How to change the default page using .htaccess

To change the page that will be displayed when a visitor access a directory, write:

DirectoryIndex

Example :

DirectoryIndex home.html


You can also specify several pages as under

DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.php index.php3 index.html index.htm

Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS)

Under the direct supervision of Mr. Bill Gates, Microsoft created a secret project called Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS)., The outcome of the project is what we now know as .NET.

What is COM?

Microsoft COM (Component Object Model) technology in the Microsoft Windows-family of Operating Systems enables software components to communicate. COM is used by developers to create re-usable software components, link components together to build applications, and take advantage of Windows services. COM objects can be created with a variety of programming languages. Object-oriented languages, such as C++, provide programming mechanisms that simplify the implementation of COM objects. The family of COM technologies includes COM+, Distributed COM (DCOM) and ActiveX® Controls.

Microsoft provides COM interfaces for many Windows application programming interfaces such as Direct Show, Media Foundation, Packaging API, Windows Animation Manager, Windows Portable Devices, and Microsoft Active Directory (AD).

COM is used in applications such as the Microsoft Office Family of products. For example COM OLE technology allows Word documents to dynamically link to data in Excel spreadsheets and COM Automation allows users to build scripts in their applications to perform repetitive tasks or control one application from another.

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