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=== Validation OS === | === Validation OS === | ||
Validation OS or WinVOS is a minimal [[Windows 11]]-based environment intended to be used by Windows device manufacturers during early design stages.<ref>[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/validation-os-overview Microsoft Validation OS overview], ''Microsoft Learn''. 30 May 2022.</ref> Compared to a regular copy of Windows PE, it is considerably more stripped down, leaving the bare essentials needed to bring up the Windows GUI and console. As a side effect of this, various user experience areas, such as the window caption buttons, do not fully render or behave as expected due to the removed components. | [[File:WinVOS-22621.1.png|thumb|Validation OS running with command prompt open (note the incorrect rendering of window caption buttons)]] | ||
'''Validation OS''' or '''WinVOS''' is a minimal [[Windows 11]]-based environment intended to be used by Windows device manufacturers during early design stages.<ref>[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/validation-os-overview Microsoft Validation OS overview], ''Microsoft Learn''. 30 May 2022.</ref> Compared to a regular copy of Windows PE, it is considerably more stripped down, leaving the bare essentials needed to bring up the Windows GUI and console. As a side effect of this, various user experience areas, such as the window caption buttons, do not fully render or behave as expected due to the removed components. | |||
==List of versions== | ==List of versions== | ||