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  2. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista

    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 ...

  3. Rufus (software) - Wikipedia

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    Rufus was originally designed [4] as a modern open source replacement for the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool for Windows, [5] which was primarily used to create DOS bootable USB flash drives. The first official release of Rufus, version 1.0.3 (earlier versions were internal/alpha only [6] ), was released on December 04, 2011, with originally ...

  4. Windows Setup - Wikipedia

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    The setup process introduced with Windows NT 3.1 remained in effect until the release of Windows Vista. The general process is: The user starts the installation process, either by booting off the installation media, running the MS-DOS installer from MS-DOS, or running the Windows installer from an existing Windows install.

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

    www.engadget.com/2007-01-29-windows-vista...

    32 and 64-bit support. 32 and 64-bit support. Auto-defrag. Nope. Yep. The new defrag util is dumbed down and doesn't show users what's what with their disk. Bad Microsoft, better defrag > auto defrag.

  6. Microsoft to offer free Windows 7 upgrade for Vista computers ...

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    Microsoft to offer free Windows 7 upgrade for Vista computers purchased after July 1 ... Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate, etc. 32-bit to 64-bit upgrades not supported, but clean install will ...

  7. Windows Installer - Wikipedia

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    No. 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 ...

  8. Windows Vista SP2 is live, ready to download - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2009-05-26-windows-vista-sp2-is...

    Today, Microsoft did its part and released the standalone installers for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Service Pack 2 for Vista and Server 2008. Now it's all up to you.

  9. WoW64 - Wikipedia

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    WoW64. In computing on Microsoft platforms, WoW64 ( W indows 32-bit o n W indows 64 -bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows. [1] It is included in all 64-bit versions of Windows, except in Windows Server Server Core where it is an optional component, and Windows Nano Server ...