Criticism of Windows Vista soon picked up by international media outlets: "Jornal de Notícias", Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, "La Nación", "The Chosun Ilbo", and 163.com. Criticism of Windows Vista Windows Vista, an operating system released by Microsoft for consumers on January 30, 2007, has been widely criticized by reviewers and users. Due to issues with new security features, performance, driver support and product activation, Windows Vista has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups. For security reasons, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (and of Windows 7 as well) allow only signed drivers to be installed in kernel mode.
Development of Windows Vista the longhorn codename in a prominent manner. Microsoft started work on Service Pack 2 soon after Service Pack 1 was released, as Windows Server 2008 uses the same codebase as Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Service Pack 2 is the first service pack to be released for both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista simultaneously, sharing the same binary. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Pre-Beta Build Number 6002.16489.lh_sp2beta.080924-1740 (Version 105) Released in October 2008. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Build Number 6002.16497.081017-1605 (Version 113) Released December 4, 2008. Download became available in the Microsoft Download Center. Windows Vista Service