is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users. Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s...
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Windows XP, which is the next version of Windows NT after Windows 2000 and the successor to the consumer-oriented Windows Me, has been released in several...
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Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years...
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was succeeded by Windows Vista. Windows XP is available in a number of versions: Windows XP Home Edition, for home users Windows XP Professional, for...
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corners for windows. By default, "Luna" is preinstalled on Windows XP Home Edition and Professional, while "Royale" is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center...
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Bliss (photograph) (redirect from Windows XP wallpaper)
originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of green rolling hills and daytime...
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released on April 25, 2005, alongside the x86-64 versions of Windows Server 2003. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to use the expanded 64-bit...
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Virtual PC (redirect from Windows XP Mode)
than Windows XP. Windows Virtual PC only runs on Windows 7 and only supports versions of Windows beginning with Windows XP. Starting in Windows 8, Microsoft...
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December 6, 2005. Windows Server 2003 is based on Windows XP. Its kernel has also been used in Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Windows XP Professional x64...
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Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) is a version of the Windows XP operating system which was the first version of Windows to include Windows Media...
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come with Windows until Windows XP, in which it was officially renamed Windows Media Player v5.1. ("v5.1" is the version number of Windows XP). In 1999...
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Microsoft Plus! (redirect from Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP)
games and content from third-party companies; for example, in Plus! for Windows XP, the HyperBowl game developed by HyperEntertainment Inc. was included...
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Criticism of Windows XP deals with issues with security, performance and the presence of product activation errors that are specific to the Microsoft operating...
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Development of Windows XP started in 1999 as a successor to the Windows Neptune and Windows Odyssey projects. Neptune was originally going to be the successor...
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included with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 under its former name. It succeeds Imaging for Windows. It was temporarily replaced with Windows Photo Gallery...
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XP; this change was a key element of Microsoft's promotional campaign for Office XP. Office XP is compatible with Windows NT 4.0 SP6 through Windows Vista...
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included with Windows NT 4.0 (with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later), Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It runs as a Windows Service, and...
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The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001, prior to the completion of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, and continued...
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As the next version of Windows NT after Windows 2000, as well as the successor to Windows Me, Windows XP introduced many new features but it also removed...
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and Windows For Embedded Systems (FES). Windows Embedded for Point of Service was released on May 24, 2005, nearly a year after its Windows XP SP2 counterpart...
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reunited into a single line with the NT-based Windows XP; this Windows release succeeded both Windows Me and Windows 2000 and had separate editions for consumer...
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Windows Update is a Microsoft service for the Windows 9x and Windows NT families of the Microsoft Windows operating system, which automates downloading...
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to the consumer market with Windows NT starting with Windows XP.[citation needed] Windows Mobile: The predecessor to Windows Phone, a mobile phone and PDA...
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[citation needed] Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs reached end of support on April 8, 2014 along with most other Windows XP editions. Windows Fundamentals...
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File Explorer (redirect from Windows NT Explorer)
used in Windows 2000 by using the Tweak UI applet from Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows XP, or by manually editing the registry. Windows XP improves...
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of NT. Originally, a version of Windows codenamed "Blackcomb" was planned as the successor to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in 2000. Major features...
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is reassigned in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Windows 2000 adds the following: ⊞ Win+L locks the desktop. Windows XP adds the following: ⊞ Win+B selects...
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Windows NT kernel, which on XP was an evolution of the one found in Windows 2000. Windows Me featured the shell enhancements inherited from Windows 2000...
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Windows Vista in October 2010; OEM distribution of Windows Vista ended in October 2011. Windows Vista Starter Much like its predecessor, Windows XP Starter...
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