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  2. List of Microsoft codenames - Wikipedia

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    Feature introduced in Windows Vista to support hybrid drives: Protogon — ReFS: The successor of NTFS: Rincon — Internet Explorer 7: Rincon is a surfing beach in Puerto Rico Spartan — Microsoft Edge: Web browser first introduced in Windows 10, which uses EdgeHTML rendering engine. Refers to Spartans in Halo. Stimpy —

  3. VistaPro - Wikipedia

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    VistaPro is 3D scenery generator for the Amiga, Macintosh, MS-DOS, and Microsoft Windows.It was written by John Hinkley as the follow-up to the initial version, Vista. The about box describes it as "a 3-D landscape generator and projector capable of accurately displaying real-world and fractal landscapes."

  4. List of Microsoft operating systems - Wikipedia

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    2002-10-28 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition: 2002-11-07 Windows XP 64-bit Edition: 2003-03-28 Windows Server 2003: 2003-04-24 Windows Small Business Server 2003: 2003-10-09 Windows XP Starter: 2004-08-11 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: 2005-04-25 Windows Embedded for Point of Service: 2005-06-06 Windows Server 2003 R2: 2005-12-06 Windows Vista ...

  5. 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 continuing 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 ...

  6. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. The first five versions of WindowsWindows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1 –were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both ...

  7. Microsoft Windows version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the ...

  8. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista Home Premium—like Home Basic—supports only one physical CPU, but it additionally supports multiple cores. The 64-bit version supports up to 16 GB of RAM. Windows Vista Business Comparable to Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business Edition targets the business market.

  9. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Product Activation is a DRM technology used by Microsoft Corporation in several of its computer software programs, most notably its Windows operating system and its Office productivity suite. The procedure enforces compliance with the program's end-user license agreement by transmitting information about both the product key used to ...