Windows Vista is an operating system that was produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, on November 8, 2006. Microsoft's primary stated objective with Windows Vista was to improve the state of security in the Windows operating system. One common criticism of Windows XP and its predecessors was their commonly exploited security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malware, viruses and buffer overflows. Microsoft began work on Windows Vista, known at the time by its codename Longhorn, in May 2001, five months before the release of Windows XP, support for Windows Vista ended on April 11, 2017. Download Windows Vista ISO