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Windows for Pen Computing

Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing was a software suite for Windows 3.1x, that Microsoft designed to incorporate pen computing capabilities into the Windows operating environment. Windows for Pen Computing was the second major pen computing platform for x86 tablet PCs; GO Corporation released their operating system, PenPoint OS, shortly before Microsoft published Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 made in 1991 and released in 1992.

The software features of Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 included an on-screen keyboard, a notepad program for writing with the stylus, and a program for training the system to respond accurately to the user's handwriting. Microsoft included Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in the Windows SDK, and the operating environment was also bundled with compatible devices.

Microsoft published Windows 95 in 1995, and later released Windows for Pen Computing 2.0 released in 1995 for this new operating system. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition superseded Windows for Pen Computing in 2002. Subsequent Windows versions, such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, supported pen computing intrinsically.

## References

1. **Jump up ^** Lisa Stampfli (December 1995). "Pen Computing and Windows 95". Pen Computing Magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
2. **Jump up ^** Marlin Eller and Jennifer Edstrom (1998), *Barbarians Led by Bill Gates*, Owl Books

## External links

* The Unknown History of Pen Computing contains a history of pen computing, including touch and gesture technology, from approximately 1917 to 1992.
* About Tablet Computing Old and New - an article that mentions Windows Pen in passing
* Annotated bibliography of references to handwriting recognition and pen computing
* Windows für Pen Computer (German)
* Windows for Pen Computer (German link above translated by Google)
* Notes on the History of Pen-based Computing (YouTube)
Windows 9.x

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**Windows 9.x** is the colliquial name for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME, and they all have the following in common:

* They are all 16/32 bit hybrid kernels. They use MS-DOS as a boot loader and as a compatibility layer for legacy applications, meaning they can run DOS and Windows 3.x programs natively with little or no compatibility errors.
* They are all part of the *Windows 4.0* production line, meaning their internal version numbers for each version of Windows read like 4.0.950 (original 95 release), 4.10.1998 (original 98 release), and 4.90.3000 (original ME release).
* They and Internet Explorer have code that dovetail together, meaning that updates to Internet Explorer will integrate into the codebase of 95/98/ME. The Windows Desktop Update from Internet Explorer 4 would totally change the GUI of Windows 95, and that code was made an official part of Windows 98, and Windows ME featured further integration with IE.
* Unlike Windows NT, Windows could not use NTFS as their file system of choice barring certain third party utilities, which meant that 95 (starting with 95B or OSR 2.1), 98, and ME could only use FAT32 (which allowed hard drives of up to 32 GB in size compared to a mere 2 GB for FAT), and since they used MS-DOS memory calls that lacked file permissions, this meant the **Windows 9.x** series was often prone to file system corruption and hard drive issues.
* The entire line of 9x Windows had better support for USB drivers, gaming support, and multimedia, which made it a popular choice for consumers. Windows NT lacked most of these features or supported them poorly, but had better stability and security. Windows 2000 was the first version of NT to start bridging this gap, and with the release of Windows XP, Microsoft discontinued the 9x line altogether since Windows XP was a synthesis of the best aspects of the 9x and NT line of operating systems.

## External Links

* Role of MS-DOS in Windows
* FAT32 or NTFS?
* Windows OS Version Numbers
* Windows 9x Versions
Windows NT 3.5

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**Windows NT 3.5** (codenamed "Daytona") is the second release of the Microsoft Windows NT operating system. It was released on September 21, 1994.

One of the primary goals during Windows NT 3.5's development was to increase the speed of the operating system; as a result, the project was given the codename "Daytona" in reference to the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Windows NT 3.5 was finally succeeded by Windows NT 3.51 in 1995 and by Windows NT 4.0 in 1996.

## Overview

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This is the first Windows NT version to adopt the names *Windows NT Workstation* and *Windows NT Server* for its editions. The editions of the previous Windows NT release, Windows NT 3.1, were named *Windows NT* and *Windows NT Advanced Server*. The Workstation edition allowed only 10 concurrent clients to access the file server and no  Mac clients. The Server edition included all of the functions and network options in this system.

Windows NT 3.5 included integrated Winsock and TCP/IP support. The initial commercially available version of Windows NT, version 3.1, included only a proprietary and quite incomplete implementation of TCP/IP based on the AT&T UNIX System V "Streams" API. The TCP/IP and IPX/SPX stacks in Windows NT 3.5 are rewritten. NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) support as a compatibility layer for TCP/IP was introduced as also the Microsoft DHCP and WINS clients and DHCP and WINS servers.

Windows NT 3.5 can share files through FTP and printers through LPR and act as Gopher, Web, and WAIS servers. The Windows NT 3.5 Resource Kit included the first implementation of Microsoft DNS. Windows NT 3.5 included Remote Access Service for remote dial-up modem access to LAN services using either SLIP or PPP protocols.

Other new features in Windows NT 3.5 include VFAT (ability to use long file names of up to 255 characters), and support for I/O completion ports. It featured a new startup screen. The interface was updated to be consistent with the Windows for Workgroups 3.xx. It also upgraded Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) support from version 1.0 to version 2.0 and is more efficient - performance is higher and it requires less memory than Windows NT 3.1.

Windows NT 3.5 did not support laptop computers as it had no drivers for PCMCIA adapter cards.

In July 1995, Windows NT 3.5 with Service Pack 3 was rated by the National Security Agency as complying with TCSEC C2 criteria.

Windows NT 3.5 refuses to install on a processor newer than the original Pentium (P5 core). Windows NT 3.51 fixed this. It is however possible to modify files on the install CD which will allow it to install.

## Logos

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Look up at the non-beta logos

## Editions

* Windows NT 3.5 Workstation
* Windows NT 3.5 Server

## External links

* Guidebook: Windows NT 3.51 Gallery – A website dedicated to preserving and showcasing Graphical User Interfaces

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Windows 3.x0

**Windows 3.x0** was released since 1990, is also known as **Windows Version 3.x0** and can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:

* Windows 3.00a (Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extentions 1.00)
* Windows 3.10
* Windows 3.10 for Pen Computing 1.00 (Windows 3.10 for Pen Computing 1.0)
* Windows 3.10 for Workgroups (Windows for Workgroups 3.10)
* Windows NT 3.x0
32-bit

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The range of integer values that can be stored in 32 bits is 0 through 4,294,967,295 or −2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647 using two's complement encoding. Hence, a processor with 32-bit memory addresses can directly access 4 GB of byte-addressable memory.

The external address and data buses are often wider than 32 bits but both of these are stored and manipulated internally in the processor as 32-bit quantities. For example, the Pentium Pro processor is a 32-bit machine, but the external address bus is 36 bits wide, and the external data bus is 64 bits wide.

## Architecture

Prominent 32-bit instruction set architectures include the IBM System/360, the DEC VAX, the ARM, the MIPS, and the Intel IA-32.

## Images

In digital images/pictures, 32-bit can refer to 24-bit truecolor images with an 8-bit alpha channel.

Alternatively it may refer to 32-bit per channel rather than 24-bit colour + 8-bit alpha. 32-bit per channel images are used to represent values brighter than white, these values can then be used to more accurately retain bright highlights when either lowering the exposure of the image or when it is seen through a dark filter or dull reflection.

An example of this would be the reflection seen in an oil slick; even though the reflection is only a fraction of that seen in a mirror surface, the reflection of highlights can still be seen as bright white areas, not dull grey shapes.

## 32-bit file format

A 32-bit file format is a binary file format for which each elementary information is defined on 32 bits (or 4 Bytes). An example of such a format is the Enhanced Metafile Format.

## Notes

1. ↑ Gwennap, "Intel’s P6 Uses Decoupled Superscalar Design".

## See also

* 16-bit
\* 16-bit application
\* 32-bit application
\* 64-bit
\* History of video games (32-bit era)
\* word (computing)
\* Physical Address Extension (PAE)

## References

* Gwennap, Linley (16 February 1995). "Intel’s P6 Uses Decoupled Superscalar Design". *Microprocessor Report*.

==External links==
\* HOW Stuff Works "How Bits and Bytes work"
\* Ken Colburn on LockerGnome.com: *32-Bit Vs. 64-Bit Windows*

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Windows XP

**Windows XP** (codenamed **Whistler**) is a personal computer operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. The operating system was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and generally released for retail sale on October 25, 2001. The name "XP" is short for "e**XP**erience", highlighting the enhanced user experience.

Windows XP was the first Windows NT kernel based OS designed for both the business and general consumer markets, and are much more stable than the the Windows 9x line of operating systems due to the improved codebase (heavily based on Windows 2000). It was also the first version of Windows to implement product activation to prevent piracy.

In the late 1990's, development of the OS began, and during this time it was codenamed "Neptune". At first, XP (or Neptune) was made specifically for home users. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also originally planned for the business market. However, in January 2000, both projects were shelved in favor of a single OS codenamed "Whistler", which would serve as a single OS platform for both consumers and businesses alike. Windows XP was also a major advance from the MS-DOS based versions of Windows in security, stability and efficiency due to its use of the Windows NT kernel.

Windows XP was widely popular, and was one of the most known operating systems in the world. In fact, it was so popular, that many people chose not to upgrade to more recent versions of Windows, such as Windows 7 or Windows 8, even if the extended support is ended.

## Windows XP Gallery

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Scott Guthrie

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**Scott Guthrie** (born 1975) is a vice president in the Microsoft Developer Division. He runs the development teams that build ASP.NET, Common Language Runtime (CLR), Core .NET Base Class Library, Silverlight, Windows Forms, WPF, Internet Information Services 7.5, Commerce Server, .NET Compact Framework, Visual Web Developer and Visual Studio Tools for WPF. He is best known for his work on ASP.NET, which he and colleague Mark Anders developed while at Microsoft.

## References

1. ↑ "Architecture Journal Profile: Scott Guthrie". Microsoft Developer Network. January 2007. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266332.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-06.

## External links

* Official website
* ScottGu's Blog

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AQuantive

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**aQuantive, Inc.** is the parent company of a group of three digital marketing service and technology companies: Avenue A/Razorfish, Atlas Solutions, and DRIVE Performance Solutions.

Based in Seattle, Washington, the company was founded in 1997. According to *Advertising Age* magazine, in 2005 it ranked 14th in terms of revenue among advertising agencies worldwide. On May 18, 2007, Microsoft announced that it would acquire the company for $US 6 billion, making it the largest acquisition in Microsoft's history. The acquisition closed on August 10, 2007. aQuantive now forms part of Microsoft's newly created Advertiser and Publisher Solutions (APS) Group.

## External links

* aQuantive's Home Page

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Windows 1.0

Windows 1.0 is the first desktop environment developed and made by Microsoft. It is built on top of MS-DOS.

**Microsoft Windows 1.0x**

* Interface Type: GUI
* Kernel: 16-bit
* Developer: Microsoft Corporation
* Release Date: November 6, 1985.

## History

Version Release Dates:

* Windows 1.00: November 6, 1985 (Beta release, recalled)
* Windows 1.01: November 20, 1985 (Official Release)
* Windows 1.02: May 1986
* Windows 1.03: August 1986
* Windows 1.04: April 1987

Succeeded by Windows 2.0 In November 1987,

Was officially supported by Microsoft until December 31, 2001.

## Features

Windows 1.x System requirements:

* Video: CGA/HGC/EGA
* DOS: MS-DOS 2.0
* RAM: 256 KB or more,
* Disk Drive(s): 2 double-sided disk drives or hard drive.

Windows 1.0 included programs:

* MS-DOS Executive.
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Cardfile
* Clipboard viewer,
* Clock
* Notepad
* Paint
* Reversi
* Terminal
* Write.

## Gallery of Windows 1.x Screenshots

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## External links

* A good look a Windows 1.01
* Microsoft History of Windows page
* Free Dictionary Windows 1.0 page
* 20 Things You Didn't Know about Windows 1.0
* Operating System.org Windows 1.0 page
* Microsoft Windows Version History
Microsoft Popfly

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Microsoft Popfly was a website created in May 2007 by Adam Nathan and John Montgomery with Microsoft Silverlight technology.

The website allowed users who signed in with the Windows LIVE ID service to create games, programs, mashups, gadgets and webpages (within a 100 MB space limit), and they could store and distribute their creations to other users.

Despite its initial success the project was discontinued by August 24, 2009, possibly due to financial reasons, with Microsoft citing the following shortly before ending the service,

Popfly Mashup.pngPopfly Mashup Creator.Popfly Web.pngPopfly Web Page creator.

## External Links

* Microsoft Popfly review and rating
* Microsoft Popfly: Yahoo Pipes! for The rest of us!
* Microsoft Popfly
Fable

**Fable** is a rpg typ of game for the Xbox and Windows. This game is the first game in the Fable series. There is the original game and then the other version the **Fable The Lost Chapters** and then there is the version that is **Fable Anniversary** and then the Xbox Arcade version which is the original version of the game.

## Plot

The game starts out with you as a young boy liveing in Oakvale. You soon start going around town helping civilians by doing there quests. You need to earn five gold pieces to buy a box of chocolate for your sister's birthday. One of those quests have you stand next to his barn to make sure nothing gets smashed. In this quest you have two options one to do what he said to do or to smash the boxs. Depending on the choose you made dependes on if you got hero ponits or villain ponits. Once you go and buy the chocolate box and find your sister, one of the villagers dies from a bandit attacking witch beings the bandit attack on the town if Oakvile. You are hinding in the bushes nere the sild of the road when the bandits attack the town. When most of the attack has ended you go to see what happened to your house and family and to your horror the house is burning and your dad is dead but your mother and sister where capture by the bandits. Then a bandit comes running at to kill you but he gets killed by the hero know as Maze. Maze soon brings you to the hero guild to being your training as a hero. After many years of training the hero of Oakvale passes the last test to and becomes an official hero. He is informed by maze that there is a blind seeress that is liveing in the bandit camp.

## Gameplay

You play as the hero of Oakvale. In this game you are in a guild that is named the Hero Guild. In the hero guild you choose different quests and you can buy weapons and train. Also in the hero guild you choose what abillbys you want and which ones you want to level up. There are two typs of quests there are the quests that have you help the people or you can attack those pepople. The main gameplay elment of this game is the morality system. Each time that you do something like stealing in the game or killing a bandit afficts that sytem. So you will at the end of the game look like something like this.  The way that you earn money and reputation in this game is by doing quests. There is a way that you can gamble about how well you will do on that quest whitch is located outsilde the hero guild. There are different shops that you can go to like a bar or weapion shop.

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Xbox

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**Xbox** is a video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 and February 28, 2014 in Alvi's home. Also in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market.
John Platt

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**John Platt** is a senior researcher in the Knowledge Tools Group at Microsoft Corporation. Platt has worked for Microsoft since 1997. Prior to Microsoft, Platt had served as Director of Research at Synaptics.

Platt was born in Elgin, Illinois and matriculated at California State University, Long Beach at the age of 14. After graduating from CSULB at the age of 18, Platt enrolled in a computer science PhD program at California Institute of Technology.

While a student at Caltech under astronomer Gene Shoemaker, Platt discovered two asteroids, one of which he named after his father (3237 Victorplatt).

In August 2005, Apple Computer had its application for a patent on the interface of the popular iPod music player rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The reason appears to be that Platt had submitted a patent application for a similar interface design five months prior to Apple's claim.

Platt shared a 2005 Scientific and Technical Achievement Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Demetri Terzopoulos for their pioneering work in physically-based computer-generated techniques used to simulate realistic cloth in motion pictures.

Platt has an Erdős-Bacon number of 6.

## References

1. ↑ Dalrymple, Jim (August 16, 2005). "Inside Apple's iPod patent problems". *Macworld*. http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/08/16/ipodpatent/index.php.
2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20060413204557/http://www.oscars.org/78academyawards/scitech/winners.html (Backup at archive.org of http://www.oscars.org/78academyawards/scitech/winners.html Retrieved 2009-01-08.
3. ↑ John Platt's Home Page

* Microsoft Research - Who benefits? (*Information Week*)
* Asteroids discovered by John Platt

## External links

* John Platt's homepage at Microsoft.com

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Chess Titans

**Chess Titans** is a computer game of chess included in 2 of the 4 editions of Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium and Ultimate.

According to Microsoft's website Chess Titans is a premium game along with Mahjong Titans.

## Graphics

The game is fully animated and especially developed for Windows Aero with its glass-like view. Chess Titans has an advanced graphical user interface (GUI) of recent versions of Windows.
In Chess Titans players can change the color scheme by pressing F7 and change the chess pieces and chess board.
Chess pieces:

* Porcelain
* Glass
* Wood

Chess board:

* Porcelain
* Marble
* Wood

Chess Titans for Vista also adds in-game 3D-rotation.

## Gameplay

The game is a chess game for the Windows Vista. The game can be played with either a mouse or Xbox 360 controller for Windows.

### Player vs. Computer

Players can play against the computer after selecting the computer skill in a scale from 1 to 10. After a move is made by the computer, the player can view the last move. When clicking on a chess piece, Chess Titans selects all possibilities for that move, which helps the player in playing Chess. This option can also be turned off.

### Player vs. Player

In a 2-player game, the chess board automatically turns 180 degrees, after a player has made its move. Chess Titans saves all scores of 2-player games.
ReactOS

ReactOS is a open-source, implementation of Microsofts Windows NT operating systems. The project started in 1996 as FreeWin95, with the goal of making a clone of Windows 95 for free. The project was halted after Windows 98 was released.

In 1998, the project was rebooted and the name was changed to ReactOS. New goals include creating a free and open-source operating system that is designed to look, feel, and be binary compatible to that of Microsoft Windows, most commonly Windows XP and 2003.

ReactOS is primarily written on C, with some parts, such as the ReactOS File Explorer, are in C++ and some minor bits of assembly.

ReactOS Website
Need for Speed Underground

**Need for Speed Underground** is the second Need for Speed game on the Xbox.

## Gameplay

There are four different modes of races that you can choose. Those mode are the dift mode, the drag mode, the knockout mode and the circuit mode. There is the main element of the game which is the underground mode in which you can customize your car.
Common Language Runtime

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The **Common Language Runtime** (CLR) is a core component of Microsoft's .NET initiative. It is Microsoft's implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) standard, which defines an execution environment for program code. In the CLR, code is expressed in a form of bytecode called the Common Intermediate Language (CIL, previously known as MSIL—Microsoft Intermediate Language).

Developers using the CLR write code in a language such as C# or VB.NET. At compile time, a .NET compiler converts such code into CIL code. At runtime, the CLR's just-in-time compiler converts the CIL code into code native to the operating system. Alternatively, the CIL code can be compiled to native code in a separate step prior to runtime by using the Native Image Generator (NGEN). This speeds up all later runs of the software as the CIL-to-native compilation is no longer necessary.

Although some other implementations of the Common Language Infrastructure run on non-Windows operating systems, Microsoft's implementation runs only on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

## Services

The CLR allows programmers to ignore many details of the specific CPU that will execute the program. It also provides other important services, including the following:

* Memory management
* Thread management
* Exception handling
* Garbage collection
* Security

## See also

* Dynamic Language Runtime, built on top of the CLR

## References

* Common Language Runtime Overview (Microsoft MSDN)
* How to Common Language Runtime
* "Standard ECMA-335, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)". *Ecma Standards*. ECMA International. http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm. Retrieved January 1, 2010.

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16-bit

A 16-bit application is any software written for MS-DOS, OS/2 1.x or early versions of Microsoft Windows which originally ran on the 16-bit Intel 8088 and Intel 80286 microprocessors

"16 bit" refers to the length (in bits - zeros and ones) of the addresses of memory locations, and the length of instructions issued to the processors.

All versions of MS-DOS and the below versions of Windows had 16 bit code:

* MS-DOS (all versions)
\* Windows 1.x/2.x/3.x (all versions)
\* Windows 4.x or 9x (Windows 95/98/Millennium Edition) (all versions)

MS-DOS and Windows up to Windows 3.0 were completely 16-bit code. With the advent of the Intel 80386 processor, Windows 3.11 introduced the possibility of the possibility of using 32-bit processing, which made certain features of the operating system perform faster and more efficiently. However, this only applied to certain programs, as most of the underlying code still was tied to DOS, which was completely 16 bit.

The Windows 95/98/ME line was a hybrid of 16 and 32 bit code. Windows ran mostly in 32 bit code, but still retained backwards compatibility for DOS and Windows programs written in 16 bit code, due to DOS being the foundation of the code base.

This reliance on DOS became less and less apparent with each successive Windows 9.x version, with Windows ME appearing not to need DOS at all (due to disabling the ability to enter real DOS mode), though it could still run DOS programs and certain hacks could reenable real DOS mode, meaning it still had 16 bit code.

Windows NT was completely 32 bit, which had no 16 bit code, but could emulate certain DOS and older Windows programs via an emulation filter, though the most recent versions of NT (like Vista and Windows 7, especially the 64 bit versions) cannot run any DOS or Windows 3.x programs except via special emulation software like DOSbox or in other virtual machine programs, due to having no 16 bit code or emulation support for it.
Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is one of the main competitors of Microsoft. The company got its name from Steve Jobs, whose favorite fruit was an apple. When Jobs' company was unable to pick a name, he decided to name it Apple in dedication to his favorite fruit.

Apple has released a bunch of products such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Nano and Mac, as well as many software such as Quick Time.
Ed Fries

**Ed Fries** was vice president of game publishing at Microsoft during much of the Xbox's lifecycle. He was a prime evangelist of the platform to game developers and had an important role in the acquisition of developers Bungie Studios, Ensemble Studios and Rare.

Fries left Microsoft in January 2004. He consulted with a startup company, FireAnt, that was later sold to Sony Online Entertainment. He was also involved with several startups including AGEIA, which aims to bring the first "physics accelerator" chip for games to market, and Emotiv Systems, a company building an EEG based game controller.

Fries is currently working on bringing his favorite game, World of Warcraft, to three-dimensional life with his startup company, Figure Prints. The company makes 3D models of a player's characters using a fleet of Z Corporation printers. Within the first 12 hours of his company going live, over 4,000 people had requested an order for a model. Fries explains in an interview that each model can take about 1 week to complete.

In July 2010, Fries released an Atari 2600 version of the game Halo, called Halo 2600.

## External links

* In-depth interview at Kikizo.com
* Wall Street Journal article about Emotiv Systems
* Bio on Emotiv's website
* WoW Insider Interviews Ed Fries Founder of FigurePrints
* Behind the Games: Ed Fries. Video interview at GameSpot.

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Mike Harrington

**Mike Harrington** was the co-founder of the computer game development company, Valve Software and a lead programmer of the game *Half-Life*.

Previously a games developer at Dynamix and a developer on the Windows NT operating system at Microsoft, Harrington founded Valve in 1996 with Gabe Newell, another former Microsoft employee: he and Newell privately funded Valve through the development of *Half-Life*. Half-Life became a game industry phenomenon, winning more than 50 Game of the Year Awards; it was also named the "Best PC Game of All Time" by PC Gamer Magazine, the leading PC Games magazine.

On January 15, 2000, after the success of *Half-Life*, Harrington dissolved his partnership with Newell and left Valve to take an extended vacation with his wife, Monica.

Harrington returned to the software industry in 2006, when he co-founded Picnik with long-time friend and former colleague Darrin Massena. Picnik was acquired by Google in March 2010.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geoff Keighley. "The Final Hours of Half-Life 2". *Gamespot UK*. http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6112889/p-4.html. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
2. ↑ "Mike Harrington Interview". *PlanetHalfLife.com*. November 20, 1999. http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Interviews.Detail&id=58. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
3. ↑ CVG Staff (28 September, 2007). "Creative Minds: Gabe Newell". *computerandvideogames.com*. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=172835. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

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Microsoft Office 2003

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**Microsoft Office 2003** is an office suite written and distributed by Microsoft for Windows. It was released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003, and made available for the public on October 21, 2003. It is the predecessor to Microsoft Office 2007 and the successor to Microsoft Office XP. It runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista.

## Applications

* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Microsoft Outlook
* Microsoft Access
* Microsoft Publisher
* Microsoft InfoPath (*New*)
* Microsoft Project
* Microsoft Visio
* Microsoft FrontPage
* Microsoft OneNote (*New*)
* Microsoft Office Picture Manager (*New*)

## New features

### Outlook

* Better email and calendar sharing and information display
* Complete Unicode support
* Search folders
* Colored flags
* Kerberos authentication
* RPC over HTTP
* *Cached Exchange* mode
* Improved junk mail filter

### Word

* Reading Layout view
* Document comparison
* Better change-tracking and annotation/reviewing
* Research Task Pane
* Voice comments
* XML-based format

### Excel

* List commands
* More statistical functions and XML data import
* Analysis and transformation/document customization

### Access

* Backup command
* Ability to view object dependencies
* Error checking in forms and reports

### FrontPage

* Conditional formatting
* *Find and Replace* for HTML elements
* New tools for creating and formatting tables and cells
* Dynamic templates
* Flash support
* WebDAV and SharePoint publishing among other features

### Publisher

* Generic Color PostScript printer driver for commercial printing

## Removed features

* Design Time Controls support removed in FrontPage
* Access 2.0 database conversion utility removed from the installation CD; Client Server Visual Design Tools for Access are no longer included in the installation CD
* A large number of converters and filters are no longer available on the installation CD
* Several international font options removed for installation CD
* Genigraphics Wizard support and Presentation Broadcasting removed in PowerPoint
* Microsoft Draw Converter and Organization Chart Converter are no longer available
* Web Pages wizard removed in Word
* Multiple features in Visio removed
* Comments option in the View menu as well as the button on the Comment pane to close the pane were removed in Word
* Microsoft Photo Editor removed
* Due to the deprecation of WinHelp, context-sensitive help was removed
* Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar removed
Kazuhiko Nishi

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Template:Nihongo worked for Microsoft during the 1980s as Vice President of the Far East operations.

In 1986, Kazuhiko Nishi left Microsoft to devote himself mostly to ASCII Corporation to develop the MSX standard together with NEC executive Kazuya Watanabe. Today ASCII is the biggest multimedia empire on the west side of the Pacific. Since 1986 Nishi has written for newspapers and authored a number of books. He sat in several committees on behalf of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and he is presently a member of the Committee for World Economy in the 21st Century. He is also the president of MSX Association a private organization originating from an assembly of people with affinity with the MSX standard.

In 2005, Nishi ran unsuccessfully for president of a small university in rural Japan.

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Lego Jurassic World: The Video Game

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**Lego Jurassic World: The Video Game** is a Multi-Platform action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and Published by Universal Pictures and TT Games.
Global Address List

Template:No footnotesThe **Global Address List** (**GAL**) also known as **Microsoft Exchange Global Address Book** is a directory service within the Microsoft Exchange email system. The GAL contains information for all email users, distribution groups, and Exchange resources. Digital IDs certificates generated by Microsoft Exchange Server Advanced Security IIS or by Microsoft Exchange Key Management Server (KMS) are automatically published in the Global Address Book. Users of Microsoft Outlook can publish to GAL their externally generated PKI certificates that are used for secure e-mail.

## References

* Feature Comparison Between Outlook 2003 and Office Outlook Web Access. Address Book and Global Address List
* Supporting Outlook in Your PKI
* How users manage cryptographic digital IDs in Outlook 2007

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Bruce Leak

A graduate of Stanford University, **Bruce Leak** is CEO and Co-Founder of SkyPop. He was the engineering team leader of the first version of QuickTime by Apple Computer. He co-founded WebTV Networks which was acquired by Microsoft.

He also held positions at Rocket Science Games and General Magic Inc.
Policy

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These articles document the official Policy of Microsoft Wiki. See also Category:Policy

### Rules and guidelines

* **About Policy** - This page outlines what policy is, and the processes behind it
* **Rules** - The rules of Microsoft Wiki must not be broken on any accounts

### Copyright and Privacy

* **Copyright** - Guidance on the reproduction of Copyright material
* **Privacy policy** - The use of user's private data held on or by Microsoft Wiki
* **Copyright templates** - Templates for marking Copyright or Copyleft content and images

### Article content

* **Style Guide** - Guidelines for layout and style of articles
* **Create** - How to create an article, and guidelines for page titles etc
* **Consistency** - Making sure content is consistent across the wiki
* **Speculation** - What speculation, extrapolation and educated guessing is permitted

### Staff and Vandalism

* **Cleanup** - The process of keeping Microsoft Wiki's articles clean, correct and consistent
* **Vandalism** - Guidelines for how to deal with vandalism, and what counts (also NSfV)
* **Deletion** - Guidelines for the processes behind deleting pages on Microsoft Wiki

### Status and Awards

* **Staff** - The different levels of staff, who they are, and how to apply
* **Featured articles** - How articles are given "featured" status

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Windows Essential Business Server

**Windows Essential Business Server** (code named *Centro*) is Microsoft's server offering for mid-size businesses (up to a maximum of 300 Users and/or Devices).

 It was released to manufacturing on 16 September 2008 and was officially launched on the 12th of November 2008.

## Overview

Built from the Windows Server 2008 codebase, two editions are available: Standard and Premium. The Standard edition includes three Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard Servers and on top of those three servers: Microsoft Exchange 2007, Microsoft System Center Essentials, Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server, and Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Medium Business Edition) formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server. The Premium edition adds another Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition and the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard database software.

According to Microsoft, Essential Business Server features a single administration/management console, through which the collection of managed clients and servers can be monitored and managed. Third party software can also utilize the same console to present an administration interface to their software. Computer Associates Inc. and Symantec will use the management console for their CA ARCserve Backup, Backup Exec and Endpoint Protection products respectively. Essential Business Server also includes Remote Web Workplace, an out-of-the-box feature that enables IT to easily set up security-enhanced remote access to company client computers and Outlook Web Access.

On March 5, 2010, Microsoft announced that due to low demand of the product, it discontinued the offering of Essential Business Server after June 30, 2010.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Microsoft Essential Business Server Community Site". http://ebsfaq.com.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Microsoft's Centro becomes 'Essential' business server". http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9045859. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
3. ↑  Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) finalised - incl Forefront TMG 2008

## External links

* EBS Official Blog in English
* EBSfaq.com Community Site
* EBS Official Blog in Chinese
* Windows Essential Business Server SDK
* Mike Langowski's Blog - EBS Program Manager
* Kent Compton's Blog - EBS Product Planner
* Nicholas King's Blog - EBS Technical Product Manager
* Chris Grillone's Blog - EBS Product Manager
* Product Documentation - Windows Essential Business Server Technical Library

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SageTV

**SageTV Media Center** is a popular digital video recorder package for Windows and Linux. It works with most hardware based TV tuner cards and has a programming guide that is updated via the Internet. SageTV Media Center provides a television interface for digital video recording, Music and Photos on Windows and Linux and also has a SageTV Placeshifter option that allows you to watch your TV from any high speed connection. SageTV typically records in standard MPEG2, making it possible to transfer recordings to laptops or other devices you have.

The SageTV Media Extender set-top allows you to connect other TVs at home to SageTV over a home network. Also works with Hauppauge MediaMVP.

SageTV Placeshifter lets you watch your TV from any high speed internet connection similar to the Slingbox.

## SageTV Media Center for Linux

SageTV Media Center for Linux is based on the Gentoo distribution and is a full Linux distribution tuned for Media Center usage. It runs on low cost PC and consumer electronics hardware including embedded processors (embedded only available for OEMs).

## SageTV Studio

SageTV Studio lets users customize SageTV and also develop SageTV plugins. There are Netflix, IMDB and commercial skipping plugins.

## External links

* Official SageTV homepage

* SageTV Studio overview
* SageTV Plugins
* SageTV Studio User Guide
* SageTV Community Website
Microsoft Bob

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**Microsoft Bob** was a software product designed to ease computer use for new users. Integrated into the operating system, it was intended to provide a simpler interface than the Program Manager (on Windows NT) or Windows Explorer (on Windows 95) interfaces, by using the paradigm of a "house" with various "rooms".

The software was poorly received by critics and a commercial failure.

Microsoft Bob introduced the Comic Sans font.
Tobin Titus

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**Tobin Titus** is a Site Manager at Microsoft where he works on the Microsoft Developer Network team. Titus is an author of several books about development with Microsoft's .NET Framework, namely those about multi-threaded application development.

## Background

According to Titus' biography, he grew up in East Liverpool, Ohio. While attended public school in his younger years, he was introduced to programming in the 5th grade and started programming at home with Atari Microsoft BASIC on an Atari 800XL computer.

In high school, Titus moved to a private school in Pennsylvania where he graduated with honors. Titus then attended a private, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina named Bob Jones University where he majored in Graphic Design.

## References

1. ↑ *C# Threading Handbook*, ISBN 1-86100-829-5
2. ↑ *Visual Basic .Net Threading Handbook*, ISBN 1-86100-713-2

## External links

* Tobin Titus' blog
* Learning In Public videos

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Windows NT 3.xx

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Windows NT 3.xx (released since 1993 and still released on VirtualBox (since 2007)/VMware (VMWare) (since 1998)/Microsoft Virtual PC (since 1997)) can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows NT:

* Windows NT 3.x0 (released since 1993)
* Windows NT 3.5x (released since 1994)

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Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

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**Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy** is a multi-platform action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts and TT Games.
Derek Denny-Brown (software engineer)

**Derek Denny-Brown** is a software developer, formerly with the Microsoft Corporation. He is credited with the development of both the MSXML XML processing engine, as well as the XMLHTTP ActiveX Control, providing functionality which has since been followed up by the Mozilla Foundation, Safari (web browser), and Opera, and has become the basis of a recent draft proposal by the W3C to standardize against.

Denny-Brown worked for Steven Newcomb's TechnoTeacher company prior to joining Microsoft. TechnoTeacher's HyMinder engine was a robust implementation of ISO 10744 - Hytime. He briefly assisted with the US Navy MID project (a so-called notional browser language developed as a project managed out of the David Taylor Model Basin - Carderock) while in the employ of TechnoTeacher. The MID (Metafile for Interactive Documents) precedes both XUL and XAML as a markup-based GUI.

## External links

* Official site
* Dare Obasanjo on the XMLHTTP object pointing to Derek's prior ownership of the XMLHTTP control
Microsoft Office 2000

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**Microsoft Office 2000** is a release of Microsoft Office, an office suite for Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. Released to manufacturing on March 29, 1999 and shipped on October 31, 1999 it succeeded Microsoft Office 97 and preceded Microsoft Office XP. It comes in five different editions, the most comprehensive of which is Office 2000 Developer.

Microsoft Office 2000 was designed as a fully 32-bit suite of software developed with Y2k bug in mind. All the Office 2000 applications support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which allows moving data automatically between various programs.

Office 2000 was the first version of Office to use Windows Installer technology. This allowed service packs to be slipstreamed into the original installation files. The first update was called Service Release 1 (SR-1). Subsequent updates were called service packs. Service Pack 3, which was released on November 20, 2002 was the last service pack.

All retail editions of Office 2000 sold in Australia, Brazil, China, France, and New Zealand and academic copies sold in Canada and the United States required the user to activate the product via the Internet.In the United States, after the release of SR-1, this requirement was extended to all copies that included it. Product activation is however disabled in Office 2000 after April 15, 2003.

Microsoft Office 2000 had easter eggs, most of which was removed from SR-1. For example, Microsoft Excel contained a hidden game called Dev Hunter; Microsoft Access had a hidden 8 ball toy; and Microsoft Word had team development credits.

Mainstream support for Office 2000 ended on June 30, 2004, and extended support ended on July 14, 2009.

Office 2000 was the final release of the Microsoft Office series to support Windows 95.

## Editions

Five different editions of Office 2000 were available:

**Microsoft Office 2000 Personal** was an additional SKU, solely designed for the Japanese market, that included Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000. This compilation would later become widespread as Microsoft Office 2003 Basic.
Eugene Nalimov

**Eugene Nalimov** (born 1965 in Novosibirsk, U.S.S.R.) is a chess programmer and former Microsoft employee.

Starting in 1998, he wrote a tablebase generator which included many different endgames. He received a ChessBase award at the ChessBase meeting in Maastricht in 2002 for his work.

Nalimov has an M.Sc. from Novosibirsk State University. He started a Ph.D. dissertation, but did not finish it.

## References

1. ↑ ChessBase: Events (2002) - Eugene Nalimov: Winner of the ChessBase Award and Guest of Honor in Maastricht

* ChessBase: Events (2002) - Eugene Nalimov: Winner of the ChessBase Award and Guest of Honor in Maastricht
* Evcomp - Endgame databases

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Windows NT 3.5x

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Windows NT 3.5x (codename "Daytona") (released in 1994-1996) can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows NT 3.x.

* Windows NT 3.5 (Windows NT 3.50)
* Windows NT 3.51