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I'm currently using Windows 11

See also:

• /tag/windows-distributions
• Windows compatibility layers

• Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (Linux)

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(List of Microsoft Windows versions)

Released	Version	Posts
2021-10-05	Windows 11	(posts)
2018-08-14	Windows 10	(posts)
2013-10-17	Windows 8.1	(posts)
2009-10-22	Windows 7	(posts)
2007-01-30	Windows Vista	(posts)
2001-10-25	Windows XP	(posts)
1999-05-05	Windows 98se	(posts)
1998-06-25	Windows 98	(as above)
1995-08-24	Windows 95	(as above)
1993-07-27	Windows NT	(n/a)
1992-04-06	Windows 3.1	(posts)

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Note that you can also slipstream your own software, drivers and updates into a number of Windows installation sources.

• /tag/windows-software

  • /tag/windows-software+live
• /tag/windows-games
• /tag/linux+windows

• 2006-04-22 or earlier (probably much earlier) -- I avoid using Windows at all costs, so this topic will be dated. Thankfully.

Windows Sucks ∞

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080527125349/http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml

  • The first version of it was, to two significant digits, a bunch of misleading hooey.: http://www.dansdata.com/gz015.htm

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140530223258/http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html

Resources ∞

• Windows NT Programming

  • https://www.pcorner.com/list/WINNT  ^[ 1 ] 

• http://mvps.org/

  • It seems to be gone, but subdomains remain, so I'll return to check up on it later.
  • For way more, see https://web.archive.org/web/20200829051744/http://www.mvps.org/links.html
• https://www.thewindowsclub.com/
• Black Viper's Operating System Guides
• Reddit: /r/windows

• was https://theeldergeek.com/

  • Descriptions of services, info and all kinds of stuff.
• Windows nt-2k-xp processes list
• Process Library  ^[ 2 ] 

• https://jefeag.tripod.com/links.htm

  • Windows NT 4.0 resources, including notes from an online course.

• One Human - Windows Tricks and Tips (archive)

Software indexes ∞

• https://www.shellcity.net/
• https://www.fosshub.com/

• https://www.majorgeeks.com/

Random / Unsorted ∞

The Web...exists today as a collection of technologies that deliver some interesting solutions today, and will grow rapidly in the coming years into a full-fledged platform (underlined for emphasis in the original memo) that will rival--and even surpass--Microsoft's Windows

(source, archive)

• Tweak UI
• Generator for customizable "windows error" pictures

• OFF2000: Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program Is Started -- Q265194

  • This happens under one of the office versions (2000?)

• https://www.litepc.com/ -- Strip crap from windows.

  • https://www.litepc.com/98micro.html -- Ooooh!
• FireLogXP
• InstallSpy
• http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/network/ -- Bart's Network Boot Disk
• Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
• Help2Go Forums: Spyware Help
• DIY Service Pack
• https://www.nliteos.com/ -- A windows deployment helper. You can use your own drivers and such..

• Windows Toolbox

  • Configuring Windows 2000 for Performance, Usability and Security
  • TWEAK - The Windows Environment and Application Konfigurator
• Total Commander 5.51
• Win2k Tricks and Tips
• Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP

• Microsoft Distributed File System

  • Microsoft® Distributed File System for Microsoft Windows NT® Server (Dfs) enables distributed file system capabilities on Windows NT Server. A distributed file system provides a single tree structure for multiple shared volumes located on different servers on a network. A user accessing a volume on a Dfs tree does not need to know the name of the server where the volume is actually shared.
• MS Excel: Supported Functions
• HOW TO: Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 2000 Professional
• Bypassing Automatic Logon in Windows NT
• Changing the MAC address

• Console

  • A replacement console
• Windows Media Player Codecs
• neato windows programs
• How the hell do I make windows stop switching between active windows.. so if one window pops up.. it can do so in the bloody background!! -- this kind of stuff should be in a review on operating systems and GUIs and my theoretical operating system.

• Is there an hdparm for Windows? I couldn't find one.

  • how do I put a hdd into torpor?
  • Cygwin?

• Pre-windows stuff

  • hot boot?
  • parallel OS' allow this!

• Restoration of FAT32 bootability (dd?, or do I rely on ghost?)

  • MBR, etc
• http://www.leechget.net/en/ - Very nice downloader.

• http://unattended.msfn.org/ -- unattended windows xp install cd -- customizable and such.

Tips and tricks ∞

• Windows 10 - To search for files with the tilde character (~) in explorer, do file:~"*~*"

Untested tips and tricks ∞

These were sorted into Windows XP notes (Windows XP tricks and tips) but feel to me to be older.

• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2003/05/sgp-tweaks/  ^{[ 3 ]   [ 4 ]} 

  • Visit: https://arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=174096756&m=2390974465&r=2390974465  ^[ 5 ]  for debunking and more.

• https://archive.arstechnica.com/tweak/win2k/others/m-memory-1.html  ^[ 6 ] 

  • https://arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=174096756&m=6190997521  ^[ 7 ]  -- check out DriverGuru's critiques.
• IRQ8Priority is a myth

• Microsoft Messenger uninstall

  • (.reg)
• windows 95 un-fucked Comctl32.dll 5.00.0910.1306
• windows 95 usb driver

• removing IE

Footnotes

1. Might be semi-broken. - [↩]
2. was http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ - [↩]
3. was http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/sgp-tweaks.ars - [↩]
4. was https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2003/05/sgp-tweaks/ - [↩]
5. was http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=174096756&m=2390974465&r=2390974465 - [↩]
6. was http://arstechnica.com/tweak/win2k/others/memory-1.html - [↩]
7. was http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=174096756&m=6190997521 - [↩]