobile 6.5. The aging mobile OS will likely be a holdout ...

Vista’s integration of Windows Defender, a sort of antimalware service, will also help. On the server side, Vista will ship with an improved version of the Windows Firewall popularized by ...

Microsoft today officially finished the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, with its head of development admitting he’s relieved that the much ...

Despite Vista's reputation as a resounding failure, it is actually more popular with enterprises than Windows XP was at the same time after its release, Microsoft exec claims ...

Microsoft Vista product management guy, Mike Nash, announced on the Vista blog today that Vista Service Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing. Some current Vista users were ticked off to learn ...

People who buy Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate computers starting Friday can contact their manufacturer for a free upgrade when Windows 7 becomes available on Oct. 22.

Vista views: Microsoft's license changes Readers pitch on whether Microsoft is being too stringent in restricting Vista transfers to one PC. Oct. 18, 2006 4:00 a.m. PT 10 min read ...

Microsoft Corp. will feed Windows Vista users an update in the next week to finger illegal copies installed with cracks that the company will bust when it rolls out Service Pack 1 (SP1) in mid-March.