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In Windows, CScript.exe at the command line and WScript.exe running in the GUI are the main means of implementation of installed Active Script languages. [2] Clicking on an icon or running from the command line, a script, the Run dialogue, etc. will by default run a plain text file containing the code.
To activate volume-licensed versions of Office, including Project and Visio, one must have a Key Management Service (KMS) host computer. One can configure a Windows Server computer to be a KMS host computer [4] by installing the Volume Activation Services role and then running the Volume Activation Tools wizard.
Windows applications and processes may be automated using a script in Windows Script Host. Viruses and malware could be written to exploit this ability. Thus, some suggest disabling it for security reasons. [20] Alternatively, antivirus programs may offer features to control .vbs and other scripts which run in the WSH environment.
Microsoft released a version of cmd.exe for Windows 9x and ME called WIN95CMD to allow users of older versions of Windows to use certain cmd.exe-style batch files. As of Windows 8, cmd.exe is the normal command interpreter for batch files; the older COMMAND.COM can be run as well in 32-bit versions of Windows able to run 16-bit programs.
Windows Process Activation Service (also known as WAS) is the process activation mechanism introduced within Internet Information Services v7.0. Windows Activation Service builds on the existing Internet Information Services v6.0 but is more powerful because it provides support for other protocols besides HTTP , such as TCP and Named Pipes .
Windows 7: Windows Command Prompt: Text-based shell (command line interpreter) that provides a command line interface to the operating system Windows NT 3.1: PowerShell: Command-line shell and scripting framework. Windows XP: Windows Shell: The most visible and recognizable aspect of Microsoft Windows.
cmd.exe in Windows NT 2000, 4DOS, 4OS2, 4NT, and a number of third-party solutions allow direct entry of environment variables from the command prompt. From at least Windows 2000, the set command allows for the evaluation of strings into variables, thus providing inter alia a means of performing integer arithmetic.
System Locked Pre-installation (SLP), also referred to as OEM Activation, is a product activation procedure for Microsoft Windows used by major OEMs of laptops and pre-built PCs wherein a Windows product key is added and locked to the machine's firmware before mass distribution. SLP product keys cannot be moved to other machines.