Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Side-by-side assembly (SxS, or WinSxS on Microsoft Windows) technology is a standard for executable files in Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, and later versions of Windows that attempts to alleviate problems (collectively known as "DLL Hell") that arise from the use of dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) in Microsoft Windows.
[5] 3.1 [10] Built from Windows 7 SP1 code base. It is included in a WAIK supplementary update provided by Microsoft. 4.0 [11] Built from Windows 8 code base. It is included in WADK for Windows 8. 5.0 [12] [13] Built from Windows 8.1 code base. It is included in Windows ADK for Windows 8.1. 5.1 [14] [13] It is an update for version 5.0 that is ...
Using imagex to manually create a WIM does not require the source operating system to be sysprepped or for the source partition to contain a Windows operating system. Any type of Windows-accessible file system can be imaged, including MSDOS, but the source system either needs to be able to run Windows PE or the source system's hard drive is ...
Deployment Image Service and Management Tool (DISM) is a tool introduced in Windows 7 [10] and Windows Server 2008 R2 [10] that can perform servicing tasks on a Windows installation image, be it an online image (i.e. the one the user is running) or an offline image within a folder or WIM file. Its features include mounting and unmounting images ...
Designed to be simpler and faster than previous installation methods, it analyses the system's hardware and software for compatibility with Windows 8, allows the user to purchase, download, and install the operating system, and migrate files and settings from the previous Windows installation in the case of a clean install. [5] [6] Windows ...
Windows AIK Version 1.0 was released with Windows Vista. New or redesigned tools and technologies included Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM), Sysprep, ImageX, and Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) v2.0. [4] Windows AIK Version 1.1 was released with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. A number of new tools were ...
On the same day SHA-1 updates were discontinued for older Windows versions prior to 7 and Server 2008, updating Windows 7 and Server 2008 via the Windows Update service was also affected, however Microsoft has provided SHA-2 patches that allowed Windows 7 and Server 2008 to continue receiving updates. [48]
On Apple Mac computers using Intel x86-64 processor architecture, the EFI system partition is initially left blank and unused for booting into macOS. [13] [14]However, the EFI system partition is used as a staging area for firmware updates [15] and for the Microsoft Windows bootloader for Mac computers configured to boot into a Windows partition using Boot Camp.