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2. Technical features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   A new user-mode driver model called the User-Mode Driver Framework. In Windows Vista, WDDM display drivers have two components, a kernel mode driver (KMD) that is very streamlined, and a user-mode driver that does most of the intense computations. With this model, most of the code is moved out of kernel mode.

3. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   The Found new hardware wizard automatically searches for the driver and fails if it does not find a driver in the driver store or Windows Update. Only the Update Driver wizard which can be invoked from Device Manager then allows manually choosing a driver from a list. Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions to WDM are no longer ...

4. Windows Driver Model - Wikipedia

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   Common device driver compatibility issues include: a 32-bit device driver is required for a 32-bit Windows operating system, and a 64-bit device driver is required for a 64-bit Windows operating system. 64-bit device drivers must be signed by Microsoft, because they run in kernel mode and have unrestricted access to the computer hardware. For ...

5. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Windows Anytime Upgrade - Wikipedia

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   DVDs for Anytime Upgrade were only produced for Windows Vista. Anytime Upgrade in Windows Vista performs a full reinstallation of the new product edition while retaining the user's data, programs, and settings. [15] This process can take a considerable amount of time, up to a few hours. [2]

7. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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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."

8. Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   On a low-end computer system, Windows XP outperformed Windows Vista in most tested areas. Windows OS network performance depends on the packet size and used protocol. However, in general, Windows Vista compared to Windows XP shows better network performance particularly for the medium-sized packets. [7]

9. Features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   Media Transfer Protocol over USB or TCP/IP is supported. The Platform Update for Windows Vista introduces support over Bluetooth. [99] Sync Center is a single location for creating or managing sync partnerships for Offline Files, mobile phones, PDAs, smart phones, and portable media players.