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Windows Vista is an operating system that was the successor of Windows XP and the predecessor of Windows 7. It is not maintained nor supported anymore.

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As of April 8, 2017 Microsoft has stopped the support for Windows Vista. See the official recommendations.

Windows Vista is an operating system developed and sold by Microsoft. The successor to Microsoft's popular Windows XP (), Vista incorporates new features such as the Windows Aero desktop UI, improved home network support, Windows Search, and improved security features like the User Access Control (UAC) ().

Windows Vista was announced on July 22, 2005, and development was officially completed on November 8, 2006. It was released worldwide on January 30, 2007, after being initially released through business customers and OEMs.

By October 22, 2009, Microsoft released Windows 7 (), the successor of Vista.

Windows Vista ceased sales on October 22, 2010. As of 2012, the Vista market share was estimated at less than 7%.

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Maximum filename length in NTFS (Windows XP and Windows Vista)?

I'm designing a database table which will hold filenames of uploaded files. What is the maximum length of a filename in NTFS as used by Windows XP or Vista?
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Launching an application (.EXE) from C#?

How can I launch an application using C#? Requirements: Must work on Windows XP and Windows Vista. I have seen a sample from DinnerNow.net sampler that only works in Windows Vista.
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IIS does not list a website that matches the launch url

I need to debug the website i 'm developing (ASP.NET MVC3, Razor, .NET 4, VS2010 SP1 (as administrator)) in IIS7 (Vista Home) and getting the error: IIS does not list a website that matches the launch url. To test if it has to do something with the…
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eclipse stuck when building workspace

I am using eclipse 3.4.1 Java EE under Vista. It seems to like getting stuck when building my workspace. Canceling the build doesn't seem to do anything as well. Why is this happening and how do I fix the problem?
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Request UAC elevation from within a Python script?

I want my Python script to copy files on Vista. When I run it from a normal cmd.exe window, no errors are generated, yet the files are NOT copied. If I run cmd.exe "as administator" and then run my script, it works fine. This makes sense since User…
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How do I disable the 'Debug / Close Application' dialog on Windows Vista?

When an application crashes on Windows and a debugger such as Visual Studio is installed the following modal dialog appears: [Title: Microsoft Windows] X has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will…
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Node.Js on windows - How to clear console

Being totally new into node.js environment and philosophy i would like answers to few questions. I had downloaded the node.js for windows installer and also node package manager.Windows Cmd prompt is being currently used for running nodejs…
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How to elevate privileges only when required?

This question applies to Windows Vista! I have an application which normally works without administrative privileges. There is one activity which does need administrative privilege but I don't want to start the application itself with higher…
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How to request administrator permissions when the program starts?

I need my software to be able to run as administrator on Windows Vista (if someone runs it without administrative permissions, it will crash). When launching other software, I've seen a prompt by the system like "this software will run as…
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Detect if running as Administrator with or without elevated privileges?

I have an application that needs to detect whether or not it is running with elevated privileges or not. I currently have code set up like this: static bool IsAdministrator() { WindowsIdentity identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); …
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Windows batch file starting directory when 'run as admin'

I have a batch file which is in a directory and must be run from there as well because it updates files within this directory. This works perfectly fine, except when the user runs the batch file as administrator (required on Vista). Then the…
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How do I find which application is using up my port?

I am unable to start GlassFish, because it keeps showing this error message: SEVERE: Shutting down v3 due to startup exception : No free port within range: 8080=com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.monitor.MonitorableSelectorHandler@ed7d1 How can I…
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How can I view the allocation unit size of a NTFS partition in Vista?

Which built in (if any) tool can I use to determine the allocation unit size of a certain NTFS partition ?
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How do you run a command as an administrator from the Windows command line?

I have a small script that performs the build and install process on Windows for a Bazaar repository I'm managing. I'm trying to run the script with elevated, administrative privileges from within the Windows shell (cmd.exe)--just as if I'd…
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How do you clear your Visual Studio cache on Windows Vista?

I have a problem where my ASP.NET controls are not able to be referenced from the code behind files. I found a solution in Stack Overflow question ASP.NET controls cannot be referenced in code-behind in Visual Studio 2008. But I cannot seem to find…
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