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The problem with UAC was that it led to complacency, with people clicking вЂњyesвЂќ to almost anything - taking security back to the pre-UAC state. It was buggy, burdened the user with hundreds of requests for app permissions under вЂњUser Account ControlвЂќ - the outcome of the Trustworthy Computing initiative which now meant that users had to approve or disapprove attempts by programs to make various changes. Its development, under the codename вЂњLonghornвЂќ, was troubled, with ambitious elements abandoned in order to get it into production.

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Vista updated the look and feel of Windows with more focus on transparent elements, search and security.

Windows XP stayed the course for close to six years before being replaced by Windows Vista in January 2007. Windows Vista, arguably worse than Windows ME. Windows XPвЂ™s huge popularity turned out to be a boon for hackers and criminals, who exploited its flaws, especially in Internet Explorer, mercilessly - leading Bill Gates to initiate a вЂњTrustworthy ComputingвЂќ initiative and the subsequent issuance of to Service Pack updates that hardened XP against attack substantially. Its biggest problem was security: though it had a firewall built in, it was turned off by default. Windows XP was still used on an estimated 430m PCs when it was discontinued. Windows XP was the longest running Microsoft operating system, seeing three major updates and support up until April 2014 вЂ“ 13 years from its original release date.

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The Start menu and task bar got a visual overhaul, bringing the familiar green Start button, blue task bar and vista wallpaper, along with various shadow and other visual effects.Д¬learType, which was designed to make text easier to read on LCD screens, was introduced, as were built-in CD burning, autoplay from CDs and other media, plus various automated update and recovery tools, that unlike Windows ME actually worked. It was based on Windows NT like Windows 2000, but brought the consumer-friendly elements from Windows ME.

Photograph: Schrift-Architekt/flickrДЄrguably one of the best Windows versions, Windows XP was released in October 2001 and brought MicrosoftвЂ™s enterprise line and consumer line of operating systems under one roof. Later revisions of Windows 95 included IE by default, as Netscape Navigator and NCSA Mosaic were popular at the time. Internet Explorer also made its debut on Windows 95, but was not installed by default requiring the Windows 95 Plus! pack. MS-DOS still played an important role for Windows 95, which required it to run some programmes and elements. Windows 95 also introduced a 32-bit environment, the task bar and focused on multitasking. That was the idea it didnвЂ™t always work in practice.

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It also introduced the concept of вЂњplug and playвЂќ вЂ“ connect a peripheral and the operating system finds the appropriate drivers for it and makes it work.

As the name implies, Windows 95 arrived in August 1995 and with it brought the first ever Start button and Start menu (launched with a gigantic advertising campaign that used the Rolling StonesвЂ™ Start Me Up, and a couple of months later Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry.

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