Windows Vista is far from beloved, and while I do remember it more fondly than most, even I wouldn't argue it was one of the greats. Yet its legacy lives on. The future is set to look even more ...

An earlier version of Windows for the desktop. Released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers, Vista came in six versions (see Windows Vista versions). Numerous features were ...

Windows 11 Build 27898 brings back the Windows Vista startup sound due to a bug. Enjoy the nostalgia while it lasts.

It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much-maligned OS ...

Windows Vista’s interface makeover emphasized style over substance: Among its most-hyped new features were the Aero user interface’s translucent window frames (woo-hoo!) and the Flip 3D window ...

Aero was designed to take advantage of this in much the same way that Apple's Liquid Glass takes advantage of the (frankly overkill) GPUs their devices ship with. While most peopl ...

Windows Vista is here, ... Crysis, Crytek's visually stunning jungle shooter, has a summer launch window, and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, an action adventure MMO, ...

Windows Vista ships with a nice window switcher by the name of Flip-3D for quickly moving between windows, but it’s not without its drawbacks. For one thing, if you have a lot of windows stacked ...

Windows Explorer, IE 7, and the System Control Panel windows seen by Vista users. view image gallery With that in mind, note that, even though the IE window is not front-most, the "back" button ...

In Windows 11/10 you can open a Command Prompt in full-screen, but in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, if you try to maximize the command prompt window, it will expand only to cover around half the screen.

Windows testers started noticing the issue shortly after Microsoft released its latest Dev Channel build of Windows 11 on Friday afternoon. The .WAV file for the bootup sound, which is stored inside ...