List of Microsoft Windows components

Updated on Oct 10, 2024

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The following is a list of Microsoft Windows components.

Services

This list is not all-inclusive.

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

APIs

ClearType

Media Foundation

Windows Driver Foundation

Windows Imaging Component

Windows Management Instrumentation

Miscellaneous (to be categorized)

ActiveSync

Compatibility Appraiser collects telemetry information.

DMRC (Device Metadata Retrieval Client) interfaces to metadata about devices from Windows 7 onwards.

I/O technologies

Macro Recorder

Microsoft Agent

Prefetcher

ReadyBoost

Sync Center

Text Services Framework

Universal Audio Architecture

Windows Color System

Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure (WDI)

Windows Mobile Device Center

Windows Rally

Windows Registry

Windows Speech Recognition

XML Paper Specification

References

List of Microsoft Windows components Wikipedia

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