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  2. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    In Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016, the 30-day grace period has been removed. If the operating system is not activated, there is a watermark showing the edition of Windows or a message telling the user to activate Windows on desktop.

  3. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Server; Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise; Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition; 1381 December 31, 2004 Windows 2000: NT 5.0 February 17, 2000 NT 5.0 Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Datacenter Server; 2195 IA-32: July 13, 2010 Windows Server 2003: Whistler Server April 24, 2003 NT 5.2 ...

  4. Windows Server - Wikipedia

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    Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server was released on July 27, 1993 [citation needed] as an edition of Windows NT 3.1, an operating system aimed towards business and server use. As with its Workstation counterpart, Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server was a 32 bit rewrite of the Windows kernel that retained a similar use interface to Windows 3.1.

  5. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The early development stages of Longhorn were generally characterized by incremental improvements and updates to Windows XP.During this period, Microsoft was fairly quiet about what was being worked on, as their marketing and public relations focus were more strongly focused on Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, which was released in April 2003.

  6. System Restore - Wikipedia

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    System Restore is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows the user to revert their computer's state (including system files, installed applications, Windows Registry, and system settings) to that of a previous point in time, which can be used to recover from system malfunctions or other problems.

  7. Windows Server 2016 - Wikipedia

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    Windows Server 2016 is the eleventh major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It was developed alongside Windows 10 and is the successor to the Windows 8.1 -based Windows Server 2012 R2 .

  8. Directory Services Restore Mode - Wikipedia

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    Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) is a function on Active Directory Domain Controllers to take the server offline for emergency maintenance, particularly restoring backups of AD objects. It is accessed on Windows Server via the advanced startup menu, similarly to safe mode .

  9. Reset (computing) - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the x86 architecture, asserting the RESET line halts the CPU; this is done after the system is switched on and before the power supply has asserted "power good" to indicate that it is ready to supply stable voltages at sufficient power levels. [2] Reset places less stress on the hardware than power cycling, as the power is not ...