Editing Microsoft Windows

'''Microsoft Windows''', often abbreviated as Windows, is a line of graphical [[proprietary]], closed-source operating systems developed by the [[Microsoft Corporation]]. 

= History =

Prior to the development of Windows 2000, Microsoft used MS-DOS as the kernel in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME.

Microsoft Windows NT replaced the MS/DOS kernel in Windows 2000 and newer operating systems.

==Source Code Leak==

The source code of MS-DOS 3.3, MS-DOS 6, Windows NT 3.5 & 5, Windows CE 6 & 7, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003<ref name=":windows_xp_leak_confirmed">{{News citation|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-xp-leak-confirmed-after-user-compiles-the-leaked-code-into-a-working-os/|title=Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OS|author=Catalin Cimpanu|newspaper=ZDNet|date=2020-09-30}}</ref>, and Windows XP<ref name=":windows_xp_leak_confirmed"/>; were leaked on September 26, 2020. 

=Controversies=

==Forced automatic updates==

Microsoft implemented automatic updates that cannot be disabled in Windows 10.

==Backdoors==

<code>_NSAKEY</code> is a variable that stores a PGP signature used for encryption in [[Windows NT]]. There is eponymous suspicious that Windows NT has a backdoor usable by the [[National Security Agency]].

= References =
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