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Some more FAQ with more details on Windows Vista listed below.

• Is Windows Vista more useful for the business users?

  Microsoft Windows Vista is a significant release for more than 600+ million Windows users is said by Microsoft, it doesn't matter whether they are using Windows for home or official use. But on the other side excellent security improvements in Windows Vista will surely benefit business users. But as well Windows Vista has most changes useful for the consumers too.

  This OS includes new versions of Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker, new applications like Windows Photo Gallery and Windows DVD Maker.

• Will there be a new server for Windows Vista?

  Yes there is new server for Windows Vista, this product codenamed Longhorn Server right now, but sooner it will be called as Windows Server 2008. It is not going to be called Windows Vista Server. Longhorn Server was being developed concurrently with Windows Vista, but it will ship in the late of 2007.

• Microsoft was shipping some Windows Vista technologies separately for Windows XP. What's up with that?

  Microsoft already announced that the Windows Presentation Foundation, "Avalon", Windows Communication Foundation, "Indigo" and Web services technologies, and the .NET Framework 3.0, "WinFX" application programming interface available for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1.

  These technologies had been described as key parts of Windows Vista, "Longhorn", Microsoft then realized that developers would be more able to target Avalon and Indigo if available to more number of audience than only Windows Vista. Afterwards Microsoft announced that other Vista technologies, like Internet Explorer 7 and the Windows Sidebar would also be ported to Windows XP.

• WPF, WCF, and .NET Framework 3.0 available distinctly from Windows Vista, doesn't make Windows Vista less exciting?

  It is not the case actually. The technologies listed are for the developers only, and so don't affect the end user experience on Windows Vista. Instead Microsoft is making these technologies availability wider, so Windows Vista-compatible applications are coming earlier rather than later.

  Long wait and less features by Microsoft will make Windows vista less exciting, so number of features in Windows vista had to drop to release it within the deadlines.