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Build 5098 (build date of June 28, 2005) includes most of the new features that will later be seen in Beta 1, but still identifies itself as Longhorn. Windows Vista Beta 1 (build 5112, build date of July 20, 2005) which was released on July 27, 2005, was the first Longhorn build to be called Windows Vista and was available to Microsoft ...
Desktop screenshot of Windows Longhorn build 4074, showing the Start menu, an early version of Windows Desktop Sidebar, Windows Explorer, and the Slate visual style. The early development stages of Longhorn were generally characterized by incremental improvements and updates to Windows XP.
Both projects faced delays; Longhorn would go on to be released to consumers as "Windows Vista" in January 2007, while development on Blackcomb continued until the Blackcomb project was renamed "Vienna" in early 2006. Vienna — July 2007 [m] — — Vienna replaced Blackcomb and was intended as Windows Vista's successor.
Longhorn was planned to have a Media Center edition, but when Longhorn turned into Vista, it was scrapped and instead the Media Center application was available in Home Premium and Ulimate editions. Emerald — Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2 — [32] Diamond — Windows Media Center: Included with Windows Vista. [32 ...
Windows Vista builds on the Universal Audio Architecture, a new class driver definition that aims to reduce the need for third-party drivers, and to increase the overall stability and reliability of audio in Windows. Support for Intel High Definition Audio devices (which replaces Intel's previous AC'97 audio hardware standard)
WinFS was initially planned for inclusion in Windows Vista, [14] and build 4051 of Windows Vista, then called by its codename "Longhorn", given to developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in 2003, included WinFS, but it suffered from significant performance issues. [12]
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A preliminary version of Anytime Upgrade in Windows Vista build 4093. Windows Anytime Upgrade was in development prior to the development reset of Windows Vista, then known by its codename "Longhorn." A preliminary version of the feature can be seen in build 4093. On February 26, 2006, Microsoft announced the editions of Windows Vista to be ...