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Windows Installer ( msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, [ 3] codename Darwin) [ 4][ 5] is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. The installation information, and optionally the files themselves, are packaged in ...
Classic Shell is a computer program for Microsoft Windows that provides user interface elements intended to restore familiar features from past versions of Windows. [ 4] It focuses on the Start menu, File Explorer and Internet Explorer — three major components of the Windows shell although it also does some minor tweaks for the Windows ...
A software wizard or setup assistant or multi-step form is a user interface that leads a user through a sequence of small steps, [ 1][ 2] like a dialog box to configure a program for the first time. A complex, rare, or unfamiliar task may be easier with a wizard that breaks the task into simpler pieces. But a wizard may be a barrier to deeper ...
If run from DOS, including the case of booting from an installation media, a Windows 3.x environment is started to run the setup which is a Windows application. If not run from an existing installation, setup prepares the hard disk partition for use by Windows by formatting it to a compatible file system, then runs scandisk. Setup goes straight ...
Microsoft family features (includes family safety features formerly known as Microsoft Family Safety, formerly Parental Controls in Windows 7 and Vista) is a free set of features available on Windows 10 PC and Mobile that is bundled with the Windows 10, Home edition operating system. On July 17, 2020, Microsoft released Microsoft Family Safety ...
Firefox 7 was released on September 27, 2011, [20] and uses as much as 50% less RAM than Firefox 4 as a result of the MemShrink project to reduce Firefox memory usage. [21] [22] [23] Firefox 7.0.1 was released a few days later to fix a rare, but serious, issue with add-ons not being detected by the browser. [24]
SeaMonkey Mail is a traditional e-mail client that includes support for multiple accounts, junk mail detection, message filters, HTML message support, and address books, among other features such as a calendar. [ 12] It shares code with Mozilla Thunderbird; both Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are built from Mozilla's comm-central source tree.
Maximum PC gave Windows 7 a rating of 9 out of 10 and called Windows 7 a "massive leap forward" in usability and security, and praised the new Taskbar as "worth the price of admission alone." [177] PC World called Windows 7 a "worthy successor" to Windows XP and said that speed benchmarks showed Windows 7 to be slightly faster than Windows ...