Technical features new to Windows Vista (English Wikipedia)

"What's New in Message Queuing 4.0". Message Queuing (MSMQ). Microsoft Developer Network. Archived from the original on 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2006-08-05.

cnet.com

reviews.cnet.com

CNET.com (2007). "Windows Vista Ultimate Review". Archived from the original on 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2007-01-31.

creative.com

support.creative.com

"Creative Technology - Support - Audio in Windows Vista". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2011-09-15.

developer.com

Shutdown Changes for Windows Vista Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine and Handling OS shutdown in Windows Vista Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine

digitalfive.org

Kristan M. Kenney (June 5, 2006). "Guided Help in Windows Vista". digitalfive. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-02-26.

impress.co.jp

pc.watch.impress.co.jp

"Windows Vista - ClearType - Meiryo". PC Watch. August 29, 2005. Archived from the original on February 22, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.

loc.gov

webarchive.loc.gov

"IMAPI 2.0 is a DLL, not a Windows service". Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-02.

microsoft.com

msdn.microsoft.com

"MSDN - A Wave Port Driver for Real-Time Audio Streaming". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
"Policy for Sample Rate Conversion of Audio Streams (Windows Drivers)". Dev Center - Hardware. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
Windows Vista, SAPI Talking Windows Archived 2007-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
"About Kernel Transaction Manager". MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
Microsoft. "Restart Manager". MSDN Library. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
Shutdown Changes for Windows Vista Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine and Handling OS shutdown in Windows Vista Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
"Low-fragmentation Heap: Heap functions - MSDN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
Microsoft. "Image Mastering API - What's New". MSDN. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Symbolic Links". MSDN. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
"Searching data". Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
"Querying the Index Programmatically". MSDN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
"ISearchQueryHelper::GenerateSQLFromUserQuery Method". Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
"Extend The Global Reach Of Your Applications With Unicode 5.0". MSDN. Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
"What's New in Windows Vista — System Font (Segoe UI)". MSDN. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2006-04-21.
"Top Ten UI breakthroughs for WPF". Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
"Enabling Text Correction for Custom Ink Collectors". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

microsoft.com

"Custom Audio Effects in Windows Vista". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
"Printing Enhancements in Windows Vista". Microsoft. 2005-09-02. Archived from the original on 2006-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
"Client Side Rendering". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
"New Networking Features in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft. February 15, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
"Protected Processes in Windows Vista". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
"Plug and Play: Architecture and Driver Support". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
See Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine for details on BCD.
"Digital Signatures for Kernel Modules on x64-based Systems Running Windows Vista". WHDC. Microsoft. May 19, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2006-05-19.
"Inside the Windows Vista kernel". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
"Windows Vista: Performance". Microsoft. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2006-04-30.
Microsoft (May 11, 2006). "I/O Prioritization in Windows Vista". Driver Fundamentals. Windows Hardware Developer Central. Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
Russinovich, Mark. "Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1". TechNet. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
"Quality Windows Audio-Video Experience - qWave". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
"Microsoft release regarding Network Projection". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
"FRS and Sysvol Improvements". What's New in Group Policy in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft TechNet. Retrieved 2006-08-04.

download.microsoft.com

Microsoft (April 21, 2014). "Microphone Array Support in Windows" (DOC). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
"XPS and Color Printing Enhancements in Microsoft Windows Vista". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
Windows NT 6.x Kernel Changes Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. (Word document)
Ritz, Andrew (2004). "EFI and Windows 'Longhorn'". Microsoft. Archived from the original (PPT) on June 9, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
Microsoft (February 4, 2008). "Boot Configuration Data in Windows Vista" (DOCX). Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
Mangefeste, Tony; Walp, David (2006). "Optical Platform: Windows Vista and Beyond". Microsoft. Archived from the original (PPT) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Loveall, John (2006). "Windows Storage Directions: Windows Vista And Beyond". Microsoft. Archived from the original (PPT) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft (November 20, 2007). "Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008". Archived from the original (DOCX) on 2015-01-31. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
Aul, Gabriel (2006). "Windows Vista Performance Technologies" (PPT). Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

technet.microsoft.com

"Eliminating Acoustic Echo". TechNet. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1 Archived 2009-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Microsoft Technet
"Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part I". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
Microsoft. "Chkdsk". TechNet. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Notable Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1". TechNet. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

support.microsoft.com

Microsoft. "Description of the Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) update package in Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0". Support. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Microsoft support policy for 4K sector hard drives in Windows". Support. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
"The staging and the installation of driver packages by using the PnP Utility (Pnputil.exe) in Windows Vista". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2007-10-27.

social.msdn.microsoft.com

"Artifacts on Windows 7 due to sample rate conversion". Windows Desktop Development Forums discussion thread. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-01-17.

forums.microsoft.com

"IMAPI 2.0 is a DLL, not a Windows service". Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-02.

windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com

"What's New in Message Queuing 4.0". Message Queuing (MSMQ). Microsoft Developer Network. Archived from the original on 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2006-08-05.

windows.microsoft.com

"Network projectors: Frequently asked questions - Windows Help". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

msblog.org

Gan, Jabez (September 16, 2005). "NTFS Changes in Vista. Any changes?". MSBlogs. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

msdn.com

channel9.msdn.com

"Steve Ball - Learning about Audio in Windows Vista". Channel 9. Microsoft. September 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
"Windows Vista Audio Stack and API". Channel 9. Microsoft. December 13, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
Scoble, Robert (January 4, 2006). "Robert Fripp - Behind the scenes at Windows Vista recording session". Channel 9. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Tim Sneath (November 17, 2005). "Inside Windows Vista Printing". Channel 9. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.

blogs.msdn.com

"16 bits and more printing on Windows". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
"The space bar is the new F8 when it comes to Vista and Server 2008 boot options". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
Tom Archer (April 14, 2006). "ReadyBoost - Using Your USB Key to Speed Up Windows Vista". Tom Archer's Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2006-05-21.
Catherine Heller. "Windows Vista Search: Syntax Update". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-06-23.

sitestream.com

microsoft.sitestream.com

Vista Speech Demo Archived 2006-05-27 at the Wayback Machine from the Professional Developers Conference 2005 (link requires Internet Explorer)

softpedia.com

archive.news.softpedia.com

Oiaga, Marius (December 7, 2006). "The Windows Vista Volume Mixer". Softpedia. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

studylib.net

"Active State Power Management in Windows Vista". studylib.net. Archived from the original on 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2021-03-19.

technet.com

blogs.technet.com

"Audio Innovations in Windows Vista". TechNet. Microsoft. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
"Universal Disk FOrmat (UDF) Beta Chat Transcript (September 01, 2006)". MSDN Blogs. Microsoft. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
"Self-healing NTFS in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista". TechNet. Microsoft. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

usb.org

See the USB Midi Devices 1.0 Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine standard document for more information on MIDI Elements.
See section 3.3 of the USB Audio Devices 1.0 Archived 2006-12-30 at the Wayback Machine standard document for more information on endpoint types.

web.archive.org

"Steve Ball - Learning about Audio in Windows Vista". Channel 9. Microsoft. September 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
"Windows Vista Audio Stack and API". Channel 9. Microsoft. December 13, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
"MSDN - A Wave Port Driver for Real-Time Audio Streaming". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
"Creative Technology - Support - Audio in Windows Vista". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
"Policy for Sample Rate Conversion of Audio Streams (Windows Drivers)". Dev Center - Hardware. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
"Artifacts on Windows 7 due to sample rate conversion". Windows Desktop Development Forums discussion thread. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
Allchin, Jim (December 6, 2006). "Audio Improvements in Windows Vista". Windows Vista Team Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
"Custom Audio Effects in Windows Vista". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
See the USB Midi Devices 1.0 Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine standard document for more information on MIDI Elements.
See section 3.3 of the USB Audio Devices 1.0 Archived 2006-12-30 at the Wayback Machine standard document for more information on endpoint types.
Scoble, Robert (January 4, 2006). "Robert Fripp - Behind the scenes at Windows Vista recording session". Channel 9. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Allchin, Jim (November 9, 2006). "The Sounds of Windows Vista". Windows Vista Team Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Oiaga, Marius (December 7, 2006). "The Windows Vista Volume Mixer". Softpedia. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
"Audio Innovations in Windows Vista". TechNet. Microsoft. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Microsoft (April 21, 2014). "Microphone Array Support in Windows" (DOC). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
"Eliminating Acoustic Echo". TechNet. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Windows Vista, SAPI Talking Windows Archived 2007-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
Vista Speech Demo Archived 2006-05-27 at the Wayback Machine from the Professional Developers Conference 2005 (link requires Internet Explorer)
"Printing Enhancements in Windows Vista". Microsoft. 2005-09-02. Archived from the original on 2006-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
"Client Side Rendering". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
"16 bits and more printing on Windows". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
"XPS and Color Printing Enhancements in Microsoft Windows Vista". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
Tim Sneath (November 17, 2005). "Inside Windows Vista Printing". Channel 9. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
"New Networking Features in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft. February 15, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
"About Kernel Transaction Manager". MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1 Archived 2009-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Microsoft Technet
"Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part I". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
"Protected Processes in Windows Vista". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
"Active State Power Management in Windows Vista". studylib.net. Archived from the original on 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
Windows NT 6.x Kernel Changes Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. (Word document)
"Plug and Play: Architecture and Driver Support". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
See Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine for details on BCD.
"The space bar is the new F8 when it comes to Vista and Server 2008 boot options". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
Microsoft. "Restart Manager". MSDN Library. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
Shutdown Changes for Windows Vista Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine and Handling OS shutdown in Windows Vista Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
Ritz, Andrew (2004). "EFI and Windows 'Longhorn'". Microsoft. Archived from the original (PPT) on June 9, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
Microsoft (February 4, 2008). "Boot Configuration Data in Windows Vista" (DOCX). Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
"Low-fragmentation Heap: Heap functions - MSDN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
Mangefeste, Tony; Walp, David (2006). "Optical Platform: Windows Vista and Beyond". Microsoft. Archived from the original (PPT) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Image Mastering API - What's New". MSDN. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Description of the Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) update package in Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0". Support. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
"Universal Disk FOrmat (UDF) Beta Chat Transcript (September 01, 2006)". MSDN Blogs. Microsoft. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Symbolic Links". MSDN. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Loveall, John (2006). "Windows Storage Directions: Windows Vista And Beyond". Microsoft. Archived from the original (PPT) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
"Self-healing NTFS in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista". TechNet. Microsoft. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Chkdsk". TechNet. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Microsoft support policy for 4K sector hard drives in Windows". Support. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Gan, Jabez (September 16, 2005). "NTFS Changes in Vista. Any changes?". MSBlogs. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
Microsoft. "Notable Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1". TechNet. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
CNET.com (2007). "Windows Vista Ultimate Review". Archived from the original on 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
"Digital Signatures for Kernel Modules on x64-based Systems Running Windows Vista". WHDC. Microsoft. May 19, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2006-05-19.
"The staging and the installation of driver packages by using the PnP Utility (Pnputil.exe) in Windows Vista". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
Microsoft (November 20, 2007). "Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008". Archived from the original (DOCX) on 2015-01-31. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
Tom Archer (April 14, 2006). "ReadyBoost - Using Your USB Key to Speed Up Windows Vista". Tom Archer's Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2006-05-21.
"Inside the Windows Vista kernel". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
"Windows Vista: Performance". Microsoft. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2006-04-30.
Microsoft (May 11, 2006). "I/O Prioritization in Windows Vista". Driver Fundamentals. Windows Hardware Developer Central. Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
Aul, Gabriel (2006). "Windows Vista Performance Technologies" (PPT). Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
Russinovich, Mark. "Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1". TechNet. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
Jim Allchin. "Offline Files". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
"Searching data". Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
Catherine Heller. "Windows Vista Search: Syntax Update". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
"Querying the Index Programmatically". MSDN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
"ISearchQueryHelper::GenerateSQLFromUserQuery Method". Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
"Quality Windows Audio-Video Experience - qWave". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
"Extend The Global Reach Of Your Applications With Unicode 5.0". MSDN. Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
"What's New in Windows Vista — System Font (Segoe UI)". MSDN. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2006-04-21.
"Windows Vista - ClearType - Meiryo". PC Watch. August 29, 2005. Archived from the original on February 22, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
"Microsoft release regarding Network Projection". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
"Network projectors: Frequently asked questions - Windows Help". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
"Top Ten UI breakthroughs for WPF". Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
Kristan M. Kenney (June 5, 2006). "Guided Help in Windows Vista". digitalfive. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
"Enabling Text Correction for Custom Ink Collectors". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

windowsvistablog.com

Allchin, Jim (December 6, 2006). "Audio Improvements in Windows Vista". Windows Vista Team Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
Allchin, Jim (November 9, 2006). "The Sounds of Windows Vista". Windows Vista Team Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
Jim Allchin. "Offline Files". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-06-14.