1993 saw a release for PCs with Windows 3. 1 as part of the original Microsoft Arcade package.

Examples of applications often classified as applets are all of the accessories bundled in Microsoft Windows ( such as Windows Notepad or Microsoft Paint ).

Tridgell was a major developer of the Samba software, analysing the Server Message Block protocol used for workgroup and network file sharing by Microsoft Windows products.

* wma – the popular Windows Media Audio format owned by Microsoft.

* Active Directory, a component of Microsoft Windows that provides distributed user management and authentication

Microsoft first introduced AGP support into Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 ( OSR2 version 1111 or 950B ) via the USB SUPPLEMENT to OSR2 patch.

One such program is ProSystem, written in C / C ++ for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Active Directory ( AD ) is a directory service created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks.

Stand-alone official AIM client software includes advertisements and is available for Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS.

A legal, out-of-the-box installer has been created for Microsoft Windows using WinUAE.

Microsoft dropped support for APM in Windows Vista.

Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows that display hard drive sizes using the customary binary prefix " GB " ( as it is used for RAM ) would display this as 279. 4 GB ( meaning 279. 4 × 1024 < sup > 3 </ sup >, or 279. 4 ×).

* Browser service, a feature of Microsoft Windows to let users browse and locate shared resources in neighboring computers

* Microsoft Windows contains application compatibility shims to make the platform compatible with most software from earlier 32-bit and 16-bit versions ( e. g. Civilization ( circa 1991, designed for Windows 3. 0 ) running on Windows Vista ).

** With the introduction of Windows 7 ( Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise editions ), Windows XP Mode enables full compatibility with older programs supported under Windows XP via Microsoft Virtual PC.

EFI booting has been supported in only Microsoft Windows versions supporting GPT, the Linux kernel 2. 6. 1 and later, and Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs.

It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW, to DOS by the DJGPP project, to Novell NetWare and to Android via various terminal emulation applications.

Application software usually runs on an underlying software operating systems such as Linux or Microsoft Windows.

* In Microsoft Windows, pressing the Application key or Shift + F10 opens a context menu for the region that has focus.

* Microsoft Application Architecture Guide

Modern operating systems usually have an Application Programming Interface to help screen readers obtain this information, such as UI Automation ( UIA ) for Microsoft Windows or AT-SPI for GNOME.

XML files and schemas can be manipulated with the Microsoft XML Library Application Programming Interfaces (< tt > msxml6. dll </ tt >, < tt > msxml3. dll </ tt >), which also can be used to retrieve content from the World Wide Web via the XMLHTTP and ServerXMLHTTP objects ( class strings " MSXML2. XMLHTTP. 6. 0 " and " MSXML2. ServerXMLHTTP. 6. 0 ", respectively ).

* Microsoft Cryptographic Application Programming Interface, an interface to a library of functions software developers can call upon for security and cryptography services

The Telephony Application Programming Interface ( TAPI ) is a Microsoft Windows API, which provides computer telephony integration and enables PCs running Microsoft Windows to use telephone services.

* Unrecoverable Application Error, a Microsoft Windows name for a General protection fault

* Collaborative Application Markup Language, an XML-based markup language used with the Microsoft SharePoint collaborative portal application

In computer programming a window class is a structure fundamental to the Microsoft Windows ( Win16, Win32, and Win64 ) operating systems and its Application Programming Interface ( API ).

* Application Foundation Classes, a graphical framework for building Java-based graphical user interfaces ( GUIs ), developed by Microsoft

* Extension of XenApp support for Microsoft Application Virtualization ( App-V ) to enable self-service delivery of applications on any device using Citrix Receiver and Citrix Dazzle

Messaging Application Programming Interface ( MAPI ) is a messaging architecture and a Component Object Model based API for Microsoft Windows.

* Windows XP Application Compatibility Technologies ( Dave Morehouse and Todd Phillips, Microsoft Corporation, 1 June 2001 )

* Microsoft Certified Application Specialist

Extensible Application Markup Language ( XAML, ) is a declarative XML-based language created by Microsoft that is used for initializing structured values and objects.

At the same time, another graphics library, called Application Foundation Classes ( AFC ), was developed independently by Microsoft.

* Application Framework eXtensions, a Microsoft programming library

The most widely used of these is the User Interface Process Application Block, which is released by the Microsoft patterns & practices group as a free download that includes the source code for quick start examples.

Application Center Test ( ACT ) is a Microsoft load testing tool for web servers, focused on ASP. NET.

* Microsoft Certified Application Developer

Application software can be cloned simply by providing similar functionality ( all word processors have the same basic purpose ), but may also be designed to support specific file formats ( e. g., OpenOffice. org is intended to supplant Microsoft Office ).

The Microsoft Certified Application Developer ( MCAD ) certification program is the mid level programming certification offered by Microsoft, leading to the MCSD.

* Hardware Compatibility Test, a tool used to test Microsoft Windows upgrade compatibility

* Office Compatibility Pack-software for Microsoft Office

* Compatibility of T610 Bluetooth Device with Microsoft Products

This font, along with Calibri, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel, is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

This typeface, along with Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, and Corbel, is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer, the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.

This font, along with Calibri, Cambria, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel, is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

This font, along with Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Constantia and Corbel, is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

This font, along with Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas and Corbel, is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

This font, along with Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas and Constantia, is also distributed with the free PowerPoint 2007 Viewer and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

* SmartFTP Client at Microsoft Windows 7 Compatibility Center