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  2. List of Microsoft codenames - Wikipedia

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    Internet Explorer 1. Internet Explorer 1, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95: The codename O'Hare ties into the Chicago codename for Windows 95: O'Hare International Airport is the largest airport in the city of Chicago, Illinois — in Microsoft's words, "a point of departure to distant places from Chicago".

  3. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The development of Windows Vista began in May 2001, [1] prior to the release of Microsoft 's Windows XP operating system, and continued until November 2006. Microsoft originally expected to ship Vista sometime late in 2003 as a minor step between Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler") and the next planned major release of Windows, code-named ...

  4. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows. It was released to manufacturing on November 8, 2006, and over the following two months, it was ...

  5. Windows Vista upgrade guide, part 1: software - Engadget

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    XP. Vista. Comments / notes. Find windows. Alt+tab. Flip and Flip 3D. Alt-Tab Replacement / taskswitch provides window image preview for XP. Flip / Flip 3D not available in Home Basic or without Aero.

  6. Clean install workaround for Vista upgrade discovered - Engadget

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    Once you've got the trial version of Vista up and running, you simply start the installation process all over again from within Vista, this time entering the product key when prompted.

  7. Windows System Assessment Tool - Wikipedia

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    A sample test result from a PC running Windows 8. The Windows System Assessment Tool ( WinSAT) is a module of Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 that is available in the Control Panel under Performance Information and Tools (except in Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 ).

  8. Windows Installer - Wikipedia

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    Windows Installer ( msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, [3] codename Darwin) [4] [5] is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. The installation information, and optionally the files themselves, are packaged in ...

  9. No Vista Key? No Problem! Run Vista Up To A Year Without ...

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    Last month, while John was upstairs at his place baking a lovely fruitcake, I stole a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate from his basement. When I went to install it on my friend’s computer ...