The last time that Microsoft offered new Extras to Vista Ultimate users was in September 2008, when it released a puzzle game, 'Windows Tinker,' a sound effects package to go with the game, and a trio of DreamScene video screensavers. Windows Vista Ultimate Extras offer you additional security features and games that make Windows more fun and easier to use.'Ī company blog dedicated to Ultimate Extras, where company employees occasionally posted news of the feature and which was a magnet for critics, is no longer online. 'You love gadgets and anything that makes your computer more interactive. The Ultimate edition is for users for users who need or who would like to have every feature present in Windows 7.

'Sometimes you feel like a grown-up kid,' it reads. Two months later, however, users again pounded Microsoft on blogs and its own support forums as the company's self-imposed deadline for delivering more add-ons came and went without any new downloads.Ĭurrently, Microsoft barely mentions Extras in the online pitch for Vista Ultimate, where the feature has been relegated to a short paragraph at the end of a long list. Just five months after Vista launched, critics started to complain, which led Microsoft to promise it would do better. According to Microsoft's marketing, Extras was to be 'cutting-edge programs, innovative services, and unique publications' that would be regularly offered only to users of Vista's highest-priced edition.īut users blasted Microsoft for the paltry number of add-ons it released, and its leisurely development pace. Ultimate Extras was among the elements Microsoft cited in the months leading up to the early-2007 release of Windows Vista Ultimate to distinguish it from lower-priced versions.

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