Internet Component Download Overview

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Internet Component Download is a system service for downloading and installing software from Web sites on the Internet and intranets. This service also provides certificate checking. Internet Component Download is supported by Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 3.0 and later.

This section contains the overviews for Internet Component Download.

• Introduction to Internet Component Download
• Choosing a Packaging and Distribution Method
• Distribution Unit Overview
• Using Catalog Files
• Open Software Description Overview
• OSD File Architecture
• Using INF Files
• INF File Architecture
• Managing Versions of a Component
• Internet Component Download Implementation
• Version Changes