Criticism of Windows Vista including Photoshop and WinRAR, also performed worse under Vista. Many low-to-mid-end machines that come with Windows Vista pre-installed suffer from exceptionally slow performance with the default Vista settings that come pre-loaded, and laptop manufacturers have offered to "downgrade" laptops to Windows XP—for a price. However, this "price" is unnecessary, as Microsoft allows users of Windows Vista and Windows 7 to freely "downgrade" their software by installing XP and then phoning a Microsoft representative for a new product key. When first released in November 2006, Vista performed file operations such as copying and deletion more slowly than other operating systems. Large
Management features new to Windows Vista Startup Repair checks for corruption of operating system and other components, such as Boot Configuration Data, disk and file system metadata, the Master Boot Record, and the Windows Registry. Microsoft has stated that the utility is intended to repair over eighty percent of issues. "Package Manager", part of the Windows Vista servicing stack, replaces the previous "Package Installer" (codice_1) and "Update Installer" (codice_2). Microsoft delivers updates for Windows Vista as files and resources only. Package Manager, Windows Update, and the Control Panel item to turn Windows features on and off, all use the Windows Vista servicing stack. Package Manager can