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^[1], and Windows XP^[1]; were leaked on September 26, 2020.

Controversies

Forced automatic updates

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

Backdoors

_NSAKEY 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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Catalin Cimpanu (2020-09-30). "Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OS" ZDNet.

[:windows_xp_leak_confirmed-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Catalin Cimpanu (2020-09-30). "Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OS" ZDNet.

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