Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
BootSkin is a computer program for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP [1] and Windows Vista [2] that allows users to change the screen displayed while the operating system is booting. [3] It is made by Stardock, and distributed for free under the WinCustomize brand.
LiteStep – A noted desktop shell replacement for Windows. ObjectDock — provides a dock that adds functionality to the Windows interface, similar but not an emulation of the dock in Mac OS X. LogonStudio — alters the Windows XP and Windows Vista welcome screen. BootSkin — alters the Windows 2000 and Windows XP boot screen.
LOGO.SYS is in fact an 8-bit RLE-encoded Windows bitmap file with a resolution of exactly 320×400 pixels at 256 colors. This is displayed in the otherwise little-used 320x400 VGA graphics mode, a compromise to allow the display of a 256-color image with high vertical (but not horizontal) resolution on all compatible systems, even those with plain VGA cards (which could only show 16 colors ...
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".
Windows in Directory Services Restore Mode (/SAFEBOOT:DSREPAIR /SOS) – (This mode is valid only for Windows-based domain controllers.) Performs a directory service repair. [11] /SOS – Disables the graphical boot screen and uses the NT4 style text-boot, listing the Windows build number, version number, etc. In Windows 2000 and XP, the text ...
Experience Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Microsoft Store (previously Windows Store) Initially known as Windows Store, it started as an app store for Windows 8. In Windows 10, it expanded into a broad digital distribution platform for apps, games, music, digital video and e-books.
This is a list of software that provides an alternative graphical user interface for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The technical term for this interface is a shell. Windows' standard user interface is the Windows shell; Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1x have a different shell, called Program Manager. The programs in this list do not restyle ...
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 are the only releases of Windows XP to include Internet Information Services 6.0, which matches the version shipped with Windows Server 2003; other versions of XP include 5.1. 64-bit versions of Windows XP are also immune to certain types of viruses and malware that ...