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  2. Installation (computer programs) - Wikipedia

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    Such input may be in the form of command line switches or an answer file, a file that contains all the necessary parameters. Windows XP and most Linux distributions are examples of operating systems that can be installed with an answer file. In unattended installation, it is assumed that there is no user to help mitigate errors.

  3. Quick Assist - Wikipedia

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    Quick Assist is a Microsoft Windows feature that allows a user to view or control a remote Windows computer over a network or the Internet to resolve issues without directly touching the unit.

  4. List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products - Wikipedia

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    Windows 98 has a credits screen Easter egg, which can be triggered by invoking weldata.exe with the argument "You_are_a_real_rascal" in the command line or a shortcut (.lnk file), or by clicking and dragging between the locations of Memphis, Egypt; Memphis, Tennessee; and Redmond, Washington on the Time Zone map.

  5. WinHelp - Wikipedia

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    The CNT file provides the table of contents for the help file. An SHG file is a "SHED" graphics file that essentially creates an image map of help calls for a graphic file (e.g., a BMP). A number of tools can read and explore these files. (See, for example, Help to RTF and winhelpcgi.)

  6. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The sort order is not preserved in the library like Windows Media Player 10 as long as the player is open. The file list of selected files has been removed from the Advanced Tag Editor. Next and Previous buttons to cycle through visualizations have been removed. Most Auto Playlists included by default in Windows Media Player 10 have been removed.

  7. Program Files - Wikipedia

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    To be backwards compatible with the 8.3 limitations of the old File Allocation Table filenames, the names 'Program Files', 'Program Files (x86)' and 'Common Program Files' are shortened by the system to progra~N and common~N, where N is a digit, a sequence number that on a clean install will be 1 (or 1 and 2 when both 'Program Files' and ...

  8. Windows Installer - Wikipedia

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    Because a file is the most common type of key path, the term key file is commonly used. A component can contain at most one key path; if a component has no explicit key path, the component's destination folder is taken to be the key path. When an MSI-based program is launched, Windows Installer checks the existence of key paths.

  9. Directory structure - Wikipedia

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    A copy of all Windows components, as well as all Windows updates and service packs is stored in this folder. Starting with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows automatically scavenges this folder to keep its size in check. For security reasons and to avoid the DLL Hell issue, Windows enforces very stringent requirements on how the ...