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Microsoft Product Activation is a DRM technology used by Microsoft Corporation in several of its computer software programs, most notably its Windows operating system and its Office productivity suite. The procedure enforces compliance with the program's end-user license agreement by transmitting information about both the product key used to ...
On Windows XP, if WGA determines that a user's copy of Windows is unauthorized but was installed from seemingly legitimate media (i.e., the CD/DVD and holographic emblem present on real copies of Windows seems genuine), then Microsoft will supply the user with a new CD/DVD. However, newer versions of Windows will still require the user to ...
Some of the sounds from Windows 2000 are The Microsoft Sound, Windows Logoff Sound and Windows Logon Sound are removed but the sounds in Media folder are stored. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties. The option to select a Pattern under the Background (9x/NT)/ Desktop (XP) tab of ...
Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product intended to provide a more user-friendly interface for the Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, supplanting the Windows Program Manager. The program was released on March 11, 1995 and discontinued in early 1996. Microsoft Bob presented screens showing a house, with rooms that ...
The Windows logo key (also known as Windows, win, start, logo, flag or super[ 1] key) is a keyboard key which was originally introduced on Microsoft 's Natural Keyboard in 1994. Windows 95 used it to bring up the start menu and it then became a standard key on PC keyboards. Ctrl + Esc performs the same function, in case the keyboard lacks this key.
Classic Shell is a computer program for Microsoft Windows that provides user interface elements intended to restore familiar features from past versions of Windows. [4] It focuses on the Start menu, File Explorer and Internet Explorer — three major components of the Windows shell although it also does some minor tweaks for the Windows Taskbar ...
Classic "Begin logon" dialog box on Windows XP Windows 11 lock screen, requiring user to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.. Winlogon (Windows Logon) is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading the user profile on logon, creates the desktops for the window station, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is ...
The Windows 7 On-screen keyboard removes the ability to change or specify the font as a result of which keyboard layouts of fonts which use Dingbats and Unicode characters in place of alphabetic characters can no longer be viewed. The Windows 7 On-screen keyboard removes direct access to function keys. Function keys are now accessed using the ...