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Windows 98: Snipping Tool: Screen-capture tool that allows for taking screenshots (called snips) Experience Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Microsoft Store (previously Windows Store) Initially known as Windows Store, it started as an app store for Windows 8. In Windows 10, it expanded into a broad digital distribution platform for ...
Windows Vista also includes the ability to calibrate speakers to a given room's acoustics automatically using a software wizard. [7] Windows Vista also includes the ability for audio drivers to include custom DSP effects, which are presented to the user through user-mode System Effect Audio Processing Objects (sAPOs). [8]
Snipping Tool is a Microsoft Windows screenshot utility included in Windows Vista and later. It can take still screenshots of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen.
Microsoft also released PowerToys for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition [39] and Windows XP Media Center Edition. [40] A set of PowerToys for Windows Media Player was released as part of the Windows Media Player Bonus Pack (for Windows XP), consisting of five tools to "provide a variety of enhancements to Windows Media Player." [41] [42]
DWM works in different ways depending on the operating system (Windows 7 or Windows Vista) and on the version of the graphics drivers it uses (WDDM 1.0 or 1.1). Under Windows 7 and with WDDM 1.1 drivers, DWM only writes the program's buffer to the video RAM, even if it is a graphics device interface (GDI) program.
Display drivers in Windows Vista and Windows 7 can choose to either adhere to WDDM or to XDDM. [4] With the removal of XDDM from Windows 8, however, WDDM became the only option. [5] WDDM provides the functionality required to render the desktop and applications using Desktop Window Manager, a compositing window manager running on top of Direct3D.
In Windows Vista, the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) does not support two different display adapters. When using two display adapters, both must use the same WDDM driver. Although Windows Vista still supports XPDM drivers, a WDDM driver is required for the Windows Aero user experience. [54] [55]
Slideshows with fade, pan, and zoom transitions can be created and burnt to a DVD; additional effects are in Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. A Slide Show Screen Saver option can create screensavers based on photos with specific ratings or tags ("all four-star photos") with an option to exclude specific tags ("all four ...