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Bringing Vista to life\r\n
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: Be one of the first to see Windows Vista in use as Gates and Microsoft Group Product Manager Aaron Woodman show off the slick new OS during the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show.\r\n

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