Modder brings Windows 7 and Vista back to life with up-to-date updates

Windows 7 and Vista are staging an unexpected comeback as users push back against Windows 11.

Windows 7 and Vista return! Thank this modder’s ready-to-install ISOs

Windows 11’s track record hasn’t been great. Every update seems to cause all kinds of problems, which is why many users would ...
ExtremeTech

Enthusiast Releases Up‑to‑Date ISOs for Windows 7 and Vista

Windows 7 and Vista have unofficially come back to life 9 years after Microsoft ended support for the latter OS. Tech ...
TweakTown

Miss Windows Vista? Well, both of you can now recreate the OS in Windows 11 with a new mod

TL;DR: A Windows Vista-inspired theme for Windows 11 has been facilitated via Windhawk, which offers a library of mods that can be used to customize Microsoft's OS. Be warned: the setup is fiddly, ...
Opinion

Hasta la vista! Microsoft finally ends extended updates for ancient Windows version

Support expires for Windows Server 2008, and the codebase released to manufacturing in 2006 Microsoft has quietly maintained support for an OS that's nearly 18 years old, but its time has finally ...
Computerworld

Windows Vista and Longhorn Server: How they work better together

Longhorn Server and Vista are of the same ilk. Over 70% of the code in the two products is shared; in fact, Vista and Longhorn Server were being developed together for much of the Vista development ...
InfoWorld

How Vista mistakes guided changes to Windows development

Microsoft engages in an extended public mea culpa about Vista, admitting the key reasons why the OS failed among business customers About a year ago on its Redmond, Washington, campus, a member of ...