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Internet Explorer
discontinued web browser by Microsoft
Windows Live Messenger
deprecated instant messaging client
Encarta
Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia and search engine published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009. Originally sold on CD-ROM or DVD, it was also available online via annual subscription, although later articles could also be viewed for free online with advertisements. By 2008, the complete English version, Encarta Premium, consisted of more than 62,000 articles, numerous photos and illustrations, music clips, videos, interactive content, timelines, maps, atlases and homework tools.
Windows Movie Maker
video editing software
Microsoft FrontPage
discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and Web site administration tool
Microsoft Visio
diagramming and vector graphics software application
WordPad
WordPad is a discontinued word processor software designed by Microsoft that was included in versions of Windows from Windows 95 through Windows 11, version 23H2. Similarly to its predecessor Microsoft Write, it served as a basic word processor, positioned as more advanced than the Notepad text editor by supporting rich text editing, but with a subset of the functionality of Microsoft Word. Microsoft removed WordPad in Windows 11 24H2 and it has no successor.
Visual FoxPro
programming language
Microsoft Bob
discontinued interface software
Microsoft Works
productivity software suite
Windows Essentials
discontinued suite of tools for productivity offered by Microsoft
Windows Live Mail
email client, electronic calendar and newreader, developed by Microsoft
Tay
chatterbot made by Microsoft
Microsoft Expression Web
Discontinued HTML editor by Microsoft
MonoDevelop
MonoDevelop (also known as Xamarin Studio) is a discontinued open-source integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its primary focus is development of projects that use Mono and .NET Framework. MonoDevelop integrates features similar to those of NetBeans and Microsoft Visual Studio, such as automatic code completion, source control, a graphical user interface (GUI), and Web designer. MonoDevelop integrates a Gtk# GUI designer called Stetic. It supports Boo, C, C++, C#, CIL, D, F#, Java, Oxygene, Vala, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Visual Basic.NET. Although there is no wo
Microsoft Money
personal finance management software program
ActiveSync
ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization app developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. It synchronizes data with handheld devices and desktop computers.
Paint 3D
painting software by Microsoft
Microsoft Office Picture Manager
image editing and image management program by Microsoft
Windows Media
multimedia framework for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Photo Editor
raster graphics editor
Microsoft Plus!
software with additional tools and themes for historical Microsoft Windows operating systems
Internet Explorer for Mac OS X
web browser for Apple computers developed by Microsoft from 1996 to 2003
Microsoft MapPoint
mapping software
Microsoft Word Viewer
freeware program
Microsoft WebMatrix
HTML editor, website builder, IDE and source control system client for web development
Microsoft Entertainment Pack
set of video games
Microsoft Web Platform Installer
Microsoft Reader
application for reading e-books
Photosynth
Photosynth is a discontinued app and service from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that analyzes digital photographs and generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographed object. Pattern recognition components compare portions of images to create points, which are then compared to convert the image into a model. Users are able to view and generate their own models using a software tool available for download at the Photosynth website.
Microsoft PhotoDraw
Vector/raster graphics editing software
WinG
thumb|Calibration screen
Microsoft Classroom
blended learning platform
Zo
artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft
Microsoft AutoRoute
software
SQL Server Compact
compact relational database by Microsoft
Microsoft Vizact
Program to create interactive documents
Internet Explorer for UNIX
discontinued web browser by Microsoft for UNIX systems
MSAV
Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV) is an antivirus program introduced by Microsoft for its MS-DOS operating system. The program first appeared in MS-DOS version 6.0 (1993) and last appeared in MS-DOS 6.22. The first version of the antivirus program was basic, had no inbuilt update facility (updates had to be obtained from a BBS and manually installed by the user) and could scan for 1,234 different viruses. Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows (MWAV), included as part of the package, was a front end that allowed MSAV to run properly on Windows 3.1x.
3D Movie Maker
movie making program by Microsoft
Microsoft Personal Web Server
web server software
Microsoft Comic Chat
graphic IRC client by Microsoft
Microsoft Home
defunct line of software applications and personal hardware products published by Microsoft
Microsoft Mail
several Microsoft email products
Microsoft BackOffice Server
computer software package
MSDE
Microsoft SQL Server Data Engine (MSDE, also Microsoft Data Engine or Microsoft Desktop Engine) is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. It is a scaled-down version of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or 2000 which is free for non-commercial use as well as certain limited commercial use. It was introduced at Microsoft TechEd in May 1999, and was included as part of Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition. Its successor, SQL Server Express was released in November 2005. Vendor support of MSDE ended on April 8, 2008.
Microsoft Expression Design
vector and raster graphics editor
Microsoft Expression Encoder
encoder
Microsoft Bookshelf
software reference collection
Microsoft Kaizala
corporate mobile messaging (chat) app
Windows Maps
web mapping client software
Microsoft Office Accounting
Defunct accounting software application from Microsoft