What is XP?


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Windows XP is a streak of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. The name "XP" stands for eXPerience. Windows XP is the descendant to both Windows 2000 Professional and Windows Me, and is the first consumer-oriented operating system created by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel (version 5.1) and architecture. An advanced client version of Windows 2000, Windows XP offers numerous changes to the user interface, including the Start menu, Taskbar and control panels. XP includes improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging and wireless networking.

Microsoft launches various editions for its software. They are explained below:

• The most universal editions of the operating system are Windows XP Home Edition, which is targeted at home users,
• Windows XP Professional, which has additional features such as support for Windows Server domains and two physical processors, and is targeted at power users and business clients.
• Windows XP Media Center Edition has additional multimedia features enhancing the ability to record and watch TV shows, view DVD movies, and listen to music. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is designed to run ink-aware applications built using the Tablet PC platform.
• Two separate 64-bit versions of Windows XP were also released, Windows XP 64-bit Edition for IA-64 (Itanium) processors and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition for x86-64.

Windows XP has lot of improved features over its previous versions. Some of the features / advantages of XP are:

• Windows XP is known for its improved stability and efficiency over the 9x versions of Microsoft Windows.
• It presents a significantly redesigned graphical user interface, a change Microsoft promoted as more user-friendly than previous versions of Windows.
• New software management capabilities are introduced to avoid the "DLL hell" that plagued older consumer-oriented 9x versions of Windows.
• It is also the first edition of Windows to use product activation to combat software piracy, a restriction that did not sit well with some users and privacy advocates.
• Windows XP is Faster start-up and hibernation sequences
• Windows XP has Remote Desktop functionality, which allows users to connect to a computer running Windows XP from across a network or the Internet and access their applications, files, printers, and devices
• Windows XP provides support for most DSL modems and wireless network connections, as well as networking over FireWire, and Bluetooth.

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