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  2. Booting process of Windows - Wikipedia

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    When a user is logging on to Windows, the startup sound is played, the shell (usually EXPLORER.EXE) is loaded from the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, and startup items are loaded. In all versions of Windows 9x except ME, it is also possible to load Windows by booting to a DOS prompt and typing "win".

  3. Windows Registry - Wikipedia

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    By using the Set-Location (or the alias cd) command the user can change the current location to another key of the registry. [28] Commands which rename items, remove items, create new items or set content of items or properties can be used to rename keys, remove keys or entire sub-trees or change values.

  4. List of Microsoft Windows components - Wikipedia

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    Serves as the central launching point for applications. It provides a customizable, nested list of apps for the user to launch, as well as a list of most recently opened documents, a way to find files and get help, and access to the system settings. By default, the Start Button is visible at all times in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

  5. Service Control Manager - Wikipedia

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    The SCM executable, Services.exe, runs as a Windows console program and is launched by the Wininit process early during the system startup. [2] Its main function, SvcCtrlMain(), launches all the services configured for automatic startup. First an internal database of installed services is initialized by reading the following two registry keys:

  6. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Library options to configure what action to take when double clicking files (Add to List, Play All, Play Selected Items) have been removed. The total playlist time is no longer shown in the Now Playing list or in the Library without selecting items. It is only shown in the Library for selected items. [66]

  7. AUTOEXEC.BAT - Wikipedia

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    AUTOEXEC.BAT is a system file that was originally on DOS-type operating systems.It is a plain-text batch file in the root directory of the boot device.The name of the file is an abbreviation of "automatic execution", which describes its function in automatically executing commands on system startup; the filename was coined in response to the 8.3 filename limitations of the FAT file system family.

  8. Graphical identification and authentication - Wikipedia

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    A custom GINA could be made entirely from scratch, or just be the original GINA with modifications. A custom GINA can be specified by placing a string named GinaDLL in the registry location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. The Winlogon component is solely responsible for calling these APIs in the GINA ...

  9. Architecture of Windows 9x - Wikipedia

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    It then loads the LOGO.SYS file and displays a startup image on the screen. If the DRVSPACE.INI or DBLSPACE.INI file exists, it also loads drivers for compressed disks. Windows then attempts to open the registry file SYSTEM.DAT. If that fails, it attempts to open SYSTEM.DA0. If configured in MSDOS.SYS or in the registry, double buffering is ...