Windows Vista
License
A version of the Windows NT operating system
Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, showing its desktop, taskbar, Start menu, Windows Sidebar, Welcome Center and glass effects of Windows Aero
Developer	Microsoft
Source model	Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative)^[1]
Released to manufacturing	November 8, 2006; 12 years ago^[2]
General availability	January 30, 2007; 12 years ago^[3]
Final release	Service Pack 2 (6.0.6002)^[4] / May 26, 2009; 10 years ago^[5]
Update method	Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Platforms	IA-32 and x86-64
Kernel type	Hybrid
Preceded by	Windows XP (2001)
Succeeded by	Windows 7 (2009)
Official website	web.archive.org/web/20090326045839/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/default.aspx
Support status
Mainstream support ended on April 10, 2012 Extended support ended on April 11, 2017^[6]

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Windows Vista is an operating system that was produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs and media center PCs. Development was completed on November 8, 2006,^[2] and over the following three months, it was released in stages to computer hardware and software manufacturers, business customers and retail channels. On January 30, 2007, it was released worldwide^[3] and was made available for purchase and download from the Windows Marketplace; it is the first release of Windows to be made available through a digital distribution platform.^[7] The release of Windows Vista came more than five years after the introduction of its predecessor, Windows XP, the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows desktop operating systems.

New features of Windows Vista include an updated graphical user interface and visual style dubbed Aero, a new search component called Windows Search, redesigned networking, audio, print and display sub-systems, and new multimedia tools such as Windows DVD Maker. Vista aimed to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network, using peer-to-peer technology to simplify sharing files and media between computers and devices. Windows Vista included version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, allowing software developers to write applications without traditional Windows APIs.

Microsoft's primary stated objective with Windows Vista was to improve the state of security in the Windows operating system.^[8] One common criticism of Windows XP and its predecessors was their commonly exploited security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malware, viruses and buffer overflows. In light of this, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced in early 2002 a company-wide 'Trustworthy Computing initiative', which aimed to incorporate security into every aspect of software development at the company.^[9] Microsoft stated that it prioritized improving the security of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 above finishing Windows Vista, thus delaying its completion.^[10]^[11]

While these new features and security improvements have garnered positive reviews, Vista has also been the target of much criticism and negative press. Criticism of Windows Vista has targeted its high system requirements, its more restrictive licensing terms, the inclusion of a number of then-new DRM technologies aimed at restricting the copying of protected digital media, lack of compatibility with some pre-Vista hardware and software, longer boot time, and the number of authorization prompts for User Account Control. As a result of these and other issues, Windows Vista had seen initial adoption and satisfaction rates lower than Windows XP.^[12] However, with an estimated 330 million Internet users as of January 2009, it had been announced that Vista usage had surpassed Microsoft's pre-launch two-year-out expectations of achieving 200 million users.^[13]^[14]At the release of Windows 7 (October 2009), Windows Vista (with approximately 400 million Internet users) was the second most widely used operating system on the Internet with an approximately 19% market share, the most widely used being Windows XP with an approximately 63% market share.^[15] In May 2010, Windows Vista's market share had an estimated range from 15% to 26%.^[16]^[17] On October 22, 2010, Microsoft ceased sales of retail copies of Windows Vista, and the OEM sales for Vista ceased a year later.^[18] Since April 2019, Vista's market share has declined to under 0.5% of Windows' total market share.^[19]

1Development
2New or changed features
6Hardware requirements
7Updates
8Marketing campaign
9Reception
10Criticism

Development[edit]

As Longhorn[edit]

Desktop screenshot of Microsoft Windows Code Name Longhorn build 6.0.4074 (Milestone 7), showing Start menu, early version of Windows Desktop Sidebar, My Computer window, and Slate visual style theme

Microsoft began work on Windows Vista, known at the time by its codename Longhorn, in May 2001,^[20] five months before the release of Windows XP. It was originally expected to ship sometime late in 2003 as a minor step between Windows XP and Blackcomb, which was planned to be the company's next major operating system release. Gradually, 'Longhorn' assimilated many of the important new features and technologies slated for Blackcomb, resulting in the release date being pushed back several times in 3 years. In some builds of Longhorn, their license agreement said 'For the Microsoft product codenamed 'Whistler'. Many of Microsoft's developers were also re-tasked to build updates to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to strengthen security. Faced with ongoing delays and concerns about feature creep, Microsoft announced on August 27, 2004, that it had revised its plans. For this reason, Longhorn was reset to start work on componentizing the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 codebase, and over time re-incorporating the features that would be intended for an actual operating s

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