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Sound Recorder in Windows Vista can no longer open audio files. Moreover, it cannot save in lossless (uncompressed) WAV format when run without using any switches; instead, it saves in lossy 96 kbit/s WMA format. Only the version of Sound Recorder from the N editions of Windows Vista saves audio in WAV format by default. [133]
IEEE 1394 (aka FireWire) audio support was slated for a future release of Windows Vista, to be implemented as a full class driver, automatically supporting IEEE 1394 AV/C audio devices. Support for audio jack sensing which can detect the audio devices that are plugged into the various audio jacks on a device and inform the user about their ...
Starting from Vista, new Real-Time Audio (RT Audio, not to be confused with the RTAudio codec) protocol is introduced, based on a single circular buffer. RT Audio protocol is implemented by WaveRT port driver in portcls.sys. In Vista and later versions, Audio Subsystem supports both protocols so it can interact with both legacy and new audio ...
The bootloader; performs basic system initialization options such as loading the hardware abstraction layer and boot-time device drivers, prior to passing control to the Windows kernel. In versions prior to Vista, NTLDR and IA64ldr also display menus to the user if multiple operating systems are defined in boot.ini, or if F8 is pressed.
Previously, the WDK was known as the Driver Development Kit (DDK) [4] and supported Windows Driver Model (WDM) development. It got its current name when Microsoft released Windows Vista and added the following previously separated tools to the kit: Installable File System Kit (IFS Kit), Driver Test Manager (DTM), though DTM was later renamed and removed from WDK again.
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RTM Escrow (for the beta testers of Microsoft Connect) 6002.17043.090312-1835 Released March 2009. Available and can be installed via Windows Update Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RTM Escrow 6002.17506.090313-1730 Released March 2009. Leak to file-sharing websites. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RTM 6002.18005.090410-1830
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Revoking the driver of a device that is in wide use is such a drastic measure that Gutmann doubts Microsoft will ever actually do so. On the other hand, they may be forced to because of their legal obligations to the movie studios. The Free Software Foundation conducted a campaign against Vista, called "BadVista", on these grounds.