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The new Windows 11 Insider release has a weird bug where it plays the Windows Vista start-up music instead of the current one
16 Jun 2025 13:59 GMT
… Yes, that's right: Windows Vista. An operating system that launched … hidden away from prying eyes? Windows Vista got its last update many … favourites are those for Windows 95 and Windows XP—the former is … hardware.
My real favourite is XP's, though, as …
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Windows 11 gets retro with Vista boot noise bug
16 Jun 2025 14:49 GMT
… the Vista boot noise instead of the more modern Windows 11 … and Beta builds of the Windows 11 Insider Preview, apparently, … known issue. Here’s the Windows Vista startup sound, if you don … for Vista, an oft-maligned entry in the Windows catalog between XP and …
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Apple's Liquid Glass is Windows Vista done well
10 Jun 2025 23:29 GMT
… aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much … Vista itself was a huge mess — it was far slower than Windows XP … with Liquid Glass.
The Windows Vista start menu and desktop. … unlike the jump from Windows XP to Vista. Apple has been creeping …
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Glass design is not new, but will Apple succeed where Microsoft failed with Windows Vista
10 Jun 2025 08:37 GMT
… to the desktop with Windows Vista in 2007. The update … why it failed catastrophically.
Windows Vista
Aero Glass, while futuristic … those with integrated graphics. Vista was not designed to feel … that it came immediately after Windows XP, one of Microsoft’s …
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Apple's new UI for Macs and iPhones 'combines the optical qualities of glass with a fluidity only Apple can achieve,' but it sure looks like an awful lot like Windows Vista circa 2007
10 Jun 2025 02:44 GMT
… ;t powerful enough to run Windows Vista, but I was nevertheless smitten … to XP's bubbly primary colors. I installed a Vista skin … on my XP machine just to bask … that made Vista one of the worst versions of Windows ever). So …
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Rufus 4.8 speeds up Windows ISO handling and To Go drive creation
13 Jun 2025 23:29 GMT
… installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
You need … , Windows XP (SP2+), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows 11 … analysis when opening Windows ISOs
Can speed up Windows To Go drive …
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Windows Vista Was a Mess, but It Did One Thing Right
06 Jun 2025 16:00 GMT
… happy to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista for one simple … one aspect of Vista that Microsoft nailed.
Windows Vista Introduced a … in the upgrade from Windows XP to Vista, like stronger security practices … for years to come.
Windows Vista is far from beloved, …
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Microsoft throws shade at macOS Tahoe's familiar new vista
12 Jun 2025 16:45 GMT
… the new translucent visuals with Windows Vista from 2006—and Microsoft couldn … hub.
Long-time Windows fans know that Vista isn’t fondly remembered … thereof—XP good, Vista bad, Windows 7 good, Windows 8 bad, Windows 10 good, Windows 11 …
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Microsoft gives a sassy reminder to Apple that Vista had "Liquid Design" almost 20 years ago
11 Jun 2025 18:31 GMT
… The video shows screenshots of Windows Vista's Aero theme, … was the central theme for Windows Vista. Technology around 2006 generally had … to one-up the legendary Windows XP, and ended up being … times, check out why Windows Vista is still the most hated …
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5 Windows XP features I miss dearly on Windows 11
08 Jun 2025 21:11 GMT
… miss from the Windows XP days.
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Windows XP was great back … it? Well, ever since Windows Vista, Microsoft streamlined the disk … in percentages. Back on Windows XP, the Disk Defragmenter features … finally) shuts down today
Windows XP still has some benefits …
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