Just days after the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced platform updates for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, with more runtime libraries for supporting new technologies.
“The Platform Update for Windows Vista features a set of runtime libraries which add support for new technologies,” Brandon LeBlanc, a spokesperson for Microsoft, wrote in a posting on The Windows Blog, “making it easier for developers to develop for Windows 7 and Windows Vista without impacting their users.”
The free Platform Update is available through Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services and the Microsoft Download Center. Among the features contained:
More information about the update can be found on this Microsoft site.
Microsoft is also issuing a Platform Update for Windows Server 2008, which includes the Windows Automation API, Windows Ribbon and Animation Manager Library APIs, and the Windows Graphics, Imaging, and XPS Library.
Windows Vista will likely go down in tech history as one of the great misfires by a major IT company. Soon after its 2007 release, the operating system gained a reputation as memory-intensive and application incompatible. Users complained that Vista’s User Account Control was too aggressive in asking them to approve changes to the system, and IT pros raised a variety of security concerns.
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