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Windows Vista

For developers and IT professionals, Windows Vista? (formerly codenamed Longhorn) has been released. People can develop and innovate next-generation applications such as WinFX, Avalon, Indigo and Aero on Vista. Vista is the most secure and trustworthy Windows operating system available, with security features that protect against the latest threats such as worms, viruses and spyware.

1. Windows Vista product version classification

Among the various Windows Vista versions, they can be divided into two categories: Home and Business, which respectively correspond to the current versions of Windows XP. Currently, XP is divided into: Windows XP Starter, Home, Media Center, Professional, Professional x64 and Tablet PC.

Home will be divided into:

Windows Starter 2007 (junior version)

Windows Vista Home Basic (junior home edition) [There is also a version specifically for the European market Home Basic N ]

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows Vista Ultimate [formerly the version that became "Uber"]

Business has three editions:

Windows Vista Small Business (Small Business Edition)

Windows Vista Business (Business Edition) [formerly known as Professional Standard Edition, and also for Europe User's Business N]

Windows Vista Enterprise (Enterprise Edition) [Before this became Professional Premium]

In other words, Winodws Vista is currently divided into 7 versions. If you count the two N versions for the European market, that's nine. It should be noted that at present, all version names are just code names, and the names of these versions may change at any time before they are released. However, the division of these versions should not change within a week or two.

2. Details of each version of Windows Vista

These news about each version come from Microsoft's marketing department.

Windows Starter 2007

Starter does not use the Vista trademark. Vista's famous Aero user interface and DVD authoring features are missing. It has most of the features of Vista Home Basic. It can only run three programs or open three windows at the same time. It can access the Internet but cannot connect to other computers. No login password, and Fast User Switching. Windows Starter 2007 is similar to XP Starter Edition (this product is not sold in China, but this version is available in India).

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic is a simplified Windows Vista operating system, mainly for families with only one computer in the family. It is the most basic product of the Vista product line, and all other versions of Vista are based on it.

It has the following functions: Windows Firewall, Windows Security Center, unlimited network links, parental controls (Parental Controls), anti-virus, spyware, network mapping, search, movie production software Movie Maker, picture collection folder, Windows Media Player, Outlook Express with RSS support, P2P Messenger, and more.

Like Starter 2007, Home Basic does not have an Aero user interface. Equivalent to the current Windows XP Home Edition.

Windows Vista Home Premium

As an enhanced version of Home, Windows Vista Home Premium includes all the features of Windows Vista Home Basic, including media center and related extended functions (including Cable Card support, Cable Card is a security component equipped with different charging systems of various cable TV operators. Consumers only need to insert this card into the TV at home to watch the cable TV operators provide digital programming), DVD video production, HDTV support, and even DVD Rip. There are also Tablet PC, Mobility Center, and other mobility and presentation features.

In addition, it supports Wi-Fi automatic configuration and roaming, parental monitoring based on multiple computer management, network backup, unlimited Internet access, offline folders, PC-to-PC synchronization, synchronization wizard, etc.

Windows Vista Business

Business is a powerful, trustworthy, and secure operating system for all business people. This version adds the function of adding and managing "domain" and is compatible with other non-Microsoft network protocols (such as Netware, SNMP, etc.), remote desktop, Microsoft Windows Web Server and Encrypted File System. This version is equivalent to Windows XP Pro.

Windows Vista Small Business

As a streamlined version of Business products for small businesses in the non-IT industry, small business has the following functions of business: backup and mirroring support, computer Fax and scanning tools, etc. Microsoft is also preparing to add a wizard to this version to help users pay to upgrade to Enterprise or Ultimate. There is no corresponding version in the XP product line.

Windows Vista Enterprise

An enterprise-optimized version. It contains all the features of Windows Vista Pro. It also has its unique features such as Virtual PC, Multilingual User Interface (MUI) and security encryption technology. This version has no corresponding XP version.

Windows Vista Ultimate

Ultimate means ultimate and culmination. As you may have guessed, this is the most powerful and exciting version of the Vista family. The most powerful operating system for personal computers, optimized for individuals. Windows Vista Ultimate includes all the functions and features of Vista Home Premium and Vista Business. And there are other features: additional game optimizers, various online services and more.

Microsoft is still considering how to position such an impactful version, and is studying whether to provide Ultimate users with free music downloads, movie downloads, entertainment software, enhanced product after-sales services and user themes.

This version is mainly for hardcore computer gamers, hardcore gamers, digital music fanatics and students. It is the most complete version of Windows Vista. Provide the best execution efficiency, the most secure and complete office link. And it is optimized for individual users and includes everything you need and are interested in. It is the most powerful personal computer operating system ever created.

3. Windows Vista configuration

Microsoft will recommend the use of dual-core processors and 64-bit processors. Mid-range processor products from AMD and Intel can only run some of Vista's features. In terms of memory, Windows Vista requires a minimum memory of 512MB. And Microsoft recommends users to increase the memory capacity to 1GB. In the graphics card part that has attracted much attention from users before, the new system requires a graphics card with 64MB of video memory and support DirectX9.0 technology. Although the configuration sheet does not mention in detail what kind of hard drive is required, it does indicate that it will be necessary for users to have a 2MB cache, 7200 rpm IDE hard drive. At the same time, Vista has canceled support for CDROM, and users must have a DVDROM to install Vista.

4. Detailed explanation of Windows Vista performance

Abbreviation list

Str Windows Starter 2007

Home N Windows Vista Home N (only Released on the European market)

Home B Windows Vista Home Basic

Home P Windows Vista Home Premium

Bus N Windows Vista Business N (Only released on the European market)

Bus Windows Vista Business

Sm Bus Windows Vista Small Business

Ent Windows Vista Enterprise

Ult Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Version Details Table

Performance

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

Desktop Window Manager ( DWM) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Aero glass effects, animations, virtual effectsNo No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Production functions (rolodex index functions, tags Preview, task preview) No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Unlimited support for display schemesNo

1024x768 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fast User Switching (FUS) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Communication

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

Far away

Process desktop connection (RDP) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

P2P conference function (ad-hoc conference, contact query, broadcast function) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Windows Web Server (optional) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Windows Fax ClientNo No No No Yes (opt) Yes (opt) Yes Yes (opt) Yes ( opt)

Digital and Entertainment

FeaturesStr Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

DVD Licensed VideoNo No No Yes No No No No Yes

Direct Media ModeNo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Media Center (includes extensions and games) No No No Yes No No No No Yes

Number of remote media center sessions supported n/a n/a n/a 5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5

Movie Maker HD Release No No No Yes No No No No Yes

Advanced photo management functionNo No No Yes Yes (opt) Yes (opt) Yes (opt) Yes (opt) Yes (opt)

Extended game (3D Chinese chess, Shanghai

Mahjong) No No No Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt)

Windows Media Player 11 and related components Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Network

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

Number of network links supported 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10

Support joining domainNo No No Quattro

only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1:1 network projectionNo No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SNMP support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt)

Internet connection *** ICS) No Yes Yes Yes Yes (Opt) Yes Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes

Mobility

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

PC and PC SyncNo No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Mobile CenterNo No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes

Tablet PC featuresNo No No Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt)

Auxiliary display supportNo No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Client Offline Folder CacheNo No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye

Computer Management

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

UNIX-based Application Subsystem (SUA) No No No No No No No Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt)

Security Start (Cornerstone) No No No No No No No Yes Yes (Opt)

Single process Virtual PC No No No No No No No Yes (Opt) Yes (Opt)

Multilingual User Interface (MUI) No No No No No No No Yes Yes (Opt)

Authorization

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus Ent Ult

Windows Activation ServiceYes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No

Processor and Memory Support

Features Str Home N Home B Home P Bus N Bus Sm Bus E

nt Ult

Support for 32-bit processors (x86) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Supported memory capacity under 32-bit systems 256 MB 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB Max

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Support for 64-bit processors (x64) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Memory capacity supported under 64-bit systems n/a 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB 128 GB 128 GB 128 GB 128 GB 128 GB

Supported number of CPUs 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2

Vista system configuration requirements:

1. In 32-bit The environment requires 1GB of memory to achieve significant performance improvements, and the 64-bit system environment requires 2GB of DDR3 memory

2. If you want to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit, at least double the memory capacity

3. The hard disk uses an NCQ-compatible SATA interface hard disk

4. Graphics card and system bus: PCI x16 is essential, with at least 128MB of video memory.

5. The configuration of most laptops is too low compared to Vista. However, users can get the best running speed by turning off UI effects and other methods.

Use any of the following CPUs: Intel Core Duo, Intel Core Solo, Intel Pentium M, Mobile Pentium 4 (with or without hyper-threading technology), Intel Celeron M, Intel Xeon (dual core), Intel Pentium Extreme Edition (dual-core), Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition with Hyper-Threading Technology, Pentium D (dual-core), Intel Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading Technology, Celeron D, or

- AMD Athlon 64 FX (single/dual core), AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Turion 64 Mobile, Mobile AMD Athlon 64, Mobile AMD Sempron, AMD Opteron (single/dual core)

- Use any of the following Graphics Chip: Intel 945G Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 945GM Express Series Chipset, or - ATi: Radeon X1900, X1800, X1600, X1300, X850, X800, X700, X600, X550, , 9600, 9550 or 9500 Series, All-in-Wonder X1900, X1800, 2006 Edition, X800, X600, 9800 or 9600 Series, Radeon Xpress 200, Xpress 200 CrossFire, X1300, X800, X700, FX 5900, FX 5700, FX 5600, FX 5500, FX 5200, PCX, GeForce Go 7800, 7600, 7400, 7300, 6800, 6600, 6400, 6200, FX Go5700, FX Go5650, FX Go5600, FX Go5 200, FX Go5100, GeForce 6100/6150, Quadro FX 4500, 4400, 4500 SDI, 4000 SDI, 4000, 3450, 3400, 3000G, 3000, 1400, 1300, 1100, 1000, 540, Quadro NVS 285, NVS 280

Vista RC2 5744-16384 BT and HTTP download

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Build 5744 on the connect site! This version is the last external test version of Vista. This new version of Windows Vista provides users with a higher level of performance and stability - a huge improvement over Windows Vista RC1.

Likewise, Microsoft has fixed many reported bugs in RC1 and implemented these fixes in RC2. Full version number: 5744.16384.061003-1945

File information:

vista_5744.16384.061003-1945_x86fre_client-LRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso, 2,552.57 MB

vista_5744.16384.061 003 -1945_x64fre_client-LRMCxFRE_EN_DVD.iso, 3,609.21 MB

Torrent download: Download provided by demonoid:

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32 64-bit official HTTP download:

/preview/rc2/en/x86/iso/vista_5744.16384.061003-1945_x86fre_client-lrmcfre_en_dvd.iso

64-bit official HTTP download:

/preview/rc2/en/x64/iso/vista_5744.16384.061003-1945_x64fre_client-lrmcxfre_en_dvd.iso

Teach you how to uninstall Vista2006-12-31 12:59☆ Use Daemon Tools Load the Vista CD image (or insert the Vista CD)

☆ Open "Run" (Start>Run), enter cmd

☆ Enter X: (X represents your virtual CD-ROM drive character)

☆ Enter cd boot

☆ Enter bootsect /nt52 SYS (use the boot repair program to change the system disk boot manager)

☆ Restart, Vista The boot manager has disappeared

☆ Delete the:

*Boot folder in the boot disk

*Boot.BAK

*bootmgr

*BOOTSECT.BAK

☆ Format the partition where Vista is located, or modify the permissions and delete the Vista folder

Another method:

After installing Windows Vista, you may find that some applications will have certain problems in Windows Vista - this is why we strongly emphasize checking system compatibility before installing Windows Vista - And want to restore the system to the previous version, such as Windows XP. Anyway, there may be other reasons why you want to uninstall Windows Vista. Here is a brief introduction to how to uninstall Windows Vista.

Uninstallation when Windows Vista is the only operating system on the PC

For the situation where Windows Vista is the only operating system installed on the PC, uninstallation is relatively simple. Back up important data files such as After saving Word documents, emails, etc., just format the hard disk partition directly.

Uninstalling Windows Vista and other operating systems when saving

As we introduced earlier, Windows Vista uses a different Boot Loader from Windows 2000/XP. After installing Windows Vista , the boot process of the hard disk is taken over by Windows Boot Manger (bootmgr). Therefore, directly deleting Windows Vista in a dual-boot/multi-boot system will cause the system to fail due to the loss of the Boot loader.

The following describes the uninstallation method of Windows Vista by taking the situation where Windows Vista and Windows XP are installed in the system at the same time and booted into the respective systems in dual boot mode as an example.

A simple method to install Windows XP and Windows Vista in different partitions

Log in to Windows XP with an administrator account, right-click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop, and select "Manage ", select "Storage" in the pop-up "Computer Management" window =gt; "Disk Management";

Select the Windows Vista installation partition, and select "Format" in the right-click menu - of course, If important data is stored in this partition, please back it up in advance;

Enter "msconfig" in the run dialog box to start the system configuration utility, then select the "BOOT.INI" tab and click "Check all startup paths";

After the check is completed, click "OK" and "Apply". The system will ask whether to restart. You should select "Exit without restarting". Next, in the system disk For example, search for the following files in the C: root directory and delete them. ——First of all, you should set the viewing options of the folder to be able to see system files and hidden files. Boot (directory)] Boot.BAK BOOTSECT.BAK If you cannot delete it due to insufficient permissions, please first ask the administrator to take ownership of the file or directory and set deletion permissions.

Then restart the computer.

The operation of this method is relatively simple. The disadvantage is that it does not completely remove the Windows Vista installation in the system. However, in most cases, it can ensure the normal startup and operation of Windows XP.

For complex installation scenarios such as uninstallation when Windows Vista and Use the Windows XP Recovery Console.

Enter the BIOS to set the PC to boot from the CD-ROM drive, insert the Windows XP installation CD into the CD-ROM drive, and start the system;

When the startup screen of the installation option appears, select "R" to enter the fault recovery control Taiwan; (Note: If your system requires additional SATA/RAID drivers, you should press "F6" to load the corresponding driver first before this interface appears.)

Select the Windows XP system to log in to , the system will give the corresponding operating system list, enter the correct serial number; enter the administrator password to repair;

Run the "fixboot" command to rewrite the boot information of the system hard disk; enter "exit" Exit the recovery console and restart. At this time, the Windows Vista Boot Loader has been cleared from the system.

Boot into Windows XP. If your Windows Vista is installed in a separate partition, you can use Disk Manager to directly format the partition as described above;

For more information In complex situations, such as Windows Vista and other system dedicated partitions, you can directly delete Windows Vista directories or files, such as "Windows", "Users" and other directories;

Similarly, press The method introduced above deletes the "Boot" directory and "Boot.BAK", "BOOTSECT.BAK" files and "bootmgr" files in the root directory of the system hard disk. As for the Recycle Bin, you can judge whether to delete it according to the situation;

Right-click "My Computer", select "Properties" =gt; "Advanced" =gt; "Startup and Recovery" =gt; "Settings", check whether Windows XP is the default operating system, if not , set it as the default;

Click the "Edit" button on this page, which will use Notepad to open the "boot.ini" file, find the settings related to Windows Vista and delete them one by one;

For safety reasons, after completing the above steps, you can use "msconfig" to check whether the startup items are set correctly. According to the method introduced above, click "Check all" in the system configuration utility "BOOT.INI" page. "Startup path", and "It seems that all the Microsoft operating system lines in BOOT.INI are correct" - a rather awkward sentence. It is estimated that according to the standards of primary school Chinese teachers, some people at Microsoft China need to rework - that is, you are done.