List of Microsoft Windows Components

List of Microsoft Windows components

The following is a list of Microsoft Windows components.
Configuration and maintenance

Component Control Panel Control Panel Allows users to view and manipulate basic system settings and controls, such as Windows 1.0 adding hardware, adding and removing software, controlling user accounts, changing accessibility options, and so on. Allows the user to display and control the hardware attached to the computer, and control what device drivers are used. Windows 95 Description Introduced
Device Manager
Windows Mobility Center Centralizes the most relevant information related to mobile computing. Windows Action Center Centralizes and reports on the status of anti-virus, Automatic Updates, Windows Firewall, and other security-related components of the operating system.
Windows Vista Windows XP SP2
Administrative Tools Microsoft Management Console Windows System Assessment Tool Provides system administrators and advanced users with a flexible interface through which they may configure and monitor the system. A built-in benchmarking tool that analyzes the different subsystems (graphics, memory, etc.), and uses the results to allow for comparison to other Windows Vista systems, and for software optimizations. It rates the computer's performance using the Windows Experience Index. Allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of a system failure. Helps diagnose and recover from serious errors which may be preventing Windows from booting successfully, or restore the computer to a previous state using System Restore or a backup image. Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack
Windows Vista
System Restore
Windows Me
Windows Recovery Environment
Windows Vista
Windows Disk Defragmenter Event Viewer Resource Monitor (or Reliability and Performance Monitor) Logical Disk Manager
Rearranges files stored on a hard disk to occupy contiguous storage locations in order Windows 95, Windows 2000 to optimize computer performance. Lets administrators and users view the event logs on a local or remote machine. Windows NT 3.1
Lets administrators view current system reliability and performance trends over time. Windows Vista
A logical volume manager developed by Microsoft in conjunction with Veritas Software.
Windows NT 4.0 (as a separate Tool) 2000 (integrated in the Management Console) Windows 3.1 Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
Registry Editor Task Scheduler
Edits the Windows registry. Allows users to script tasks for running during scheduled intervals
Software installation and deployment Windows Update An online service which provides critical updates, service packs, device drivers, and other updates. A variation called Microsoft Update also provides software updates for several Microsoft products. A packaging format and engine for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. Includes a GUI framework, automatic generation of the uninstallation sequence and deployment capabilities for corporate networks. Windows 98
Windows Installer
Windows 2000
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.NET Framework 2.0
ClickOnce
Technology for deploying .NET Framework-based software via web pages, with automatic update capabilities. Intended for per-user only applications.
User interface
Component Description Introduced Windows Vista Windows 8
Windows Aero The file that contains the Windows Aero theme for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Metro UI Metro is a new design language that replaces Windows Aero. It has a new tile interface that shows important information.
Windows Shell The most visible and recognizable aspect of Microsoft Windows. The shell is the container inside of which the entire graphical user interface is presented, including the taskbar, the desktop, Windows Explorer, as well as many of the dialog boxes and interface controls. In Windows Vista, a new compositing glass-like user interface called Windows Aero has been shown. Windows Explorer Windows Search Provides an interface for accessing the file systems, launching applications, and performing common tasks such as viewing and printing pictures. Starting with Windows Vista, search is a tightly shell-integrated component of Windows. A downloadable Windows Desktop Search software is available for Windows XP and older versions.
Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows Vista, downloadable for older versions Windows 95
Special Folders
Folders which are presented to the user through an interface as an abstract concept, instead of an absolute path. This makes it possible for an application to locate where certain kinds of files can be found, regardless of what version or language of operating system is being used. See also, Windows Shell namespace. Serves as the central launching point for applications. It provides a customizable, nested list of programs for the user to launch, as well as a list of most recently opened documents, a way to find files and get help, and access to the system settings. By default, the Start Button is visible at all times in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. The application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications. A screen to place gadgets anywhere.
Start menu
Windows 95
Taskbar Desktop Gadget Gallery File associations
Windows 95 Windows 7
Used to open a file with the correct program. File associations can be uniquely assigned to specific actions, known as verbs.
Windows 3.0
Applications and utilities

Component Description Introduced Windows Vista
Windows Used to transfer many files at once from one computer to another. Easy Transfer Windows Contacts Calculator Character Map Paint Windows To Go Notepad Keeps a single list of contacts that can be shared by multiple programs.
Windows Vista
A calculation application. Utility to view and search characters in a font, copy them to the clipboard and view their Windows Alt keycodes and Unicode names A simple graphics painting program. A utility to create bootable versions of Windows 8, called Windows To Go
Windows 1.0 Windows 3.1
Windows 1.0 Windows 8
A simple text editor.
Windows 1.0
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Windows 2000
Narrator
A screen reader utility that reads dialog boxes and window controls in a number of the more basic applications for Windows. A simple audio recording program that can record from a microphone or headset, and save the results in WAVE format and Windows Media Audio format in some Windows versions. A text-based shell (command line interpreter) that provides a command line interface to the operating system. A simple word processor that is more advanced than Notepad. It has facilities to format and print text, but lacks intermediate features such as a spell checker and thesaurus. Utility to create private use characters as defined under Unicode and various East Asian encoding schemes.
Sound Recorder Command Prompt WordPad
Windows 3.1
Windows 1.0
Windows 95
Private Character Editor Remote Desktop Connection
Windows 3.1+ East Asian editions
A client implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol; allows a user to securely connect to a Windows XP, computer running Terminal Services (Remote Desktop on Windows XP and Server 2003) and downloadable for previous interact with a full desktop environment on that machine, including support for remoting of printers, Windows versions audio, and drives. Allows a user to temporarily take over a remote computer over a network or the internet to offer help with and resolve issues. Windows XP
Windows Remote Assistance Internet Explorer IExpress
A graphical web browser and FTP client. See also: IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, IE6, IE7, IE8, Features, History, Removal, Browser Helper Objects Allows users to create self-extracting, self-installing INF installation-based packages.
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Internet Explorer 6 Windows Vista, older faxing and scanning applications were present in previous Windows versions
Windows Fax An integrated faxing and image scanning application. and Scan
Windows A digital media player and media library application that is used for playing audio, playing video Windows 95 Media Player and viewing images. In addition to being a media player, Windows Media Player includes the ability to rip music from, and copy music to compact discs, synchronize content with a digital audio player (MP3 player) or other mobile devices, and let users purchase or rent music from a number of online music stores. Windows A simple image viewer that can play a simple slideshow Photo Viewer Windows DVD Maker Windows Journal A DVD movie encoding and authoring software. Windows 7
Windows Vista
A notetaking application that allows for the creation of handwritten notes.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Vista Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows Designed to serve as a home-entertainment hub, to be viewed from a distance up to 3 meters (~10 Media Center feet) and controlled by specially designed remote controls. Lets users browse and view pictures, videos, and music from local hard drives, optical drives, and network locations, along with viewing, recording and deferred-playing live TV. Features an interactive TV guide with scheduled recording capabilities. Can also be used for visualization of other information (like sports scores) within the interface. Windows Task Manager Provides information about computer performance and displays details about running applications, processes, network activity, logged-in users, and system services.
Windows 3.0
Disk Cleanup A utility for compacting rarely used files and removing files that are no longer required.
Windows 98
Shadow Copy A graphical front end for the Shadow Copy service that lets users choose from multiple versions of a Windows Vista. Windows file. The shadow copy service creates multiple copies of a file as they are changed over time, so that Server 2003 included users can revert to previous versions. Previous Versions support only for client computers.
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Experience Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Snipping Tool A screen-capture tool that allows for taking screen shots (called snips).
Windows Server components

Component Windows Server domain Acronym Description A logical group of computers that share a central directory and user database. Supported by All Windows NT-based versions
Active Directory
AD
A set of technologies introduced with Windows 2000 that allows administrators to assign Windows 2000, enterprise-wide policies, deploy programs to many computers, and apply critical updates to an Windows entire organization. Active Directory stores information and settings relating to an organization in a Server 2003 central, organized, accessible database. Networks can vary from a small installation with a few objects, to global-scale directories with millions of objects. Related topics: Active Directory Service Interfaces, Flexible single master operation, IntelliMirror, Active Directory Application Mode A server that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within a Windows Server domain. Prior to Windows 2000, a domain controller was either a Primary Domain Controller (PDC), of which there could only be one with this role; or a Backup Domain Controller (BDC). In Windows 2000 and later the concept of primary and secondary domain controllers were eliminated, partially to emphasize the multi-master replication technology available in Windows. Provides centralized management of user and computer settings in an Active Directory environment. Group policy can control a target object's registry, NTFS security, audit and security policy, software installation, logon/logoff scripts, folder redirection, and Internet Explorer settings. Policy settings are stored in Group Policy Objects (GPOs), and may be linked to one or more sites, domains or organizational units. Related topics: Administrative Templates Web server All Windows NT-based versions
Domain controller
DC, PDC, BDC
Group Policy
GP, GPO
Windows 2000 and later
Internet Information Services
IIS
Windows NT family
File systems
Component File Allocation Table FAT32 Acronym FAT, FAT12, FAT16 FAT32 Description The original file systems used with MS-DOS. The standard file systems used with Windows 1.0 through Windows 95. Supported by All versions
Extensions to FAT supporting larger disk sizes. The standard file system for Windows Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98 and Me. 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista Standard file system of Windows NT; supports security via access control lists, as Windows NT, Windows 2000, well as file system journaling and file-system metadata. Windows 2000 added support Windows XP, Windows for reparse points (making NTFS junction points and Single instance storage Server 2003, Windows Vista possible), Hard links, file compression, and Sparse files. Encryption of data is provided by Encrypting File System. Symbolic links and transactioning of file operations via Transactional NTFS are features new to Windows Vista. Windows 95 also supports reading NTFS partitions, over a network.
NTFS
NTFS
ISO 9660
ISO 9660 ("CDFS")
The predominant file system for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM media. Windows includes MS-DOS and Windows 9x via support for Joliet extensions and the ISO 9660:1999 standard. ISO 9660:1999 is extensions, such as supported since Windows XP. MSCDEX.EXE (Microsoft CDROM Extension), natively in Windows NT A file system for storing files on optical media. It is an implementation of the ISO/IEC 13346 standard (also known as ECMA-167). It is considered to be a replacement of ISO 9660. Successive versions of Windows have supported newer versions of UDF. High-Performance File system, used on OS/2 computers. Read and write capability in Windows 95 (where it also listed network computer NTFS-formatted drives as "HPFS", even though it had no direct NTFS capabilities). HPFS write support was dropped in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98, and dropped altogether shortly before the release of Windows 2000. Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista
Universal UDF Disk Format
HPFS
HPFS
Windows 95 (Read/write), Windows 98, Windows NT (read), 3.1/3.51 (read/write/boot)
Core components
Component Acronym Description
Windows kernel (Windows NT) Ntoskrnl.exe The Windows kernel image. Provides the kernel and executive layers of the kernel architecture, and is responsible for services such as hardware virtualization, process and memory management, etc. HAL Provides and handles the interaction between software and hardware via the Hardware Abstraction Layer.
hal.dll
Core processes (Windows NT) System idle process SIP A counter which measures how much idle capacity the CPU has at any given time. The process runs in the background and monitors processing bandwidth, occupied memory and the Windows virtual paging file. Performs several critical boot-time operations, such as the creation of environment variables, starting CSRSS, and performing file-copy operations that were queued up from before the system was booted (pending file rename operations). During system operation, it handles Windows File Protection and the creation of logon sessions via Winlogon. User-mode side of the Win32 subsystem. Provides the capability for applications to use the Windows API.
Session Manager Subsystem
SMSS
Client/Server Runtime Subsystem
CSRSS
Local Security LSASS Authority Subsystem Service Winlogon
Responsible for enforcing the security policy on the system. Verifies users logging on to the computer and creates security tokens.
Responsible for handling the secure attention key, loading the user profile on logon, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is running. On Windows NT systems prior to Windows Vista, Winlogon is also responsible for loading GINA libraries which are responsible collecting logon credentials from the user. A generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). Several Svchost processes are typically present on a Windows machine, each running in a different security context, depending on what privileges the contained services require. WoW An abstraction layer that allows legacy code to operate on more modern versions of Windows; typically this means running 16-bit Windows applications on 32-bit Windows, and 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows.
Svchost.exe
Windows on Windows and WOW64
Virtual DOS machine NTVDM
Allows MS-DOS programs to run on Intel 80386 or higher computers when there is already another operating system running and controlling the hardware. Introduced in Windows 2.1; not available in any 64-bit edition of Windows.
System startup (Windows NT)
NTLDR, IA64ldr, Winload
The boot loader; performs basic system initialization options such as loading the hardware abstraction layer and boot-time device drivers, prior to passing control to the Windows kernel. In versions prior to Vista, NTLDR and IA64ldr also display menus to the user if multiple operating systems are defined in boot.ini, or if F8 is pressed. Provides the means for administrators to perform a limited range of tasks using a command line interface, primarily to aid in recovering from situations where Windows does not boot successfully. Used during the boot process to detect basic hardware components that may be required during the boot process. In Windows Vista and later operating systems, displays boot menus to the user if multiple operating systems are configured in the system's Boot Configuration Data.
Recovery Console
ntdetect.com
Windows Boot Manager Graphical subsystem Desktop Window Manager Graphics Device Interface Windows USER DWM
The compositing manager introduced in Windows Vista that handles compositing and manages special effects on screen objects in a graphical user interface.
GDI/GDI+ The kernel graphics component for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices such as monitors and printers. The Windows USER component provides core user interface, messaging and visual elements.
Services
This list is not all-inclusive (see also: Windows Services).
Display name Active Directory Service Alerter service Service key name NTDS Description Network Authentication Management Introduced Windows 2000 Server Windows NT
Alerter
Sends administrative alerts over the network to client computers, administrators and users. Provides support for plugins that allow network protocols to pass through Windows Firewall and work behind Internet Connection Sharing. Processes requests to enumerate, install, and remove applications that are installed on the computer or deployed through an organizations network. Transfers files between machines using idle network bandwidth. Used by Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, and Systems Management Server to deliver software updates to clients, as well as by Windows Messenger.
Application Layer Gateway service Application Management Background Intelligent Transfer Service
ALG
Windows 2000
AppMgmt
Windows 2000
BITS
Windows XP
Computer Browser Browser
Crawls neighboring computers on the network and locates shared resources. One Windows for Workgroups of the computers acts as the Master Browser and supplies this information to [1] other computers designated as browsers. Windows 2000 Used to track links to files on NTFS volumes. Windows uses these services to [2] find linked files if they are renamed or moved (locally or to another machine). Allows transactional components to be configured through COM+ by coordinating transactions that are distributed across multiple computers and/or resource managers, such as databases, message queues, file systems, and other [3] transactionbased resource managers. The client service resolves and caches DNS names. The DNS server performs DNS name resolution. Windows 2000 and later NT-based
Distributed Link Tracking Distributed Transaction Coordinator
TrkWks, TrkSrv
MSDTC
DNS Client and Server
DNSCache/DNS
Client in Windows 2000 and later NT-based, Server in Windows NT 4.0 and later NT-based
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Windows NT
Event Log
EventLog
Stores and retrieves events that can be viewed in the event viewer. Part of [4] services.exe. Provides EAP authentication to connecting clients
Extensible Authentication Protocol Indexing Service
EAPHost
Windows 2000
CISVC
Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides Windows 2000 and [5] later NT-based rapid access to files through flexible querying language. Manages network configurations and information, and notifies applications of changes. Collects routing information of active network interfaces, shares this with other services and notifies applications of changes. Uses the NTLM MS-CHAP protocol to encapsulate and negotiate options in order to provide signed and sealed communication. Deprecated now in favor of Kerberos authentication. Resolves domain names using PNRP. Enables autodetection and configuration of hardware. Manages printer devices and moves files into memory for printing. Windows XP
Network Location Awareness Network Store Interface Service NTLM Security Support Provider
NLA
NSIS
Windows XP
NTLMSSP
Windows NT
PNRP Plug and Play Print Spooler
PNRPSvc PlugPlay Spooler
Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 95, Windows NT
Secondary Logon (Run As...) Security Account Manager System Event Notification
SecLogon
Allows users to run programs with a different account than the one they logged [6] in with. Allows non-administrative accounts to perform administrative tasks. Manages user account security information. Windows NT family
SamSs
SENS
Monitors system events, such as network, power, logon, logoff, terminal services Windows 2000 session connection and disconnection, and delivers these to applications and [7] other system components. Lets users setup and schedule automated tasks. Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Windows NT family
Task Scheduler
Schedule
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Windows Audio
LmHosts
Enables support for NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) service and NetBIOS name resolution. Manages audio devices for Windows-based programs. Controls all audio functions. Generates error logs and reports errors. On Windows Vista and later, it notifies of solutions. Handles scanner and camera inputs.
AudioSrv
Windows XP
Windows Error Reporting Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Windows Time
WERSvc
Windows XP
STISvc
Windows Me
W32Time
Synchronizes the system time with external time servers. From Windows Server [8] 2003 forward, full and compliant NTP support is provided. Provides updates for the operating system and its installed components. Configures and manages 802.11 wireless adapters.
Windows 2000
Windows Update Wireless Zero Configuration Windows Messenger service MSRPC
WUAUServ WZCSvc (XP), WLANSvc Messenger
Windows XP Windows XP, Server 2003 only Windows NT family
Allows users to send pop-up messages to other computers over the network.
RpcSs
Provides Remote Procedure Call (RPC) technique via remotely accessible Named Pipes. Create multiple versions of files that change. Gained ability to store persistent [9] snapshots in Windows Server 2003.
Windows NT family
Volume Shadow Copy Service
VSS
Windows XP

[10]
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Enables Windows-based programs to create and interact with Internet-based files. Internet Connection Sharing (Firewall) Windows XP
WebClient
Windows Firewall/ SharedAccess Internet Connection Sharing
Windows 2000
Games
Component Chess Titans FreeCell Hearts Inkball Mahjong Titans Minesweeper Purble Place Solitaire Spider Solitaire A version of Chess. A version of FreeCell. A version of Hearts using Black Lady scoring. A game where the user tries to get colored balls into the correct holes. A version of Mahjong solitaire. A version of Minesweeper. An educational game for children, teaching pattern recognition, shapes, and colors. A version of Klondike Solitaire. A version of Spider Solitaire. Description Introduced Windows Vista Win32s Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows Vista Windows 3.1 Windows Vista Windows 3.0 Microsoft Plus! 98
DirectX
Direct3D DirectDraw DirectInput DirectMusic DirectPlay DirectShow DirectSound DirectX Media Objects DirectX plugin DirectX Video Acceleration
Networking
Administrative share Distributed File System My Network Places (formerly Network Neighborhood) Network Access Protection Remote Installation Services Server Message Block Windows Rights Management Services
Scripting and command-line

Batch file CHKDSK Cmd.exe ComSpec Ipconfig Net Net Send Netdom.exe: Windows Domain Manager Netsh Netstat QBasic Regsvr32 Robocopy Win32 console Windows Script Host Windows PowerShell
XCOPY
Kernel
Commit charge Kernel Transaction Manager Win32 Thread Information Block
.NET Framework
Assembly CLI Languages Metadata .NET Remoting ADO.NET ASP.NET Base Class Library Common Intermediate Language Common Language Infrastructure Common Language Runtime Common Type System Virtual Execution System Windows CardSpace Windows Communication Foundation Windows Forms Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Workflow Foundation
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Security
Component AppLocker Description AppLocker uses rules and the properties of the files to provide access control for applications. Introduced Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions, Windows Server 2008 Windows XP Service Pack 2
BitLocker Drive Encryption
A full disk encryption, designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volumes.
Data Execution Prevention Encrypting File System Security Account Manager SYSKEY
A security feature that is intended to prevent an application or service from executing code from a non-executable memory region. A file system driver that provides filesystem-level encryption.
Windows 2000
A database stored as a registry file.
Windows NT 3.1
A utility that encrypts the hashed password information in a SAM database using a 128-bit encryption key.
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
User Account Control
A technology and security infrastructure utility that aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows by limiting application software to standard user privileges until an administrator Windows Server 2008 authorizes an increase.
Windows Firewall A utility designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications. Windows XP Service Pack 2 (wf.msc) An earlier edition known as Internet Connection Firewall that was disabled by default was included with the original Windows XP release. Windows Defender Windows Resource Protection A security utility to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in Microsoft Windows. This utility is superseded by Microsoft Security Essentials, available as a free download. A feature that protects registry keys and folders in addition to critical system files. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista
Deprecated components and programs

Component Description Category Introduced Last OS included Windows XP No Superseded
3D Pinball
A pinball video game version from Full Tilt! Pinball.
Game
Plus! 95 for Windows 95 Windows 95 Windows 1.0
ActiveMovie Cardfile
Streaming media technology A personal information manager software.
API Personal organizer Data compression File manager
--Windows ME Windows ME Windows NT 4.0 Windows XP ---
DirectShow Outlook Express, or Windows Live Mail No
DriveSpace
A disk compression utility.
MS-DOS
File Manager
A file manager program.
Windows 3.0
Windows Explorer
HyperTerminal
A communication utility on a low end version Communication of HyperACCESS. A video game in a combination of bumper cars and capture the flag. Game
Windows 95
No
Hover!
Windows 95
No
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E-mail Windows 95 --Outlook Express, or Windows Live Mail No
Internet Mail and News Media Control Interface Media Player
A e-mail and news client.
A program which can play media files and API record sound by passing commands as strings. A media player software. Media player
Windows 3.0
---
Windows 3.0
Windows XP Windows 2000
Windows Media Player
Microsoft Calendar A personal organizer program.
Personal organizer Diagnostics
Windows 1.0
Windows Calendar, or Windows Live Mail
Microsoft Diagnostics
A tool provide detailed technical information about user's software and hardware.
MS-DOS
Plus! 95 Microsoft System for Information Windows 95 Windows XP Windows XP Windows Fax and Scan
Microsoft Fax
A fax application
Fax
Windows 95
Microsoft WinHelp A proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. NTBackup A built-in backup command of Microsoft Windows.
Online help
Windows 3.0
Microsoft Help
Backup
Windows NT 4.0
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows XP
Windows Backup and Restore Center, Windows Server Backup
Outlook Express
A e-mail client application.
E-mail
Windows 98
Windows Mail or, Windows Live Mail Windows Explorer
Program Manager
A shell exposed a task-oriented graphical user GUI interface, consisting of icons (shortcuts for programs) arranged into program groups.
Windows 3.0
Recorder (Macro Recorder) Reversi A version of Reversi. Game Windows 1.0 Windows 3.0 Internet Reversi only on Windows ME and Windows XP Windows Resource Protection
System File Checker
A utility that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files.
Security
Windows 98
Windows Server 2003
Video for Windows A multimedia framework program. Windows Address Book A list of contacts that can be shared by multiple programs.
API
Windows 3.1
Windows 95 DirectShow Windows XP Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Contacts, or Windows Live Mail Windows Live Mail
Contact manager Windows 95
Windows Calendar A calendar application.
Personal information
Windows Vista Windows Me as System File Protection Windows Vista Windows 95
Windows File Protection
A sub-system in the operating system, aims to Security prevent programs from replacing critical Windows system files.
Windows Resource Protection
Windows Mail
A e-mail and newsgroup client.
E-mail
Windows Vista
Windows Live Mail
Windows Messaging
A e-mail client.
E-mail
Windows 95 Internet Mail and News, or Windows Live Mail
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Internet messaging Windows XP Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Live Messenger
Windows Messenger
An internet messaging client.
Windows Movie Maker Windows NetMeeting Windows Photo Gallery Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
A video creating and editing software.
Video
Windows ME
Windows Live Movie Maker Windows Meeting Space
A video conferencing client.
Web conference
Windows 95
A photo management, tagging, and editing tool client. A image viewer application.
Photo
Windows Vista Windows XP
Windows Live Photo Gallery Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Fax and Scan or Windows Live Photo Gallery WordPad
Photo
Windows Write
A word processor application.
Word processor
Windows 1.0
Windows NT 3.5
APIs
ClearType Media Foundation Windows Driver Foundation Windows Imaging Component Windows Management Instrumentation
Miscellaneous (to be categorized)

ActiveSync I/O technologies Microsoft Agent Prefetcher ReadyBoost Sync Center Text Services Framework Universal Audio Architecture Windows Color System Windows Mobile Device Center Windows Rally Windows Registry Windows Speech Recognition XML Paper Specification
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References
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