Windows Embedded is a family of operating system s from Microsoft designed for use in embedded system ... of Sale devices like Kiosk software kiosks . Windows Embedded operating systems are available ... product called XPembedded . The Windows CE series includes Phone Edition and Mobile Edition. Current Windows CE base is version 6.0 R3 which runs on ARM, X86, SH, and derivatives of those architectures ... drivers and services are also included. The history of the Windows Embedded is the following In mid 1999, Microsoft has been working with a partner VentureCom, for their Windows NT Embedded product. Microsoft ... the new Windows code. A new Windows Embedded team was formed, under the leadership of Bruce Beachman. Bruce Beachman served as the Product Unit Manager PUM of the first Windows Embedded, using the Windows XP code based, thus code named XPE , and he started recruiting engineers within Microsoft ... tool iCat, which enabled all the Windows team engineers to componentize their features in Windows. Later this product became the Windows Embedded Component Designer in the released product Program ... was the two parts suite in the first version of Windows Embedded Suite. The first test team manager ..., Microsoft shipped the first version of Windows Embedded XPE at the DevCon Windows Hardware Conference ... PUM, and by then the team was merged into Windows Deployment team, and they released XPE SP1 at DevCon in Las Vegas in late 2003. The Windows Embedded family Windows Embedded Compact main Microsoft Windows CE Windows Embedded Compact previously known as Windows Embedded CE or Windows CE ref name PR ... title Microsoft Charts Its Road Map for Windows Embedded Business accessdate 2008 04 17 ref is the version of Windows Embedded for very small computers and embedded system s, including consumer electronics devices like Set top box es and gaming console s. Windows Embedded Compact ... image to create a custom installation, depending on the device used. Windows Embedded Compact is available ... more details
Infobox Windows component name Windows Journal logo Windows Journal Viewer Icon.png screenshot Windows Journal.png screenshot size 300px caption included with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition br Windows Vista br Windows 7 replaces replaced by related components Windows Journal is a notetaking application, created by Microsoft and included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition as well as Home Premium or superior editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 . It allows the user to create and organize handwritten notes and drawings and to save them in a JNT File. It is also able to simply use an ordinary computer ... software to read the files. Windows Journal Viewer , also created by Microsoft, allows viewing the Windows ... v1.5 2005 is available for Windows 2000 , Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 . See also Tablet PC ... notes using Windows Journal title Create and personalize handwritten notes using Windows Journal work Windows 7 Help home publisher Microsoft Corporation accessdate 5 July 2011 Cite web url http windows.microsoft.com en US windows vista Customize the appearance of a Journal note title Customize the appearance of a Journal note work Windows Vista Help home publisher Microsoft Corporation accessdate ... title Tablet PC improvements work Windows 7 home publisher Microsoft Corporation accessdate 5 July ... Tools to Use with Your PC work Windows XP Tablet PC Edition home publisher Microsoft Corporation ... Windows Journal for Tablet PC work Windows XP home publisher Microsoft Corporation date 20 January ...&displaylang en title Download details Windows Journal Viewer 1.5 work Microsoft Download Center publisher Microsoft Corporation date 14 March 2005 accessdate 5 July 2011 Refend Windows Components Category Windows components Category Microsoft Tablet PC Category Notetaking software windows stub bg Windows Journal de Windows Journal es Windows Journal fr Windows Journal ko ja Windows Journal pl Windows Journal pt Windows Journal vi Windows Journal zh Windows ... more details
Infobox OS version name Microsoft Odyssey family Microsoft Windows logo screenshot caption developer Microsoft website http www.microsoft.com preview date Unknown kernel type Windows NT support status Cancelled date January 2009 approximate date of template insertion for dating hidden maintenance categories Odyssey was the List of Microsoft codenames codename for a version of the Microsoft WindowsWindows operating system that was in the early stages of development by Microsoft during 1999. It was billed as the follow up to Windows 2000 and was to be aimed at the business sector of the market. ref cite web url http www.accessmylibrary.com article 1G1 60119978 building their future windows.html title Building their future on Windows 2000 work Computer Weekly date February 24, 2000 accessdate ... title Microsoft makes Windows detour work ZDNet date January 25, 2000 accessdate 2010 01 06 ref In early 2000, Microsoft merged the team working on Odyssey with that developing Windows Neptune , a consumer version of Windows 2000. The combined team worked on a new project codenamed Whistler ... consolidates Windows development efforts work ZDNet date January 25, 2000 accessdate 2010 01 06 ref which was later released as Windows XP . ref cite web url http www.tweaktown.com articles 90 windows xp preview index.html title Windows XP Preview work TweakTown date August 21, 2001 accessdate 2010 ... testing testers . ref http www.winsupersite.com reviews windowsxp gold.asp Windows XP The Road to Gold on Paul Thurrott s SuperSite for Windows ref ref cite web url http www.betanews.com article ... to have is uncertain. Thurrott has suggested that it would have been called Windows NT 6.0 had Microsoft ... of Windows XP References reflist History of Windows Category Microsoft Windowswindows stub be Microsoft Windows Odyssey fr Windows Odyssey ko it Windows Odyssey ms Windows Odyssey pl Microsoft Windows Odyssey pt Windows Odyssey ro Windows Odyssey ru Windows Odyssey tr Windows Odyssey zh Windows ... more details
Windows are installed onto a computer is referred to as Windows Setup . This process has changed significantly with the transition from DOS based Windows operating systems to Windows NT based operating systems, and again with the advent of Windows Vista . Windows 1.x and Windows 2.x The installation of Windows 1.x and 2.x requires that a compatible DOS operating system is already installed ... Windows was to be started either manually by typing WIN.COM at the DOS Prompt upon system startup, or by adding WIN.COM to the end of AUTOEXEC.BAT, causing Windows to be started immediately after DOS ... managers, etc. Windows 3.x The installation of Windows 3.x requires that a compatible DOS operating ..., Windows has to be started manually by executing WIN.COM, unless autoexec.bat is edited to start Windows automatically on each startup. ref http support.microsoft.com kb 82731 ref Windows 9x While Windows 95 , Windows 98 and Windows Me do not require that MS DOS is already installed, the Windows Setup for these versions of Windows automatically installs the required MS DOS version onto the machine ... disk partition for use by Windows by formatting it to a File Allocation Table compatible file system ... space and disk integrity, then it will copy files to the selected installation folder typically C WINDOWS . The first phase of setup resembles the interface of Windows 3.x operating systems. Once this phase ... a product key . Windows NT The setup process introduced with Windows NT 3.1 remained stable until the release of Windows Vista . The general process is The user inserts the installation media ... gives three options 1 install Windows, 2 repair an existing installation, or 3 quit setup. ref http support.microsoft.com kb 103939 ref If the user decides to install Windows, he she is presented with an agreement that they must accept before Setup will continue. Prior to Windows 2000, the user ... of these file systems is already present and there is no version of Windows already on the disk ... more details
too few opinions date March 2012 Infobox OS version name Windows Me family Microsoft Windows logo Microsoft Windows Millenium Edition Logo.svg screenshot WindowsME.png Warning Do not change the screenshot ... 480 , disable your extensions and use the default theme. caption Screenshot of Windows Me developer ... Monolithic kernel preceded by Windows 98 succeeded by Windows XP ref cite book title A Certification ... between windows me and 2000&hl en&ei kHWoTcenI5D0tgObt6j6DA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum ... name supportend cite web url http support.microsoft.com gp lifean18 title Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Me Support ends on 11 July 2006 accessdate 2006 06 10 publisher Microsoft ref date January 2009 approximate date of template insertion for dating hidden maintenance categories Windows Millennium Edition , or Windows Me pronounced as an abbreviation, M E , is a graphical operating system ... Presspass press 2000 sept00 availabilitypr.mspx title Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability Of Windows Millennium Edition Windows Me date 2000 09 14 work Microsoft PressPass Information for Journalists accessdate 2008 08 02 publisher Microsoft ref and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006. ref name supportend Windows ME was the successor to Windows 98 and was targeted specifically at home PC users. ref name presspass It included Internet Explorer 5.5 , Windows Media Player 7, and the new Windows Movie Maker software ... updated the graphical user interface, Windows Shell shell features, and Windows Explorer in Windows Me with some of those first introduced in Windows 2000 , which had been released as a business oriented operating system seven months earlier. Windows Me could be upgraded to Internet Explorer 6 SP1 but not to SP2 SV1 or Internet Explorer 7 , Outlook Express 6 SP1 and Windows Media Player 9 Series ..., 3.x, and greater are not. Office XP was the last version of Microsoft Office to be compatible with Windows ... more details
File Ctl wndws alt.jpg thumb The Windows key used prior to Windows XP center The Windows logo key also known as the Windows key , the home key , the meta key , the start key , MOD4 , or the flag key sometimes ... Natural keyboard before the release of Windows 95 . This key became a standard key on PC keyboards. On keyboards lacking a Windows key, keypress Ctrl Esc can be used instead in Windows, though some functionality is lacking.Tapping the Windows key without pressing any other keys toggles the Start Menu . Historically, the addition of two Windows keys and a menu key marked the change from ... were frequently called Windows keyboards but this denomination has become less and less used with time. ref compared to the former layout, a Windows key was placed between the left keypress Ctrl and the left keypress Alt another Windows key and immediately to its right a menu key were placed between ... control key. In laptop and other compact keyboards it is common to have just one Windows key usually on the left . Also, on Microsoft s Entertainment Desktop sets designed for Windows Vista , the Windows key is in the middle of the keyboard, below all other keys where the user s thumbs rest . Licensing Microsoft regulates the appearance of the Windows key logo picture with a specially crafted license for keyboard manufacturers Microsoft Windows Logo Key Logo License Agreement for Keyboard Manufacturers . With the introduction of a new Microsoft Windows logo, first used with Windows ... LOGO KEY LLA AMENDMENT Amendment to the Windows Key Logo License Agreement page no longer accessible ref However, with the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft published guidelines for a new Windows Logo key that incorporates the Windows logo recessed in a chamfer ed lowered circle with a contrast ratio ... whdc winlogo hwrequirements.mspx Windows Vista Hardware Start Button ref In Common Building Block Keyboard Specification, all CBB compliant keyboards were to comply with the Windows Vista Hardware ... more details
Infobox OS version name Windows Neptune family Microsoft Windows logo Windows neptune logo.png screenshot ... reviews windowsxp gold.asp source model Shared source license Microsoft EULA kernel type Windows ... of the Microsoft WindowsWindows operating system that was under development by Microsoft during 1999. It was based on Windows 2000 and was scheduled to be the first consumer version of Windows to be built on Windows NT NT code, to replace the Windows 9x series. ref cite web url http news.zdnet.co.uk emergingtech 0,1000000183,2072502,00.htm title Neptune the new Windows work ZDNet date July 5 ... Windows Odyssey , the upgrade to Windows 2000 for business customers. The combined team ... news hardware 0,39042972,13024681,00.htm title Microsoft consolidates Windows development efforts ... as Windows XP . ref cite web url http www.tweaktown.com articles 90 windows xp preview index.html title Windows XP Preview work TweakTown date August 21, 2001 accessdate 2010 01 06 ref ref cite web ... system called Windows Me . ref name zdnetasia Only one Software release life cycle Alpha alpha build ... name gold cite web url http www.winsupersite.com reviews windowsxp gold.asp title Windows XP The Road to Gold first Paul last Thurrott work Paul Thurrott s SuperSite for Windows accessdate 2010 01 06 ... ?p 25 The Windows that Never Was at theopenbracket.net ref ref http www.digibarn.com collections screenshots XP 20Neptune 20Build 205111 index.htm DigiBarn Screen Shots Windows XP Neptune ... heavily debated. fact date October 2011 Files marked 5022 are in the Windows Me beta. fact date ... 01 08 ref Features Neptune largely resembled Windows 2000, but some of the new features introduced such as the firewall networking firewall , were later integrated into Windows XP as the Windows Firewall . It introduced a logon screen similar to that later used in Windows XP. ref name gold Neptune ... Paul last Thurrott work Paul Thurrott s SuperSite for Windows accessdate 2010 01 06 ref ref cite ... more details
Windows 4.0 can refer to Windows 95 Windows NT 4.0 disambiguation Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Infobox website name Windows Live logo File Windows Live logo.svg 300px screenshot File Windows Live Home.png 300px Screenshot of Windows Live Home collapsible collapsetext caption Screenshot of Windows Live Home , which serves as a central location to access all Windows Live services url http www.live.com ... Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft ... installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered Windows Live Essentials applications, web services, and Windows Live Mobile mobile services . ref name Wave3RG cite news publisher http www.microsoft.com presspass Microsoft PressPass title Windows Live Wave 3 Reviewers ... accessdate 2008 11 16 ref Microsoft said that Windows Live is a way to extend the Microsoft WindowsWindows user experience . ref name WLPreview WinSuperSite cite news last Thurrott first Paul publisher http www.winsupersite.com Paul Thurrott s SuperSite for Windows date 2006 01 18 url http www.winsupersite.com reviews windowslive preview.asp title Windows Live Preview accessdate 2007 06 17 ref Windows Vista provides a link in its user interface to download Windows Live Messenger , and Windows 7 saw the removal of applications such as Windows Mail , Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Live Essentials suite, a software package that allows the downloading and installation of similar offerings from Windows Live. ref name Win7Essentials cite news publisher http windowsteamblog.com The Windows Blog title The Complete Windows Experience Windows 7 Windows Live date 2008 10 28 url http windowsteamblog.com blogs windowsexperien ce archive 2008 10 28 the complete windows experience windows 7 windows live.aspx accessdate 2008 11 16 ref Microsoft announced that Windows 8 will see Windows Live apps included right out of the box, and will include ... Windows Developer Preview Windows8 guide.pdf title Windows 8 Developer Preview Guide accessdate 2011 ... more details
Infobox Windows component name Windows Store logo Please put Windows Store logo in this article logo size screenshot StoreWindows8.png screenshot size 350px caption The Windows Store in Windows 8 Consumer ... included with Windows 8 platform Microsoft Windows also available for replaces Windows Marketplace ... Windows Store is an upcoming online distribution digital distribution platform developed by Microsoft Corporation as part of Windows 8 for Metro design language Metro style apps. ref cite web url http news.softpedia.com news Get Insight into the Windows Store in Windows 8 226006.shtml title Get Insight into the Windows Store in Windows 8 accessdate 2011 10 19 date 2011 10 06 publisher Softpedia author Marius Oiaga ref The Windows Store will also allow developers to advertise their desktop ... to 999.99. Developers will also be able to offer free trials. The Windows Store was made available concurrently with the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview which was released on February 29, 2012 ... 13, 2011, day one of the BUILD developer conference, Microsoft s Windows President Steven Sinofsky announced the Windows Store app and its features and demonstrated the store. Microsoft that day also released the Windows 8 Developer Preview that included the Windows Store app but does not function, displaying a coming soon message. ref cite web url http www.techairlines.com 2011 09 18 windows 8 developer preview title Windows 8 Developer Preview Screenshots accessdate 2011 10 19 date 2011 09 18 last Yang first Brian publisher TechAirlines . ref The Windows Store will be the only means of distributing ... flaws and malware . ref cite web last Tom first Warren title Microsoft details and demos the Windows Store for Windows 8 url http www.winrumors.com microsoft details and demos the windows store for windows 8 video publisher Winrumors.com accessdate 19 September 2011 ref The Windows Store will take ... Leblond first Antoine title Previewing the Windows Store url http blogs.msdn.com b windowsstore archive ... more details
For the newer client that has superseded Windows Messenger Windows Live Messenger Refimprove date April 2009 Notability date April 2009 Infobox Windows component name Windows Messenger logo Windows Messenger XP Icon.png screenshot WM4.7ConversationWindow.png caption A conversation in Windows Messenger 4.7.2009, with sidebar and toolbar enabled included with Windows XP also available for Windows 2000 , Windows Server 2003 replaces N A replaced by Windows Live Messenger related components Outlook Express Windows Messenger is a client computing client by Microsoft that is included in the Windows XP ... as a streamlined and integrated version of Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger MSN Messenger . After its initial release in 2001, it was later upgraded in 2004, when it was made available for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 . Since then, development on Windows Messenger has stopped, with the exception ... and newer client, Windows Live Messenger , for connections to the .NET Messenger Service , and by Microsoft ... to the Windows NT Messenger service , which was designed for local area network s LAN . Overview Windows Messenger was introduced with the release of Windows XP in October 2001, and it is installed ... a COM API called the Real Time Communications RTC Client API . The Windows Messenger user interface was devoid of a lot of the clutter seen in its consumer focused counterparts, Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger . Winks, nudges, and custom emoticons are all unsupported, and the main user interface is more closely based on the standard Windows XP Luna ... Outlook , Outlook Express , and the Remote Assistance feature of Windows XP. Windows Messenger also integrates with Windows Media Center Media Center in Windows XP Media Center Edition . Windows Messenger ... Service . Development of Windows Messenger was halted after version 5.1 in favor of Windows Live Messenger and Microsoft Lync . Plug ins for Windows Messenger, such as accessing the inbox of a Hotmail ... more details
Infobox Software name Windows Messaging screenshot Image Windows Messaging.png 250px caption Windows Messaging running on Windows NT 4.0 . developer Microsoft latest release version 4.00.835.1374 version 5.0 latest release date October 14, 1996 operating system Microsoft Windows genre E mail client license ... WURecommended S WUCommunications W95ExchUpdate Exchange update for Windows 95 Windows Messaging, initially ... with Windows 95 beginning with OSR2 , Windows 98 98 and Windows NT 4.0 . In Windows 98, it is not installed ... gained wider usage with the release of Windows 95, as this was the only e mail client that came bundled with it. Exchange was included throughout later releases of Windows up until the initial release of Windows 98, which by then also included Outlook Express 4.0. In 1996, Microsoft Exchange was renamed Windows Messaging, because of Microsoft s release of another Microsoft Exchange Server Exchange product, which was meant for servers. Windows Messaging had two branches of successors In software bundled with Windows itself, these were Internet Mail and News in Windows 95 and bundled with Internet Explorer 3 , which was succeeded by Outlook Express 4.0 in Windows 98 bundled with Internet Explorer 4 Internet Explorer 4.0 in Windows 95 and throughout newer Windows systems. These did not use the .pst ... is not available in later versions of Windows until Windows Vista Criticisms Because Microsoft Outlook used the same basic Windows Messaging profile, account and e mail settings MAPI , MS Exchange ... users that it was actually using the same MS Exchange or Windows Messaging account. The original version ... purchased Microsoft Plus pack. AFAIK, the original version in Windows 95 had POP3 support No support ... Outlook Express Microsoft Outlook Windows 95 and Windows 98 External links http www.indiana.edu ... Explorer References references Category Internet Explorer add ons Category Windows email clients Category Discontinued Microsoft software Category Windows 95 Category Windows NT Category Windows ... more details
this page, just click on the version number name Windows Marketplace logo screenshot Image marktlpace.jpg ... of the Windows Marketplace Homepage. Windows Marketplace ref http images.windowsmarketplace.com img ... for the delivery of software electronically that worked with Windows Marketplace and was secured by use of Windows Live ID. The digital locker platform was composed of four major components Windows ... locker and Windows Marketplace could be used for purchasing and downloading third party software titles compatible with Microsoft Windows , and then using that purchased software on any computer the software license allows. For software developers, the digital locker and Windows Marketplace could be a cost effective channel for the distribution of their software titles. A Windows Vista Windows .... ref http support.microsoft.com kb 932926 Windows Vista Secure Online Key Backup release information ref Windows Marketplace was only available for residents of the USA and some other countries. Discontinuation .... Windows Marketplace will be drastically scaled back and people wishing to buy any Microsoft product will now have to go to the Microsoft Store , which will sell all items previously sold at Windows Marketplace. On February 16, 2009 at the Mobile World Congress , Microsoft announced Windows Marketplace for Mobile which will deploy a similar concept to Windows Mobile devices. A year after Microsoft introduced Windows Marketplace for Mobile, they announced their next generation mobile platform named Windows Phone . With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft completely revamped their mobile efforts and the Marketplace, introducing Windows Phone Marketplace . References reflist External links http www.windowsmarketplace.com Windows Marketplace http www.windowsmarketplace.com showcase.aspx?ctId 17 Digital Locker information from Windows Marketplace http www.zdnetasia.com news software 0,39044164,62048304,00.htm Microsoft launches second retail site Digital Distribution Platforms Windows stub Category ... more details
pp vandalism small yes pp move indef Infobox OS version name Windows 7 family Microsoft Windows logo Windows 7 logo.svg screenshot Windows 7.png caption Screenshot of Windows 7 Ultimate developer Microsoft Corporation website http www.microsoft.com windowswindows 7 default.aspx Official Website source ... Windows Update first release date Release to manufacture RTM version July 22, 2009 br Retail version October 22, 2009 first release url http windowsteamblog.com blogs windows7 archive 2009 07 22 windows ... http windowsteamblog.com windows archive b windowsvista archive 2008 10 14 why 7.aspx title Why 7? author Mike Nash date October 14, 2008 work The Windows Blog publisher Microsoft accessdate February 1, 2011 ref build 7600 ref cite web url http www.mydigitallife.info 2009 07 23 windows 7 and windows server 2008 r2 officially rtm at build version 6 1 7600 16385 title Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 ... windows b bloggingwindows archive 2011 02 09 announcing availability of windows 7 and windows server 2008 r2 sp1.aspx title Announcing Availability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 ... blogs windows7 archive 2009 07 22 windows 7 has been released to manufacturing.aspx preceded by Windows ... work Buzzle title Windows 7 System Requirements last Thadani first Rahul date September 6, 2010 accessdate February 25, 2011 ref succeeded by Windows 8 to be released October 2012 ref http www.engadget.com 2012 03 19 microsoft windows 8 release fall 2012 october Microsoft aiming for October 2012 release of Windows 8, tablets and PCs on deck . ref support status Mainstream support until January ... Windows 7&Filter FilterNO title Windows 7 Lifecycle Policy author Microsoft publisher Microsoft accessdate ... of Windows 7 li Features new to Windows 7 li List of features removed in Windows 7 li Windows 7 ... categories. Windows 7 is the current release of Microsoft Windows , a series of operating system s produced ... of Windows Call it 7 date July 20, 2007 publisher CNET News ref Windows 7 was released to manufacturing ... more details
For the magazine Games for Windows The Official Magazine Infobox Brand logo File Games for Windows logo.png 300px name Games for Windows image type Personal computer game currentowner Microsoft origin ... trademarkregistrations website URL http marketplace.xbox.com PC Games for Windows is a brand owned by Microsoft and introduced in 2006 in video gaming 2006 to coincide with the release of Windows Vista . The brand represents a standardized technical certification program and online service for Windows ... first party and third party publishers. Games for Windows was promoted through Convention meeting ... the Computer Gaming World magazine to Games for Windows The Official Magazine . The first GFW issue ... presscenter pr20060802.html title Ziff Davis Media s Official Games for Windows ... for windows magazine goes online.html The Video Game Librarian Games For Windows Magazine Goes Online ... of Heroes was one of the first titles to receive Games for Windows certification, which is displayed ... for Windows logo stripe across the upper front. Microsoft claimed they had increased their sales of Games for Windows branded games in stores that had been giving the games greater focus, and said ... regulated by Microsoft in order to display the Games for Windows brand on its packaging. These requirements include ref http www.winsupersite.com showcase winvista games.asp Games for Windows Vista at Paul Thurrott s SuperSite for Windows ref ref cite web url http www.gamesforwindows.com en US AboutGFW Pages gamesforwindows.aspx title About Games for Windows publisher Microsoft accessdate ... computing mouse clicks Compatibility with the Windows Vista 7 Games Explorer see below Installs and runs properly on x86 64 x64 versions of Windows Vista Windows 7 7 and is compatible with 64 ... controls and family settings features in Windows Vista 7 Supports launching from Windows Media Center Online play Main Games for Windows Live Starting with Halo 2 on May 31, 2007, some Games for Windows ... more details
pp move small yes Distinguish Windows NT 3.1 Windows NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.51 Windows NT 4.0 Refimprove date August 2008 Infobox OS name Windows NT logo File Windows NT logo.svg 300px screenshot caption website URL http www.microsoft.com windows developer Microsoft source model Closed source Shared source released Start date df yes 1993 07 27 as Windows NT 3.1 programmed in C programming language C , C ... User Interface Graphical Windows Explorer working state Current license Software license agreement ... , ARM architecture ARM , Itanium updatemodel Windows Update Windows NT is a family of operating ... with features comparable to Unix . It was intended to complement consumer versions of Windows that were based on MS DOS . NT was the first fully 32 bit version of Windows, whereas its consumer oriented counterparts, Windows 3.1x and Windows 9x , were 16 bit 32 bit hybrids. Windows 2000 , Windows XP , Windows Server 2003 , Windows Vista , Windows Home Server , Windows Server 2008 , and Windows 7 are effectively Windows NT, although they are not branded using that name. It is popularly believed that Dave ... Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft year 1994 publisher Free Press isbn ... incrementing each letter by one . However, the project was named NT OS 2 before receiving the Windows brand. ref cite web title Microsoft Windows NT OS 2 Design Workbook url http americanhistory.si.edu ... the Intel i860 , code named N10 N Ten . ref cite web title Paul Thurrott s History of Windows Server 2003 The Road To Gold url http www.winsupersite.com article windows server windows server 2003 the road ... from the name of Windows 2000, though Microsoft described the product as Built on NT technology ... Thurrott s SuperSite for Windows publisher Winsupersite.com date accessdate 2010 11 24 ref and OS ... 11 24 ref APIs the latter two were phased out starting with Windows XP. ref cite web url http support.microsoft.com kb 308259 title POSIX and OS 2 are not supported in Windows XP or in Windows Server ... more details
Windows Chat not to be confused with Microsoft Comic Chat is a simple LAN based Online chat text chatting program ref http articles.techrepublic.com.com 5100 10878 11 5031914.html ref included in the Windows NT line of operating systems, including Windows NT 3.x, 4.0, Windows 2000 , Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 . In later Windows versions, the Network DDE service may need to be enabled to receive calls. ref name kb http support.microsoft.com kb 308232 ref It utilizes the NetBIOS Session service NetBIOS session service and NetDDE . Users can chat with each other over an IPX LAN. ref name orl cite book title The whole Internet for Windows 95 authors Ed Krol, Paula Ferguson year 1995 publisher O Reilly isbn 1565921550 page 376 ref The shortcut to the executable is not present in the Start Menu in newer versions of Windows it must instead be run by using Start Run... WinChat.exe. ref name kb Windows Chat utilizes a split screen user interface similar to UNIX talk software . Windows Chat is real time text , with typing being transmitted immediately. ref name orl Microsoft removed the application from Windows versions from Vista on, with the removal of NetDDE , ref http technet.microsoft.com en us library ee449431 WS.10 .aspx ref though the program and the DDE service it needs may be manually installed. See also WinPopup Microsoft Comic Chat Microsoft V Chat References reflist External links http support.microsoft.com kb 308232 Using Windows Chat in Windows XP Category Windows components Category LAN messengers web stub ... more details
The Windows API , informally WinAPI , is Microsoft s core set of application programming interface s APIs available in the Microsoft Windows operating systems . It was formerly called the Win32 API however, the name Windows API more accurately reflects its roots in 16 bit Windows and its support on 64 bit Windows. Almost all Windows programs interact with the Windows API on the Windows NT line of OSes, a small number such as programs started early in the Windows NT startup process Windows startup ..., 2008. ref Developer support is available in the form of the Microsoft Windows SDK , providing documentation and tools necessary to build software based upon the Windows API and associated Windows interfaces. Overview The functionality provided by the Windows API can be grouped into eight categories ...?url library en us winprog winprog overview of the windows api.asp Overview of the Windows ... to a Windows system. Included are things like file systems , Computer hardware devices , Process ... in tt kernel.exe tt , tt krnl286.exe tt or tt krnl386.exe tt files on 16 bit Windows, and tt kernel32.dll tt on 32 bit Windows. Advanced Services Provide access to functionality additional to the kernel. Included are things like the Windows registry , shutdown restart the system or abort , start stop create a Windows service , manage user accounts. These functions reside in tt advapi32.dll tt on 32 bit Windows. Graphics Device Interface ref name msdn gdi Microsoft Developer Network July 2005 ... . It resides in tt gdi.exe tt on 16 bit Windows, and tt gdi32.dll tt on 32 bit Windows in user ... Microsoft Developer Network accessdate 2009 01 28 ref Windows User User Interface ref name ... associated with the GUI part of Windows. This functional unit resides in tt user.exe tt on 16 bit Windows, and tt user32.dll tt on 32 bit Windows. Since Windows XP versions, the basic controls ... called tt commdlg.dll tt on 16 bit Windows, and tt comdlg32.dll tt on 32 bit Windows. It is grouped ... more details
The Windows shell is the main graphical user interface in Microsoft Windows . The Windows shell includes well known Windows components such as the taskbar and the Start menu . The Windows shell is not the same as a Shell computing command line shell , but the two concepts are related. The Windows shell is also not to be confused with Windows window manager the Desktop Window Manager in Windows Vista and forward or the Windows USER USER subsystem in previous versions , which displays Window computing window s and controls how they look. Features Desktop The Windows shell desktop is an array of icons, rendered behind all open windows and taking up the space left by the taskbar. The typical icons ... folder, Windows Explorer Overview My Computer , My Network Places Network and Recycle Bin Windows Recycle Bin . Since Windows XP, by default the only shell folder displayed on the desktop has been ... , and Windows Sidebar gadget configuration. Taskbar main Taskbar Microsoft Windows The taskbar ... of open windows , with the active window s button rendered in a depressed fashion. A list of shortcuts ... , it has since been integrated into the list of open programs with the release of Windows 7. Deskbands ... Explorer , and Windows Explorer Overview My Computer . The Control Panel Windows Control Panel ... in Windows XP that examines newly inserted removable media for content and displays a dialog containing options related to that media. History Windows 1.0 and 2.0 The MS DOS Executive The first public demonstration of Windows, in 1983, had a simplistic shell called the Session Control Layer ... win1983.html title Microsoft Windows A Mouse With Modest Requirements author Phil Lemmons publisher BYTE Magazine date December 1983 accessdate 2011 05 07 ref When Windows 1.0 shipped in November 1985 ... be launched by double clicking on them. Windows 2.0 also shipped with MS DOS Executive as the shell. This version bore little change from its predecessor. Image Windows 3.11 workspace.png thumb 180px ... more details
For the version of Microsoft Windows built on the Windows NT kernel Windows NT 3.1 Use mdy dates date ... name Windows 3.1x family Microsoft Windows logo Windows 3.0 logo.svg logo size 100px screenshot Windows 3.11 workspace.png caption Screenshot of Windows 3.11 developer Microsoft website source model ... by Windows 3.0 succeeded by Windows 95 first release date April 6, 1992 first release url http support.microsoft.com ... for dating hidden maintenance categories Windows 3.1x is a series of 16 bit application 16 bit operating system s produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. The series began with Windows 3.1, which was first sold during March 1992 as a successor to Windows 3.0 . Further editions were released between 1992 and 1994 until the series was superseded by Windows 95 . Editions div style float right clear right Image windows 3.1 start.png thumb Windows 3.1 start up screen Image windows 3.1.png thumb Windows 3.1 showing some of the personalisation options available. Image Win32desktop.png right thumb Windows 3.2 was first released in Simplified Chinese character Simplified Chinese div Base version Windows 3.1 originally codenamed Janus mythology Janus , citation needed date December ... system and a set of highly legible fonts , which effectively made Windows a viable desktop publishing platform for the first time. Similar functionality was available for Windows 3.0 through the Adobe Type Manager ATM font system from Adobe Systems Adobe . Windows 3.1 was designed to have backward compatibility with older Windows platforms. As with Windows 3.0 , version 3.1 had File Manager Windows File Manager and Program Manager , but unlike all previous versions, Windows 3.1 and later support ... instead of Reversi though Reversi was included in some copies . Windows 3.1 Multimedia PC Version ... support. Improvements over Windows 3.0 Windows 3.1 dropped real mode support and required a minimum ... prone Windows 3.0. Some older features were removed like CGA graphics support although the Windows ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 Infobox Windows component name Windows Defender logo Windows Defender icon.png logo size 64px screenshot WindowsDefenderWindows7.png screenshot size 300px caption Windows Defender in Windows 7 other names type Spyware removal software service name service description included with Windows Vista br Windows 7 also available for Windows XP br Windows Server 2003 replaces replaced ... name Windows Defender screenshot Div style width 300px 1 For visual appeal developer Microsoft ... date 2007 5 23 ref name download i386 ref name download x64 programming language operating system Windows XP br Windows Server 2003 platform IA 32 ref name download i386 and x86 64 ref name download ... Freeware website Nothing. It does not have a website anymore. Windows Defender , formerly known as Microsoft ... quarantine spyware in Microsoft Windows . It is included and enabled by default in Windows Vista and Windows 7 , and is available as a free download for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 . Basic features Windows Defender features spyware scanning capabilities like other free spyware scanning ... several common areas of Windows for changes which may be caused by spyware. It also includes the ability ... applications and device drivers they allow to be installed on their system. In Windows 8 , functionality ... Security Essentials . History Beta 1 File Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1.png thumb left Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1 Version 1.0.701 Windows Defender is based on GIANT AntiSpyware , which was originally ... preview.asp title Microsoft Windows Anti Spyware Preview Paul Thurott s SuperSite for Windows first Paul last Thurrot authorlink Paul Thurrott publisher SuperSite for Windows date 6 October 2010 accessdate ... GIANT AntiSpyware supported older Windows versions, support for the Windows 9x line of operating ... It was then a free product though only for genuine installations of Windows , contained few ... conference, Chief Software Architect and co founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates , announced that Windows ... more details
On Microsoft Windows operating system s, a Windows service is a long running executable that performs specific functions and which is designed not to require user intervention. Windows services can be configured to start when the operating system is booting booted and run in the background as long as Windows is running, or they can be started manually when required. They are similar in concept to a Unix daemon computer software daemon . Many appear in the processes list in the Windows Task Manager , most often with a username of tt SYSTEM tt , tt LOCAL SERVICE tt or tt NETWORK SERVICE tt , though not all processes with the tt SYSTEM tt username are services. The remaining services run through ..., it can be managed by launching Services from the Windows Control Panel Windows Control Panel &rarr Administrative Tools or typing Services.msc in the Run command on Start menu . In Windows Vista and later, it can be started or stopped in the Services tab in Windows Task Manager , and its process ... from running. Automatic Delayed is a new startup type introduced in Windows Vista, that starts ... CSV file. In Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista , besides the Services management console .... Users can also use the SC command in the command prompt. Developing a Windows service A Windows Service is created using development tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio or Embarcadero Delphi . Windows ... computer software List of Microsoft Windows components Services List of Windows Services Operating system service management Operating System Service Management Service Control Manager Windows Service ... kb en us 137890 INSTSRV.EXE a Windows NT resource kit program that allows you to install an arbitrary ... Windows Components Category Windows services bg Windows Service cs Slu ba Windows de Windows Systemdienst ko id Windows service it Servizio di Windows ja Windows pl Us uga Windows ru Windows ... more details
notability Products date March 2012 ref improve date March 2012 Infobox software name Windows SteadyState screenshot File Steadystate.png 300px caption The Windows SteadyState 2.5 running on Windows XP ... and age 2005 df no operating system Windows XP and Windows Vista platform Strictly IA 32 latest release version 2.5 latest release date start date and age 2008 7 2 df no ref name Windows SteadyState 2.5 ... width 50 label1 Shared Computer Toolkit 1.0 data1 Released in 2005 label2 Windows SteadyState 2.0 data2 Released in June 2007 supports Windows XP SP2 Home, Professional, and Tablet editions label3 Windows SteadyState 2.5 data3 Released in July 2008 adds support for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 ref name Windows SteadyState 2.5 Cite web url http download.cnet.com Windows SteadyState 3000 18512 4 11127965.html title Windows SteadyState work Download.com publisher CBS Interactive date June 2, 2007 accessdate March 25, 2012 ref Windows SteadyState formerly Shared Computer Toolkit is a discontinued ... running Windows XP and Windows Vista . A 64 bit version was never available. Windows SteadyState was incompatible with Windows 7 . Features SteadyState can revert a computer to a previously stored state every time it reboots, or on administrator s request. When Windows Disk Protection WDP component ... on Windows Group policy Group Policies , while others are implemented by SteadyState itself ... for that environment. Some settings include the ability to turn off the control panel, disable windows registry registry editing tools, disable the Command Prompt Windows command prompt , and stop the user from executing batch files or programs not in the windows or program folders. Computer settings can also be applied. Since SteadyState would normally remove any Windows updates or security patches ... the built in Windows Administrator account. The administrator can block access to specified programs ... of Windows and on the common desktop. Programs from other locations can be added manually. Discontinuation ... more details
nofootnotes date October 2009 Image Nashville desktop.jpg 300px thumb Windows Nashville 4.10.999 desktop. Nashville was the codename for a cancelled release of Microsoft Windows scheduled to be released in 1996, between Chicago Windows 95 and Memphis Windows 98 , at the time scheduled for release in 1997 , ref Comes v. Microsoft 3208 ref causing it to be referred to as Windows 96 by the public. The release intended to focus on a tighter integration between Windows and Internet Explorer , in order to better compete with Netscape Navigator . ref Comes v. Microsoft 5735 ref Microsoft claimed that Nashville would add Internet integration features to the Windows 95 and NT 4.0 desktop metaphor desktop , building on the new features in the Internet Explorer 3.0 web browser due for release a few months before Nashville . Touted features included a combined file manager and web browser, the ability to seamlessly open Microsoft Office documents from within Internet Explorer using ActiveX technology ... wallpaper . A leaked build had version number 4.10.999 compare to Windows 95 s 4.00.950, Windows 95 OSR2 s 4.00.1111, and Windows 98 s 4.10.1998 . The project was eventually cancelled as a full release of Windows, Windows 95 OSR2 Detroit being shipped as an interim release instead. The codename Nashville was reused for the Windows Desktop Update that shipped with Internet Explorer 4.0 and delivered ... Windows 95 . PC Magazine . pp. 75 76. Honeyball, Jon June 1996 . http www.windowsitpro.com Windows Article ArticleID 2553 2553.html The Road to Cairo Goes Through Nashville . Windows IT Pro . Other ... friendly version http 69.117.216.225 81 OSArchive microsoft.htm Microsoft OS Checklist History of Windows Category Microsoft Windows be Microsoft Windows Nashville es Windows Nashville fr Windows Nashville ko it Windows Nashville hu Windows Nashville pl Microsoft Windows Nashville pt Windows Nashville ro Windows Nashville ru Windows Nashville zh Windows Nashville ... more details
One source date September 2010 Infobox OS version name Windows 3.0 family Microsoft Windows logo Windows 3.0 logo.svg logo size 100px screenshot Windows 3.0 workspace.png caption Screenshot of Windows ... agreement EULA kernel type preceded by Windows 2.1x succeeded by Windows 3.1x first release date Start ... categories Windows 3.0 , a graphical environment , is the third major release of Microsoft Windows , and was released on May 22, 1990. It became the first widely successful version of Windows and a rival .... It was followed by Windows 3.1x Windows 3.1 . Windows 3.0 originated in 1989 when a group of Microsoft programmers independently decided to develop a protected mode Windows as an experiment. They cobbled ... it as an official project. Features Windows 3.0 succeeded Windows 2.1x and included a significantly ... form with Windows 386 2.1 , making the system usable as a crude computer multitasking multitasking ... launcher was replaced with the icon based Program Manager and the list based File Manager Windows ... editor Notepad Windows Notepad and the word processor Write both inherited from earlier versions of Windows , a macro recorder new later dropped , the paint program Paint software Paintbrush ... game was complemented with the card game Solitaire Windows Solitaire . The Windows icons and graphics support a full 16 colors in EGA and VGA mode while Windows 2.x only had colored menus and window boxes .... Windows 3.0 includes a Protected Enhanced mode which allows Windows applications to use more memory ... 8088 8088 up to Intel 80286 80286 and Intel 80386 80386 . Windows 3.0 tries to auto detect which mode .... Since Windows 3.0 and later Windows 3.1 runs in 16 bit 286 protected mode and not 32 bit 386 protected ... may be contained in the code Ami Pro was the first Windows application to require a 386 . Because of this, Windows 3.0 can only access 16MB total of RAM even on 386 CPUs which have the theoretical capability of utilizing 4GB. This was the first version to run Windows programs in protected ... more details
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