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  2. Windows Registry - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of registry keys can only be accessed from a known root key handle (which is anonymous but whose effective value is a constant numeric handle) that is mapped to the content of a registry key preloaded by the kernel from a stored "hive", or to the content of a subkey within another root key, or mapped to a registered service or DLL ...

  3. Product key - Wikipedia

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    The 25 characters of the Product Key form a base-24 encoding of the binary representation of the Product Key. The Product Key is a multi-precision integer of roughly 115 bits, which is stored in little endian byte order in an array of 15 bytes. Of these 15 bytes the least significant four bytes contain the Raw Product Key in little endian byte ...

  4. Product activation - Wikipedia

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    A product key is required to proceed and use Windows 95. In one form, product activation refers to a method invented by Ric Richardson and patented (U.S. patent 5,490,216) by Uniloc where a software application hashes hardware serial numbers and an ID number specific to the product's license (a product key) to

  5. List of Microsoft Windows components - Wikipedia

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    It rates the computer's performance using the Windows Experience Index. winsat.exe: Windows Vista: System Restore: Allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed apps, etc., to a previous state in the event of a system failure rstrui.exe: Windows Me: Windows Recovery Environment

  6. Registry cleaner - Wikipedia

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    The use of any registry cleaner can be detrimental to a machine, and there is never a good reason to ‘clean’ a registry. It is not a source of load or lag on a system in any way and can lead to additional problems such as software not working or even Windows failing to work, if a registry backup has not been performed.

  7. Product code - Wikipedia

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    Product code may also refer to: Universal Product Code, common barcode used to identify packaged products; Electronic Product Code, an RFID code mainly applied as a packaging code for packaged products; Motion Picture Production Code (production code for short) Product key, a number used to verify the authenticity of a software as a license code

  8. Control Panel (Windows) - Wikipedia

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    Allows one to add, display, troubleshoot, and use advanced settings on joysticks and game controllers and connect to other type of game controllers. Moved to the Settings app on Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Keyboard (control keyboard) (main.cpl) Lets the user change and test keyboard settings, including cursor blink rate and key repeat rate.

  9. Windows Media Center - Wikipedia

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    On Windows 10 Technical Preview builds, adding Windows Media Center using a purchased Windows 8.1 product key would result in the system subsequently identifying itself as "Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center", along with a warning that the OS has not been activated. The issue also prevented users from getting updates, patches and future preview ...