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  2. Windows on Windows - Wikipedia

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    There is a similar subsystem, known as WoW64, on 64-bit Windows versions that runs 32-bit programs. This subsystem has since been discontinued as of 2021. The last version of Windows to include this subsystem is Windows 10 , as Windows 11 (and Windows Server 2008 R2 and later) dropped support for 32-bit processors and therefore cannot run 16 ...

  3. Windows API - Wikipedia

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    One of the largest changes to the Windows API was the transition from Win16 (shipped in Windows 3.1 and older) to Win32 (Windows NT and Windows 95 and up). While Win32 was originally introduced with Windows NT 3.1 and Win32s allowed use of a Win32 subset before Windows 95, it was not until Windows 95 that widespread porting of applications to ...

  4. Environmental subsystem - Wikipedia

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    They allow the operating system to run software developed for the platform in question. For example, Windows NT 4.0 has four environmental subsystems, for example Win32, DOS or Win16, OS/2, and POSIX, the latter of which is a Unix standard. [1] The latter resides primarily in the Dynamic Link Library posix.dll.

  5. Windows 9x - Wikipedia

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    The GDI, which is a part of the Win32 and Win16 subsystems, is also a module that is loaded in user mode, unlike Windows NT where the GDI is loaded in kernel mode. Alpha compositing and therefore transparency effects, such as fade effects in menus, are not supported by the GDI in Windows 9x, unlike with Windows NT releases since Windows 2000.

  6. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of computer software operating systems created by Microsoft.Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

  7. Why did I receive an email from MAILER-DAEMON? - AOL Help

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    When you get a message from a "MAILER-DAEMON" or a "Mail Delivery Subsystem" with a subject similar to "Failed Delivery," this means that an email you sent was undeliverable and has been bounced back to you. These messages are sent automatically and often include the reason for the delivery failure.

  8. Which Berries Are Most Likely To Carry Viruses? A Food ... - AOL

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    The problem with contamination in berries is that these fruits are hand-harvested by people who may not have access to proper hygiene facilities or proper training, Detwiler says. As a result, if ...

  9. WoW64 - Wikipedia

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    The WoW64 subsystem also handles other key aspects of running 32-bit applications. It is involved in managing the interaction of 32-bit applications with the Windows components such as the Registry, which has distinct keys for 64-bit and 32-bit applications. For example, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node is the 32-bit equivalent of HKEY ...