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Summary[edit]

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Description	Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate using the Windows Aero theme and visual style.
Source	Screenshot taken by Wikipedian Paowee (talk · contribs).
Author	For the screenshot: Paowee (talk · contribs) For Windows itself: Microsoft
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[edit]

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Rationale[edit]

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.

Non-free media rationale for Features new to Windows Vista
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.

Non-free media rationale for Development of Windows Vista
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.

Non-free media rationale for History of Microsoft Windows
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

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:22, 21 December 2022		640 × 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 2020	No thumbnail	640 × 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 2017	No thumbnail	365 × 273 (95 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	19:54, 29 August 2016	No thumbnail	800 × 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 2010	No thumbnail	800 × 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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