On September 17, 1991, the Finnish student of computer science Linus Torwalds uploaded Linux kernel version 0.01 of his later to become famous operating system Linux to the ftp server ftp.funet.fi and made it publicly available.
When you're installing Windows in a virtual machine or on old, slow hardware, you want the leanest, meanest and fastest-running configuration possible. Most of the time, you want the best from your operating system, including all the bells and whistles. Other times, you don't want the default, bloated Windows installation, with every single built-in feature slowing you down. Luckily, whether you want to put Windows on a diet in a virtual machine or you want to get Windows up and running all snappy-like on older hardware, you've got a handful of excellent and free options at your disposal. Let's take a look at a few ways to trim down your Windows installation so that it takes up less space on your hard drive and eats less RAM while it's running.
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Approved September 17, 1992, IEEE Standards Board. Approved April
5, 1993, American National Standards Institute. The primary purpose
of this standard is to define a standard interface and environment
for application programs that require the services of a `shell' command
language interpreter and a set of common utility programs..