New Windows Vista Ultimate extras released


Recommended Posts

I searched for a couple of minutes and didn't find anything on this so I'll go ahead and post.

Today I had a notification that there were a bunch of new Office 2007 updates and below that I noticed two new Windows Vista Ultimate extras; Windows DreamScene content pack #4 and Ultimate sounds for Windows Tinker.

Haven't played around with Tinker yet but the three new DreamScene's sure are boring.

Meh, they're hardly extras :/

I don't even use Ultimate because there's nothing that Ultimate has that I need that Home Premium doesn't. I doubt that'll change, as it doesn't look that Microsoft is going to provide any extras for Ultimate that are useful.

Sadly I can't install anymore updates and such.. Ultimate extras add up at least a couple of GBs to my installation and I've set up only a 15GB partition for Windows :(

...And you can't increase the partition size? :p

Meh, they're hardly extras :/

I don't even use Ultimate because there's nothing that Ultimate has that I need that Home Premium doesn't. I doubt that'll change, as it doesn't look that Microsoft is going to provide any extras for Ultimate that are useful.

I can't complain about Ultimate because I got it for $15 through my college (University of Nebraska - Lincoln). :D

What is that Tinker thingie?

It's just a little game, nothing major like I initially thought.

the whole ultimate extras thing was a disaster. it was a good idea from a marketing perspective but in reality it wasn't really practical. i hope nobody bought ultimate on the promise of "ultimate extras" alone (although i suspect some people were stupid enough)

anyway i suspect this is one feature we won't be seeing in windows 7....... hopefully

Ultimate has the following (notable) features over Home Premium:

* Remote Desktop Connection

* Windows Media Center AND can be a member of a Domain (w/ Home Premium you just get WMC, and with Buisness you get the domain. Ultimate is the only version that can do both).

That is (basically) the only reason to choose Ultimate over the other versions of Windows Vista. The extras have been worthless so far. Ultimate should come with an antivirus or SOMETHING IMHO.

Meh, they're hardly extras :/

I don't even use Ultimate because there's nothing that Ultimate has that I need that Home Premium doesn't. I doubt that'll change, as it doesn't look that Microsoft is going to provide any extras for Ultimate that are useful.

+1

Home Premium FTW.

With what you actually get over Home Premium, Ultimate isn't worth double the price, unless you just "really" need to join a domain. I use Team Viewer more than remote desktop, and honestly I think it works better and has more features too.

The game looks neat but seriously, i'm upset to see that the Ultimate Extras weren't as big as they were going to be, and the lack of extras.

Seriously, if they do the Ultimate thing for Win Seven it'll be a shame. What's so Ultimate about it?

Don't you just miss the days when the OS was an OS and had everything for all who bought it. Darn money makers! LOL!

I agree with Shadrack, it should come with A/V or the optional to use OneCare at least.

The game looks neat but seriously, i'm upset to see that the Ultimate Extras weren't as big as they were going to be, and the lack of extras.

Seriously, if they do the Ultimate thing for Win Seven it'll be a shame. What's so Ultimate about it?

Don't you just miss the days when the OS was an OS and had everything for all who bought it. Darn money makers! LOL!

I think that might be part of the reason people are switching to OS X nowadays. You buy the OS and you have the full package. Apple's 'Choose a Vista' ad is one of the few I actually agree with completely.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Win11Debloat 2026.06.14 by Razvan Serea Win11Debloat is a lightweight, easy to use PowerShell script that allows you to quickly declutter and customize your Windows experience. It can remove pre-installed bloatware apps, disable telemetry, remove intrusive interface elements and much more. The script also includes many features that system administrators and power users will enjoy. Such as a powerful command-line interface, support for Windows Audit mode and the option to make changes to other Windows users. All changes made by Win11Debloat can be easily reversed, and most removed apps can be restored via the Microsoft Store. A full guide on how to undo the changes is available here. Win11Debloat features: Below is an overview of the key features and functionality offered by Win11Debloat. Please refer to the wiki for more information about the default settings preset. Remove a wide variety of preinstalled apps. Click here for more info. Disable telemetry, diagnostic data, activity history, app-launch tracking & targeted ads. Disable tips, tricks, suggestions & ads across Windows. Disable Windows location services & app location access. Disable Find My Device location tracking. Disable 'Windows Spotlight' and tips & tricks on the lock screen. Disable 'Windows Spotlight' desktop background option. Disable ads, suggestions and the MSN news feed in Microsoft Edge. Hide Microsoft 365 ads on the Settings 'Home' page, or hide the 'Home' page entirely. Disable & remove Microsoft Copilot. Disable Windows Recall. Disable Click to Do, AI text & image analysis tool. Prevent AI service (WSAIFabricSvc) from starting automatically. Disable AI Features in Edge. Disable AI Features in Paint. Disable AI Features in Notepad. Disable the Drag Tray for sharing & moving files. Restore the old Windows 10 style context menu. Turn off Enhance Pointer Precision, also known as mouse acceleration. Disable the Sticky Keys keyboard shortcut. Disable Storage Sense automatic disk cleanup. Disable fast start-up to ensure a full shutdown. ...and more. Once you’ve downloaded the Win11Debloat file (Get.ps1), just follow these quick steps: Locate the Get.ps1 script file. Right-click the file and select Run with PowerShell from the context menu. If prompted by User Account Control (UAC), select Yes to grant the script the necessary administrative permissions. Win11Debloat 2026.06.14 changes: This is a minor release that hopefully addresses the false positives in Windows Defender and Bitdefender that prevented users from downloading and/or running Win11Debloat. Refactor Get-RegFileOperations.ps1 to address false positives by @Raphire in #626 Add logging around WinGet app retrieval and increase timeout to 20s by @Raphire Download: Win11Debloat 2026.06.14 | Open Source View: Win11Debloat Home Page | Screenshots 1| 2 Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Still using Microsoft Money 2005 in 2026 here!
    • I have a couple to mention, and they still run great on Windows 11 Adobe Lightroom Version 2 Alcohol 120% CLZ Book, Comic, Game, Movie, & Music Collector (PC - No longer sold / Grandfathered in - now mobile apps/online only) DVDDecrypter ISO Buster Pro version 1.9.1 (Still supports HD-DVD too) Nero Burning Rom 8 (Only the burning software, no backup, media converter, etc)   OpenAL (Runtime) - GuildWars 1 Reforged still uses it for 3d headphone audio PowerDVD 12 Ultra SPTD (SCSI Pass through Direct Driver) UltraISO Windows Media Encoder 9 WinImage You can tell I still sport an optical drive    
    • Linux 7.1 arrives with an NTFS overhaul and major hardware performance boosts by Paul Hill The founder of the Linux kernel has just announced the availability of Linux 7.1. This is a stable version of the kernel that will now be tested by various Linux distributions before it is shipped to users through update managers. Some users, like those on Debian, for example, might not get it for a long time, if at all, while Fedora users can expect it in the near future. With Linux 7.1 out on time, the merge window for Linux 7.2 is now open, giving contributors the opportunity to send in major new features that have been waiting for the last two months. Torvalds warned that he is currently travelling and will be in another timezone, so timing for the merge window may be irregular due to timezone differences and limited internet access. Torvalds said that he has already fetched early pull requests to allow him to do some offline work, but the travel could still cause disruption. Right now, he is not planning to extend the release, but did consider it. He said he might later regret not extending, though. In terms of this last week of development for Linux 7.1, Torvalds said there were no major or alarming changes. This week consisted mostly of smaller driver updates to GPU, networking, and sound, networking fixes, trace tooling fixes, and misc minor fixes. The shortlog this week lists fixes for driver bugs, memory leaks, I/O and USB fixes, networking and RDMA fixes, DRM/graphics fixes, and tooling and verification improvements. Specific fixes include USB series heap-overflow and buffer overflow fixes, and multiple use-after-free, memory-leak, and refcount corrections across subsystems such as i2c, zram, gpio, and net. There are fixes for graphics drivers, including amdgpu, i915, and virtio, as well as hypervisor and virtualization tweaks affecting mshv, vmbus, and hyperv. According to Phoronix, anyone running Linux 7.1 should look out for the new NTFS driver, Intel FRED for improved performance on Panther Lake and future CPUs, faster graphics with Intel Arc Battlemage, and improvements for older AMD Radeon GPUs. If you are running Linux on your computer and everything is fine, then you don’t need to worry about updating to Linux 7.1 as a priority; just wait for it to be pushed to you. If you have tried Linux on hardware but it didn’t work properly, trying again with a distro that uses Linux 7.1 could cause Linux to work on your machine, thanks to the new hardware support.
  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      Jeroen Wilms earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      rolfus earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Leroy Jethro Gibbs earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Conversation Starter
      flexorcist earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • One Month Later
      AndreaB earned a badge
      One Month Later
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      508
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      197
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      139
    4. 4
      ATLien_0
      90
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      81
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!