proprietary software

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This is the notion of “freezing” Windows in time, such that it can work as-expected but be “rolled back” to a previous state.

Software (Security) >

https://web.archive.org/*/social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=windowssteadystate

I’m also lumping similar projects into this page, for reference.

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Clean Slate icon

Software (Security) > Steady State >

https://www.fortresgrand.com/products/cls/cls.htm

A steady state-type program. Discards unwanted user changes at log off or reboot and has easy application-blocking.

I was exploring security on Windows XP and wanted a state-freezing system, so I can make dangerous changes and easily roll back. I purchased Clean Slate, played with it, was unimpressed and abandoned it. I don’t know what’s changed since those days, but this is a very complex and powerful program and I bet I could have put it to better use.



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City of Heroes - (2004 game) box

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
was cityofheroes.com

A superhero game.

It wasn’t very original and had awkward controls.



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Star Wars - The Old Republic image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.swtor.com/

Yet another MMO, but this one is set in the Star Wars universe. Because light sabres, yo.

Conclusion: Amateur night.

This would have been great in the late nineties. Right now, the voiceovers are fantastic but the quest interactive cutscenes are ugly. The choices are sometimes vague and unforgiving. There is spectacular effort with all the rendered videos, but that just took away from resources for the game itself.



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Flash player v11 icon

Software > Videos >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html?no_ab=1 [ 1 ] was https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?no_ab=1



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