feat(graveyard): add Windows SteadyState#433
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Add entry for Windows SteadyState, a discontinued free Microsoft tool for locking down shared computers in schools and libraries. Launched as Shared Computer Toolkit in 2005, renamed to Windows SteadyState in June 2007, and discontinued December 31, 2010. Add tools/sort-corpses.cs, a C# script that sorts corpses.json by deathDate descending then name ascending. Run from the repo root with: dotnet run tools/sort-corpses.cs Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds Windows SteadyState to the Graveyard data set and introduces a small C# utility to keep corpses.json deterministically sorted for easier maintenance.
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- Add a new
Windows SteadyStateentry and re-sortcorpses.json - Add
tools/sort-corpses.csto sort the dataset by death date (desc) then name (asc) - Add
tools/NuGet.configto scope NuGet restores to nuget.org for the tools folder
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Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.
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| tools/sort-corpses.cs | Adds a local C# script to sort and rewrite the graveyard JSON dataset. |
| tools/NuGet.config | Restricts NuGet package sources for tool execution/restores. |
| src/WebClient/app/graveyard/corpses.json | Adds Windows SteadyState and updates ordering/format of the graveyard entries. |
Update sort-corpses.cs to use JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping so characters like & and ' are written as-is rather than escaped as \u0026 and \u0027 in corpses.json. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Adds Windows SteadyState to the Microsoft Graveyard.
Windows SteadyState was a free Microsoft tool for managing shared computers in schools, libraries, and internet cafes. It could revert all hard drive changes on reboot via Windows Disk Protection, ensuring a clean state for every user. Originally launched as the Shared Computer Toolkit in 2005, renamed to Windows SteadyState in June 2007, and discontinued December 31, 2010.
Also introduces \ ools/sort-corpses.cs, a C# script for keeping \corpses.json\ sorted by death date descending then name ascending. Run locally from the repo root:
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dotnet run tools/sort-corpses.cs
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