<s>
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
notetaking	O
application	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
Edition	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
selected	O
editions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
use	O
an	O
ordinary	O
computer	B-Device
mouse	I-Device
to	O
compose	O
a	O
handwritten	O
note	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
graphics	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
or	O
a	O
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
other	O
programs	O
cannot	O
import	O
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
can	O
be	O
no	O
third-party	O
applications	O
that	O
make	O
direct	O
use	O
of	O
files	O
created	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
files	O
should	O
be	O
converted	O
to	O
other	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
XML	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
Journal	O
Reader	O
Supplemental	O
Component	O
,	O
for	O
external	O
applications	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
Viewer	O
,	O
also	O
created	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
allows	O
viewing	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
notes	O
(	O
files	O
)	O
on	O
other	O
systems	O
without	O
the	O
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recently	O
released	O
version	O
1.5.2316.0	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
was	O
removed	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
was	O
not	O
visibly	O
updated	O
after	O
its	O
introduction	O
and	O
eventually	O
became	O
obsolete	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
tested	O
for	O
compatibility	O
throughout	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
and	O
patched	O
for	O
security	O
vulnerabilities	O
as	O
recently	O
as	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
was	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
July	O
2015	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
November	O
Update	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
2016	O
"	O
Anniversary	O
Update.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
OneNote	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
OneNote	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
files	O
,	O
but	O
Microsoft	O
offers	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
reinstall	O
Journal	O
and	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
converting	O
Journal	O
files	O
to	O
OneNote	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
a	O
patch	O
(	O
KB3170735	O
)	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
to	O
notify	O
users	O
about	O
future	O
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
another	O
patch	O
(	O
KB3161102	O
)	O
to	O
remove	O
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
from	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
due	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
Journal	I-Device
file	O
format	O
(	O
Journal	O
Note	O
File	O
,	O
or	O
JNT	O
)	O
being	O
susceptible	O
to	O
security	O
exploits	O
.	O
</s>
