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This post will present a new technology called MEI, or Microsoft Enhanced Image. It allows the apps that have been designed for Windows XP to work just as well on Windows Vista and Windows 7. In this post, I will explain how the MEI works and what benefits it has over other technologies. MEI is a Microsoft technology that was first released in 2004 with the launch of Windows Vista. It extends the Windows kernel to support applications that can be executed natively on previous versions of Windows and had to previously be run in a virtual machine on Windows Vista. It became available for installation on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP1, though MEI is not included by default. It is also not available for editions of XP or 2003 such as Starter Edition, Tablet PC Edition, etc. However, Microsoft provided instructions on how to use third party software such as Sysinternals ImageX to install it on unsupported operating systems. A typical user will not need to install MEI; however, for developers who want to test their programs with the Windows XP operating system, this can be an advantage. With MEI installed, Windows XP users can run most of the applications written for previous versions of Windows without the need to use any virtual software. Applications that use DirectX will work with this technology. The main benefits are that many legacy applications will work without having to be run in a virtual environment and they do not require an installation on the host operating system. Prior versions of Windows include different methods of allowing legacy applications to run on new versions. They either allow developers to use Windows API calls or they provide virtualization software or hardware emulation. MEI is an extension of the Windows kernel that was designed to allow older applications to run on new versions of Windows without requiring changes to the code for each architecture. MEI is part of the file system "HARDWARE" subsystem. This means that it can be present on either 32-bit or 64-bit systems. It cannot be removed, so it will always be there for Windows XP users to use. MEI was released as a beta version in April 2004 with SP1 of both XP SP3 and Server 2003 SP1, so it has been present in every version since the launch of Vista. It was put there to make it easy for developers to test their software on older versions of Windows without having to install virtualization software. MEI doesn't run in User-mode or Kernel-mode. It is more like a shim that has been inserted into the kernel of Windows XP. The reason for this is due to the way that it implements the COM technology. The new version of Comdlg32.dll that loads with MEI added implements new functions that allow applications written for previous versions of Windows to work on newer ones, but doing this required modifications to be made so it could work correctly on Windows XP SP3 and older operating systems. cfa1e77820
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