Development of Windows Vista 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 in British Columbia, Longhorn is the name of a bar between the two mountains that
Features new to Windows Vista display, the operating system will move the window back to the primary display so that it remains visible. Application developers can also respond to changing monitor conditions. While a presentation is active, Windows Vista disables idle sleep timers and system notifications, and may optionally enable a variety of settings specified by the user. Presentation settings that users may customize include the ability to disable the screen saver, adjust volume levels, temporarily display a specific background image on the display and/or change its position, and to automatically enable these presentation settings with individual display configurations. Windows Vista also introduces an Aero