by WindowsXP is a major release of Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users, available for any devices running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows Me that meet the new WindowsXP system requirements. With WindowsXP, you get safer browsing and communication, powerful security tools, and improved experiences. This operating system release unifies the Microsoft range, with all the desktop versions now built on the NT/2000 code base rather than the shakier foundation of Windows 95, 98, and Me.
Networking and internet functionality :-
WindowsXP was originally bundled with Internet Explorer 6, Outlook Express 6, Windows Messenger, and MSN Explorer. New networking features were also added, including Internet Connection Firewall, Internet Connection Sharing integration with UPNP, NAT traversal APIs, Quality of Service features, IPv6 and Teredo tunneling, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, extended fax features.
WindowsXP Professional Features :-
- Fast and powerful operating system by Microsoft which comes packed with different enhancements and better security features to help you run your system resources efficiently.
- Self-extracting executable OS that contains the update package for Windows XP Service Pack 3.
- Includes all previously released updates for the operating system.
- Offers advanced features which make it much faster and easier to recover from system problems.
- Give users a more stable and reliable environment than previous versions of Windows.
- Provides a very simple user interface with self-explaining options to provide a better environment for all the necessary applications and tools.
- Offers various visual styles and effects to make it even more attractive and easy to use.
- Allow you to download and install updates automatically to keep OS updated and security centre as well.
- Efficiently perform all the operations consuming a very little amount of the system resources.
- Comes loaded with built-in drivers of all the older computers thus eliminating the need of having additional drivers for audio and video.
- Offers numerous enhancements for better internet browsing enhanced Media Playback features.
- Includes Windows Media Player which has enhanced the multimedia experience.
- Includes Internet Explorer which has improved the Internet browsing to a great extent.
- Comes with enhanced security measures that can effectively protect the data.
- Provide a powerful firewall to protect against different external and internal threats.
- Includes new functions and a pack of updates that will incredibly improve your operating system.
WindowsXP Service Packs :-
- Service Pack 1Service Pack 1 (SP1) for WindowsXP was released on September 9, 2002. It contained over 300 minor, post-RTM bug fixes, along with all security patches released since the original release of XP. SP1 also added USB 2.0 support, the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, .NET Framework support, and support for technologies used by the then-upcoming Media Center and Tablet PC editions of XP.
- Service Pack 2Service Pack 2 (SP2) for WindowsXP Home edition and Professional edition was released on August 25, 2004. Headline features included WPA encryption compatibility for Wi-Fi and usability improvements to the Wi-Fi networking user interface, partial Bluetooth support,and various improvements to security systems.
- Service Pack 3The third and final Service Pack, SP3, was released through different channels between April and June 2008, about a year after the release of Windows Vista, and about a year before the release of Windows 7. Service Pack 3 was not available for WindowsXP x64 Edition, which was based on the Windows Server 2003 kernel and, as a result, used its service packs rather than the ones for the other editions.
