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  2. Features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The Compatibility tab in Windows Explorer includes new options to Disable desktop composition, Disable display scaling on high DPI settings, and Run this program as an administrator. There are new options to run programs in compatibility mode for either Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1).

  3. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista uses Package Manager (Pkgmgr.exe) and Windows Update Standalone Installer (Wusa.exe) to install software updates and hotfixes. However, these do not support the various command-line switches like Windows XP's Package Installer (Update.exe) did. [84] Much of the functionality from Update.exe is missing.

  4. Microsoft to end support for older versions of Windows

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    This may affect how your device works with AOL products if you continue to use an older version of the software. To be proactive, check what version of Windows you are using on your PC and consider upgrading to the newest version. If you choose not to upgrade, you may be at risk for serious security issues or have other software malfunctions

  5. List of Microsoft Windows components - Wikipedia

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    Allows users to script tasks for running during scheduled intervals taskschd.msc: Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95: Software installation and deployment: Windows Update: An online service providing updates such as service packs, critical updates and device drivers. A variation called Microsoft Update also provides software updates for other ...

  6. Security and safety features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Applications written with the assumption that the user will be running with administrator privileges experienced problems in earlier versions of Windows when run from limited user accounts, often because they attempted to write to machine-wide or system directories (such as Program Files) or registry keys (notably HKLM) [2] UAC attempts to ...

  7. Management features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista contains a range of new technologies and features that are intended to help network administrators and power users better manage their systems. Notable changes include a complete replacement of both the Windows Setup and the Windows startup processes, completely rewritten deployment mechanisms, new diagnostic and health monitoring tools such as random access memory diagnostic ...

  8. User Account Control - Wikipedia

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    In earlier versions of Windows, Applications written with the assumption that the user will be running with administrator privileges experienced problems when run from limited user accounts, often because they attempted to write to machine-wide or system directories (such as Program Files) or registry keys (notably HKLM). [5]

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