reactos/boot/bootdata
Joachim Henze 14e4939dc4 [0.4.11][WMISVC][SRVSVC][WKSSVC][DHCPSVC][WUAUSERV] Start/Stop behavior
by partially porting back:
0.4.15-dev-xxx [WMISVC][WUAUSERV] Fix 2 DPRINTs that lack arguments
0.4.13-dev-684-g eab73ad1a4 [SRVSVC] Make the server service stoppable
0.4.13-dev-683-g 4073a8c58d [WKSSVC] Make the workstation service stoppable
0.4.13-dev-680-g eb532bc641 [WMISVC] Accept stop and shutdown commands when the service is running
0.4.12-dev-1063-g 15a828c86d [DHCPCSVC] Eliminate unused code and associated parameters

and revert 0.4.10-dev-558-g 55368bacc8 (#355) [WUAUSERV][WUSA]
on this branch as that Service stub does not even start in releases/0.4.10-0.4.12.
And it doesn't allow any application to run that wouldn't have run before.
Even with those changes the .NET4.5 and Python 3.5 mentioned in that PR don't work yet.
We postpone introduction of WUAUSERV to releases/0.4.13 therefore.
2023-03-06 11:44:56 +01:00
..
bootcd
bootcdregtest [REGTEST.CMD] Start tests with the correct current dir 2018-11-28 11:41:18 +02:00
livecd Add .keep guard files in order to restore lost but empty directories we had with SVN. 2017-10-04 10:28:36 +02:00
livecdregtest Add .keep guard files in order to restore lost but empty directories we had with SVN. 2017-10-04 10:28:36 +02:00
packages [MODULES] Add a convenient option to transfer files into a new installation (#877) 2018-11-16 23:26:58 +01:00
welcome_config
.gitattributes Add a small descriptive comment for the reason why the chosen files are specified in a .gitattributes file. 2017-10-08 15:48:07 +02:00
autorun-bootcd.inf Fix remaining text file line endings in the tree. (#18) 2017-10-06 15:00:36 +02:00
autorun-hybridcd.inf Fix remaining text file line endings in the tree. (#18) 2017-10-06 15:00:36 +02:00
autorun-livecd.inf Fix remaining text file line endings in the tree. (#18) 2017-10-06 15:00:36 +02:00
bootcd.ini Fix remaining text file line endings in the tree. (#18) 2017-10-06 15:00:36 +02:00
caroots.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
CMakeLists.txt [0.4.11][CMAKE][BOOTDATA] Fix LiveCD does not import caroots.inf into registry CORE-17739 CORE-17735 (#3930) 2022-01-21 23:10:28 +01:00
hivebcd.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hivecls.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hivedef.inf [TRANSLATION] Update Simplified Chinese translation. (#1028) 2018-11-11 17:57:12 +01:00
hiveinst.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hivesft.inf [TRANSLATION] Polish translation update (#1029) 2018-11-11 17:55:01 +01:00
hivesys.inf [0.4.11][WMISVC][SRVSVC][WKSSVC][DHCPSVC][WUAUSERV] Start/Stop behavior 2023-03-06 11:44:56 +01:00
hybridcd.ini
icon.ico
livecd.inf [0.4.11][SETUP][BOOTDATA][FONTS][INF][MEDIA][ROSTESTS] Monospaced fonts and substitution 2023-01-06 09:47:42 +01:00
livecd.ini [BOOT] Add VBox debug to livecd.ini 2017-12-20 06:56:09 +01:00
livecd_start.cmd
readme.txt [0.4.11][SYSDM] Restore the general tabs layout and soft localization update 2021-02-01 21:55:20 +01:00
setupreg.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
txtsetup.sif [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB] Setup the Romanian Stdandard Keyboard layout. (#861) 2018-12-08 18:53:18 +01:00
txtsetup_sourcedisksfiles.ods [BOOTDATA] Use a Win2k3-compatible TXTSETUP.SIF layout for the specification of the files list. 2018-11-05 23:35:12 +01:00

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ReactOS™ Version 0.4.x
Updated August 31, 2016
========================

1. What is ReactOS?
-------------------

ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT
family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).

More information is available at: https://reactos.org/


2. Relationship with the WINE project
-------------------------------------

ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much
programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and
still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in
applications and testing suites.


3. Future compatibility
-----------------------

The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003
compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with
Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.


4. Supporting other System Applications
---------------------------------------

The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS
architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another
operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems.
We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly
others in the future.


5. Is ReactOS legal?
--------------------

Yes we are.
All the code of ReactOS has been written from scratch by our developers.
We go to great lengths to ensure that the code our developers create is clean,
same applies to the variety of methods we use to understand Windows internals,
including clean room reverse engineering, using existing documentation freely
available both in books and on the web, using extensive tests (tens of millions)
which apply black box engineering methods against both public and private APIs
exposed by the operating system.


6. Tutorials
------------

Developer and User Tutorials: https://reactos.org/wiki

The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing
ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome.


7. Frequently Asked Questions
-----------------------------

Some of your questions may be answered in: https://reactos.org/faq/
In addition, the ReactOS forum: https://reactos.org/forum/ may contain
complementary, yet non-official, information.


8. Authors
----------

This document was originally written by Jason Filby (jasonfilby@yahoo.com)
and is now occasionally updated by various contributors.