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Users could purchase and download Windows Vista directly from Microsoft through the Windows Marketplace before the service's discontinuation. [32] [33]Optical media distributed through retail or through OEMs for Windows Vista are identical; Microsoft refers to this as "CD unification."
Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches); [16] however, very few such ...
All editions except Windows Vista Starter support both the 32-bit architecture and the additional 64-bit instruction set extensions, which Vista was the first consumer home release of Windows to support. [41] [96] Intel IA-64 Itanium support however is exclusively limited to the Vista-based Windows Server 2008.
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.
Many 16-bit Windows legacy programs can run without changes on newer 32-bit editions of Windows. The reason designers made this possible was to allow software developers time to remedy their software during the industry transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and later, without restricting the ability for the operating system to be upgraded to a current version before all programs used by a ...
Build number Details Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Pre-Beta 6002.16489.lh_sp2beta.080924-1740 (Version 105) Released in October 2008. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta 6002.16497.081017-1605 (Version 113) Released December 4, 2008. The download became available in the Microsoft Download Center. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC Escrow
Super VGA (800x600), 32-bit color Windows 8: 1 GHz 1 GB (x86) 2 GB (x64) 4 GB 16 GB (x86) 20 GB (x64) (~6.5 GB for OS) Super VGA (800x600), 32-bit color 1024 x 768 for Windows Store apps 1366 x 768 to snap apps Windows 8.1: Windows 10: 1 GHz or faster processor or SoC: 1 GB (x86) 2 GB (x64) 4 GB 16 GB (x86) 20 GB (x64) Super VGA (800x600), 32 ...
Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8.x Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows Defender: Available as a free download [12] Yes Yes (added antivirus capabilities, available in older versions as the Microsoft Security Essentials download) Windows Firewall: Yes Windows Security Center: Yes (starting with SP2) Yes Yes (replaced by Action Center)