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  2. List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products - Wikipedia

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    In the Pinball game included with Windows, typing "hidden test" when the game is active starts test mode. In this mode, the user can drag the ball with the mouse cursor, and can type "H" to instantly get a high score, type "R" to increase rank, type "M" to display system memory, and/or type "Y" to show frame rate.

  3. OpenPuff - Wikipedia

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    the sender hides a hidden stream inside some public available carrier files (password + carrier files + carrier order are the secret key) the receiver unhides the hidden stream knowing the secret key; The advantage of steganography, over cryptography alone, is that messages do not attract attention to themselves. Plainly visible encrypted ...

  4. List of features removed in Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Despite this, the files for the sound scheme are still included on the Windows XP CD-ROM in the i386 folder and could be manually installed on Windows XP from the CD-ROM. The Microsoft Sound , as well as Windows 2000's startup and shutdown sounds under the names Windows Logon Sound and Windows Logoff Sound respectively were removed in favor of ...

  5. Hidden file and hidden directory - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a hidden folder (sometimes hidden directory) or hidden file is a folder or file which filesystem utilities do not display by default when showing a directory listing. They are commonly used for storing user preferences or preserving the state of a utility and are frequently created implicitly by using various utilities.

  6. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    A dockable PC is allowed three extra changes beyond a non-dockable PC before reactivation is required. The verification data is also based on the product key entered during activation. In some cases, the product key is checked against a list of known illegally distributed keys. [27]

  7. Product key - Wikipedia

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    Product key on a Proof of License Certificate of Authenticity for Windows Vista Home Premium. A product key, also known as a software key, serial key or activation key, is a specific software-based key for a computer program. It certifies that the copy of the program is original. Product keys consist of a series of numbers and/or letters.

  8. List of games included with Windows - Wikipedia

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    Support for Internet games for Windows Me and XP ended on July 31, 2019, and for Windows 7 on January 22, 2020. [10] Several third party games, such as Candy Crush Saga and Disney Magic Kingdoms, have been included as advertisements on the Start menu in Windows 10, and may also be automatically installed by the operating system.

  9. Windows Genuine Advantage - Wikipedia

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    If successful in validating Windows, it stores a license file on the PC for future verification; After successful validation, the regular update download can continue; If the software decides the instance of Windows does not have a valid license, WGA displays a specific notice to the user and prevents non-critical updates from being downloaded ...