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Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn)

Longhorn was the predecessor project, which was fully cancelled. Vista is not Longhorn. --2A02:908:EB20:C600:98B0:F322:8F57:E308 (talk) 03:13, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Longhorn is the codename for Windows Vista. pcuser42 (talk) 06:33, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would just like to chime in that "fully cancelled" is a terrible misconception; "Longhorn" is the codename of Windows Vista. (IanWilliam20 (talk) 06:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC))[reply]

The earliest builds of "Windows Longhorn" were based on Windows Server 2003. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ForeverCoding (talk • contribs) 13:32, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Win Vista logo is missing on the sidebar.

The Win XP logo is missing on the sidebar.

Cnon20 (talk) 13:19, 13 September 2017 (UTC)Cnon20[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2018

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180.251.240.39 (talk) 14:35, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Spintendo ᔦᔭ 14:50, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Memory section is wrong

1GB Was never an option for Vista. Vista couldn't handle more than something like 768MB RAM. Anything beyond that and it was crippled. Also, note that the only reason this was so is because Microsoft purposefully kludged the VMM's code; a guy from an electronics shop on Long Island wrote a replacement for the memory manager that allowed you to access several GB of RAM. Microsoft obviously wouldn't admit that they had kludged their code to cripple 98, because they wanted everyone to dump 98 for XP. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 18:32, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@AllGloryToTheHypnotoad: None of this can be used to update the article without citations of reliable sources that support what you have said. See WP:BURDEN. General Ization ^Talk 18:36, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the article reflects exactly what Microsoft itself has said, so it is unlikely to be changed without compelling evidence. General Ization ^Talk 18:38, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Neither our article nor Microsoft have said that all of the 1GB was going to be utilized by the OS. These are the limits on memory that can be installed. Since memory was at the time being sold in increments of 1 GB and 768 MB RAM cards were not offered, as a practical limit a 1 GB memory card was the most that could be used in a machine running Vista. General Ization ^Talk 18:43, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wait a sec... this was a problem with Win98, not Vista. My bad. Comment stricken. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Date in short description

The short description lists the release year as 2006, the year it was released to manufacturers; but it was made generally available in 2007. Should it be edited to list the general availability date? Bowler the Carmine (talk) 22:50, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Full End of support 2021???

Not sure what full support ends on 13th April 2021 in the infobox means as Vista support ended in 2017 with the end of extended support. Vista2003 (talk) 13:21, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Date of latest stable version

Where does that date (October 18, 2016) for the latest stable version come from? Is there a source for that? The source gives another date (May 26, 2009).--NvPhsyx (talk) 14:14, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Where does that date (October 18, 2016) for the latest stable version come from? Is there a source for that? The source gives another date (May 26, 2009).--[[User:NvPhsyx|NvPhsyx]] ([[User talk:NvPhsyx|talk]]) 14:14, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
-== Computerfrage ==
-Ich würde nicht auf Vista umsteigen!!!
-Es ist sozusagen ein missgelungenes Betriebssystem!
-Windows Vista ist langsamer beim Hochfahren und bei dem meisten stürzt es immer nach kurzer zeit ab!
-Außerdem das was fast niemanden auffällt: In CMD (MS-DOS Eingabeaufforderung)
-wird bei Vista (meistens auch bei Windows 7) wird kein Vollbild unterstützt! Bei Windows XP und alle älteren Betriebsysteme wird der Vollbild noch unterstützt!
-Wenn man bei Vista 32-bit ALT+ENTER drückt kommt meistens die Fehlermeldung:
-„Vollbildmodus wird von diesem System **NICHT** unterstützt"
-oder auf Englisch:„This system does **NOT** support fullscreen mode"
-Bei 64-bit Betriebssystemen passiert gar nichts, wenn man Alt+ENTER drückt, also auch kein Vollbild sondern es bleibt alles gleich.
-Windows Vista wird von vielen Leuten als „Crappy operating system"(Übersetzt:Beschissennes Betriebsystem) bezeichnet!
-Also würde ich an deiner stelle niemals ein Windows Vista kaufen oder auf Windows Vista upgraden! Und wenn du von Windows XP Upgraden willst dann NIEMALS AUF WINDOWS VISTA REINFALLEN sondern Windows 7 nehmen, da Windows XP und Windows 7 beide BESSER und SCHNELLER sind als Windows VISTA CRAP!!!
-Vista ist relativ langsam und nicht sehr absturzfest!
-!!!FALLE NICHT DARAUF REIN!!! ICH BIN AUCH AUF WINDOWS VISTA REINGEFALLEN aber ich hatte das Glück, das unserer Computer sehr absturzfest war.Er ist seit 3-4 Jahren NUR EIN EINZIGES MAL ABGESTÜRZT -- vielleicht aber auch Zweimal oder dreimal aber nach meiner Erinnerung ist  es nur einmal abgestürzt  ---  dafür muss ich geduldig Wartezeiten abwarten, da er nicht besonders schnell ist!
-Ja, ich weiß zwar es gibt ein paar Programme, die funktionieren nicht mit Windows XP sondern mit
-Windows Vista oder höher wie Internet Explorer 9;aber dann Upgrade nicht auf Windows Vista sondern auf Windows 7, denn Windows 7 kann schon lange alles was Windows Vista kann!
-Kurze Zusammenfassung: Hör nie auf andere, wenn sie sagen:„Es lohnt sich"
-denn in Wirklichkeit LOHNT ES SICH NICHT!!!
-Das hier habe ich am 17. November 2011 geschrieben. Meine Meinung hat sich mittlerweile geändert. [[User:Stefanie Otto2|Stefanie Otto2]] ([[User talk:Stefanie Otto2|talk]]) 03:38, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

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Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn)

The Win Vista logo is missing on the sidebar.

Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2018

Memory section is wrong

Date in short description

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Full End of support 2021???

Date of latest stable version