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.

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 ...

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 will begin offering Windows Vista service pack 1 through Windows Update in mid-March, and will spend the next month fixing issues with faulty device drivers.

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...