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# Microsoft KnowledgeBase Archive (circa 2002)
# Microsoft KnowledgeBase Archive

This repository contains all the KB content from Microsoft's FTP archive, circa 2002.
This repository was initially populated with KB content from Microsoft's FTP archive, circa 2002, and
then back-filled with KB articles from other sources (eg, Microsoft Programmer's Library CD-ROM).

All 56,989 TXT files have been [converted](scripts/genmd.js) to Markdown files in preparation for publishing
via GitHub Pages. The boilerplate legal notices have been removed from the Markdown files, in part to save a
little space, but they will be restored by the page template that is used to publish them.
All the original text files have been [converted](scripts/genmd.js) to Markdown files in preparation for
publishing via GitHub Pages. The boilerplate legal notices have been removed from the Markdown files,
in part to save a little space, but they will be restored by the page template that's used to publish them.

A [log file](scripts/genmd.log) records the use of non-ASCII characters. These haven't been examined yet,
so it's unclear if the files used CP-437, CP-1252, UTF-8, or some other character set. In some cases, it might
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