Windows XP Vs. Windows Vista

The Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista INTRODUCTION

Most times it is often a phenomenon that in a bid to make some things better , some other things has to be compromised . That is the circumstance that surrounds the newly released operating system by Microsoft , Windows Vista . It was released finally on November 8 , 2006 after it was announced on July 22 , 2005 . The initial version of it tagged Longhorn was lunched before Vista was eventually released to the market , for purchase . There are a good number of upgrades and features added

in comparison with the previous Microsoft operating System (Windows XP . These includes the Graphic User Interface , which is the most prominent , improved search engine , Windows DVD Maker (new multimedia tools , new internet protocol component i .e . ipv6 , enhanced networking wizard , and lots more . Most importantly the primary target of Microsoft in introducing Windows Vista is fostering their operating system 's security , which is a major criticism heard against Windows XP and its predecessors

DEVELOPMENT OF WINDOWS XP

The development of Windows XP started since 1999 . Before Windows XP was eventually built , there has been series of build development just as it was for Vista . Firstly , it was Build 2211 also called Neptune Build 2211 (build date of March 9 ,2000 , later Build 2250 (released to testers on July 13 , 2000 and is similar to Windows 2000 and Windows ME , Build 2257 (released August 2000 and it is the first to include Microsoft Personal Firewall , Build 2267 (released October 3 , 2000 , Build 2287 , Build 2223 .1 (released April 11 , 2000 , Beta 1 (Build 2296 , and was released October 31 , 2000 . Early 2001 other sets of builds was released which are categorized as Pre-Beta 2 . Under the Pre-Beta , are the Build 2410 released on January 4 , 2001 , which has a new features like , Internet Explorer 6 .0 , Outlook Express 6 .0 , Internet Information Services 5 .1 Windows Movie Maker 1 .1 , Windows Media Player 8 .0 etc . On January 16 and 23 , 2001 , Build 2416 and Build 2419 was released respectively . Several other Builds were released until October 25 , 2001 when the long awaited Microsoft Windows XP formerly known as Whistler ' was released to the general public . The name XP is culled from the word eXPerience

DEVELOMENT OF WINDOWS VISTA

The development of the Windows Vista commenced after the introduction of Windows XP in 2001 . It was firstly introduced as Longhorn ' which is much based on Windows XP source code . Later the Vista development started afresh which is built on the Windows Server 2003 code base and re-incorporating only the features that would be intended for an actual operating system release . After Vista was released , beta test program a version of a program that is released for testing , especially by some special agents ) was introduced and distributed at the Microsoft Developer conference in 2005 and subsequently released to beta testers and Microsoft Developer Network subscribers . Following the build of the final products , the planned new features , most especially the change in...