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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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security technology. Windows Vista faces backward compatibility problems with many of the games and utility programs that work in Windows XP. As of August 2007...
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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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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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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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Microsoft PowerToys (redirect from Windows PowerToys)
for Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 10, and Windows 11 (and explicitly not compatible with Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 8.1). The PowerToys for Windows 10 and...
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of Windows the utility can be started by entering charmap in the Start / Run dialog box. On Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, the...
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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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