Development of Windows Vista How to Find Build and Revision Number of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Installed Development of Windows Vista Development of Windows Vista occurred over the span of five and a half years, starting in earnest in May 2001, prior to the release of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, and continuing until November 2006. Microsoft originally expected to ship the new version sometime late in 2003 as a minor step between Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler") and Windows 7 (codenamed "Blackcomb" and "Vienna"). Vista's original codename, "Longhorn", was an allusion to this plan: While Whistler and Blackcomb are large ski resorts
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