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Windows_Vista.png (640 × 480 pixels, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/png)

Summary

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Non-free media data
Description

Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate using the Windows Aero theme and visual style.

Source

Screenshot taken by Wikipedian Paowee (talk · contribs).

Author
Portion used

Full screenshot showing the Start menu, Windows Sidebar and Welcome Centre all of which are seen upon first install.

Low resolution?

Yes; 640x480 - exactly half the resolution the screenshot was taken at.

Licensing

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Rationale

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Non-free media rationale for Windows Vista
Article

Windows Vista

Purpose of use

Used to identify Windows Vista, the subject of the article, and aids in providing critical commentary.

Replaceable?

Irreplaceable. Windows Vista and all its screenshots are copyrighted intellectual digital properties of Microsoft corporation. No less-restrictive equivalent screenshot is known to be present.

Article

Features new to Windows Vista

Purpose of use

Used to identify and discuss Windows Aero, a significant feature of Windows Vista.

Replaceable?

Irreplaceable. Windows Vista and all its screenshots are copyrighted intellectual digital properties of Microsoft corporation. No less-restrictive equivalent screenshot is known to be present.

Article

Development of Windows Vista

Purpose of use

Used in a comparative educational article about different stages of Windows Vista development

Replaceable?

Irreplaceable. Windows Vista and all its screenshots are copyrighted intellectual digital properties of Microsoft corporation. No less-restrictive equivalent screenshot is known to be present.

Non-free media rationale for Windows Aero
Article

Windows Aero

Purpose of use

Helps identify Windows Aero

Replaceable?

Irreplaceable. Windows Vista and all its screenshots are copyrighted intellectual digital properties of Microsoft corporation. No less-restrictive equivalent screenshot is known to be present.

Article

History of Microsoft Windows

Purpose of use

This screenshot of a significant product, which features prominently in the history of Microsoft Windows, helps identify the significant changes and milestones in the history of Microsoft.

Replaceable?

Irreplaceable. Windows Vista and all its screenshots are copyrighted intellectual digital properties of Microsoft corporation. No less-restrictive equivalent screenshot is known to be present.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:22, 21 December 2022Thumbnail for version as of 15:22, 21 December 2022640 × 480 (263 KB)Paowee (talk | contribs)Updated screenshot to the point where Vista has all applicable updates installed (including IE) before it's EOL, also downscaled to 640x480 from 1280x960 with bilinear filtering.
11:41, 17 January 2020No thumbnail640 × 480 (248 KB)Граймс (talk | contribs)New screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate taken at 1280x960 then downscaled to 640x480 using bilinear filtering in Photoshop to preserve most details. The Start menu, Windows Sidebar and the Welcome Centre are shown, as those are the first things a user will see upon installing the operating system.
17:34, 16 February 2017No thumbnail365 × 273 (95 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
19:54, 29 August 2016No thumbnail800 × 600 (302 KB)Ian Wolfman (talk | contribs)The same screenshot, but with the Windows Sidebar, a Windows component that is enabled by default in clean installations of Windows Vista.
22:12, 13 January 2010No thumbnail800 × 600 (297 KB)Grayshi (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 20:06, 7 June 2007 the complete opposite, you actually increased the filesize

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