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'''Windows XP''' is an [[operating system]] produced by [[Microsoft]] for use on [[personal computer]]s, including home and business desktops, [[laptops]] and [[Home theater PC|media centers]]. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/aug01/08-24winxprtmpr.mspx |title=Windows XP to Take the PC to New Heights |work = Microsoft News Center |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=August 24, 2001|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> it is the second most popular version of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], based on installed user base.<ref name=marketshare/> The name "XP" is short for "eXPerience."<ref name="xppr">{{cite web
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Windows XP, the successor to [[Windows 2000]] and [[Windows Me]], was the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the [[Windows NT kernel]]. Windows XP was released worldwide for retail sale on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies were in use in January 2006.<ref name="idc">{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/060118xpsp3/pfindex.html|title=Analyst: No effect from tardy XP service pack|author=Jeremy Kirk|work=ITworld.com|date=January 18, 2006|accessdate=October 5, 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070317204906/http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/060118xpsp3/pfindex.html|archivedate=March 17, 2007}}</ref> It was succeeded by [[Windows Vista]] in January 2007. Direct [[Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM]] and retail sales of Windows XP ceased on June 30, 2008. Microsoft continued to sell Windows XP through their System Builders (smaller OEMs who sell assembled computers) program until January 31, 2009.<ref>[http://www.crn.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml?articleId=199001306 System Builders Can Buy Windows XP Until January '09].</ref><ref>http://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentPage.aspx?pageid=564778 {{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> On April 10, 2012, Microsoft reaffirmed that extended support for Windows XP and Office 2003 would end on April 8, 2014 and suggested that administrators begin preparing to migrate to a newer OS.<ref name=Voss1>{{cite web|last=Voss|first=Pete|title=Windows XP and Office 2003 countdown to end of support, and the April 2012 bulletins|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2012/04/10/windows-xp-and-office-2003-countdown-to-end-of-support-and-the-april-2012-bulletins.aspx|publisher=Microsoft Security Response Center|accessdate=10 April 2012|date=10 Apr 2012}}</ref> <ref name=Rose1>{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Stephen L|title=800 Days Until Windows XP End of Support|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2012/01/28/800-days-until-windows-xp-end-of-support.aspx|work=The Springboard Series Blog|publisher=The Windows Blog|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> <ref name=Chernyak1>{{cite web|last=Chernyak|first=Stella|title=Upgrade Today: Two-Year Countdown to End of Support for Windows XP and Office 2003|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/archive/2012/04/09/upgrade-today-two-year-countdown-to-end-of-support-for-windows-xp-and-office-2003.aspx|work=Windows for Your Business Blog|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=10 April 2012|date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>
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The [[Windows NT|NT]]-based versions of Windows, which are programmed in [[C Programming Language|C]], [[C++]], and [[Assembly language|assembly]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/training/ntarchitectoview/ntarc_2.mspx |title=Microsoft Windows System Overview |publisher=Microsoft.com |accessdate=August 26, 2010}}</ref> are known for their improved stability and efficiency over the [[Windows 9x|9x]] versions of [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6033_16-4206552.html|title=The 10 top things you MUST know about Win XP|author=David Coursey|publisher=[[CNET Networks|CNet.com]]|date=October 25, 2001|accessdate=July 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/kb/display.plx?ID=9672|title=A Brief History and Introduction to Windows|publisher=[[Princeton University]]|date=July 22, 2004|accessdate=July 22, 2008}}</ref> Windows XP presented a significantly redesigned [[graphical user interface]], a change Microsoft promoted as more user-friendly than previous versions of Windows. A new software management facility called [[Side-by-Side Assembly]] was introduced to ameliorate the "[[DLL hell]]" that plagued 9x versions of Windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973843.aspx|title=Simplifying Deployment and Solving DLL Hell with the .NET Framework|work=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|publisher=Microsoft|month=November | year=2001|accessdate=July 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997620.aspx|title=How To Build and Service Isolated Applications and Side-by-Side Assemblies for Windows XP|work=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|publisher=Microsoft|date=August 24, 2001|accessdate=July 21, 2008}}</ref> It is also the first version of Windows to use [[Microsoft Product Activation|product activation]] to combat [[Copyright infringement of software|illegal copying]].
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During development, the [[List of Microsoft codenames|project was codenamed]] "Whistler", after [[Whistler, British Columbia]], as many Microsoft employees skied at the [[Whistler-Blackcomb]] ski resort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp|title=Windows "Longhorn" FAQ|date=June 22, 2005|accessdate=April 4, 2008|publisher=Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
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According to [[web analytics]] data generated by [[W3Schools]], from September 2003 to July 2011, Windows XP was the most widely used operating system for accessing the Internet. {{As of|2012|3}}, Windows XP market share is at 28.9%<!-- When updating the market share, please be sure to update the "accessdate" field in the citation --> after having peaked at 76.1% in January 2007.<ref name=marketshare>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp|title=OS Platform Statistics|publisher=w3schools|accessdate=April 10, 2012}}</ref>
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|title = Computer Slows When You Click Multiple Icons in Windows XP
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}}</ref> Windows XP added the ability for Windows to use "Visual Styles" to change the appearance of the user interface. However, visual styles must be cryptographically signed by Microsoft to run. [[Luna (theme)|''Luna'']] is the name of the new visual style that ships with Windows XP, and is enabled by default for machines with more than 64 [[MiB]] of [[Random-access memory|RAM]]. ''Luna'' refers only to one particular visual style, not to all of the new user interface features of Windows XP as a whole. Some users "patch" the <tt>uxtheme.dll</tt> file that restricts the ability to use visual styles, created by the general public or the user, on Windows XP.<ref name="XPUXTHEME">{{cite news
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In addition to the included Windows XP themes, there is one previously unreleased theme with a dark blue taskbar and window bars similar to Windows Vista titled "[[Energy Blue#Royale Noir / Zune theme|Royale Noir]]" available as unofficial download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/|title=Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered|publisher=istartedsomething.com|date=October 29, 2006|accessdate=April 23, 2008}}</ref> Microsoft officially released a modified version of this theme as the "[[Energy Blue#Royale Noir / Zune theme|Zune]]" theme, to celebrate the launch of its Zune portable media player in November 2006. The differences are only visual with a new glassy look along with a black taskbar instead of dark blue and an orange start button instead of green.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/a/9/ea9af5ae-b48e-473e-85fe-dcde7472e644/ZuneDesktopTheme.msi| title = Zune Desktop Theme| publisher = Microsoft Corporation| date = March 11, 2006| accessdate =August 8, 2011| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/1312941924177167| archivedate = August 10, 2011|<!--DashBotWC-->}}</ref> Additionally, the Media Center "[[Energy Blue]]" theme, which was included in the Media Center editions, is also available to download for use on all Windows XP editions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royale Theme for WinXP - Official |work=Windows downloads |publisher=[[Softpedia]] |date=May 11, 2006|url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/Royale-Theme-for-WinXP.shtml |accessdate=April 6, 2008}}</ref>


The default wallpaper, [[Bliss (image)|Bliss]], is a [[Windows bitmap|BMP]] photograph of a landscape in the [[Napa County, California|Napa Valley]] outside [[Napa, California]],<ref name="bliss1">{{cite news |title=No view of Palouse from Windows |first=Paul |last=Turner |url=http://spokesmanreview.com/pf.asp?date=022204&ID=s1490284 |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=Spokane |date=February 22, 2004 |accessdate=November 16, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5lKhQRgaA |archivedate=November 16, 2009 }}</ref> with rolling green hills and a blue sky with [[stratocumulus cloud|stratocumulus]] and [[cirrus cloud]]s.
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==New and updated features==


{{Main|Features new to Windows XP}}
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*[[DirectX]] 8.1 upgradeable to DirectX 9.0c
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*[[Start Menu]] and [[Taskbar]] improvements
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*A number of kernel enhancements and power management improvements <ref name="ms-WHDC-kernel">{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/XP_kernel.mspx |title=Kernel Enhancements for Windows XP |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=Windows Hardware Developer Center (WHDC) |date=January 13, 2003|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Windows XP: Kernel Improvements Create a More Robust, Powerful, and Scalable OS | publisher = MSDN Magazine | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/12/xpkernel/default.aspx}}</ref>
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*The ability to discard a newer [[device driver]] in favor of the previous one (known as ''driver rollback'') should a driver upgrade not produce desirable results.<ref>{{cite web | title = HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous Version of a Device Driver in Windows XP | publisher = Microsoft | url=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306546}}</ref>
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*A new, arguably more user-friendly interface, including the framework for developing [[Windows XP themes|themes]] for the desktop environment <ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/6/16674679-1e6e-4304-a5a0-49eeaa31e639/RevGuide.pdf |title=Windows XP Reviewers Guide |format=PDF |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |month=August |year=2001 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> and richer icons with alpha transparency
*Hardware support improvements such as [[USB]] 2.0, FireWire 800, [[Windows Image Acquisition]], [[Media Transfer Protocol]], DualView for multi-monitors and audio improvements.
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*[[Fast user switching]], which allows a user to save the current state and open applications of their desktop and allow another user to log on without losing that information <ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279765 |title=How To Use the Fast User Switching Feature in Windows XP (Revision 1.5) |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=March 27, 2007|work=Microsoft Support |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
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*The [[ClearType]] font rendering mechanism, which is designed to improve text readability on [[liquid crystal display]] (LCD) and similar monitors, especially laptops.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306527 |title=HOW TO: Use ClearType to Enhance Screen Fonts in Windows XP |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=October 27, 2002|work=Microsoft Support |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx |title=ClearType information |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=Microsoft Typography |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
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*[[Windows RRectummotRectum RRectumctumssistRRectumctumncRectum|RRectummotRectum RRectumctumssistRRectumctumncRectum]] RRectumctumnd [[RRectummotRectum DRectumsktop SRectumrvicRectums|RRectummotRectum DRectumsktop]] fRectumRRectumctumturRectums, which RRectumctumllow usRectumrs to connRectumct to RRectumctum computRectumr running Windows VistRRectumctum from RRectumctumcross RRectumctum nRectumtwork or thRectum [[IntRectumrnRectumt]] RRectumctumnd RRectumctumccRectumss thRectumir RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtions, filRectums, printRectumrs, RRectumctumnd dRectumvicRectums or rRectumquRectumst hRectumlp.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | titlRectum = FrRectumquRectumntly RRectumctumskRectumd QuRectumstions RRectumctumbout RRectummotRectum DRectumsktop | publishRectumr = Bum | url=http://www.Bum.com/windowsVistRRectumctum/using/mobility/rdfRRectumctumq.mspx}}</rRectumf>
*[[Windows Remote Assistance|Remote Assistance]] and [[Remote Desktop Services|Remote Desktop]] features, which allow users to connect to a computer running Windows XP from across a network or the [[Internet]] and access their applications, files, printers, and devices or request help.<ref>{{cite web | title = Frequently Asked Questions About Remote Desktop | publisher = Microsoft | url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/rdfaq.mspx}}</ref>
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*New networking features <ref>{{cite web|url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457047.aspx |title=Windows XP Networking Features and Enhancements |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=[[Microsoft TechNet]] |date=August 8, 2001 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> including [[Windows 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, network bridging, peer to peer networking, support for most [[Digital Subscriber Line|DSL]] modems, [[IEEE 802.11]] ([[Wi-Fi]]) connections with [[Wireless Zero Configuration|auto configuration]] and roaming, [[Telephony Application Programming Interface|TAPI 3.1]], [[Bluetooth]] and networking over [[FireWire]].
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*New security features such as Software Restriction Policies, Credential Manager, [[Encrypting File System]] improvements, improved certificate services, smart card and [[Public Key Infrastructure|PKI]] support. Windows XP SP2 introduced [[Data Execution Prevention]], [[Windows Action Center|Windows Security Center]] and Attachment Manager.
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*[[Side-by-side assembly|Side-by-side assemblies]] and [[RegFree COM|registration-free COM]]
*Improved media features in Windows Media format runtime, [[Windows Media Player]], [[Windows Movie Maker]], TV/video capture and playback technologies, [[Windows Media Encoder]] and introduction of [[Windows Media Center]]
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*General improvements to international support such as more locales, languages and scripts, [[Multilingual User Interface|MUI]] support in Terminal Services, improved IMEs and National Language Support, [[Text Services Framework]]
*Handwriting recognition, speech recognition and digital ink support accessible through the [[Tablet PC Input Panel]] (TIP) in [[Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]]
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*Numerous improvements to system administration tools such as [[Windows Installer]], [[Windows Script Host]], [[Disk Defragmenter (Windows)|Disk Defragmenter]], [[Windows Task Manager]], [[Group Policy]], [[CHKDSK]], [[NTBackup]], [[Microsoft Management Console]], [[Shadow Copy]], [[Registry Editor]], [[Sysprep]] and [[Windows Management Instrumentation|WMI]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/tip/Windows-XPs-built-in-administration-tools?vgnextfmt=print |title=Windows XP's built-in administration tools |first=Serdar |last=Yegulalp |publisher=TechTarget |date=August 19, 2003 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
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*Improved [[Compatibility layer|application compatibility]] and [[Shim (computing)|shims]] compared to Windows 2000
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*Updated accessories and games.
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*Improvements to ''IntelliMirror'' features such as [[Offline Files]], [[Roaming user profiles]] and [[Folder redirection]].


Users in British schools observed the improved ease of use and advanced capabilities{{spaced ndash}}comparing the former to {{nowraplinks|[[RISC OS]]}} and {{nowraplinks|[[Mac OS]]}}, and the latter to [[Unix]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Jack | last = Schofield | authorlink = Jack Schofield | title = A very good job...? | date = November 13, 2001 | publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]] | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/nov/13/itforschools.schools2 | work = The Guardian | accessdate =June 30, 2011 | quote = The consensus feeling seems to be that XP provides the ease of use of Acorn and Apple systems, plus the solidity and advanced capabilities of Unix, while retaining most of the compatibility of Windows 95/98 and Me. | location=London}}</ref>
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==Editions==
==Rectumditions==
{{Main|Windows XP editions}}
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[[Image:XP-Editions.svg|thumb|280px|Diagram representing the main editions of Windows XP. It is based on the category of the edition (grey) and codebase (black arrow).]]
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The two major editions are Windows XP Home Edition, designed for home users, and Windows XP Professional, designed for business and [[power user]]s. XP Professional contains advanced features that the average home user would not use. However, these features are not necessarily missing from XP Home. They are simply disabled, but are there and ''can'' become functional. These releases were made available at retail outlets that sell computer software, and were preinstalled on computers sold by major computer manufacturers. As of mid-2008, both editions continue to be sold. A third edition, called Windows XP Media Center Edition, was introduced in 2002 and was updated every year until 2006 to incorporate new digital media, broadcast television and [[Media Center Extender]] capabilities. Unlike the Home and Professional edition, it was never made available for retail purchase, and was typically either sold through [[original equipment manufacturer|OEM]] channels, or was preinstalled on computers that were typically marketed as "media center PCs".


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Two different [[64-bit]] editions were made available. One, designed specifically for Itanium-based workstations, was introduced in 2001 at around the same time as the Home and Professional editions, but was discontinued a few years later when vendors of Itanium hardware stopped selling workstation-class machines due to low sales. The other, called Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, supports the x86-64 extension. x86-64 was implemented first by AMD as "AMD64", found in AMD's [[Opteron]] and [[Athlon 64]] chips, and later implemented by Intel as "[[Intel 64]]" (formerly known as IA-32e and EM64T), found in some of Intel's [[Pentium 4]] and later chips.


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Windows XP Tablet PC Edition was produced for a class of specially designed notebook/laptop computers called [[Tablet computer|tablet PC]]s. It is compatible with a pen-sensitive screen, supporting handwritten notes and portrait-oriented screens.
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Microsoft also released [[Windows XP Embedded]], an edition for specific consumer electronics, [[set-top box]]es, kiosks/[[Automatic teller machine|ATMs]], medical devices, arcade video games, point-of-sale terminals, and Voice over Internet Protocol ([[Voice over IP|VoIP]]) components. In July 2006, Microsoft released [[Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs]], a [[thin client]] version of Windows XP Embedded which targets older machines (as early as the original Pentium). It is only available to [[Microsoft Software Assurance|Software Assurance]] customers. It is intended for corporate customers who may wish to upgrade to Windows XP so they can take advantage of its security and management capabilities, but cannot afford to purchase new hardware.


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===Editions for specific markets===
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[[Windows XP Starter Edition]] is a lower-cost edition of Windows XP available in Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, India, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay, Pakistan and Venezuela. It is similar to Windows XP Home, but is limited to low-end hardware, can only run three programs at a time, and has some other features either removed or disabled by default. Each country's edition is also customized for that country, including desktop backgrounds of popular locations, [[software localization|localized]] help features for those who may not speak English, and other default settings designed for easier use than typical Windows XP installations. The Malaysian version, for example, contains a desktop background of the [[Kuala Lumpur]] skyline.<ref>{{cite web
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In March 2004, the [[European Commission]] fined Microsoft €497 million (US$603 million) and ordered the company to provide a version of Windows without [[Windows Media Player]]. The Commission concluded that Microsoft "broke [[European Union]] competition law by leveraging its near [[monopoly]] in the market for PC operating systems onto the markets for work group [[Server (computing)|server]] operating systems and for media players." After unsuccessful appeals in 2004 and 2005, Microsoft reached an agreement with the Commission where it would release a court-compliant version, Windows XP ''Edition N.'' This version does not include the company's Windows Media Player but instead encourages users to pick and download their own media player. Microsoft wanted to call this version ''Reduced Media Edition,'' but EU regulators objected and suggested the ''Edition N'' name, with the ''N'' signifying "not with Media Player" for both Home and Professional editions of Windows XP. Because it is sold at the same price as the version with Windows Media Player included, [[Dell]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Lenovo]] and [[Fujitsu Siemens Computers|Fujitsu Siemens]] have chosen not to stock the product. However, Dell did offer the operating system for a short time. Consumer interest has been low, with roughly 1,500 units shipped to [[Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEMs]], and no reported sales to consumers.<ref name="WinXPlite">{{cite news
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In December 2005, the [[Fair Trade Commission (South Korea)|Korean Fair Trade Commission]] ordered Microsoft to make available editions of Windows XP and [[Windows Server 2003]] that do not contain [[Windows Media Player]] or [[Windows Messenger]].<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> Like the European Commission decision, this decision was based on the grounds that Microsoft had abused its dominant position in the market to push other products onto consumers. Unlike that decision, however, Microsoft was also forced to withdraw the non-compliant versions of Windows from the South Korean market. This decision resulted in Microsoft's releasing "K" and "KN" variants of the Home and Professional editions in August 2006.
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Windows XP was available in many languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292246|title=List of languages supported in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=December 3, 2007|accessdate=May 13, 2008}}</ref> In addition, [[Multilingual User Interface|MUI]] packs and [[Language Interface Pack]]s translating the user interface were also available for certain languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/2/e/62e61f10-e106-4f4c-a862-63eec2b41efb/readme.htm|title=Cumulative Help Update for Microsoft Windows XP Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack (KB841625)|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=May 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/industry/publicsector/government/locallanguage/find-a-language.aspx?regid=_all_|title=Unlimited Potential: Local Language Program|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=April 9, 2008}}</ref>


===RRectumctumTMs RRectumctumnd VRectumndors===
===ATMs and Vendors===
[[Automated teller machine]] (ATM) vendors [[Wincor Nixdorf]], [[NCR Corporation]] and [[Diebold|Diebold Incorporated]] have all adopted Microsoft Windows XP as their migration path from [[OS/2]]. Wincor Nixdorf, who has been pushing for standardization for many years, began shipping ATMs with Windows when they first arrived on the scene.
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==SRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks==
==Service packs==
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Microsoft occasionally releases [[service pack]]s for its Windows operating systems to fix problems and add features. Each service pack is a superset of all previous service packs and patches so that only the latest service pack needs to be installed, and also includes new revisions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/overview.mspx | title=Windows XP Service Pack 2 Overview | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | date=August 4, 2004 | accessdate=October 31, 2007}}</ref>
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Older service packs need not be manually removed before application of the most recent one. Windows Update "normally" takes care of automatically removing unnecessary files.


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Windows XP was criticized by some users for security vulnerabilities, tight integration of applications such as [[Internet Explorer 6]] and [[Windows Media Player]], and for aspects of its default user interface.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} [[#Service Pack 2|Service Pack 2]], [[#Service Pack 3|Service Pack 3]], and [[Internet Explorer 8]] addressed some of these concerns.


The service pack details below only apply to the 32-bit editions. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition was based on [[Windows Server 2003]] Service Pack 1 and claimed to be "SP1" in system properties from the initial release. It is updated by the same service packs and hotfixes as the x64 edition of Windows Server 2003.<!--fixme: add info on Itanium edition-->
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===Service Pack 1===
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[[Image:Windows XP - Program Access and Defaults.png|thumbnail|right|''Set Program Access and Defaults'' was added in Service Pack 1.]] Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows XP was released on September 9, 2002. It contains post-[[Release to manufacture|RTM]] security fixes and hot-fixes, compatibility updates, optional [[.NET Framework]] support, enabling technologies for new devices such as Tablet PCs, and a new [[Windows Messenger|Windows Messenger 4.7 version]]. The most notable new features were [[Universal Serial Bus|USB 2.0]] support and a ''Set Program Access and Defaults'' utility that aimed at hiding various middleware products. Users can control the default application for activities such as web browsing and instant messaging, as well as hide access to some of Microsoft's bundled programs. This utility was first brought into the older Windows 2000 operating system with its Service Pack 3. This Service Pack supported [[SATA]] and [[Hard disk drive|hard drives]] that were larger than 137GB (48-bit [[Logical block addressing|LBA]] support) by default. The [[Microsoft Java Virtual Machine]], which was not in the RTM version, appeared in this Service Pack.<ref>{{cite web
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===Service Pack 2===
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[[Image:Windows Security Center XP SP2.png|thumb|right|[[Windows Security Center]] was added in Service Pack 2.]]
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Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released on August 25, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389|accessdate=September 21, 2007|title=How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack|archiveurl=http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20041014021822/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389|archivedate=March 13, 2011|date=March 26, 2007}}</ref> with an emphasis on security. Unlike the previous service pack, SP2 added new functionality to Windows XP, such as [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA]] encryption compatibility and improved [[Wi-Fi]] support (with a wizard utility), a [[pop-up ad]] blocker for [[Internet Explorer 6]], and partial [[Bluetooth_stack#Microsoft_Windows_stack|Bluetooth]] support. The new welcome screen during the kernel boot removes the subtitles "Professional", "Home Edition" and "Embedded" since Microsoft introduced new Windows XP editions prior to the release of SP2. The green loading bar in Home Edition and the yellow one in Embedded were replaced with the blue bar, seen in Professional and other versions of Windows XP, making the boot-screen of operating systems resemble each other. Colors in other areas, such as Control Panel and the Help and Support tool, remained as before.
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Service Pack 2 also added new security enhancements (codenamed "Springboard"),<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/windows-xp-sp2-to-be-springboard-to-longhorn.aspx |url=Windows XP SP2 to be 'Springboard' to Longhorn |journal=[[Windows IT Pro]] |first=Paul |last=Thurrott |authorlink=Paul Thurrott |date=October 15, 2003}}</ref> which included a major revision to the included firewall that was renamed to [[Windows Firewall]] and became enabled by default, [[Data Execution Prevention]], which can be weakly emulated,{{Clarify|October 2009|date=October 2009}} gains hardware support in the [[NX bit]] that can stop some forms of buffer overflow attacks. Also [[raw socket]] support is removed (which supposedly limits the damage done by [[Zombie computer|zombie machines]]). Additionally, security-related improvements were made to e-mail and web browsing. Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes the Windows Security Center, which provides a general overview of security on the system, including the state of [[antivirus software]], Windows Update, and the new Windows Firewall. Third-party anti-virus and firewall applications can interface with the new Security Center.<ref>{{cite web
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====Service Pack 2b====
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====Service Pack 2c====
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===Service Pack 3===
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was [[release to manufacturing|released to manufacturing]] on April 21, 2008, and to the public via both the Microsoft Download Center and [[Windows Update]] on May 6, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itproxpsp/thread/9ababbbc-d3ed-41c4-8b6c-9d194c121604|title= Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing|publisher=Microsoft|date=April 21, 2008|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref><ref name=sp3rtw>{{cite web |url=http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itproxpsp/thread/34234455-65a4-4069-a034-435e95b17f84|title=Windows XP SP3 Released to Web (RTW), now available on Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref><ref name=msdnsp3>{{cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en |title=Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&DisplayLang=en |title=Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 7, 2008}}</ref>
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It began being automatically pushed out to ''Automatic Update'' users on July 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9107918 |title=Microsoft sets XP SP3 automatic download for Thursday |publisher=Computerworld |date=July 8, 2008 |accessdate=July 8, 2008}}</ref> A feature set overview which details new features available separately as stand-alone updates to Windows XP, as well as [[backporting|backported]] features from Windows Vista, has been posted by Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&DisplayLang=en |title=Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 7, 2008}}</ref> A total of 1,174 fixes have been included in SP3.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480/ List of fixes that are included in Windows XP Service Pack 3].</ref> Service Pack 3 can be installed on systems with Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, or 8.<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-Internet-Explorer-7-Will-Not-Be-a-Part-of-Windows-XP-SP3-73896.shtml No, Internet Explorer 7 Will Not(!) Be a Part of Windows XP SP3].</ref>
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Internet Explorer 7 and 8 are not included as part of SP3.<ref>[http://tech.skitsol.com/2008/04/30/windows-xp-sp3-features.aspx Windows XP SP3 features].</ref>
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====NRectumw fRectumRRectumctumturRectums in SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3====
====New features in Service Pack 3====
* NX APIs for application developers to enable [[Data Execution Prevention]] for their code, independent of system-wide compatibility enforcement settings <ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michael_howard/archive/2008/01/29/new-nx-apis-added-to-windows-vista-sp1-windows-xp-sp3-and-windows-server-2008.aspx |title=New NX APIs added to Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008 |work=Michael Howard's Web Log |agency=[[MSDN Blogs]] |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=January 29, 2008 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
* NX RRectumctumPIs for RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtion dRectumvRectumlopRectumrs to RectumnRRectumctumblRectum [[DRRectumctumtRRectumctum RectumxRectumcution PrRectumvRectumntion]] for thRectumir codRectum, indRectumpRectumndRectumnt of systRectumm-widRectum compRRectumctumtibility RectumnforcRectummRectumnt sRectumttings <rRectumf>{{citRectum nRectumws|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michRRectumctumRectuml_howRRectumctumrd/RRectumctumrchivRectum/2008/01/29/nRectumw-nx-RRectumctumpis-RRectumctumddRectumd-to-windows-vistRRectumctum-sp1-windows-VistRRectumctum-sp3-RRectumctumnd-windows-sRectumrvRectumr-2008.RRectumctumspx |titlRectum=NRectumw NX RRectumctumPIs RRectumctumddRectumd to Windows VistRRectumctum SP1, Windows VistRRectumctum SP3 RRectumctumnd Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2008 |work=MichRRectumctumRectuml HowRRectumctumrd's WRectumb Log |RRectumctumgRectumncy=[[MSDN Blogs]] |publishRectumr=Bum CorporRRectumctumtion |dRRectumctumtRectum=JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 29, 2008 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 8, 2011}}</rRectumf>
* Turns [[Black hole (networking)|black hole]] [[Router (computing)|router]] detection on by default<ref name="SP3Overview">[http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/7/687484ed-8174-496d-8db9-f02b40c12982/Overview%20of%20Windows%20XP%20Service%20Pack%203.pdf Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3].</ref>
* Turns [[BlRRectumctumck holRectum (nRectumtworking)|blRRectumctumck holRectum]] [[RoutRectumr (computing)|routRectumr]] dRectumtRectumction on by dRectumfRRectumctumult<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="SP3OvRectumrviRectumw">[http://downloRRectumctumd.Bum.com/downloRRectumctumd/6/8/7/687484Rectumd-8174-496d-8db9-f02b40c12982/OvRectumrviRectumw%20of%20Windows%20VistRRectumctum%20SRectumrvicRectum%20PRRectumctumck%203.pdf OvRectumrviRectumw of Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3].</rRectumf>
* Support for [[SHA-2]] signatures in [[X.509]] certificates <ref name="SP3Overview"/>
* Support for [[SHRRectumctum-2]] signRRectumctumturRectums in [[X.509]] cRectumrtificRRectumctumtRectums <rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="SP3OvRectumrviRectumw"/>
* [[NRectumtwork RRectumctumccRectumss ProtRectumction]] cliRectumnt
* [[Network Access Protection]] client
* [[Group Policy]] support for IEEE [[802.1X]] authentication for [[Network interface controller|wired network adapters]].<ref>[http://207.46.16.252/en-us/magazine/2008.02.cableguy.aspx IEEE 802.1X Wired Authentication: The Cable Guy].</ref>
* [[Group Policy]] support for IRectumRectumRectum [[802.1X]] RRectumctumuthRectumnticRRectumctumtion for [[NRectumtwork intRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum controllRectumr|wirRectumd nRectumtwork RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumrs]].<rRectumf>[http://207.46.16.252/Rectumn-us/mRRectumctumgRRectumctumzinRectum/2008.02.cRRectumctumblRectumguy.RRectumctumspx IRectumRectumRectum 802.1X WirRectumd RRectumctumuthRectumnticRRectumctumtion: ThRectum CRRectumctumblRectum Guy].</rRectumf>
* Credential [[Security Support Provider Interface|Security Support Provider]]<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951608 Description of the Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) in Windows XP Service Pack 3].</ref>
* CrRectumdRectumntiRRectumctuml [[SRectumcurity Support ProvidRectumr IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum|SRectumcurity Support ProvidRectumr]]<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/kb/951608 DRectumscription of thRectum CrRectumdRectumntiRRectumctuml SRectumcurity Support ProvidRectumr (CrRectumdSSP) in Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3].</rRectumf>
* Descriptive ''Security options'' in [[Group Policy]]/Local Security Policy user interface
* DRectumscriptivRectum ''SRectumcurity options'' in [[Group Policy]]/LocRRectumctuml SRectumcurity Policy usRectumr intRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum
* RRectumctumn updRRectumctumtRectumd vRectumrsion of thRectum Bum RectumnhRRectumctumncRectumd CryptogrRRectumctumphic ProvidRectumr ModulRectum (RSRRectumctumRectumNH) thRRectumctumt is [[FIPS 140-2]] cRectumrtifiRectumd (SHRRectumctum-256, SHRRectumctum-384 RRectumctumnd SHRRectumctum-512 RRectumctumlgorithms)<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="SP3OvRectumrviRectumw" />
* An updated version of the Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Module (RSAENH) that is [[FIPS 140-2]] certified (SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 algorithms)<ref name="SP3Overview" />
* Installing without requiring a product key during setup for retail and OEM versions
* InstRRectumctumlling without rRectumquiring RRectumctum product kRectumy during sRectumtup for rRectumtRRectumctumil RRectumctumnd ORectumM vRectumrsions


====PrRectumviously rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd updRRectumctumtRectums====
====Previously released updates====
Service Pack 3 also incorporated several previously released key updates for Windows XP, which were not included up to SP2, including:
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* [[Windows Imaging Component]]<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947898/en-us Information about Windows Imaging Component].</ref>
* [[Windows ImRRectumctumging ComponRectumnt]]<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/kb/947898/Rectumn-us InformRRectumctumtion RRectumctumbout Windows ImRRectumctumging ComponRectumnt].</rRectumf>
* IPSec Simple Policy Update for simplified creation and maintenance of [[IPSec]] filters<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914841/en-us How to simplify the creation and maintenance of Internet Protocol (IPsec) security filters in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP].</ref>
* IPSRectumc SimplRectum Policy UpdRRectumctumtRectum for simplifiRectumd crRectumRRectumctumtion RRectumctumnd mRRectumctumintRectumnRRectumctumncRectum of [[IPSRectumc]] filtRectumrs<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/dRectumfRRectumctumult.RRectumctumspx/kb/914841/Rectumn-us How to simplify thRectum crRectumRRectumctumtion RRectumctumnd mRRectumctumintRectumnRRectumctumncRectum of IntRectumrnRectumt Protocol (IPsRectumc) sRectumcurity filtRectumrs in Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003 RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum].</rRectumf>
* [[BRRectumctumckground IntRectumlligRectumnt TrRRectumctumnsfRectumr SRectumrvicRectum]] (BITS) 2.5
* [[Background Intelligent Transfer Service]] (BITS) 2.5
* [[MSXML]] 6.0 SP2 and XMLLite
* [[MSXML]] 6.0 SP2 RRectumctumnd XMLLitRectum
* [[Bum MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt ConsolRectum]] 3.0
* [[Microsoft Management Console]] 3.0
* CrRectumdRectumntiRRectumctuml RoRRectumctumming sRectumrvicRectum (DigitRRectumctuml IdRectumntity MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt SRectumrvicRectum) updRRectumctumtRectum
* Credential Roaming service (Digital Identity Management Service) update
* [[Remote Desktop Protocol]] 6.1
* [[RRectummotRectum DRectumsktop Protocol]] 6.1
* [[Peer Name Resolution Protocol]] 2.1
* [[PRectumRectumr NRRectumctummRectum RRectumsolution Protocol]] 2.1
* NRectumtwork DiRRectumctumgnostics updRRectumctumtRectum
* Network Diagnostics update
* [[WPA2]] Update (KB893357)
* [[WPRRectumctum2]] UpdRRectumctumtRectum (KB893357)
* [[Windows Script]] 5.7
* [[Windows Script]] 5.7
* [[Windows Installer]] 3.1 v2
* [[Windows InstRRectumctumllRectumr]] 3.1 v2
* [[Wireless Zero Configuration|Wireless LAN]] API ([http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918997/ KB918997])
* [[WirRectumlRectumss ZRectumro ConfigurRRectumctumtion|WirRectumlRectumss LRRectumctumN]] RRectumctumPI ([http://support.Bum.com/kb/918997/ KB918997])
* Improvements made to [[Windows Management Instrumentation]] in Windows Vista to reduce the possibility of corruption of the WMI repository.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;933062 A hotfix is available that improves the stability of the Windows Management Instrumentation repository in Windows XP]</ref>
* ImprovRectummRectumnts mRRectumctumdRectum to [[Windows MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt InstrumRectumntRRectumctumtion]] in Windows VistRRectumctum to rRectumducRectum thRectum possibility of corruption of thRectum WMI rRectumpository.<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/dRectumfRRectumctumult.RRectumctumspx?scid=kb;RectumN-US;933062 RRectumctum hotfix is RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum thRRectumctumt improvRectums thRectum stRRectumctumbility of thRectum Windows MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt InstrumRectumntRRectumctumtion rRectumpository in Windows VistRRectumctum]</rRectumf>


[[Slipstream (computing)|Slipstreamed]] retail and OEM versions of Windows XP with SP3 can be installed and run with full functionality for 30 days without a product key, after which time the user will be prompted to enter a valid key and [[Microsoft Product Activation|activate]] the installation. [[Volume license key]] (VLK) versions still require entering a product key before beginning installation.<ref>[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3227350&SiteID=17 Slipstreamed SP3 still asks for product key].</ref>
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 is a cumulative update of all previous service packs for XP. The service pack installer checks ''HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\CSDVersion'' registry key to see if has a value greater than or equal to 0x100, and if it does it will allow the update to proceed. Otherwise it will prompt to install either XP SP1 or SP2. Since SP1 is no longer available for full download, it would need to be downloaded using Windows Update. The other option is to manually change the registry key, in essence fooling the installer into thinking SP1 is already installed.<ref name=technetsp3install>[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/cc164204.aspx#1 Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3].</ref>
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However, it is possible to slipstream SP3 into the Windows XP setup files at any service pack level, including the original RTM version, without any errors or issues.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3226434&SiteID=17 | title=<nowiki>To Chris Keroack [MSFT] - Slipstreaming</nowiki> | accessdate=May 19, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080503101223/http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3226434&SiteID=17 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = May 3, 2008}}</ref> Slipstreaming SP3 into Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is not supported.<ref>[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3236131&SiteID=17 Slipstreaming SP3 with MCE 2005].</ref>
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Service Pack 3 contains updates to the operating system components of Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, and security updates for .NET Framework version 1.0, which is included in these Windows XP [[Stock-keeping unit|SKU]]s. However, it does not include update rollups for the [[Windows Media Center]] application in Windows XP MCE 2005.<ref name="SP3FAQ">[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3215341&SiteID=17 FAQs regarding SP3 RTM].</ref> SP3 also omits security updates for Windows Media Player 10, although the player is included in Windows XP MCE 2005.<ref name="SP3FAQ" /> <!-- PLEASE DON'T ADD WMP 11 HERE SINCE IT IS ''not'' INCLUDED IN ANY WINDOWS XP SKU. WMP 10 IS --> The Address Bar DeskBand on the [[Taskbar]] is no longer included due to legal restrictions.<ref>[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2587494&SiteID=17 Lost Address Bar: Windows XP SP3 forum].</ref> It also removed the [[Energy Star]] logo from the ScreenSaver tab of the Display properties, leaving a very noticeable blank space next to the link to enter the Power Management control panel.
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==SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts==
==System requirements==


System requirements for Windows XP Home Edition and Professional are as follows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865|accessdate=March 12, 2007|title=System requirements for Windows XP operating systems|date=April 28, 2005}}</ref><ref>It provides support for loading drivers for SCSI/IDE/SATA/RAID controllers from [[F6 disk|floppy disks only prior to its installation.]] This is the last Microsoft operating system to support this feature.</ref>
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| 233&nbsp;[[Hertz|MHz]]{{ref|1}} || At least 300&nbsp;MHz
| 233&nbsp;[[HRectumrtz|MHz]]{{rRectumf|1}} || RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 300&nbsp;MHz
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! MRectummory
! Memory
| 64&nbsp;[[Megabyte|MB]] of [[Random-access memory|RAM]]{{ref|2}} || At least 128 MB of RAM
| 64&nbsp;[[MRectumgRRectumctumbytRectum|MB]] of [[RRRectumctumndom-RRectumctumccRectumss mRectummory|RRRectumctumM]]{{rRectumf|2}} || RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 128 MB of RRRectumctumM
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! VidRectumo RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumr RRectumctumnd monitor
! Video adapter and monitor
|colspan = "2" | [[Super VGA]] (800 x 600) or higher resolution
|colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[SupRectumr VGRRectumctum]] (800 x 600) or highRectumr rRectumsolution
|-
|-
! HRRectumctumrd drivRectum disk frRectumRectum spRRectumctumcRectum
! Hard drive disk free space
|colspan = "2" | 1.5 GB or higher<br />(additional 661 MB for Service Pack 1 and 1a<ref>{{cite web |title=Hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 1 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=October 29, 2007|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326583 |accessdate=April 6, 2012}}</ref>, additional 1.8 GB for Service Pack 2<ref>{{cite web |title=The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=April 18, 2005|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837783 |accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref> and additional 900 MB for Service Pack 3<ref name=technetsp3install/><ref>For its service pack 3, it must have its service pack 1 or 2 installed beforehand.</ref>)<ref name="CanBeOnFAT32">Can be installed on a FAT32 partition. This is the last Microsoft operating system to support this feature.</ref><ref>[http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_xp_on_large_fat32_partitions.htm Install Windows XP on Large FAT32 Partitions.]</ref>
|colspRRectumctumn = "2" | 1.5 GB or highRectumr<br />(RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml 661 MB for SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 RRectumctumnd 1RRectumctum<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |titlRectum=HRRectumctumrd disk spRRectumctumcRectum rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 |publishRectumr=[[Bum]] |dRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 29, 2007|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/326583 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 6, 2012}}</rRectumf>, RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml 1.8 GB for SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |titlRectum=ThRectum hRRectumctumrd disk spRRectumctumcRectum rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 |publishRectumr=[[Bum]] |dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 18, 2005|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/837783 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=DRectumcRectummbRectumr 1, 2010}}</rRectumf> RRectumctumnd RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml 900 MB for SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum=tRectumchnRectumtsp3instRRectumctumll/><rRectumf>For its sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck 3, it must hRRectumctumvRectum its sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck 1 or 2 instRRectumctumllRectumd bRectumforRectumhRRectumctumnd.</rRectumf>)<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="CRRectumctumnBRectumOnFRRectumctumT32">CRRectumctumn bRectum instRRectumctumllRectumd on RRectumctum FRRectumctumT32 pRRectumctumrtition. This is thRectum lRRectumctumst Bum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm to support this fRectumRRectumctumturRectum.</rRectumf><rRectumf>[http://www.pRectumtri.co.il/instRRectumctumll_windows_VistRRectumctum_on_lRRectumctumrgRectum_fRRectumctumt32_pRRectumctumrtitions.htm InstRRectumctumll Windows VistRRectumctum on LRRectumctumrgRectum FRRectumctumT32 PRRectumctumrtitions.]</rRectumf>
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! OpticRRectumctuml drivRectum
! Optical drive
|colspan = "2" | [[CD-ROM drive]]<ref name="opticalDrive">Any optical drive that can read CD-ROM media.</ref> (Only to install from CD-ROM media)
|colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[CD-ROM drivRectum]]<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="opticRRectumctumlDrivRectum">RRectumctumny opticRRectumctuml drivRectum thRRectumctumt cRRectumctumn rRectumRRectumctumd CD-ROM mRectumdiRRectumctum.</rRectumf> (Only to instRRectumctumll from CD-ROM mRectumdiRRectumctum)
|-
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! Input devices
! Input dRectumvicRectums
|colspan = "2" | [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Microsoft Mouse]] or a compatible pointing device
|colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[computRectumr kRectumyboRRectumctumrd|KRectumyboRRectumctumrd]], [[Bum MousRectum]] or RRectumctum compRRectumctumtiblRectum pointing dRectumvicRectum
|-
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! Sound
! Sound
|colspan = "2" | [[Sound card]] and [[Computer speaker|Speakers]] or [[headphones]]
|colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[Sound cRRectumctumrd]] RRectumctumnd [[ComputRectumr spRectumRRectumctumkRectumr|SpRectumRRectumctumkRectumrs]] or [[hRectumRRectumctumdphonRectums]]
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* {{note|1|1}}Even though this is Microsoft's stated minimum processor speed for Windows XP, it is possible to install and run the operating system on early [[IA-32]] processors such as a [[P5 (microarchitecture)|P5]] [[Pentium (brand)|Pentium]] without MMX instructions. Windows XP is not compatible with processors older than Pentium (such as 486) because it requires CMPXCHG8B instructions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windows XP Minimal Requirement Test |publisher=Winhistory.de |date=September 9, 2011|url=http://winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini.htm.en|accessdate=January 1, 2012}}</ref>
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* {{note|2|2}}For many workloads that involve Web browsing, e-mail, and other activities, 64 MB of RAM will provide [the] user experience equivalent or superior to that of [[Windows Me]] running on the same hardware."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457057.aspx|accessdate=April 8, 2008|title=Windows XP Performance|date=June 1, 2001}}</ref>
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System requirements for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition are as follows.<ref>[http://programmerstuffs.com/windows-xp-professional-x64-edition-sp2-vl-en-msdn-technet/ System requirements for Windows XP professional x64 edition.]</ref>
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* Processor: x86-64 processor
* ProcRectumssor: x86-64 procRectumssor
* Memory: At least 256 MB of RAM
* MRectummory: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 256 MB of RRRectumctumM
* Video adapter and monitor: [[Super VGA]] (800 x 600) or higher resolution
* VidRectumo RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumr RRectumctumnd monitor: [[SupRectumr VGRRectumctum]] (800 x 600) or highRectumr rRectumsolution
* HRRectumctumrd drivRectum disk frRectumRectum spRRectumctumcRectum: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 1.5 GB<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="CRRectumctumnBRectumOnFRRectumctumT32"/>
* Hard drive disk free space: At least 1.5 GB<ref name="CanBeOnFAT32"/>
* Optical drive: [[CD-ROM drive]]<ref name="opticalDrive"/>
* OpticRRectumctuml drivRectum: [[CD-ROM drivRectum]]<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="opticRRectumctumlDrivRectum"/>
* Input devices: [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]]; [[Microsoft Mouse]] or compatible pointing device
* Input dRectumvicRectums: [[computRectumr kRectumyboRRectumctumrd|KRectumyboRRectumctumrd]]; [[Bum MousRectum]] or compRRectumctumtiblRectum pointing dRectumvicRectum
* Sound: [[Sound card]]; [[Computer speaker|Speakers]] or [[headphones]]
* Sound: [[Sound cRRectumctumrd]]; [[ComputRectumr spRectumRRectumctumkRectumr|SpRectumRRectumctumkRectumrs]] or [[hRectumRRectumctumdphonRectums]]
* Drivers for sound card, GPU of video card, wired LAN card, etc. must be designed for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
* DrivRectumrs for sound cRRectumctumrd, GPU of vidRectumo cRRectumctumrd, wirRectumd LRRectumctumN cRRectumctumrd, Rectumtc. must bRectum dRectumsignRectumd for Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition.


System requirements for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition are as follows.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306856#2 System requirements for Windows XP 64-Bit edition.]</ref><ref>[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457053.aspx System requirements for Windows XP 64-Bit edition.]</ref>
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* Processor: Intel Itanium 733-MHz (Recommended: Intel Itanium 800-MHz or better)
* ProcRectumssor: IntRectuml ItRRectumctumnium 733-MHz (RRectumcommRectumndRectumd: IntRectuml ItRRectumctumnium 800-MHz or bRectumttRectumr)
* MRectummory: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 1 GB of RRRectumctumM
* Memory: At least 1 GB of RAM
* Video adapter and monitor: [[Super VGA]] (800 x 600) or higher resolution
* VidRectumo RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumr RRectumctumnd monitor: [[SupRectumr VGRRectumctum]] (800 x 600) or highRectumr rRectumsolution
* HRRectumctumrd drivRectum disk frRectumRectum spRRectumctumcRectum: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 6 GB
* Hard drive disk free space: At least 6 GB
* Optical drive: [[CD-ROM drive]]<ref name="opticalDrive"/>
* OpticRRectumctuml drivRectum: [[CD-ROM drivRectum]]<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="opticRRectumctumlDrivRectum"/>
* Input devices: [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]]; [[Microsoft Mouse]] or compatible pointing device
* Input dRectumvicRectums: [[computRectumr kRectumyboRRectumctumrd|KRectumyboRRectumctumrd]]; [[Bum MousRectum]] or compRRectumctumtiblRectum pointing dRectumvicRectum
* Sound: [[Sound card]]; [[Computer speaker|Speakers]] or [[headphones]]
* Sound: [[Sound cRRectumctumrd]]; [[ComputRectumr spRectumRRectumctumkRectumr|SpRectumRRectumctumkRectumrs]] or [[hRectumRRectumctumdphonRectums]]
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===Physical memory limits===
===PhysicRRectumctuml mRectummory limits===
Maximum limits on [[Computer data storage|physical memory]] (RAM) that Windows XP can address vary depending on both the Windows version and between 32-bit and 64-bit versions.<ref name="RAMlimitWindows">{{cite web|url=http://www.crucial.com/kb/answer.aspx?qid=3743 |title=What is the maximum amount of RAM the Windows operating system can handle? |publisher=Crucial |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name="RAMlimitWindows2">{{cite web|url=http://support.gateway.com/s/software/misc/SUPPAGE01su136.shtml |title=Windows XP System Requirements |publisher=[[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway, Inc]] |work=Support Documents |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> The following table specifies the maximum physical memory limits supported:
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===Processor limits===
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The maximum total quantity of logical processors<ref>A logical processor is either: 1) One of the two handlers of thread of instructions of one of the number of cores of one of the number of physical processors with support for HyperThreading; or 2) One of the number of cores of one of the number of physical processors without support for HyperThreading.</ref> in a PC that Windows XP supports is: 32<ref>32 cores without support for HyperThreading, 16 cores with support for HyperThreading.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384228 |title=Processor Affinity Under WOW64 |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work = [[MSDN]] |date=January 27, 2011|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> for 32-bit; 64<ref>64 cores without support for HyperThreading, 32 cores with support for HyperThreading.</ref><ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888732 Maximum quantity of logical processors in a PC supported by Microsoft Windows XP professional, x64 edition.]</ref> for 64-bit.
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The maximum quantity of physical processors in a PC that Windows XP supports: is 2 for Professional;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888732 |title=Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003 (Revision 7.0) |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=Microsoft Support |date=December 20, 2010|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> and 1 for the Home Edition.<ref>[http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xphardware/thread/abd0a0ce-4ac2-484b-88cb-fbf93beb54e0 Multiprocessor limit for Windows XP Home Edition]</ref>
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==Support lifecycle==
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Support for Windows XP without a service pack ended on September 30, 2004<ref>{{cite web
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On April 14, 2009, Windows XP and its family of operating systems were moved from Mainstream Support to the Extended Support phase as it marks the progression of the legacy operating system through the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy. During the Extended Support Phase, Microsoft will continue to provide security updates every month for Windows XP; however, free technical support, warranty claims, and design changes are no longer being offered.
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On April 8, 2014, all support for Windows XP, including security updates and hotfixes, will be terminated.<ref name=lifecycle/> Users will still be able to download old updates and hotfixes from Windows Update. Microsoft recommends that users upgrade to Windows 7.<ref name="Rose">{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2011/07/11/with-only-1000-days-left-of-extended-support-don-t-you-think-it-s-time-to-retire-windows-xp.aspx|title=With only 1000 days left of extended support, don’t you think it’s time to retire Windows XP?|last=Rose|first=Stephen L|date=July 11, 2011|work=The Windows Blog|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=July 12, 2011}}</ref>
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In July 2010 Microsoft announced that permission for volume license users to downgrade their licenses from Windows 7 to Windows XP would extend until the end of the Windows 7 lifecycle.<ref name="Win7toWinXPdowngrade"/> This announcement did not include any promise to extend technical support, security updates, or hotfixes beyond the April 8, 2014 deadline.
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==License and media types==
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There are three main types of Windows XP licenses: Retail, Volume (VLK), and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). All three types of licenses are available for Windows XP Professional ([[32-bit]] and 64-bit). Windows XP Home Edition is limited to ''Retail'' and ''OEM'' licenses whereas Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition are exclusively available through ''VLK'' and ''OEM'' licenses.


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Each type of license has a different installation CD. For customized or retail media, there is a small difference on each type of disc that will allow that installation disc to accept only one type of product key.


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Only retail and volume licenses include support for end-user installation scenarios from Microsoft. OEM software is preinstalled on systems and is supported by the system manufacturer rather than Microsoft. The price of such software is lower. There are two important restrictions on OEM licenses: Microsoft does not offer technical support, and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The cost of OEM software products bundled with systems is not disclosed by Microsoft nor by its partners, as each system manufacturer will define its own bundling price.


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Microsoft recommends that system manufacturers have their systems tested, for a fee, as part of the Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual) which includes extensive testing so that no component will cause instability in the Windows operating system due to incompatibility with the Windows operating system or with other system components or their respective drivers. Having a system tested and approved will allow the manufacturer to bear the "Certified for Windows" logo sticker on the exterior of the system, and there are additional benefits for having a tested product. This includes the product's being listed on the Windows Marketplace. Because of the fees and extensive requirements, Microsoft acknowledges that smaller system manufacturers may not opt in to the program until they produce computer systems at a modest rate and on recurring designs.


===Retail===
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Retail licenses, those purchased from a retail store in complete packaging, are of two sub-types: "Upgrade" and "Full Purchase Product", often abbreviated by Microsoft as FPP. FPP licenses are transferable from one computer to another, provided the previous installation is removed from the old computer. Although upgrade licenses are also transferable, a user must have a previous version of Windows even on the new computer to which they are moving the installation. Retail licenses include installation support for end-users, provided directly by Microsoft.


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A Volume License is the license given to a software version sold to businesses under a direct purchase agreement with Microsoft, and is sold as an upgrade license only, meaning that a previous license must be available for each new volume license. Volume license versions of Windows XP use a [[Volume License Key]] (VLK), which is a product key that does not require [[Microsoft Product Activation|product activation]]. The term "Volume License Key" refers to the ability to use one product key for multiple systems, depending on the type of agreement. Since Windows XP Volume License versions do not require product activation, this led to leaked copies of VLK media and product keys from businesses leading to piracy of Windows XP quickly spreading across the Internet upon early release. Beginning with Service Pack 1, Microsoft's active attempts to search out and blacklist known pirated VLK product keys became well known due to the inability to install the service pack on a system with one of the blacklisted keys. Later, this led to the [[Windows Genuine Advantage]] program.


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[[Original equipment manufacturer#Software|Original equipment manufacturer]] (OEM) licenses are preinstalled on, and sold with, pre-assembled computers from system manufacturers. There are two types of OEM product types&nbsp;— those used for "direct OEMs" (major name brands that buy through a direct contract with Microsoft and produce and brand their own media from a Microsoft "Gold Master Copy" by using an authorized Microsoft duplication partner), and those used for "system builders" (local computer shops that buy generic, unbranded kits through authorized Microsoft distributors). Direct OEM product keys will often not activate with system builder installation media because direct OEMs are now required by Microsoft to pre-activate their copies in the factory using their own internal mechanism before delivery to the customer. It is recommended that system builders also pre-activate their systems before delivery, but this is not mandatory.


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OEM installations can be customized using the Microsoft OEM Preinstallation Kit with branding, logos, additional applications, optional services, alternate applications for certain Windows components, Internet Explorer links, and various other customizations. All OEM customers must include support and contact information for the initial installation of Windows because it is the responsibility for the OEM to support the Windows installation, and is not provided by Microsoft to the end-user. Direct OEMs must create their own media, but have the option of creating their own custom recovery solution, which may or may not be similar to a generic installation. Direct OEMs may provide a recovery partition on the hard drive as the custom recovery solution rather than providing disc-based media with the computer.


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Some end-users have found this to be a troublesome option, because in the event of an out-of-warranty hard drive failure, they may not have access to any installation media in order to reinstall Windows onto a new hard drive. System builders are not allowed the option to create a custom recovery CD/DVD media. The only deliverable media available for a system builder to give to the end-user is the unbranded OEM system builder hologram media kit. Because of this, when end-users reformat their hard drives and re-install from the installation media, they lose all the custom branding and support information that the system builder would have included.


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As a supplemental recovery method to a CD/DVD-based installation, a system builder may employ a fully customized recovery solution on the hard drive. Whether utilizing a recovery partition or not, a system builder must still include the original generic OEM system builder hologram CD/DVD media kit. OEM licenses are not transferable from one computer to another. Every computer sold/resold with an OEM license must include all of the original installation media or recovery solution, documentation, Certificate of Authenticity, and product key sticker with the sale. Microsoft requires that all OEM system manufacturers include as part of the configuration the Windows Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE), which is the initial setup wizard encountered the first time Windows boots up. It is also required that value-added resellers (VAR's), retailers, and general resellers not tamper with the OEM's customized OOBE mechanism unless under permission by the OEM, and it is a recommended configuration for systems that are privately resold so that a customer will have a like-new computer experience upon first boot-up.


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OEM licenses are to be installed by professional system manufacturers only. Under Microsoft's OEM License Agreement, they are not to be sold to end-users under any circumstance, and are to be preinstalled on a computer using the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) before shipment to the customer, and must include at the very least the manufacturer's support contact information. They are, therefore, designed for installation only on a single computer and are not transferable, even if the original computer is no longer in use. This is not usually an issue for users who purchase new computer systems, because most pre-assembled systems ship with a preinstalled operating system. There are few circumstances where Microsoft will allow the transfer of an OEM license from one non-functioning system to another, but the OEM System Builder License Agreement (SBLA), as well as the OEM End User License Agreement (EULA) do not contain any allowance for this, so it is entirely up to Microsoft's discretion, depending on the situation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oem.microsoft.com |title=Microsoft OEM Partner Center Website|accessdate=August 7, 2007}}</ref>


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In the event that an end user decides that they do not wish to use a preinstalled version of Windows, Microsoft's [[Software license agreement|End User License Agreement (EULA)]] provides that the software may be returned to the OEM for a refund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html|title=Dell customer gets Windows refund|author=Don Marti|publisher=Linuxworld|date=November 6, 2006|accessdate=September 13, 2008}}</ref> Despite refusal of some manufacturers to honor the entitlement, it has been enforced by courts in some countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.citebite.com/s2u3d5wajak|title=HP must reimburse Italian PC buyer the amount paid for Microsoft software|publisher=Heise online|date=October 29, 2007|accessdate=September 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cebit.de/newsanzeige_d?news=30814&tag=1190757601&source=%2Fnewsarchiv_e&noindex=|title=Ruling: Acer must refund purchase price of preinstalled software that is not being used|publisher=[[Cebit]]|date=September 26, 2007|accessdate=March 1, 2010}}</ref>


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* [[Comparison of operating systems]]
* [[History of operating systems]]
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* [[List of operating systems]]
* [[List of opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms]]
* [[Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows XP]]
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First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/aug01/08-24winxprtmpr.mspx |title=Windows XP to Take the PC to New Heights |work = Microsoft News Center |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=August 24, 2001|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> it is the second most popular version of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], based on installed user base.<ref name=marketshare/> The name "XP" is short for "eXPerience."<ref name="xppr">{{cite web |url = http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/feb01/02-05namingpr.mspx |title = Microsoft Announces Windows XP and Office XP |quote = The XP name is short for "experience" |date = February 5, 2001 |accessdate =September 17, 2009 |work = Microsoft PressPass |publisher = Microsoft }}</ref> Windows XP, the successor to [[Windows 2000]] and [[Windows Me]], was the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the [[Windows NT kernel]]. Windows XP was released worldwide for retail sale on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies were in use in January 2006.<ref name="idc">{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/060118xpsp3/pfindex.html|title=Analyst: No effect from tardy XP service pack|author=Jeremy Kirk|work=ITworld.com|date=January 18, 2006|accessdate=October 5, 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070317204906/http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/060118xpsp3/pfindex.html|archivedate=March 17, 2007}}</ref> It was succeeded by [[Windows Vista]] in January 2007. Direct [[Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM]] and retail sales of Windows XP ceased on June 30, 2008. Microsoft continued to sell Windows XP through their System Builders (smaller OEMs who sell assembled computers) program until January 31, 2009.<ref>[http://www.crn.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml?articleId=199001306 System Builders Can Buy Windows XP Until January '09].</ref><ref>http://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentPage.aspx?pageid=564778 {{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> On April 10, 2012, Microsoft reaffirmed that extended support for Windows XP and Office 2003 would end on April 8, 2014 and suggested that administrators begin preparing to migrate to a newer OS.<ref name=Voss1>{{cite web|last=Voss|first=Pete|title=Windows XP and Office 2003 countdown to end of support, and the April 2012 bulletins|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2012/04/10/windows-xp-and-office-2003-countdown-to-end-of-support-and-the-april-2012-bulletins.aspx|publisher=Microsoft Security Response Center|accessdate=10 April 2012|date=10 Apr 2012}}</ref> <ref name=Rose1>{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Stephen L|title=800 Days Until Windows XP End of Support|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2012/01/28/800-days-until-windows-xp-end-of-support.aspx|work=The Springboard Series Blog|publisher=The Windows Blog|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> <ref name=Chernyak1>{{cite web|last=Chernyak|first=Stella|title=Upgrade Today: Two-Year Countdown to End of Support for Windows XP and Office 2003|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/archive/2012/04/09/upgrade-today-two-year-countdown-to-end-of-support-for-windows-xp-and-office-2003.aspx|work=Windows for Your Business Blog|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=10 April 2012|date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> The [[Windows NT|NT]]-based versions of Windows, which are programmed in [[C Programming Language|C]], [[C++]], and [[Assembly language|assembly]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/training/ntarchitectoview/ntarc_2.mspx |title=Microsoft Windows System Overview |publisher=Microsoft.com |accessdate=August 26, 2010}}</ref> are known for their improved stability and efficiency over the [[Windows 9x|9x]] versions of [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6033_16-4206552.html|title=The 10 top things you MUST know about Win XP|author=David Coursey|publisher=[[CNET Networks|CNet.com]]|date=October 25, 2001|accessdate=July 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://helpdesk.princeton.edu/kb/display.plx?ID=9672|title=A Brief History and Introduction to Windows|publisher=[[Princeton University]]|date=July 22, 2004|accessdate=July 22, 2008}}</ref> Windows XP presented a significantly redesigned [[graphical user interface]], a change Microsoft promoted as more user-friendly than previous versions of Windows. A new software management facility called [[Side-by-Side Assembly]] was introduced to ameliorate the "[[DLL hell]]" that plagued 9x versions of Windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973843.aspx|title=Simplifying Deployment and Solving DLL Hell with the .NET Framework|work=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|publisher=Microsoft|month=November | year=2001|accessdate=July 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997620.aspx|title=How To Build and Service Isolated Applications and Side-by-Side Assemblies for Windows XP|work=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|publisher=Microsoft|date=August 24, 2001|accessdate=July 21, 2008}}</ref> It is also the first version of Windows to use [[Microsoft Product Activation|product activation]] to combat [[Copyright infringement of software|illegal copying]]. During development, the [[List of Microsoft codenames|project was codenamed]] "Whistler", after [[Whistler, British Columbia]], as many Microsoft employees skied at the [[Whistler-Blackcomb]] ski resort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp|title=Windows "Longhorn" FAQ|date=June 22, 2005|accessdate=April 4, 2008|publisher=Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows }} (see Q: What's up with the name Longhorn?)</ref> According to [[web analytics]] data generated by [[W3Schools]], from September 2003 to July 2011, Windows XP was the most widely used operating system for accessing the Internet. {{As of|2012|3}}, Windows XP market share is at 28.9%<!-- When updating the market share, please be sure to update the "accessdate" field in the citation --> after having peaked at 76.1% in January 2007.<ref name=marketshare>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp|title=OS Platform Statistics|publisher=w3schools|accessdate=April 10, 2012}}</ref> {{TOC limit|limit=3}} ==User interface== Windows XP featured a new task-based GUI (Graphical user interface). The Start menu and Taskbar were updated and many visual effects were added, including: *A translucent blue selection rectangle in Windows Explorer *[[Drop shadow]]s for icon labels on the desktop *Task-based sidebars in Explorer windows ("common tasks") *The ability to group the taskbar buttons of the windows of one application into one button *The ability to lock the taskbar and other toolbars to prevent accidental changes *The highlighting of recently added programs on the Start menu *Shadows under menus (Windows 2000 had shadows under mouse pointers, but not menus) {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="float:right; margin-left:1em;" |+<small>'''Windows XP themes'''</small> |- |[[Image:Windows XP Luna.png|150px]] || [[Image:Windows XP Classic.png|150px]] |- |<center><small>Default Blue (Luna)</small></center> || <center><small>Windows Classic</small></center> |- | [[Image:Windows XP Royale.png|150px]]||<center>[[Image:RoyaleXP2.PNG|125px]]</center> |- |<center><small>XP Media Center</small></center> ||<center><small>The new start menu design<br />in the "Energy blue" theme.</small></center> |<center> |- | colspan="2" | [[File:Windows XP task grouping (Luna).png|300px]] |- | colspan="2" |<center><small>The "task grouping" feature introduced in Windows XP<br />showing both grouped and ungrouped tasks.</small></center> |} Windows XP analyzes the performance impact of visual effects and uses this to determine whether to enable them, so as to prevent the new functionality from consuming excessive additional processing overhead. Users can further customize these settings.<ref name="WinXPVisualFX">{{cite news |url = http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_change_visual_effects.mspx |publisher = Microsoft |title = Change Windows visual effects }}</ref> Some effects, such as [[alpha compositing]] (transparency and fading), are handled entirely by many newer video cards. However, if the video card is not capable of hardware alpha blending, performance can be substantially degraded, and Microsoft recommends the feature should be turned off manually.<ref name="XPFXMSKB">{{cite news |url = http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;294770 |publisher = Microsoft |title = Computer Slows When You Click Multiple Icons in Windows XP |date = January 15, 2006 }}</ref> Windows XP added the ability for Windows to use "Visual Styles" to change the appearance of the user interface. However, visual styles must be cryptographically signed by Microsoft to run. [[Luna (theme)|''Luna'']] is the name of the new visual style that ships with Windows XP, and is enabled by default for machines with more than 64 [[MiB]] of [[Random-access memory|RAM]]. ''Luna'' refers only to one particular visual style, not to all of the new user interface features of Windows XP as a whole. Some users "patch" the <tt>uxtheme.dll</tt> file that restricts the ability to use visual styles, created by the general public or the user, on Windows XP.<ref name="XPUXTHEME">{{cite news |url = http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707 |publisher = Neowin |title = UXTheme Multi-Patchers |date = February 12, 2004 }}</ref> In addition to the included Windows XP themes, there is one previously unreleased theme with a dark blue taskbar and window bars similar to Windows Vista titled "[[Energy Blue#Royale Noir / Zune theme|Royale Noir]]" available as unofficial download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/|title=Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered|publisher=istartedsomething.com|date=October 29, 2006|accessdate=April 23, 2008}}</ref> Microsoft officially released a modified version of this theme as the "[[Energy Blue#Royale Noir / Zune theme|Zune]]" theme, to celebrate the launch of its Zune portable media player in November 2006. The differences are only visual with a new glassy look along with a black taskbar instead of dark blue and an orange start button instead of green.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/a/9/ea9af5ae-b48e-473e-85fe-dcde7472e644/ZuneDesktopTheme.msi| title = Zune Desktop Theme| publisher = Microsoft Corporation| date = March 11, 2006| accessdate =August 8, 2011| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/1312941924177167| archivedate = August 10, 2011|<!--DashBotWC-->}}</ref> Additionally, the Media Center "[[Energy Blue]]" theme, which was included in the Media Center editions, is also available to download for use on all Windows XP editions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royale Theme for WinXP - Official |work=Windows downloads |publisher=[[Softpedia]] |date=May 11, 2006|url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/Royale-Theme-for-WinXP.shtml |accessdate=April 6, 2008}}</ref> The default wallpaper, [[Bliss (image)|Bliss]], is a [[Windows bitmap|BMP]] photograph of a landscape in the [[Napa County, California|Napa Valley]] outside [[Napa, California]],<ref name="bliss1">{{cite news |title=No view of Palouse from Windows |first=Paul |last=Turner |url=http://spokesmanreview.com/pf.asp?date=022204&ID=s1490284 |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=Spokane |date=February 22, 2004 |accessdate=November 16, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5lKhQRgaA |archivedate=November 16, 2009 }}</ref> with rolling green hills and a blue sky with [[stratocumulus cloud|stratocumulus]] and [[cirrus cloud]]s. The Windows 2000 "classic" interface can be used instead if preferred. Several third party utilities exist that provide hundreds of different visual styles. ==New and updated features== {{Main|Features new to Windows XP}} Windows XP introduced several new features to the Windows line, including: *[[GDI+]] graphics subsystem and improved image management and viewing in the shell <ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb986055.aspx |title=New Graphical Interface: Enhance Your Programs with New Windows XP Shell Features |work = [[MSDN]] |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |month=November |year=2001 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> *[[DirectX]] 8.1 upgradeable to DirectX 9.0c *[[Start Menu]] and [[Taskbar]] improvements *A number of new features in [[Windows Explorer]] including task panes, tiles and filmstrip views, improved sorting and grouping, searching by document categories, customizable infotips, built-in CD burning, [[AutoPlay]], Simple File Sharing and WebDAV mini-redirector. *Improved imaging features such as ''Windows Picture and Fax Viewer'', improved image handling and thumbnail caching in Explorer *A number of kernel enhancements and power management improvements <ref name="ms-WHDC-kernel">{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/XP_kernel.mspx |title=Kernel Enhancements for Windows XP |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=Windows Hardware Developer Center (WHDC) |date=January 13, 2003|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Windows XP: Kernel Improvements Create a More Robust, Powerful, and Scalable OS | publisher = MSDN Magazine | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/12/xpkernel/default.aspx}}</ref> *Faster start-up, (due to improved [[Prefetcher|Prefetch]] functions) logon, logoff, [[Hibernate (OS feature)|hibernation]] and application launch sequences.<ref name="ms-WHDC-kernel" /> *The ability to discard a newer [[device driver]] in favor of the previous one (known as ''driver rollback'') should a driver upgrade not produce desirable results.<ref>{{cite web | title = HOW TO: Use the Driver Roll Back Feature to Restore a Previous Version of a Device Driver in Windows XP | publisher = Microsoft | url=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306546}}</ref> *Numerous improvements to increase the system reliability such as improved [[System Restore]], [[Automated System Recovery]], [[Windows Error Reporting]] and driver reliability. *A new, arguably more user-friendly interface, including the framework for developing [[Windows XP themes|themes]] for the desktop environment <ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/6/16674679-1e6e-4304-a5a0-49eeaa31e639/RevGuide.pdf |title=Windows XP Reviewers Guide |format=PDF |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |month=August |year=2001 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> and richer icons with alpha transparency *Hardware support improvements such as [[USB]] 2.0, FireWire 800, [[Windows Image Acquisition]], [[Media Transfer Protocol]], DualView for multi-monitors and audio improvements. *[[Fast user switching]], which allows a user to save the current state and open applications of their desktop and allow another user to log on without losing that information <ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279765 |title=How To Use the Fast User Switching Feature in Windows XP (Revision 1.5) |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=March 27, 2007|work=Microsoft Support |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> *The [[ClearType]] font rendering mechanism, which is designed to improve text readability on [[liquid crystal display]] (LCD) and similar monitors, especially laptops.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306527 |title=HOW TO: Use ClearType to Enhance Screen Fonts in Windows XP |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=October 27, 2002|work=Microsoft Support |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx |title=ClearType information |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=Microsoft Typography |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> *[[Windows Remote Assistance|Remote Assistance]] and [[Remote Desktop Services|Remote Desktop]] features, which allow users to connect to a computer running Windows XP from across a network or the [[Internet]] and access their applications, files, printers, and devices or request help.<ref>{{cite web | title = Frequently Asked Questions About Remote Desktop | publisher = Microsoft | url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/rdfaq.mspx}}</ref> *New networking features <ref>{{cite web|url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457047.aspx |title=Windows XP Networking Features and Enhancements |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=[[Microsoft TechNet]] |date=August 8, 2001 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> including [[Windows 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, network bridging, peer to peer networking, support for most [[Digital Subscriber Line|DSL]] modems, [[IEEE 802.11]] ([[Wi-Fi]]) connections with [[Wireless Zero Configuration|auto configuration]] and roaming, [[Telephony Application Programming Interface|TAPI 3.1]], [[Bluetooth]] and networking over [[FireWire]]. *New security features such as Software Restriction Policies, Credential Manager, [[Encrypting File System]] improvements, improved certificate services, smart card and [[Public Key Infrastructure|PKI]] support. Windows XP SP2 introduced [[Data Execution Prevention]], [[Windows Action Center|Windows Security Center]] and Attachment Manager. *[[Side-by-side assembly|Side-by-side assemblies]] and [[RegFree COM|registration-free COM]] *Improved media features in Windows Media format runtime, [[Windows Media Player]], [[Windows Movie Maker]], TV/video capture and playback technologies, [[Windows Media Encoder]] and introduction of [[Windows Media Center]] *General improvements to international support such as more locales, languages and scripts, [[Multilingual User Interface|MUI]] support in Terminal Services, improved IMEs and National Language Support, [[Text Services Framework]] *Handwriting recognition, speech recognition and digital ink support accessible through the [[Tablet PC Input Panel]] (TIP) in [[Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]] *Numerous improvements to system administration tools such as [[Windows Installer]], [[Windows Script Host]], [[Disk Defragmenter (Windows)|Disk Defragmenter]], [[Windows Task Manager]], [[Group Policy]], [[CHKDSK]], [[NTBackup]], [[Microsoft Management Console]], [[Shadow Copy]], [[Registry Editor]], [[Sysprep]] and [[Windows Management Instrumentation|WMI]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/tip/Windows-XPs-built-in-administration-tools?vgnextfmt=print |title=Windows XP's built-in administration tools |first=Serdar |last=Yegulalp |publisher=TechTarget |date=August 19, 2003 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> *Improved [[Compatibility layer|application compatibility]] and [[Shim (computing)|shims]] compared to Windows 2000 *Updated accessories and games. *Improvements to ''IntelliMirror'' features such as [[Offline Files]], [[Roaming user profiles]] and [[Folder redirection]]. Users in British schools observed the improved ease of use and advanced capabilities{{spaced ndash}}comparing the former to {{nowraplinks|[[RISC OS]]}} and {{nowraplinks|[[Mac OS]]}}, and the latter to [[Unix]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Jack | last = Schofield | authorlink = Jack Schofield | title = A very good job...? | date = November 13, 2001 | publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]] | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/nov/13/itforschools.schools2 | work = The Guardian | accessdate =June 30, 2011 | quote = The consensus feeling seems to be that XP provides the ease of use of Acorn and Apple systems, plus the solidity and advanced capabilities of Unix, while retaining most of the compatibility of Windows 95/98 and Me. | location=London}}</ref> ==Editions== {{Main|Windows XP editions}} [[Image:XP-Editions.svg|thumb|280px|Diagram representing the main editions of Windows XP. It is based on the category of the edition (grey) and codebase (black arrow).]] The two major editions are Windows XP Home Edition, designed for home users, and Windows XP Professional, designed for business and [[power user]]s. XP Professional contains advanced features that the average home user would not use. However, these features are not necessarily missing from XP Home. They are simply disabled, but are there and ''can'' become functional. These releases were made available at retail outlets that sell computer software, and were preinstalled on computers sold by major computer manufacturers. As of mid-2008, both editions continue to be sold. A third edition, called Windows XP Media Center Edition, was introduced in 2002 and was updated every year until 2006 to incorporate new digital media, broadcast television and [[Media Center Extender]] capabilities. Unlike the Home and Professional edition, it was never made available for retail purchase, and was typically either sold through [[original equipment manufacturer|OEM]] channels, or was preinstalled on computers that were typically marketed as "media center PCs". Two different [[64-bit]] editions were made available. One, designed specifically for Itanium-based workstations, was introduced in 2001 at around the same time as the Home and Professional editions, but was discontinued a few years later when vendors of Itanium hardware stopped selling workstation-class machines due to low sales. The other, called Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, supports the x86-64 extension. x86-64 was implemented first by AMD as "AMD64", found in AMD's [[Opteron]] and [[Athlon 64]] chips, and later implemented by Intel as "[[Intel 64]]" (formerly known as IA-32e and EM64T), found in some of Intel's [[Pentium 4]] and later chips. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition was produced for a class of specially designed notebook/laptop computers called [[Tablet computer|tablet PC]]s. It is compatible with a pen-sensitive screen, supporting handwritten notes and portrait-oriented screens. [[Image:TabletPC 2004.png|thumb|Internet Explorer 6 running in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]] Microsoft also released [[Windows XP Embedded]], an edition for specific consumer electronics, [[set-top box]]es, kiosks/[[Automatic teller machine|ATMs]], medical devices, arcade video games, point-of-sale terminals, and Voice over Internet Protocol ([[Voice over IP|VoIP]]) components. In July 2006, Microsoft released [[Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs]], a [[thin client]] version of Windows XP Embedded which targets older machines (as early as the original Pentium). It is only available to [[Microsoft Software Assurance|Software Assurance]] customers. It is intended for corporate customers who may wish to upgrade to Windows XP so they can take advantage of its security and management capabilities, but cannot afford to purchase new hardware. ===Editions for specific markets=== [[Windows XP Starter Edition]] is a lower-cost edition of Windows XP available in Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, India, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay, Pakistan and Venezuela. It is similar to Windows XP Home, but is limited to low-end hardware, can only run three programs at a time, and has some other features either removed or disabled by default. Each country's edition is also customized for that country, including desktop backgrounds of popular locations, [[software localization|localized]] help features for those who may not speak English, and other default settings designed for easier use than typical Windows XP installations. The Malaysian version, for example, contains a desktop background of the [[Kuala Lumpur]] skyline.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_starter_edition.asp |title=Windows XP Starter Edition |author=Paul Thurrott |date=January 3, 2005 |accessdate=April 12, 2008 |publisher=Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows }}</ref> In March 2004, the [[European Commission]] fined Microsoft €497 million (US$603 million) and ordered the company to provide a version of Windows without [[Windows Media Player]]. The Commission concluded that Microsoft "broke [[European Union]] competition law by leveraging its near [[monopoly]] in the market for PC operating systems onto the markets for work group [[Server (computing)|server]] operating systems and for media players." After unsuccessful appeals in 2004 and 2005, Microsoft reached an agreement with the Commission where it would release a court-compliant version, Windows XP ''Edition N.'' This version does not include the company's Windows Media Player but instead encourages users to pick and download their own media player. Microsoft wanted to call this version ''Reduced Media Edition,'' but EU regulators objected and suggested the ''Edition N'' name, with the ''N'' signifying "not with Media Player" for both Home and Professional editions of Windows XP. Because it is sold at the same price as the version with Windows Media Player included, [[Dell]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Lenovo]] and [[Fujitsu Siemens Computers|Fujitsu Siemens]] have chosen not to stock the product. However, Dell did offer the operating system for a short time. Consumer interest has been low, with roughly 1,500 units shipped to [[Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEMs]], and no reported sales to consumers.<ref name="WinXPlite">{{cite news |url = http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39131434,00.htm |publisher = Silicon.com |title = Windows XP-lite 'not value for money' |date = June 28, 2005 }}</ref><ref name="WinXPSSeattlePi">{{cite news |url = http://www.seattlepi.com/business/205093_msftfolo24.html |publisher = Seattle Pi |title = Europe gets 'reduced' Windows |date = December 24, 2004 |first1=Todd |last1=Bishop }}</ref><ref name="WinXPSRedmondMag">{{cite news |url = http://www.redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6625 |publisher = Redmondmag.com |title = European Windows Called 'Windows XP Home Edition N' |date = March 28, 2005 }}</ref><ref name="WinXPSBBC">{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4388349.stm |publisher = BBC |title = Microsoft and EU reach agreement |date = March 28, 2005 }}</ref> In December 2005, the [[Fair Trade Commission (South Korea)|Korean Fair Trade Commission]] ordered Microsoft to make available editions of Windows XP and [[Windows Server 2003]] that do not contain [[Windows Media Player]] or [[Windows Messenger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051207-5702.html |title=South Korea fines Microsoft for antitrust abuses |author=Nate Anderson |date=December 7, 2005 |accessdate=April 12, 2008 |publisher=Ars Technica }}</ref> Like the European Commission decision, this decision was based on the grounds that Microsoft had abused its dominant position in the market to push other products onto consumers. Unlike that decision, however, Microsoft was also forced to withdraw the non-compliant versions of Windows from the South Korean market. This decision resulted in Microsoft's releasing "K" and "KN" variants of the Home and Professional editions in August 2006. That same year, Microsoft also released two additional editions of Windows XP Home Edition directed towards subscription-based and pay-as-you-go pricing models. These editions, released as part of Microsoft's [[Microsoft FlexGo|FlexGo]] initiative, are used in conjunction with a hardware component to enforce time limitations on the usage of Windows. Its target market is emerging economies such as Brazil and Vietnam.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-21EmergingMarketConsumersPR.mspx |title=Microsoft Unveils Pay-As-You-Go Personal Computing Designed for Emerging Market Consumers |date=May 21, 2006 |accessdate=June 7, 2008 |work=PressPass |publisher=[[Microsoft]] }}</ref> ===Languages=== Windows XP was available in many languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292246|title=List of languages supported in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=December 3, 2007|accessdate=May 13, 2008}}</ref> In addition, [[Multilingual User Interface|MUI]] packs and [[Language Interface Pack]]s translating the user interface were also available for certain languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/2/e/62e61f10-e106-4f4c-a862-63eec2b41efb/readme.htm|title=Cumulative Help Update for Microsoft Windows XP Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Pack (KB841625)|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=May 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/industry/publicsector/government/locallanguage/find-a-language.aspx?regid=_all_|title=Unlimited Potential: Local Language Program|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=April 9, 2008}}</ref> ===ATMs and Vendors=== [[Automated teller machine]] (ATM) vendors [[Wincor Nixdorf]], [[NCR Corporation]] and [[Diebold|Diebold Incorporated]] have all adopted Microsoft Windows XP as their migration path from [[OS/2]]. Wincor Nixdorf, who has been pushing for standardization for many years, began shipping ATMs with Windows when they first arrived on the scene. Diebold initially shipped XP Home Edition exclusively, but following extensive pressure from customer banks to support a common operating system, it switched to support XP Professional to match its primary competitors, NCR Corporation and Wincor Nixdorf. [[Redbox]] [[DVD]] Vending machines run a modified version of XP designed for the fullscreen [[User Interface]] of the Vending Touchscreen and the DVD vending itself.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} ==Service packs== Microsoft occasionally releases [[service pack]]s for its Windows operating systems to fix problems and add features. Each service pack is a superset of all previous service packs and patches so that only the latest service pack needs to be installed, and also includes new revisions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/overview.mspx | title=Windows XP Service Pack 2 Overview | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | date=August 4, 2004 | accessdate=October 31, 2007}}</ref> However if you still have the earliest version of Windows XP on Retail CD (without any service packs included), you will need to install SP1a or SP2, before SP3 can be installed. Older service packs need not be manually removed before application of the most recent one. Windows Update "normally" takes care of automatically removing unnecessary files. Windows XP was criticized by some users for security vulnerabilities, tight integration of applications such as [[Internet Explorer 6]] and [[Windows Media Player]], and for aspects of its default user interface.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} [[#Service Pack 2|Service Pack 2]], [[#Service Pack 3|Service Pack 3]], and [[Internet Explorer 8]] addressed some of these concerns. The service pack details below only apply to the 32-bit editions. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition was based on [[Windows Server 2003]] Service Pack 1 and claimed to be "SP1" in system properties from the initial release. It is updated by the same service packs and hotfixes as the x64 edition of Windows Server 2003.<!--fixme: add info on Itanium edition--> ===Service Pack 1=== [[Image:Windows XP - Program Access and Defaults.png|thumbnail|right|''Set Program Access and Defaults'' was added in Service Pack 1.]] Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows XP was released on September 9, 2002. It contains post-[[Release to manufacture|RTM]] security fixes and hot-fixes, compatibility updates, optional [[.NET Framework]] support, enabling technologies for new devices such as Tablet PCs, and a new [[Windows Messenger|Windows Messenger 4.7 version]]. The most notable new features were [[Universal Serial Bus|USB 2.0]] support and a ''Set Program Access and Defaults'' utility that aimed at hiding various middleware products. Users can control the default application for activities such as web browsing and instant messaging, as well as hide access to some of Microsoft's bundled programs. This utility was first brought into the older Windows 2000 operating system with its Service Pack 3. This Service Pack supported [[SATA]] and [[Hard disk drive|hard drives]] that were larger than 137GB (48-bit [[Logical block addressing|LBA]] support) by default. The [[Microsoft Java Virtual Machine]], which was not in the RTM version, appeared in this Service Pack.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_sp1_preview.asp | accessdate =September 21, 2007 | title = Windows XP Service Pack 1 preview | date = September 9, 2002}}</ref> Support for IPv6 was also introduced in this Service Pack. On February 3, 2003, Microsoft released Service Pack 1a (SP1a). This release removed Microsoft's [[Java virtual machine]] as a result of a lawsuit with [[Sun Microsystems]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813926 | accessdate =September 21, 2007 | title = Differences Between Windows XP SP1 and Windows XP SP1a | date = February 3, 2003}}</ref> ===Service Pack 2=== [[Image:Windows Security Center XP SP2.png|thumb|right|[[Windows Security Center]] was added in Service Pack 2.]] Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released on August 25, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389|accessdate=September 21, 2007|title=How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack|archiveurl=http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20041014021822/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389|archivedate=March 13, 2011|date=March 26, 2007}}</ref> with an emphasis on security. Unlike the previous service pack, SP2 added new functionality to Windows XP, such as [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA]] encryption compatibility and improved [[Wi-Fi]] support (with a wizard utility), a [[pop-up ad]] blocker for [[Internet Explorer 6]], and partial [[Bluetooth_stack#Microsoft_Windows_stack|Bluetooth]] support. The new welcome screen during the kernel boot removes the subtitles "Professional", "Home Edition" and "Embedded" since Microsoft introduced new Windows XP editions prior to the release of SP2. The green loading bar in Home Edition and the yellow one in Embedded were replaced with the blue bar, seen in Professional and other versions of Windows XP, making the boot-screen of operating systems resemble each other. Colors in other areas, such as Control Panel and the Help and Support tool, remained as before. Service Pack 2 also added new security enhancements (codenamed "Springboard"),<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/windows-xp-sp2-to-be-springboard-to-longhorn.aspx |url=Windows XP SP2 to be 'Springboard' to Longhorn |journal=[[Windows IT Pro]] |first=Paul |last=Thurrott |authorlink=Paul Thurrott |date=October 15, 2003}}</ref> which included a major revision to the included firewall that was renamed to [[Windows Firewall]] and became enabled by default, [[Data Execution Prevention]], which can be weakly emulated,{{Clarify|October 2009|date=October 2009}} gains hardware support in the [[NX bit]] that can stop some forms of buffer overflow attacks. Also [[raw socket]] support is removed (which supposedly limits the damage done by [[Zombie computer|zombie machines]]). Additionally, security-related improvements were made to e-mail and web browsing. Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes the Windows Security Center, which provides a general overview of security on the system, including the state of [[antivirus software]], Windows Update, and the new Windows Firewall. Third-party anti-virus and firewall applications can interface with the new Security Center.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/overview.mspx | publisher = Microsoft | title = Windows XP Service Pack 2 information | date = August 4, 2004}}</ref> ====Service Pack 2b==== In August 2006, Microsoft released updated installation media for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 to contain a patch<ref>{{cite web | url = http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/912945 | publisher = Microsoft | title = Internet Explorer 6 software update and its effect on ActiveX controls}}</ref> that requires ActiveX controls to require manual activation in accordance with a patent held by Eolas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/2006/08/21/448330.aspx | publisher = Microsoft | title = Why Windows XP SP2b and Windows Server 2003 SP2a? | date = August 21, 2006 | notes = Article should state SP1a}}</ref> Since then, the technology was licensed by Microsoft, and Service Pack 3 and later versions do not include this update. ====Service Pack 2c==== On August 10, 2007, Microsoft announced a minor update to Service Pack 2, called Service Pack 2c (SP2c).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-windows-xp-professional-service-pack-2c-release.aspx | publisher = Blink.nu | title = Windows XP Service Pack 2c (SP2c) press release | date = August 10, 2007}}</ref> The update fixes the issue of the diminishing number of available product keys for Windows XP. This update was only available to system builders from their distributors in Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Professional N operating systems. SP2c was released in September 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://oem.microsoft.com/script/sites/public/winxp_sp2c.htm | publisher = Microsoft | title = Windows XP Service Pack 2c (SP2c) information | date = September 17, 2007}}</ref> ===Service Pack 3=== Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was [[release to manufacturing|released to manufacturing]] on April 21, 2008, and to the public via both the Microsoft Download Center and [[Windows Update]] on May 6, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itproxpsp/thread/9ababbbc-d3ed-41c4-8b6c-9d194c121604|title= Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing|publisher=Microsoft|date=April 21, 2008|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref><ref name=sp3rtw>{{cite web |url=http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itproxpsp/thread/34234455-65a4-4069-a034-435e95b17f84|title=Windows XP SP3 Released to Web (RTW), now available on Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref><ref name=msdnsp3>{{cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en |title=Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&DisplayLang=en |title=Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 7, 2008}}</ref> It began being automatically pushed out to ''Automatic Update'' users on July 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9107918 |title=Microsoft sets XP SP3 automatic download for Thursday |publisher=Computerworld |date=July 8, 2008 |accessdate=July 8, 2008}}</ref> A feature set overview which details new features available separately as stand-alone updates to Windows XP, as well as [[backporting|backported]] features from Windows Vista, has been posted by Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&DisplayLang=en |title=Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=May 7, 2008}}</ref> A total of 1,174 fixes have been included in SP3.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480/ List of fixes that are included in Windows XP Service Pack 3].</ref> Service Pack 3 can be installed on systems with Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, or 8.<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-Internet-Explorer-7-Will-Not-Be-a-Part-of-Windows-XP-SP3-73896.shtml No, Internet Explorer 7 Will Not(!) Be a Part of Windows XP SP3].</ref> Internet Explorer 7 and 8 are not included as part of SP3.<ref>[http://tech.skitsol.com/2008/04/30/windows-xp-sp3-features.aspx Windows XP SP3 features].</ref> ====New features in Service Pack 3==== * NX APIs for application developers to enable [[Data Execution Prevention]] for their code, independent of system-wide compatibility enforcement settings <ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michael_howard/archive/2008/01/29/new-nx-apis-added-to-windows-vista-sp1-windows-xp-sp3-and-windows-server-2008.aspx |title=New NX APIs added to Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008 |work=Michael Howard's Web Log |agency=[[MSDN Blogs]] |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |date=January 29, 2008 |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> * Turns [[Black hole (networking)|black hole]] [[Router (computing)|router]] detection on by default<ref name="SP3Overview">[http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/7/687484ed-8174-496d-8db9-f02b40c12982/Overview%20of%20Windows%20XP%20Service%20Pack%203.pdf Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3].</ref> * Support for [[SHA-2]] signatures in [[X.509]] certificates <ref name="SP3Overview"/> * [[Network Access Protection]] client * [[Group Policy]] support for IEEE [[802.1X]] authentication for [[Network interface controller|wired network adapters]].<ref>[http://207.46.16.252/en-us/magazine/2008.02.cableguy.aspx IEEE 802.1X Wired Authentication: The Cable Guy].</ref> * Credential [[Security Support Provider Interface|Security Support Provider]]<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951608 Description of the Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) in Windows XP Service Pack 3].</ref> * Descriptive ''Security options'' in [[Group Policy]]/Local Security Policy user interface * An updated version of the Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Module (RSAENH) that is [[FIPS 140-2]] certified (SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 algorithms)<ref name="SP3Overview" /> * Installing without requiring a product key during setup for retail and OEM versions ====Previously released updates==== Service Pack 3 also incorporated several previously released key updates for Windows XP, which were not included up to SP2, including: * [[Windows Imaging Component]]<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947898/en-us Information about Windows Imaging Component].</ref> * IPSec Simple Policy Update for simplified creation and maintenance of [[IPSec]] filters<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914841/en-us How to simplify the creation and maintenance of Internet Protocol (IPsec) security filters in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP].</ref> * [[Background Intelligent Transfer Service]] (BITS) 2.5 * [[MSXML]] 6.0 SP2 and XMLLite * [[Microsoft Management Console]] 3.0 * Credential Roaming service (Digital Identity Management Service) update * [[Remote Desktop Protocol]] 6.1 * [[Peer Name Resolution Protocol]] 2.1 * Network Diagnostics update * [[WPA2]] Update (KB893357) * [[Windows Script]] 5.7 * [[Windows Installer]] 3.1 v2 * [[Wireless Zero Configuration|Wireless LAN]] API ([http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918997/ KB918997]) * Improvements made to [[Windows Management Instrumentation]] in Windows Vista to reduce the possibility of corruption of the WMI repository.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;933062 A hotfix is available that improves the stability of the Windows Management Instrumentation repository in Windows XP]</ref> [[Slipstream (computing)|Slipstreamed]] retail and OEM versions of Windows XP with SP3 can be installed and run with full functionality for 30 days without a product key, after which time the user will be prompted to enter a valid key and [[Microsoft Product Activation|activate]] the installation. [[Volume license key]] (VLK) versions still require entering a product key before beginning installation.<ref>[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3227350&SiteID=17 Slipstreamed SP3 still asks for product key].</ref> Windows XP Service Pack 3 is a cumulative update of all previous service packs for XP. The service pack installer checks ''HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\CSDVersion'' registry key to see if has a value greater than or equal to 0x100, and if it does it will allow the update to proceed. Otherwise it will prompt to install either XP SP1 or SP2. Since SP1 is no longer available for full download, it would need to be downloaded using Windows Update. The other option is to manually change the registry key, in essence fooling the installer into thinking SP1 is already installed.<ref name=technetsp3install>[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/cc164204.aspx#1 Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3].</ref> However, it is possible to slipstream SP3 into the Windows XP setup files at any service pack level, including the original RTM version, without any errors or issues.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3226434&SiteID=17 | title=<nowiki>To Chris Keroack [MSFT] - Slipstreaming</nowiki> | accessdate=May 19, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080503101223/http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3226434&SiteID=17 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = May 3, 2008}}</ref> Slipstreaming SP3 into Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is not supported.<ref>[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3236131&SiteID=17 Slipstreaming SP3 with MCE 2005].</ref> Service Pack 3 contains updates to the operating system components of Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, and security updates for .NET Framework version 1.0, which is included in these Windows XP [[Stock-keeping unit|SKU]]s. However, it does not include update rollups for the [[Windows Media Center]] application in Windows XP MCE 2005.<ref name="SP3FAQ">[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3215341&SiteID=17 FAQs regarding SP3 RTM].</ref> SP3 also omits security updates for Windows Media Player 10, although the player is included in Windows XP MCE 2005.<ref name="SP3FAQ" /> <!-- PLEASE DON'T ADD WMP 11 HERE SINCE IT IS ''not'' INCLUDED IN ANY WINDOWS XP SKU. WMP 10 IS --> The Address Bar DeskBand on the [[Taskbar]] is no longer included due to legal restrictions.<ref>[http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2587494&SiteID=17 Lost Address Bar: Windows XP SP3 forum].</ref> It also removed the [[Energy Star]] logo from the ScreenSaver tab of the Display properties, leaving a very noticeable blank space next to the link to enter the Power Management control panel. ==System requirements== System requirements for Windows XP Home Edition and Professional are as follows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865|accessdate=March 12, 2007|title=System requirements for Windows XP operating systems|date=April 28, 2005}}</ref><ref>It provides support for loading drivers for SCSI/IDE/SATA/RAID controllers from [[F6 disk|floppy disks only prior to its installation.]] This is the last Microsoft operating system to support this feature.</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;" |- ! style="width:120px;height:35px;" | ! Minimum ! Recommended |- ! Processor | 233&nbsp;[[Hertz|MHz]]{{ref|1}} || At least 300&nbsp;MHz |- ! Memory | 64&nbsp;[[Megabyte|MB]] of [[Random-access memory|RAM]]{{ref|2}} || At least 128 MB of RAM |- ! Video adapter and monitor |colspan = "2" | [[Super VGA]] (800 x 600) or higher resolution |- ! Hard drive disk free space |colspan = "2" | 1.5 GB or higher<br />(additional 661 MB for Service Pack 1 and 1a<ref>{{cite web |title=Hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 1 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=October 29, 2007|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326583 |accessdate=April 6, 2012}}</ref>, additional 1.8 GB for Service Pack 2<ref>{{cite web |title=The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=April 18, 2005|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837783 |accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref> and additional 900 MB for Service Pack 3<ref name=technetsp3install/><ref>For its service pack 3, it must have its service pack 1 or 2 installed beforehand.</ref>)<ref name="CanBeOnFAT32">Can be installed on a FAT32 partition. This is the last Microsoft operating system to support this feature.</ref><ref>[http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_xp_on_large_fat32_partitions.htm Install Windows XP on Large FAT32 Partitions.]</ref> |- ! Optical drive |colspan = "2" | [[CD-ROM drive]]<ref name="opticalDrive">Any optical drive that can read CD-ROM media.</ref> (Only to install from CD-ROM media) |- ! Input devices |colspan = "2" | [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Microsoft Mouse]] or a compatible pointing device |- ! Sound |colspan = "2" | [[Sound card]] and [[Computer speaker|Speakers]] or [[headphones]] |- |colspan="3" style="width:0; text-align:left;" | {{Refbegin}} * {{note|1|1}}Even though this is Microsoft's stated minimum processor speed for Windows XP, it is possible to install and run the operating system on early [[IA-32]] processors such as a [[P5 (microarchitecture)|P5]] [[Pentium (brand)|Pentium]] without MMX instructions. Windows XP is not compatible with processors older than Pentium (such as 486) because it requires CMPXCHG8B instructions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windows XP Minimal Requirement Test |publisher=Winhistory.de |date=September 9, 2011|url=http://winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini.htm.en|accessdate=January 1, 2012}}</ref> * {{note|2|2}}For many workloads that involve Web browsing, e-mail, and other activities, 64 MB of RAM will provide [the] user experience equivalent or superior to that of [[Windows Me]] running on the same hardware."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457057.aspx|accessdate=April 8, 2008|title=Windows XP Performance|date=June 1, 2001}}</ref> {{Refend}} |} System requirements for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition are as follows.<ref>[http://programmerstuffs.com/windows-xp-professional-x64-edition-sp2-vl-en-msdn-technet/ System requirements for Windows XP professional x64 edition.]</ref> * Processor: x86-64 processor * Memory: At least 256 MB of RAM * Video adapter and monitor: [[Super VGA]] (800 x 600) or higher resolution * Hard drive disk free space: At least 1.5 GB<ref name="CanBeOnFAT32"/> * Optical drive: [[CD-ROM drive]]<ref name="opticalDrive"/> * Input devices: [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]]; [[Microsoft Mouse]] or compatible pointing device * Sound: [[Sound card]]; [[Computer speaker|Speakers]] or [[headphones]] * Drivers for sound card, GPU of video card, wired LAN card, etc. must be designed for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. System requirements for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition are as follows.<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306856#2 System requirements for Windows XP 64-Bit edition.]</ref><ref>[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457053.aspx System requirements for Windows XP 64-Bit edition.]</ref> * Processor: Intel Itanium 733-MHz (Recommended: Intel Itanium 800-MHz or better) * Memory: At least 1 GB of RAM * Video adapter and monitor: [[Super VGA]] (800 x 600) or higher resolution * Hard drive disk free space: At least 6 GB * Optical drive: [[CD-ROM drive]]<ref name="opticalDrive"/> * Input devices: [[computer keyboard|Keyboard]]; [[Microsoft Mouse]] or compatible pointing device * Sound: [[Sound card]]; [[Computer speaker|Speakers]] or [[headphones]] * Drivers for sound card, GPU of video card, wired LAN card, etc. must be designed for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. ===Physical memory limits=== Maximum limits on [[Computer data storage|physical memory]] (RAM) that Windows XP can address vary depending on both the Windows version and between 32-bit and 64-bit versions.<ref name="RAMlimitWindows">{{cite web|url=http://www.crucial.com/kb/answer.aspx?qid=3743 |title=What is the maximum amount of RAM the Windows operating system can handle? |publisher=Crucial |accessdate=June 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name="RAMlimitWindows2">{{cite web|url=http://support.gateway.com/s/software/misc/SUPPAGE01su136.shtml |title=Windows XP System Requirements |publisher=[[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway, Inc]] |work=Support Documents |accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> The following table specifies the maximum physical memory limits supported: {| class="wikitable" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;" |+ <big>Physical memory limits for Windows XP versions</big><ref name="RAMlimitWindows"/><ref name="RAMlimitWindows2"/> ! Version !! Limit in 32-bit Windows !! Limit in 64-bit Windows |- | Windows XP Professional || rowspan="4" | 4 GB || 128 GB |- | Windows XP Home Edition || rowspan="4" {{n/a}} <!--There is no 64-bit version of Windows XP other than Professional.--> |- | Windows XP Media Center Edition |- | Windows XP Tablet PC Edition |- | Windows XP Starter Edition || 512 MB |} ===Processor limits=== The maximum total quantity of logical processors<ref>A logical processor is either: 1) One of the two handlers of thread of instructions of one of the number of cores of one of the number of physical processors with support for HyperThreading; or 2) One of the number of cores of one of the number of physical processors without support for HyperThreading.</ref> in a PC that Windows XP supports is: 32<ref>32 cores without support for HyperThreading, 16 cores with support for HyperThreading.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384228 |title=Processor Affinity Under WOW64 |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work = [[MSDN]] |date=January 27, 2011|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> for 32-bit; 64<ref>64 cores without support for HyperThreading, 32 cores with support for HyperThreading.</ref><ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888732 Maximum quantity of logical processors in a PC supported by Microsoft Windows XP professional, x64 edition.]</ref> for 64-bit. The maximum quantity of physical processors in a PC that Windows XP supports: is 2 for Professional;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888732 |title=Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003 (Revision 7.0) |publisher=Microsoft Corporation |work=Microsoft Support |date=December 20, 2010|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> and 1 for the Home Edition.<ref>[http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xphardware/thread/abd0a0ce-4ac2-484b-88cb-fbf93beb54e0 Multiprocessor limit for Windows XP Home Edition]</ref> ==Support lifecycle== Support for Windows XP without a service pack ended on September 30, 2004<ref>{{cite web | title = Lifecycle Supported Service Packs | url = http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx&#63;scid=fh&#59;&#91;ln&#93;&#59;lifesupsps#Windows | publisher = Microsoft | accessdate =June 19, 2007}}</ref> and support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and 1a ended on October 10, 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx | accessdate =June 27, 2006 | title = End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP Service Pack 1 | date = January 6, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps#Windows | title = Lifecycle Supported Service Packs | accessdate =February 2, 2007}}</ref> Windows XP Service Pack 2 was retired on July 13, 2010, almost six years after its general availability.<ref name=lifecycle>{{cite web | url = http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?C2=1173 | title = Microsoft Support Lifecycle (Windows XP) | publisher = Microsoft | accessdate =June 7, 2010}}</ref> In accordance with Microsoft's posted timetable, the company stopped general licensing of Windows XP to OEMs and terminated retail sales of the operating system on June 30, 2008, 17 months after the release of Windows Vista.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-27xpsalescycle.mspx | title = Microsoft Extends Sales Availability of Windows XP | accessdate =April 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.news.com/Microsoft-extends-Windows-XPs-stay/2100-1016_3-6210524.html | title = Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay | author = Ina Fried | publisher = [[CNET Networks|CNet News]] | date = September 27, 2007 | accessdate =June 5, 2008}}</ref> However, an exception was announced on April 3, 2008, for OEMs installing to ultra low-cost PCs ([[Netbook|ULCPCs]]) until one year after the availability of [[Windows 7]] (that is, until October 22, 2010).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/apr08/04-03xpeos.mspx | title = Microsoft Announces Extended Availability of Windows XP Home for ULCPCs | accessdate =April 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9074720 | title = Microsoft to keep Windows XP alive—but only for Eee PCs and wannabes | accessdate =April 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144135-page,1/article.html | title = Microsoft Extends XP Through 2010 for Ultra-Low-Cost Laptops | accessdate =April 4, 2008}}</ref> On April 14, 2009, Windows XP and its family of operating systems were moved from Mainstream Support to the Extended Support phase as it marks the progression of the legacy operating system through the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy. During the Extended Support Phase, Microsoft will continue to provide security updates every month for Windows XP; however, free technical support, warranty claims, and design changes are no longer being offered. On April 8, 2014, all support for Windows XP, including security updates and hotfixes, will be terminated.<ref name=lifecycle/> Users will still be able to download old updates and hotfixes from Windows Update. Microsoft recommends that users upgrade to Windows 7.<ref name="Rose">{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2011/07/11/with-only-1000-days-left-of-extended-support-don-t-you-think-it-s-time-to-retire-windows-xp.aspx|title=With only 1000 days left of extended support, don’t you think it’s time to retire Windows XP?|last=Rose|first=Stephen L|date=July 11, 2011|work=The Windows Blog|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=July 12, 2011}}</ref> In July 2010 Microsoft announced that permission for volume license users to downgrade their licenses from Windows 7 to Windows XP would extend until the end of the Windows 7 lifecycle.<ref name="Win7toWinXPdowngrade"/> This announcement did not include any promise to extend technical support, security updates, or hotfixes beyond the April 8, 2014 deadline. ==License and media types== {{Unreferenced section|date=August 2008}} There are three main types of Windows XP licenses: Retail, Volume (VLK), and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). All three types of licenses are available for Windows XP Professional ([[32-bit]] and 64-bit). Windows XP Home Edition is limited to ''Retail'' and ''OEM'' licenses whereas Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition are exclusively available through ''VLK'' and ''OEM'' licenses. Each type of license has a different installation CD. For customized or retail media, there is a small difference on each type of disc that will allow that installation disc to accept only one type of product key. Only retail and volume licenses include support for end-user installation scenarios from Microsoft. OEM software is preinstalled on systems and is supported by the system manufacturer rather than Microsoft. The price of such software is lower. There are two important restrictions on OEM licenses: Microsoft does not offer technical support, and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The cost of OEM software products bundled with systems is not disclosed by Microsoft nor by its partners, as each system manufacturer will define its own bundling price. Microsoft recommends that system manufacturers have their systems tested, for a fee, as part of the Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual) which includes extensive testing so that no component will cause instability in the Windows operating system due to incompatibility with the Windows operating system or with other system components or their respective drivers. Having a system tested and approved will allow the manufacturer to bear the "Certified for Windows" logo sticker on the exterior of the system, and there are additional benefits for having a tested product. This includes the product's being listed on the Windows Marketplace. Because of the fees and extensive requirements, Microsoft acknowledges that smaller system manufacturers may not opt in to the program until they produce computer systems at a modest rate and on recurring designs. ===Retail=== Retail licenses, those purchased from a retail store in complete packaging, are of two sub-types: "Upgrade" and "Full Purchase Product", often abbreviated by Microsoft as FPP. FPP licenses are transferable from one computer to another, provided the previous installation is removed from the old computer. Although upgrade licenses are also transferable, a user must have a previous version of Windows even on the new computer to which they are moving the installation. Retail licenses include installation support for end-users, provided directly by Microsoft. ===Volume License=== A Volume License is the license given to a software version sold to businesses under a direct purchase agreement with Microsoft, and is sold as an upgrade license only, meaning that a previous license must be available for each new volume license. Volume license versions of Windows XP use a [[Volume License Key]] (VLK), which is a product key that does not require [[Microsoft Product Activation|product activation]]. The term "Volume License Key" refers to the ability to use one product key for multiple systems, depending on the type of agreement. Since Windows XP Volume License versions do not require product activation, this led to leaked copies of VLK media and product keys from businesses leading to piracy of Windows XP quickly spreading across the Internet upon early release. Beginning with Service Pack 1, Microsoft's active attempts to search out and blacklist known pirated VLK product keys became well known due to the inability to install the service pack on a system with one of the blacklisted keys. Later, this led to the [[Windows Genuine Advantage]] program. ===Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)=== [[Original equipment manufacturer#Software|Original equipment manufacturer]] (OEM) licenses are preinstalled on, and sold with, pre-assembled computers from system manufacturers. There are two types of OEM product types&nbsp;— those used for "direct OEMs" (major name brands that buy through a direct contract with Microsoft and produce and brand their own media from a Microsoft "Gold Master Copy" by using an authorized Microsoft duplication partner), and those used for "system builders" (local computer shops that buy generic, unbranded kits through authorized Microsoft distributors). Direct OEM product keys will often not activate with system builder installation media because direct OEMs are now required by Microsoft to pre-activate their copies in the factory using their own internal mechanism before delivery to the customer. It is recommended that system builders also pre-activate their systems before delivery, but this is not mandatory. OEM installations can be customized using the Microsoft OEM Preinstallation Kit with branding, logos, additional applications, optional services, alternate applications for certain Windows components, Internet Explorer links, and various other customizations. All OEM customers must include support and contact information for the initial installation of Windows because it is the responsibility for the OEM to support the Windows installation, and is not provided by Microsoft to the end-user. Direct OEMs must create their own media, but have the option of creating their own custom recovery solution, which may or may not be similar to a generic installation. Direct OEMs may provide a recovery partition on the hard drive as the custom recovery solution rather than providing disc-based media with the computer. Some end-users have found this to be a troublesome option, because in the event of an out-of-warranty hard drive failure, they may not have access to any installation media in order to reinstall Windows onto a new hard drive. System builders are not allowed the option to create a custom recovery CD/DVD media. The only deliverable media available for a system builder to give to the end-user is the unbranded OEM system builder hologram media kit. Because of this, when end-users reformat their hard drives and re-install from the installation media, they lose all the custom branding and support information that the system builder would have included. As a supplemental recovery method to a CD/DVD-based installation, a system builder may employ a fully customized recovery solution on the hard drive. Whether utilizing a recovery partition or not, a system builder must still include the original generic OEM system builder hologram CD/DVD media kit. OEM licenses are not transferable from one computer to another. Every computer sold/resold with an OEM license must include all of the original installation media or recovery solution, documentation, Certificate of Authenticity, and product key sticker with the sale. Microsoft requires that all OEM system manufacturers include as part of the configuration the Windows Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE), which is the initial setup wizard encountered the first time Windows boots up. It is also required that value-added resellers (VAR's), retailers, and general resellers not tamper with the OEM's customized OOBE mechanism unless under permission by the OEM, and it is a recommended configuration for systems that are privately resold so that a customer will have a like-new computer experience upon first boot-up. OEM licenses are to be installed by professional system manufacturers only. Under Microsoft's OEM License Agreement, they are not to be sold to end-users under any circumstance, and are to be preinstalled on a computer using the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) before shipment to the customer, and must include at the very least the manufacturer's support contact information. They are, therefore, designed for installation only on a single computer and are not transferable, even if the original computer is no longer in use. This is not usually an issue for users who purchase new computer systems, because most pre-assembled systems ship with a preinstalled operating system. There are few circumstances where Microsoft will allow the transfer of an OEM license from one non-functioning system to another, but the OEM System Builder License Agreement (SBLA), as well as the OEM End User License Agreement (EULA) do not contain any allowance for this, so it is entirely up to Microsoft's discretion, depending on the situation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oem.microsoft.com |title=Microsoft OEM Partner Center Website|accessdate=August 7, 2007}}</ref> ====Non-use by end user==== In the event that an end user decides that they do not wish to use a preinstalled version of Windows, Microsoft's [[Software license agreement|End User License Agreement (EULA)]] provides that the software may be returned to the OEM for a refund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html|title=Dell customer gets Windows refund|author=Don Marti|publisher=Linuxworld|date=November 6, 2006|accessdate=September 13, 2008}}</ref> Despite refusal of some manufacturers to honor the entitlement, it has been enforced by courts in some countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.citebite.com/s2u3d5wajak|title=HP must reimburse Italian PC buyer the amount paid for Microsoft software|publisher=Heise online|date=October 29, 2007|accessdate=September 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cebit.de/newsanzeige_d?news=30814&tag=1190757601&source=%2Fnewsarchiv_e&noindex=|title=Ruling: Acer must refund purchase price of preinstalled software that is not being used|publisher=[[Cebit]]|date=September 26, 2007|accessdate=March 1, 2010}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Microsoft}} * [[Comparison of operating systems]] * [[History of operating systems]] * [[List of operating systems]] * [[Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows XP]] ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book|title=Microsoft Windows XP Plain & Simple|first1=Jerry|last1=Joyce|first2=Marianne|last2=Moon|publisher=[[Microsoft Press]]|year=2004|isbn=9780735621121}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Microsoft Windows XP}} {{external media | align = right | width = 238px | video1 = [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hh124515.aspx Is Windows XP Good Enough?], [[Microsoft]] }} * [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/default.mspx/ Microsoft Windows XP Home Page] * [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/help/windows-xp Windows XP Help & How-to] * [http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/6/16674679-1e6e-4304-a5a0-49eeaa31e639/RevGuide.pdf Microsoft Windows XP Reviewers Guide - August 2001 (PDF format)] * [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_xp Windows XP Memory Limits] * [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers(Full Offline Installer)] {{Microsoft Windows family}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Windows Xp}} [[Category:2001 software]] [[Category:Microsoft Windows]] [[Category:Windows XP]] [[Category:Article Feedback 5]] [[ar:ويندوز إكس بي]] [[an:Windows XP]] [[az:Windows XP]] [[bn:উইন্ডোজ এক্সপি]] [[zh-min-nan:Windows XP]] [[bg:Windows XP]] [[bs:Microsoft Windows XP]] [[ca:Windows XP]] [[cv:Windows XP]] [[cs:Windows XP]] [[da:Microsoft Windows XP]] [[de:Microsoft Windows XP]] [[et:Windows XP]] [[el:Windows XP]] [[es:Windows XP]] [[eo:Windows XP]] [[fa:ویندوز اکس‌پی]] [[fo:Windows XP]] [[fr:Windows XP]] [[gl:Windows XP]] [[gan:Windows XP]] [[ko:윈도 XP]] [[hy:windows xp]] [[hi:विण्डोज़ ऍक्सपी]] [[hr:Windows XP]] [[ilo:Windows XP]] [[id:Windows XP]] [[is:Windows XP]] [[it:Windows XP]] [[he:Windows XP]] [[jv:Windows XP]] [[ka:Windows XP]] [[kk:Windows XP]] [[ku:Windows XP]] [[lv:Windows XP]] [[lt:Windows XP]] [[hu:Windows XP]] [[ml:വിൻഡോസ് എക്സ്‌പി]] [[mr:विंडोज एक्सपी]] [[ms:Windows XP]] [[nl:Windows XP]] [[ja:Microsoft Windows XP]] [[no:Windows XP]] [[nn:Windows XP]] [[oc:Microsoft Windows XP]] [[uz:Windows XP]] [[pl:Microsoft Windows XP]] [[pt:Windows XP]] [[ro:Windows XP]] [[ru:Windows XP]] [[sq:Windows XP]] [[si:වින්ඩෝස් එක්ස්පී]] [[simple:Windows XP]] [[sk:Windows XP]] [[sl:Windows XP]] [[sr:Виндоус Икс-Пе]] [[sh:Windows XP]] [[fi:Windows XP]] [[sv:Windows XP]] [[tl:Windows XP]] [[ta:வின்டோஸ் எக்ஸ்பி]] [[tt:Windows XP]] [[th:วินโดวส์เอกซ์พี]] [[tg:Windows XP]] [[tr:Windows XP]] [[uk:Windows XP]] [[vec:Windows XP]] [[vi:Windows XP]] [[yi:Windows XP]] [[yo:Windows XP]] [[zh-yue:Windows XP]] [[zh:Windows XP]]'
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Windows VistRRectumctum wRRectumctums rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd worldwidRectum for rRectumtRRectumctumil sRRectumctumlRectum on OctobRectumr 25, 1991, RRectumctumnd ovRectumr 400 million copiRectums wRectumrRectum in usRectum in JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 2006.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="idc">{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/060118VistRRectumctumsp3/pfindRectumx.html|titlRectum=RRectumctumnRRectumctumlyst: No RectumffRectumct from tRRectumctumrdy VistRRectumctum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck|RRectumctumuthor=JRectumrRectummy Kirk|work=ITworld.com|dRRectumctumtRectum=JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 18, 2006|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 5, 2011|RRectumctumrchivRectumurl=http://wRectumb.RRectumctumrchivRectum.org/wRectumb/20070317204906/http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/060118VistRRectumctumsp3/pfindRectumx.html|RRectumctumrchivRectumdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumrch 17, 2007}}</rRectumf> It wRRectumctums succRectumRectumdRectumd by [[Windows VistRRectumctum]] in JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 2007. 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Bum continuRectumd to sRectumll Windows VistRRectumctum through thRectumir SystRectumm BuildRectumrs (smRRectumctumllRectumr ORectumMs who sRectumll RRectumctumssRectummblRectumd computRectumrs) progrRRectumctumm until JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 31, 2009.<rRectumf>[http://www.crn.com/RRectumctumrticlRectum/printRRectumctumblRectumRRectumctumrticlRectum.jhtml?RRectumctumrticlRectumId=199001306 SystRectumm BuildRectumrs CRRectumctumn Buy Windows VistRRectumctum Until JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry '09].</rRectumf><rRectumf>http://oRectumm.Bum.com/script/contRectumntPRRectumctumgRectum.RRectumctumspx?pRRectumctumgRectumid=564778 {{DRectumRRectumctumd link|dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 2011}}</rRectumf> On RRectumctumpril 10, 2012, Bum rRectumRRectumctumffirmRectumd thRRectumctumt RectumxtRectumndRectumd support for Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctumnd OfficRectum 2003 would Rectumnd on RRectumctumpril 8, 2014 RRectumctumnd 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RRectumctum nRectumw softwRRectumctumrRectum mRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt fRRectumctumcility cRRectumctumllRectumd [[SidRectum-by-SidRectum RRectumctumssRectummbly]] wRRectumctums introducRectumd to RRectumctummRectumliorRRectumctumtRectum thRectum "[[DLL hRectumll]]" thRRectumctumt plRRectumctumguRectumd 9x vRectumrsions of Windows.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://msdn.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/librRRectumctumry/ms973843.RRectumctumspx|titlRectum=Simplifying DRectumploymRectumnt RRectumctumnd Solving DLL HRectumll with thRectum .NRectumT FrRRectumctummRectumwork|work=[[Bum DRectumvRectumlopRectumr NRectumtwork]]|publishRectumr=Bum|month=NovRectummbRectumr | yRectumRRectumctumr=1991|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=July 21, 2008}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://msdn.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/librRRectumctumry/ms997620.RRectumctumspx|titlRectum=How To Build RRectumctumnd SRectumrvicRectum IsolRRectumctumtRectumd RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtions RRectumctumnd SidRectum-by-SidRectum RRectumctumssRectummbliRectums for Windows VistRRectumctum|work=[[Bum DRectumvRectumlopRectumr NRectumtwork]]|publishRectumr=Bum|dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 24, 1991|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=July 21, 2008}}</rRectumf> It is RRectumctumlso thRectum first vRectumrsion of Windows to usRectum [[Bum Product RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion|product RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion]] to combRRectumctumt [[Copyright infringRectummRectumnt of softwRRectumctumrRectum|illRectumgRRectumctuml copying]]. 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ThRectum Windows 2000 "clRRectumctumssic" intRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum cRRectumctumn bRectum usRectumd instRectumRRectumctumd if prRectumfRectumrrRectumd. 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[[BRRectumctumckground IntRectumlligRectumnt TrRRectumctumnsfRectumr SRectumrvicRectum]], RectumxtRectumndRectumd fRRectumctumx fRectumRRectumctumturRectums, nRectumtwork bridging, pRectumRectumr to pRectumRectumr nRectumtworking, support for most [[DigitRRectumctuml SubscribRectumr LinRectum|DSL]] modRectumms, [[IRectumRectumRectum 802.11]] ([[Wi-Fi]]) connRectumctions with [[WirRectumlRectumss ZRectumro ConfigurRRectumctumtion|RRectumctumuto configurRRectumctumtion]] RRectumctumnd roRRectumctumming, [[TRectumlRectumphony RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtion ProgrRRectumctummming IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum|TRRectumctumPI 3.1]], [[BluRectumtooth]] RRectumctumnd nRectumtworking ovRectumr [[FirRectumWirRectum]]. *NRectumw sRectumcurity fRectumRRectumctumturRectums such RRectumctums SoftwRRectumctumrRectum RRectumstriction PoliciRectums, CrRectumdRectumntiRRectumctuml MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectumr, [[Rectumncrypting FilRectum SystRectumm]] improvRectummRectumnts, improvRectumd cRectumrtificRRectumctumtRectum sRectumrvicRectums, smRRectumctumrt cRRectumctumrd RRectumctumnd [[Public KRectumy InfrRRectumctumstructurRectum|PKI]] support. Windows VistRRectumctum SP2 introducRectumd [[DRRectumctumtRRectumctum RectumxRectumcution PrRectumvRectumntion]], [[Windows RRectumctumction CRectumntRectumr|Windows SRectumcurity CRectumntRectumr]] RRectumctumnd RRectumctumttRRectumctumchmRectumnt MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectumr. *[[SidRectum-by-sidRectum RRectumctumssRectummbly|SidRectum-by-sidRectum RRectumctumssRectummbliRectums]] RRectumctumnd [[RRectumgFrRectumRectum COM|rRectumgistrRRectumctumtion-frRectumRectum COM]] *ImprovRectumd mRectumdiRRectumctum fRectumRRectumctumturRectums in Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum formRRectumctumt runtimRectum, [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr]], [[Windows MoviRectum MRRectumctumkRectumr]], TV/vidRectumo cRRectumctumpturRectum RRectumctumnd plRRectumctumybRRectumctumck tRectumchnologiRectums, [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum RectumncodRectumr]] RRectumctumnd introduction of [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr]] *GRectumnRectumrRRectumctuml improvRectummRectumnts to intRectumrnRRectumctumtionRRectumctuml support such RRectumctums morRectum locRRectumctumlRectums, lRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectums RRectumctumnd scripts, [[MultilinguRRectumctuml UsRectumr IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum|MUI]] support in TRectumrminRRectumctuml SRectumrvicRectums, improvRectumd IMRectums RRectumctumnd NRRectumctumtionRRectumctuml LRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectum Support, [[TRectumxt SRectumrvicRectums FrRRectumctummRectumwork]] *HRRectumctumndwriting rRectumcognition, spRectumRectumch rRectumcognition RRectumctumnd digitRRectumctuml ink support RRectumctumccRectumssiblRectum through thRectum [[TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Input PRRectumctumnRectuml]] (TIP) in [[Windows VistRRectumctum TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Rectumdition]] *NumRectumrous improvRectummRectumnts to systRectumm RRectumctumdministrRRectumctumtion tools such RRectumctums [[Windows InstRRectumctumllRectumr]], [[Windows Script Host]], [[Disk DRectumfrRRectumctumgmRectumntRectumr (Windows)|Disk DRectumfrRRectumctumgmRectumntRectumr]], [[Windows TRRectumctumsk MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectumr]], [[Group Policy]], [[CHKDSK]], [[NTBRRectumctumckup]], [[Bum MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt ConsolRectum]], [[ShRRectumctumdow Copy]], [[RRectumgistry Rectumditor]], [[SysprRectump]] RRectumctumnd [[Windows MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt InstrumRectumntRRectumctumtion|WMI]] <rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://sRectumRRectumctumrchRectumntRectumrprisRectumdRectumsktop.tRectumchtRRectumctumrgRectumt.com/tip/Windows-VistRRectumctums-built-in-RRectumctumdministrRRectumctumtion-tools?vgnRectumxtfmt=print |titlRectum=Windows VistRRectumctum's built-in RRectumctumdministrRRectumctumtion tools |first=SRectumrdRRectumctumr |lRRectumctumst=YRectumgulRRectumctumlp |publishRectumr=TRectumchTRRectumctumrgRectumt |dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 19, 2003 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 8, 2011}}</rRectumf> *ImprovRectumd [[CompRRectumctumtibility lRRectumctumyRectumr|RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtion compRRectumctumtibility]] RRectumctumnd [[Shim (computing)|shims]] compRRectumctumrRectumd to Windows 2000 *UpdRRectumctumtRectumd RRectumctumccRectumssoriRectums RRectumctumnd gRRectumctummRectums. *ImprovRectummRectumnts to ''IntRectumlliMirror'' fRectumRRectumctumturRectums such RRectumctums [[OfflinRectum FilRectums]], [[RoRRectumctumming usRectumr profilRectums]] RRectumctumnd [[FoldRectumr rRectumdirRectumction]]. UsRectumrs in British schools obsRectumrvRectumd thRectum improvRectumd RectumRRectumctumsRectum of usRectum RRectumctumnd RRectumctumdvRRectumctumncRectumd cRRectumctumpRRectumctumbilitiRectums{{spRRectumctumcRectumd ndRRectumctumsh}}compRRectumctumring thRectum formRectumr to {{nowrRRectumctumplinks|[[RISC OS]]}} RRectumctumnd {{nowrRRectumctumplinks|[[MRRectumctumc OS]]}}, RRectumctumnd thRectum lRRectumctumttRectumr to [[Unix]].<rRectumf>{{citRectum nRectumws | first = JRRectumctumck | lRRectumctumst = SchofiRectumld | RRectumctumuthorlink = JRRectumctumck SchofiRectumld | titlRectum = RRectumctum vRectumry good job...? | dRRectumctumtRectum = NovRectummbRectumr 13, 1991 | publishRectumr = [[GuRRectumctumrdiRRectumctumn MRectumdiRRectumctum Group]] | url = http://www.guRRectumctumrdiRRectumctumn.co.uk/RectumducRRectumctumtion/1991/nov/13/itforschools.schools2 | work = ThRectum GuRRectumctumrdiRRectumctumn | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =JunRectum 30, 2011 | quotRectum = ThRectum consRectumnsus fRectumRectumling sRectumRectumms to bRectum thRRectumctumt VistRRectumctum providRectums thRectum RectumRRectumctumsRectum of usRectum of RRectumctumcorn RRectumctumnd RRectumctumpplRectum systRectumms, plus thRectum solidity RRectumctumnd RRectumctumdvRRectumctumncRectumd cRRectumctumpRRectumctumbilitiRectums of Unix, whilRectum rRectumtRRectumctumining most of thRectum compRRectumctumtibility of Windows 95/98 RRectumctumnd MRectum. | locRRectumctumtion=London}}</rRectumf> ==Rectumditions== {{MRRectumctumin|Windows VistRRectumctum Rectumditions}} [[ImRRectumctumgRectum:VistRRectumctum-Rectumditions.svg|thumb|280px|DiRRectumctumgrRRectumctumm rRectumprRectumsRectumnting thRectum mRRectumctumin Rectumditions of Windows VistRRectumctum. It is bRRectumctumsRectumd on thRectum cRRectumctumtRectumgory of thRectum Rectumdition (grRectumy) RRectumctumnd codRectumbRRectumctumsRectum (blRRectumctumck RRectumctumrrow).]] ThRectum two mRRectumctumjor Rectumditions RRectumctumrRectum Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition, dRectumsignRectumd for homRectum usRectumrs, RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml, dRectumsignRectumd for businRectumss RRectumctumnd [[powRectumr usRectumr]]s. VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml contRRectumctumins RRectumctumdvRRectumctumncRectumd fRectumRRectumctumturRectums thRRectumctumt thRectum RRectumctumvRectumrRRectumctumgRectum homRectum usRectumr would not usRectum. HowRectumvRectumr, thRectumsRectum fRectumRRectumctumturRectums RRectumctumrRectum not nRectumcRectumssRRectumctumrily missing from VistRRectumctum HomRectum. ThRectumy RRectumctumrRectum simply disRRectumctumblRectumd, but RRectumctumrRectum thRectumrRectum RRectumctumnd ''cRRectumctumn'' bRectumcomRectum functionRRectumctuml. ThRectumsRectum rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectums wRectumrRectum mRRectumctumdRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum RRectumctumt rRectumtRRectumctumil outlRectumts thRRectumctumt sRectumll computRectumr softwRRectumctumrRectum, RRectumctumnd wRectumrRectum prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd on computRectumrs sold by mRRectumctumjor computRectumr mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs. RRectumctums of mid-2008, both Rectumditions continuRectum to bRectum sold. RRectumctum third Rectumdition, cRRectumctumllRectumd Windows VistRRectumctum MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr Rectumdition, wRRectumctums introducRectumd in 2002 RRectumctumnd wRRectumctums updRRectumctumtRectumd RectumvRectumry yRectumRRectumctumr until 2006 to incorporRRectumctumtRectum nRectumw digitRRectumctuml mRectumdiRRectumctum, broRRectumctumdcRRectumctumst tRectumlRectumvision RRectumctumnd [[MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr RectumxtRectumndRectumr]] cRRectumctumpRRectumctumbilitiRectums. UnlikRectum thRectum HomRectum RRectumctumnd ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml Rectumdition, it wRRectumctums nRectumvRectumr mRRectumctumdRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum for rRectumtRRectumctumil purchRRectumctumsRectum, RRectumctumnd wRRectumctums typicRRectumctumlly RectumithRectumr sold through [[originRRectumctuml RectumquipmRectumnt mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr|ORectumM]] chRRectumctumnnRectumls, or wRRectumctums prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd on computRectumrs thRRectumctumt wRectumrRectum typicRRectumctumlly mRRectumctumrkRectumtRectumd RRectumctums "mRectumdiRRectumctum cRectumntRectumr PCs". Two diffRectumrRectumnt [[64-bit]] Rectumditions wRectumrRectum mRRectumctumdRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum. OnRectum, dRectumsignRectumd spRectumcificRRectumctumlly for ItRRectumctumnium-bRRectumctumsRectumd workstRRectumctumtions, wRRectumctums introducRectumd in 1991 RRectumctumt RRectumctumround thRectum sRRectumctummRectum timRectum RRectumctums thRectum HomRectum RRectumctumnd ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml Rectumditions, but wRRectumctums discontinuRectumd RRectumctum fRectumw yRectumRRectumctumrs lRRectumctumtRectumr whRectumn vRectumndors of ItRRectumctumnium hRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum stoppRectumd sRectumlling workstRRectumctumtion-clRRectumctumss mRRectumctumchinRectums duRectum to low sRRectumctumlRectums. ThRectum othRectumr, cRRectumctumllRectumd Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition, supports thRectum x86-64 RectumxtRectumnsion. x86-64 wRRectumctums implRectummRectumntRectumd first by RRectumctumMD RRectumctums "RRectumctumMD64", found in RRectumctumMD's [[OptRectumron]] RRectumctumnd [[RRectumctumthlon 64]] chips, RRectumctumnd lRRectumctumtRectumr implRectummRectumntRectumd by IntRectuml RRectumctums "[[IntRectuml 64]]" (formRectumrly known RRectumctums IRRectumctum-32Rectum RRectumctumnd RectumM64T), found in somRectum of IntRectuml's [[PRectumntium 4]] RRectumctumnd lRRectumctumtRectumr chips. Windows VistRRectumctum TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Rectumdition wRRectumctums producRectumd for RRectumctum clRRectumctumss of spRectumciRRectumctumlly dRectumsignRectumd notRectumbook/lRRectumctumptop computRectumrs cRRectumctumllRectumd [[TRRectumctumblRectumt computRectumr|tRRectumctumblRectumt PC]]s. It is compRRectumctumtiblRectum with RRectumctum pRectumn-sRectumnsitivRectum scrRectumRectumn, supporting hRRectumctumndwrittRectumn notRectums RRectumctumnd portrRRectumctumit-oriRectumntRectumd scrRectumRectumns. [[ImRRectumctumgRectum:TRRectumctumblRectumtPC 2004.png|thumb|IntRectumrnRectumt RectumVistRRectumctumlorRectumr 6 running in Windows VistRRectumctum TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Rectumdition]] Bum RRectumctumlso rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd [[Windows VistRRectumctum RectummbRectumddRectumd]], RRectumctumn Rectumdition for spRectumcific consumRectumr RectumlRectumctronics, [[sRectumt-top box]]Rectums, kiosks/[[RRectumctumutomRRectumctumtic tRectumllRectumr mRRectumctumchinRectum|RRectumctumTMs]], mRectumdicRRectumctuml dRectumvicRectums, RRectumctumrcRRectumctumdRectum vidRectumo gRRectumctummRectums, point-of-sRRectumctumlRectum tRectumrminRRectumctumls, RRectumctumnd VoicRectum ovRectumr IntRectumrnRectumt Protocol ([[VoicRectum ovRectumr IP|VoIP]]) componRectumnts. In July 2006, Bum rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd [[Windows FundRRectumctummRectumntRRectumctumls for LRectumgRRectumctumcy PCs]], RRectumctum [[thin cliRectumnt]] vRectumrsion of Windows VistRRectumctum RectummbRectumddRectumd which tRRectumctumrgRectumts oldRectumr mRRectumctumchinRectums (RRectumctums RectumRRectumctumrly RRectumctums thRectum originRRectumctuml PRectumntium). It is only RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum to [[Bum SoftwRRectumctumrRectum RRectumctumssurRRectumctumncRectum|SoftwRRectumctumrRectum RRectumctumssurRRectumctumncRectum]] customRectumrs. It is intRectumndRectumd for corporRRectumctumtRectum customRectumrs who mRRectumctumy wish to upgrRRectumctumdRectum to Windows VistRRectumctum so thRectumy cRRectumctumn tRRectumctumkRectum RRectumctumdvRRectumctumntRRectumctumgRectum of its sRectumcurity RRectumctumnd mRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt cRRectumctumpRRectumctumbilitiRectums, but cRRectumctumnnot RRectumctumfford to purchRRectumctumsRectum nRectumw hRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum. ===Rectumditions for spRectumcific mRRectumctumrkRectumts=== [[Windows VistRRectumctum StRRectumctumrtRectumr Rectumdition]] is RRectumctum lowRectumr-cost Rectumdition of Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum in ThRRectumctumilRRectumctumnd, IndonRectumsiRRectumctum, RussiRRectumctum, IndiRRectumctum, ColombiRRectumctum, BrRRectumctumzil, RRectumctumrgRectumntinRRectumctum, PRectumru, BoliviRRectumctum, ChilRectum, MRectumxico, RectumcuRRectumctumdor, UruguRRectumctumy, PRRectumctumkistRRectumctumn RRectumctumnd VRectumnRectumzuRectumlRRectumctum. It is similRRectumctumr to Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum, but is limitRectumd to low-Rectumnd hRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum, cRRectumctumn only run thrRectumRectum progrRRectumctumms RRectumctumt RRectumctum timRectum, RRectumctumnd hRRectumctums somRectum othRectumr fRectumRRectumctumturRectums RectumithRectumr rRectummovRectumd or disRRectumctumblRectumd by dRectumfRRectumctumult. RectumRRectumctumch country's Rectumdition is RRectumctumlso customizRectumd for thRRectumctumt country, including dRectumsktop bRRectumctumckgrounds of populRRectumctumr locRRectumctumtions, [[softwRRectumctumrRectum locRRectumctumlizRRectumctumtion|locRRectumctumlizRectumd]] hRectumlp fRectumRRectumctumturRectums for thosRectum who mRRectumctumy not spRectumRRectumctumk Rectumnglish, RRectumctumnd othRectumr dRectumfRRectumctumult sRectumttings dRectumsignRectumd for RectumRRectumctumsiRectumr usRectum thRRectumctumn typicRRectumctuml Windows VistRRectumctum instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtions. ThRectum MRRectumctumlRRectumctumysiRRectumctumn vRectumrsion, for RectumxRRectumctummplRectum, contRRectumctumins RRectumctum dRectumsktop bRRectumctumckground of thRectum [[KuRRectumctumlRRectumctum Lumpur]] skylinRectum.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |url=http://www.winsupRectumrsitRectum.com/showcRRectumctumsRectum/windowsVistRRectumctum_stRRectumctumrtRectumr_Rectumdition.RRectumctumsp |titlRectum=Windows VistRRectumctum StRRectumctumrtRectumr Rectumdition |RRectumctumuthor=PRRectumctumul Thurrott |dRRectumctumtRectum=JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 3, 2005 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 12, 2008 |publishRectumr=PRRectumctumul Thurrott's SupRectumrSitRectum for Windows }}</rRectumf> In MRRectumctumrch 2004, thRectum [[RectumuropRectumRRectumctumn Commission]] finRectumd Bum €497 million (US$603 million) RRectumctumnd ordRectumrRectumd thRectum compRRectumctumny to providRectum RRectumctum vRectumrsion of Windows without [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr]]. ThRectum Commission concludRectumd thRRectumctumt Bum "brokRectum [[RectumuropRectumRRectumctumn Union]] compRectumtition lRRectumctumw by lRectumvRectumrRRectumctumging its nRectumRRectumctumr [[monopoly]] in thRectum mRRectumctumrkRectumt for PC opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms onto thRectum mRRectumctumrkRectumts for work group [[SRectumrvRectumr (computing)|sRectumrvRectumr]] opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms RRectumctumnd for mRectumdiRRectumctum plRRectumctumyRectumrs." RRectumctumftRectumr unsuccRectumssful RRectumctumppRectumRRectumctumls in 2004 RRectumctumnd 2005, Bum rRectumRRectumctumchRectumd RRectumctumn RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt with thRectum Commission whRectumrRectum it would rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum RRectumctum court-compliRRectumctumnt vRectumrsion, Windows VistRRectumctum ''Rectumdition N.'' This vRectumrsion doRectums not includRectum thRectum compRRectumctumny's Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr but instRectumRRectumctumd RectumncourRRectumctumgRectums usRectumrs to pick RRectumctumnd downloRRectumctumd thRectumir own mRectumdiRRectumctum plRRectumctumyRectumr. Bum wRRectumctumntRectumd to cRRectumctumll this vRectumrsion ''RRectumducRectumd MRectumdiRRectumctum Rectumdition,'' but RectumU rRectumgulRRectumctumtors objRectumctRectumd RRectumctumnd suggRectumstRectumd thRectum ''Rectumdition N'' nRRectumctummRectum, with thRectum ''N'' signifying "not with MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr" for both HomRectum RRectumctumnd ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml Rectumditions of Windows VistRRectumctum. BRectumcRRectumctumusRectum it is sold RRectumctumt thRectum sRRectumctummRectum pricRectum RRectumctums thRectum vRectumrsion with Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr includRectumd, [[DRectumll]], [[HRectumwlRectumtt-PRRectumctumckRRectumctumrd]], [[LRectumnovo]] RRectumctumnd [[Fujitsu SiRectummRectumns ComputRectumrs|Fujitsu SiRectummRectumns]] hRRectumctumvRectum chosRectumn not to stock thRectum product. HowRectumvRectumr, DRectumll did offRectumr thRectum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm for RRectumctum short timRectum. ConsumRectumr intRectumrRectumst hRRectumctums bRectumRectumn low, with roughly 1,500 units shippRectumd to [[OriginRRectumctuml RectumquipmRectumnt MRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr|ORectumMs]], RRectumctumnd no rRectumportRectumd sRRectumctumlRectums to consumRectumrs.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="WinVistRRectumctumlitRectum">{{citRectum nRectumws |url = http://mRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt.silicon.com/govRectumrnmRectumnt/0,39024677,39131434,00.htm |publishRectumr = Silicon.com |titlRectum = Windows VistRRectumctum-litRectum 'not vRRectumctumluRectum for monRectumy' |dRRectumctumtRectum = JunRectum 28, 2005 }}</rRectumf><rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="WinVistRRectumctumSSRectumRRectumctumttlRectumPi">{{citRectum nRectumws |url = http://www.sRectumRRectumctumttlRectumpi.com/businRectumss/205093_msftfolo24.html |publishRectumr = SRectumRRectumctumttlRectum Pi |titlRectum = RectumuropRectum gRectumts 'rRectumducRectumd' Windows |dRRectumctumtRectum = DRectumcRectummbRectumr 24, 2004 |first1=Todd |lRRectumctumst1=Bishop }}</rRectumf><rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="WinVistRRectumctumSRRectumdmondMRRectumctumg">{{citRectum nRectumws |url = http://www.rRectumdmondmRRectumctumg.com/nRectumws/RRectumctumrticlRectum.RRectumctumsp?RectumditoriRRectumctumlsID=6625 |publishRectumr = RRectumdmondmRRectumctumg.com |titlRectum = RectumuropRectumRRectumctumn Windows CRRectumctumllRectumd 'Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition N' |dRRectumctumtRectum = MRRectumctumrch 28, 2005 }}</rRectumf><rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="WinVistRRectumctumSBBC">{{citRectum nRectumws |url = http://nRectumws.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/businRectumss/4388349.stm |publishRectumr = BBC |titlRectum = Bum RRectumctumnd RectumU rRectumRRectumctumch RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt |dRRectumctumtRectum = MRRectumctumrch 28, 2005 }}</rRectumf> In DRectumcRectummbRectumr 2005, thRectum [[FRRectumctumir TrRRectumctumdRectum Commission (South KorRectumRRectumctum)|KorRectumRRectumctumn FRRectumctumir TrRRectumctumdRectum Commission]] ordRectumrRectumd Bum to mRRectumctumkRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum Rectumditions of Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctumnd [[Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003]] thRRectumctumt do not contRRectumctumin [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr]] or [[Windows MRectumssRectumngRectumr]].<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |url=http://RRectumctumrstRectumchnicRRectumctum.com/nRectumws.RRectumctumrs/post/20051207-5702.html |titlRectum=South KorRectumRRectumctum finRectums Bum for RRectumctumntitrust RRectumctumbusRectums |RRectumctumuthor=NRRectumctumtRectum RRectumctumndRectumrson |dRRectumctumtRectum=DRectumcRectummbRectumr 7, 2005 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 12, 2008 |publishRectumr=RRectumctumrs TRectumchnicRRectumctum }}</rRectumf> LikRectum thRectum RectumuropRectumRRectumctumn Commission dRectumcision, this dRectumcision wRRectumctums bRRectumctumsRectumd on thRectum grounds thRRectumctumt Bum hRRectumctumd RRectumctumbusRectumd its dominRRectumctumnt position in thRectum mRRectumctumrkRectumt to push othRectumr products onto consumRectumrs. UnlikRectum thRRectumctumt dRectumcision, howRectumvRectumr, Bum wRRectumctums RRectumctumlso forcRectumd to withdrRRectumctumw thRectum non-compliRRectumctumnt vRectumrsions of Windows from thRectum South KorRectumRRectumctumn mRRectumctumrkRectumt. This dRectumcision rRectumsultRectumd in Bum's rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsing "K" RRectumctumnd "KN" vRRectumctumriRRectumctumnts of thRectum HomRectum RRectumctumnd ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml Rectumditions in RRectumctumugust 2006. ThRRectumctumt sRRectumctummRectum yRectumRRectumctumr, Bum RRectumctumlso rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd two RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml Rectumditions of Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition dirRectumctRectumd towRRectumctumrds subscription-bRRectumctumsRectumd RRectumctumnd pRRectumctumy-RRectumctums-you-go pricing modRectumls. ThRectumsRectum Rectumditions, rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd RRectumctums pRRectumctumrt of Bum's [[Bum FlRectumxGo|FlRectumxGo]] initiRRectumctumtivRectum, RRectumctumrRectum usRectumd in conjunction with RRectumctum hRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum componRectumnt to RectumnforcRectum timRectum limitRRectumctumtions on thRectum usRRectumctumgRectum of Windows. Its tRRectumctumrgRectumt mRRectumctumrkRectumt is RectummRectumrging RectumconomiRectums such RRectumctums BrRRectumctumzil RRectumctumnd ViRectumtnRRectumctumm.<rRectumf>{{citRectum prRectumss rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum |url=http://www.Bum.com/prRectumsspRRectumctumss/prRectumss/2006/mRRectumctumy06/05-21RectummRectumrgingMRRectumctumrkRectumtConsumRectumrsPR.mspx |titlRectum=Bum UnvRectumils PRRectumctumy-RRectumctums-You-Go PRectumrsonRRectumctuml Computing DRectumsignRectumd for RectummRectumrging MRRectumctumrkRectumt ConsumRectumrs |dRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumy 21, 2006 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=JunRectum 7, 2008 |work=PrRectumssPRRectumctumss |publishRectumr=[[Bum]] }}</rRectumf> ===LRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectums=== Windows VistRRectumctum wRRectumctums RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum in mRRectumctumny lRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectums.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/292246|titlRectum=List of lRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectums supportRectumd in Windows 2000, Windows VistRRectumctum, RRectumctumnd Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003|publishRectumr=[[Bum]]|dRRectumctumtRectum=DRectumcRectummbRectumr 3, 2007|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumy 13, 2008}}</rRectumf> In RRectumctumddition, [[MultilinguRRectumctuml UsRectumr IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum|MUI]] pRRectumctumcks RRectumctumnd [[LRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectum IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum PRRectumctumck]]s trRRectumctumnslRRectumctumting thRectum usRectumr intRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum wRectumrRectum RRectumctumlso RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum for cRectumrtRRectumctumin lRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectums.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://downloRRectumctumd.Bum.com/downloRRectumctumd/6/2/Rectum/62Rectum61f10-Rectum106-4f4c-RRectumctum862-63RectumRectumc2b41Rectumfb/rRectumRRectumctumdmRectum.htm|titlRectum=CumulRRectumctumtivRectum HRectumlp UpdRRectumctumtRectum for Bum Windows VistRRectumctum MultilinguRRectumctuml UsRectumr IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum (MUI) PRRectumctumck (KB841625)|publishRectumr=[[Bum]]|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumy 13, 2008}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://www.Bum.com/industry/publicsRectumctor/govRectumrnmRectumnt/locRRectumctumllRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectum/find-RRectumctum-lRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectum.RRectumctumspx?rRectumgid=_RRectumctumll_|titlRectum=UnlimitRectumd PotRectumntiRRectumctuml: LocRRectumctuml LRRectumctumnguRRectumctumgRectum ProgrRRectumctumm|publishRectumr=[[Bum]]|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 9, 2008}}</rRectumf> ===RRectumctumTMs RRectumctumnd VRectumndors=== [[RRectumctumutomRRectumctumtRectumd tRectumllRectumr mRRectumctumchinRectum]] (RRectumctumTM) vRectumndors [[Wincor Nixdorf]], [[NCR CorporRRectumctumtion]] RRectumctumnd [[DiRectumbold|DiRectumbold IncorporRRectumctumtRectumd]] hRRectumctumvRectum RRectumctumll RRectumctumdoptRectumd Bum Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctums thRectumir migrRRectumctumtion pRRectumctumth from [[OS/2]]. Wincor Nixdorf, who hRRectumctums bRectumRectumn pushing for stRRectumctumndRRectumctumrdizRRectumctumtion for mRRectumctumny yRectumRRectumctumrs, bRectumgRRectumctumn shipping RRectumctumTMs with Windows whRectumn thRectumy first RRectumctumrrivRectumd on thRectum scRectumnRectum. DiRectumbold initiRRectumctumlly shippRectumd VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition RectumxclusivRectumly, but following RectumxtRectumnsivRectum prRectumssurRectum from customRectumr bRRectumctumnks to support RRectumctum common opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm, it switchRectumd to support VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml to mRRectumctumtch its primRRectumctumry compRectumtitors, NCR CorporRRectumctumtion RRectumctumnd Wincor Nixdorf. [[RRectumdbox]] [[DVD]] VRectumnding mRRectumctumchinRectums run RRectumctum modifiRectumd vRectumrsion of VistRRectumctum dRectumsignRectumd for thRectum fullscrRectumRectumn [[UsRectumr IntRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum]] of thRectum VRectumnding TouchscrRectumRectumn RRectumctumnd thRectum DVD vRectumnding itsRectumlf.{{CitRRectumctumtion nRectumRectumdRectumd|dRRectumctumtRectum=NovRectummbRectumr 2010}} ==SRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks== Bum occRRectumctumsionRRectumctumlly rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectums [[sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck]]s for its Windows opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms to fix problRectumms RRectumctumnd RRectumctumdd fRectumRRectumctumturRectums. RectumRRectumctumch sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck is RRectumctum supRectumrsRectumt of RRectumctumll prRectumvious sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks RRectumctumnd pRRectumctumtchRectums so thRRectumctumt only thRectum lRRectumctumtRectumst sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck nRectumRectumds to bRectum instRRectumctumllRectumd, RRectumctumnd RRectumctumlso includRectums nRectumw rRectumvisions.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url=http://www.Bum.com/windowsVistRRectumctum/sp2/ovRectumrviRectumw.mspx | titlRectum=Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 OvRectumrviRectumw | publishRectumr=[[Bum]] | dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 4, 2004 | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 31, 2007}}</rRectumf> HowRectumvRectumr if you still hRRectumctumvRectum thRectum RectumRRectumctumrliRectumst vRectumrsion of Windows VistRRectumctum on RRectumtRRectumctumil CD (without RRectumctumny sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks includRectumd), you will nRectumRectumd to instRRectumctumll SP1RRectumctum or SP2, bRectumforRectum SP3 cRRectumctumn bRectum instRRectumctumllRectumd. OldRectumr sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks nRectumRectumd not bRectum mRRectumctumnuRRectumctumlly rRectummovRectumd bRectumforRectum RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtion of thRectum most rRectumcRectumnt onRectum. Windows UpdRRectumctumtRectum "normRRectumctumlly" tRRectumctumkRectums cRRectumctumrRectum of RRectumctumutomRRectumctumticRRectumctumlly rRectummoving unnRectumcRectumssRRectumctumry filRectums. Windows VistRRectumctum wRRectumctums criticizRectumd by somRectum usRectumrs for sRectumcurity vulnRectumrRRectumctumbilitiRectums, tight intRectumgrRRectumctumtion of RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtions such RRectumctums [[IntRectumrnRectumt RectumVistRRectumctumlorRectumr 6]] RRectumctumnd [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr]], RRectumctumnd for RRectumctumspRectumcts of its dRectumfRRectumctumult usRectumr intRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum.{{CitRRectumctumtion nRectumRectumdRectumd|dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 2011}} [[#SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2|SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2]], [[#SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3|SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3]], RRectumctumnd [[IntRectumrnRectumt RectumVistRRectumctumlorRectumr 8]] RRectumctumddrRectumssRectumd somRectum of thRectumsRectum concRectumrns. ThRectum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck dRectumtRRectumctumils bRectumlow only RRectumctumpply to thRectum 32-bit Rectumditions. Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition wRRectumctums bRRectumctumsRectumd on [[Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003]] SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 RRectumctumnd clRRectumctumimRectumd to bRectum "SP1" in systRectumm propRectumrtiRectums from thRectum initiRRectumctuml rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum. It is updRRectumctumtRectumd by thRectum sRRectumctummRectum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks RRectumctumnd hotfixRectums RRectumctums thRectum x64 Rectumdition of Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003.<!--fixmRectum: RRectumctumdd info on ItRRectumctumnium Rectumdition--> ===SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1=== [[ImRRectumctumgRectum:Windows VistRRectumctum - ProgrRRectumctumm RRectumctumccRectumss RRectumctumnd DRectumfRRectumctumults.png|thumbnRRectumctumil|right|''SRectumt ProgrRRectumctumm RRectumctumccRectumss RRectumctumnd DRectumfRRectumctumults'' wRRectumctums RRectumctumddRectumd in SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1.]] SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 (SP1) for Windows VistRRectumctum wRRectumctums rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd on SRectumptRectummbRectumr 9, 2002. It contRRectumctumins post-[[RRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum to mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectum|RTM]] sRectumcurity fixRectums RRectumctumnd hot-fixRectums, compRRectumctumtibility updRRectumctumtRectums, optionRRectumctuml [[.NRectumT FrRRectumctummRectumwork]] support, RectumnRRectumctumbling tRectumchnologiRectums for nRectumw dRectumvicRectums such RRectumctums TRRectumctumblRectumt PCs, RRectumctumnd RRectumctum nRectumw [[Windows MRectumssRectumngRectumr|Windows MRectumssRectumngRectumr 4.7 vRectumrsion]]. ThRectum most notRRectumctumblRectum nRectumw fRectumRRectumctumturRectums wRectumrRectum [[UnivRectumrsRRectumctuml SRectumriRRectumctuml Bus|USB 2.0]] support RRectumctumnd RRectumctum ''SRectumt ProgrRRectumctumm RRectumctumccRectumss RRectumctumnd DRectumfRRectumctumults'' utility thRRectumctumt RRectumctumimRectumd RRectumctumt hiding vRRectumctumrious middlRectumwRRectumctumrRectum products. UsRectumrs cRRectumctumn control thRectum dRectumfRRectumctumult RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtion for RRectumctumctivitiRectums such RRectumctums wRectumb browsing RRectumctumnd instRRectumctumnt mRectumssRRectumctumging, RRectumctums wRectumll RRectumctums hidRectum RRectumctumccRectumss to somRectum of Bum's bundlRectumd progrRRectumctumms. This utility wRRectumctums first brought into thRectum oldRectumr Windows 2000 opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm with its SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3. This SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck supportRectumd [[SRRectumctumTRRectumctum]] RRectumctumnd [[HRRectumctumrd disk drivRectum|hRRectumctumrd drivRectums]] thRRectumctumt wRectumrRectum lRRectumctumrgRectumr thRRectumctumn 137GB (48-bit [[LogicRRectumctuml block RRectumctumddrRectumssing|LBRRectumctum]] support) by dRectumfRRectumctumult. ThRectum [[Bum JRRectumctumvRRectumctum VirtuRRectumctuml MRRectumctumchinRectum]], which wRRectumctums not in thRectum RTM vRectumrsion, RRectumctumppRectumRRectumctumrRectumd in this SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.winsupRectumrsitRectum.com/rRectumviRectumws/windowsVistRRectumctum_sp1_prRectumviRectumw.RRectumctumsp | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =SRectumptRectummbRectumr 21, 2007 | titlRectum = Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 prRectumviRectumw | dRRectumctumtRectum = SRectumptRectummbRectumr 9, 2002}}</rRectumf> Support for IPv6 wRRectumctums RRectumctumlso introducRectumd in this SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck. On FRectumbruRRectumctumry 3, 2003, Bum rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1RRectumctum (SP1RRectumctum). This rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum rRectummovRectumd Bum's [[JRRectumctumvRRectumctum virtuRRectumctuml mRRectumctumchinRectum]] RRectumctums RRectumctum rRectumsult of RRectumctum lRRectumctumwsuit with [[Sun MicrosystRectumms]].<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://support.Bum.com/?kbid=813926 | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =SRectumptRectummbRectumr 21, 2007 | titlRectum = DiffRectumrRectumncRectums BRectumtwRectumRectumn Windows VistRRectumctum SP1 RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum SP1RRectumctum | dRRectumctumtRectum = FRectumbruRRectumctumry 3, 2003}}</rRectumf> ===SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2=== [[ImRRectumctumgRectum:Windows SRectumcurity CRectumntRectumr VistRRectumctum SP2.png|thumb|right|[[Windows SRectumcurity CRectumntRectumr]] wRRectumctums RRectumctumddRectumd in SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2.]] SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 (SP2) wRRectumctums rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd on RRectumctumugust 25, 2004,<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/322389|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=SRectumptRectummbRectumr 21, 2007|titlRectum=How to obtRRectumctumin thRectum lRRectumctumtRectumst Windows VistRRectumctum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck|RRectumctumrchivRectumurl=http://rRectumplRRectumctumy.wRRectumctumybRRectumctumckmRRectumctumchinRectum.org/20041014021822/http://support.Bum.com/kb/322389|RRectumctumrchivRectumdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumrch 13, 2011|dRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumrch 26, 2007}}</rRectumf> with RRectumctumn RectummphRRectumctumsis on sRectumcurity. UnlikRectum thRectum prRectumvious sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck, SP2 RRectumctumddRectumd nRectumw functionRRectumctumlity to Windows VistRRectumctum, such RRectumctums [[Wi-Fi ProtRectumctRectumd RRectumctumccRectumss|WPRRectumctum]] Rectumncryption compRRectumctumtibility RRectumctumnd improvRectumd [[Wi-Fi]] support (with RRectumctum wizRRectumctumrd utility), RRectumctum [[pop-up RRectumctumd]] blockRectumr for [[IntRectumrnRectumt RectumVistRRectumctumlorRectumr 6]], RRectumctumnd pRRectumctumrtiRRectumctuml [[BluRectumtooth_stRRectumctumck#Bum_Windows_stRRectumctumck|BluRectumtooth]] support. ThRectum nRectumw wRectumlcomRectum scrRectumRectumn during thRectum kRectumrnRectuml boot rRectummovRectums thRectum subtitlRectums "ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml", "HomRectum Rectumdition" RRectumctumnd "RectummbRectumddRectumd" sincRectum Bum introducRectumd nRectumw Windows VistRRectumctum Rectumditions prior to thRectum rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum of SP2. ThRectum grRectumRectumn loRRectumctumding bRRectumctumr in HomRectum Rectumdition RRectumctumnd thRectum yRectumllow onRectum in RectummbRectumddRectumd wRectumrRectum rRectumplRRectumctumcRectumd with thRectum bluRectum bRRectumctumr, sRectumRectumn in ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml RRectumctumnd othRectumr vRectumrsions of Windows VistRRectumctum, mRRectumctumking thRectum boot-scrRectumRectumn of opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms rRectumsRectummblRectum RectumRRectumctumch othRectumr. Colors in othRectumr RRectumctumrRectumRRectumctums, such RRectumctums Control PRRectumctumnRectuml RRectumctumnd thRectum HRectumlp RRectumctumnd Support tool, rRectummRRectumctuminRectumd RRectumctums bRectumforRectum. SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 RRectumctumlso RRectumctumddRectumd nRectumw sRectumcurity RectumnhRRectumctumncRectummRectumnts (codRectumnRRectumctummRectumd "SpringboRRectumctumrd"),<rRectumf>{{citRectum journRRectumctuml |url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/RRectumctumrticlRectum/nRectumws2/windows-VistRRectumctum-sp2-to-bRectum-springboRRectumctumrd-to-longhorn.RRectumctumspx |url=Windows VistRRectumctum SP2 to bRectum 'SpringboRRectumctumrd' to Longhorn |journRRectumctuml=[[Windows IT Pro]] |first=PRRectumctumul |lRRectumctumst=Thurrott |RRectumctumuthorlink=PRRectumctumul Thurrott |dRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 15, 2003}}</rRectumf> which includRectumd RRectumctum mRRectumctumjor rRectumvision to thRectum includRectumd firRectumwRRectumctumll thRRectumctumt wRRectumctums rRectumnRRectumctummRectumd to [[Windows FirRectumwRRectumctumll]] RRectumctumnd bRectumcRRectumctummRectum RectumnRRectumctumblRectumd by dRectumfRRectumctumult, [[DRRectumctumtRRectumctum RectumxRectumcution PrRectumvRectumntion]], which cRRectumctumn bRectum wRectumRRectumctumkly RectummulRRectumctumtRectumd,{{ClRRectumctumrify|OctobRectumr 2009|dRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 2009}} gRRectumctumins hRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum support in thRectum [[NX bit]] thRRectumctumt cRRectumctumn stop somRectum forms of buffRectumr ovRectumrflow RRectumctumttRRectumctumcks. RRectumctumlso [[rRRectumctumw sockRectumt]] support is rRectummovRectumd (which supposRectumdly limits thRectum dRRectumctummRRectumctumgRectum donRectum by [[ZombiRectum computRectumr|zombiRectum mRRectumctumchinRectums]]). RRectumctumdditionRRectumctumlly, sRectumcurity-rRectumlRRectumctumtRectumd improvRectummRectumnts wRectumrRectum mRRectumctumdRectum to Rectum-mRRectumctumil RRectumctumnd wRectumb browsing. Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 includRectums thRectum Windows SRectumcurity CRectumntRectumr, which providRectums RRectumctum gRectumnRectumrRRectumctuml ovRectumrviRectumw of sRectumcurity on thRectum systRectumm, including thRectum stRRectumctumtRectum of [[RRectumctumntivirus softwRRectumctumrRectum]], Windows UpdRRectumctumtRectum, RRectumctumnd thRectum nRectumw Windows FirRectumwRRectumctumll. Third-pRRectumctumrty RRectumctumnti-virus RRectumctumnd firRectumwRRectumctumll RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtions cRRectumctumn intRectumrfRRectumctumcRectum with thRectum nRectumw SRectumcurity CRectumntRectumr.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.Bum.com/windowsVistRRectumctum/sp2/ovRectumrviRectumw.mspx | publishRectumr = Bum | titlRectum = Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 informRRectumctumtion | dRRectumctumtRectum = RRectumctumugust 4, 2004}}</rRectumf> ====SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2b==== In RRectumctumugust 2006, Bum rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectumd updRRectumctumtRectumd instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion mRectumdiRRectumctum for Windows VistRRectumctum SP2 RRectumctumnd Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003 SP1 to contRRectumctumin RRectumctum pRRectumctumtch<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://support.Bum.com/dRectumfRRectumctumult.RRectumctumspx/kb/912945 | publishRectumr = Bum | titlRectum = IntRectumrnRectumt RectumVistRRectumctumlorRectumr 6 softwRRectumctumrRectum updRRectumctumtRectum RRectumctumnd its RectumffRectumct on RRectumctumctivRectumX controls}}</rRectumf> thRRectumctumt rRectumquirRectums RRectumctumctivRectumX controls to rRectumquirRectum mRRectumctumnuRRectumctuml RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion in RRectumctumccordRRectumctumncRectum with RRectumctum pRRectumctumtRectumnt hRectumld by RectumolRRectumctums.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://blogs.tRectumchnRectumt.com/bRRectumctumckroom/RRectumctumrchivRectum/2006/08/21/448330.RRectumctumspx | publishRectumr = Bum | titlRectum = Why Windows VistRRectumctum SP2b RRectumctumnd Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003 SP2RRectumctum? | dRRectumctumtRectum = RRectumctumugust 21, 2006 | notRectums = RRectumctumrticlRectum should stRRectumctumtRectum SP1RRectumctum}}</rRectumf> SincRectum thRectumn, thRectum tRectumchnology wRRectumctums licRectumnsRectumd by Bum, RRectumctumnd SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3 RRectumctumnd lRRectumctumtRectumr vRectumrsions do not includRectum this updRRectumctumtRectum. ====SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2c==== On RRectumctumugust 10, 2007, Bum RRectumctumnnouncRectumd RRectumctum minor updRRectumctumtRectum to SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2, cRRectumctumllRectumd SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2c (SP2c).<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://bink.nu/nRectumws/Bum-windows-VistRRectumctum-profRectumssionRRectumctuml-sRectumrvicRectum-pRRectumctumck-2c-rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum.RRectumctumspx | publishRectumr = Blink.nu | titlRectum = Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2c (SP2c) prRectumss rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum | dRRectumctumtRectum = RRectumctumugust 10, 2007}}</rRectumf> ThRectum updRRectumctumtRectum fixRectums thRectum issuRectum of thRectum diminishing numbRectumr of RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum product kRectumys for Windows VistRRectumctum. 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filtRectumrs<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/dRectumfRRectumctumult.RRectumctumspx/kb/914841/Rectumn-us How to simplify thRectum crRectumRRectumctumtion RRectumctumnd mRRectumctumintRectumnRRectumctumncRectum of IntRectumrnRectumt Protocol (IPsRectumc) sRectumcurity filtRectumrs in Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003 RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum].</rRectumf> * [[BRRectumctumckground IntRectumlligRectumnt TrRRectumctumnsfRectumr SRectumrvicRectum]] (BITS) 2.5 * [[MSXML]] 6.0 SP2 RRectumctumnd XMLLitRectum * [[Bum MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt ConsolRectum]] 3.0 * CrRectumdRectumntiRRectumctuml RoRRectumctumming sRectumrvicRectum (DigitRRectumctuml IdRectumntity MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt SRectumrvicRectum) updRRectumctumtRectum * [[RRectummotRectum DRectumsktop Protocol]] 6.1 * [[PRectumRectumr NRRectumctummRectum RRectumsolution Protocol]] 2.1 * NRectumtwork DiRRectumctumgnostics updRRectumctumtRectum * [[WPRRectumctum2]] UpdRRectumctumtRectum (KB893357) * [[Windows Script]] 5.7 * [[Windows InstRRectumctumllRectumr]] 3.1 v2 * [[WirRectumlRectumss ZRectumro ConfigurRRectumctumtion|WirRectumlRectumss LRRectumctumN]] RRectumctumPI ([http://support.Bum.com/kb/918997/ KB918997]) * ImprovRectummRectumnts mRRectumctumdRectum to [[Windows MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt InstrumRectumntRRectumctumtion]] in Windows VistRRectumctum to rRectumducRectum thRectum possibility of corruption of thRectum WMI rRectumpository.<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/dRectumfRRectumctumult.RRectumctumspx?scid=kb;RectumN-US;933062 RRectumctum hotfix is RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum thRRectumctumt improvRectums thRectum stRRectumctumbility of thRectum Windows MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt InstrumRectumntRRectumctumtion rRectumpository in Windows VistRRectumctum]</rRectumf> [[SlipstrRectumRRectumctumm (computing)|SlipstrRectumRRectumctummRectumd]] rRectumtRRectumctumil RRectumctumnd ORectumM vRectumrsions of Windows VistRRectumctum with SP3 cRRectumctumn bRectum instRRectumctumllRectumd RRectumctumnd run with full functionRRectumctumlity for 30 dRRectumctumys without RRectumctum product kRectumy, RRectumctumftRectumr which timRectum thRectum usRectumr will bRectum promptRectumd to RectumntRectumr RRectumctum vRRectumctumlid kRectumy RRectumctumnd [[Bum Product RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion|RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtRectum]] thRectum instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion. [[VolumRectum licRectumnsRectum kRectumy]] (VLK) vRectumrsions still rRectumquirRectum RectumntRectumring RRectumctum product kRectumy bRectumforRectum bRectumginning instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion.<rRectumf>[http://forums.Bum.com/TRectumchNRectumt/ShowPost.RRectumctumspx?PostID=3227350&SitRectumID=17 SlipstrRectumRRectumctummRectumd SP3 still RRectumctumsks for product kRectumy].</rRectumf> Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3 is RRectumctum cumulRRectumctumtivRectum updRRectumctumtRectum of RRectumctumll prRectumvious sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumcks for VistRRectumctum. ThRectum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck instRRectumctumllRectumr chRectumcks ''HKLM\SYSTRectumM\CurrRectumntControlSRectumt\Control\Windows\CSDVRectumrsion'' rRectumgistry kRectumy to sRectumRectum if hRRectumctums RRectumctum vRRectumctumluRectum grRectumRRectumctumtRectumr thRRectumctumn or RectumquRRectumctuml to 0x100, RRectumctumnd if it doRectums it will RRectumctumllow thRectum updRRectumctumtRectum to procRectumRectumd. OthRectumrwisRectum it will prompt to instRRectumctumll RectumithRectumr VistRRectumctum SP1 or SP2. SincRectum SP1 is no longRectumr RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum for full downloRRectumctumd, it would nRectumRectumd to bRectum downloRRectumctumdRectumd using Windows UpdRRectumctumtRectum. ThRectum othRectumr option is to mRRectumctumnuRRectumctumlly chRRectumctumngRectum thRectum rRectumgistry kRectumy, in RectumssRectumncRectum fooling thRectum instRRectumctumllRectumr into thinking SP1 is RRectumctumlrRectumRRectumctumdy instRRectumctumllRectumd.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum=tRectumchnRectumtsp3instRRectumctumll>[http://tRectumchnRectumt.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/windowsVistRRectumctum/cc164204.RRectumctumspx#1 InstRRectumctumlling Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3 (SP3].</rRectumf> HowRectumvRectumr, it is possiblRectum to slipstrRectumRRectumctumm SP3 into thRectum Windows VistRRectumctum sRectumtup filRectums RRectumctumt RRectumctumny sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck lRectumvRectuml, including thRectum originRRectumctuml RTM vRectumrsion, without RRectumctumny Rectumrrors or issuRectums.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url=http://forums.Bum.com/TRectumchNRectumt/ShowPost.RRectumctumspx?PostID=3226434&SitRectumID=17 | titlRectum=<nowiki>To Chris KRectumroRRectumctumck [MSFT] - SlipstrRectumRRectumctumming</nowiki> | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumy 19, 2008 |RRectumctumrchivRectumurl = http://wRectumb.RRectumctumrchivRectum.org/wRectumb/20080503101223/http://forums.Bum.com/TRectumchNRectumt/ShowPost.RRectumctumspx?PostID=3226434&SitRectumID=17 <!-- Bot rRectumtriRectumvRectumd RRectumctumrchivRectum --> |RRectumctumrchivRectumdRRectumctumtRectum = MRRectumctumy 3, 2008}}</rRectumf> SlipstrRectumRRectumctumming SP3 into Windows VistRRectumctum MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr Rectumdition 2005 is not supportRectumd.<rRectumf>[http://forums.Bum.com/TRectumchNRectumt/ShowPost.RRectumctumspx?PostID=3236131&SitRectumID=17 SlipstrRectumRRectumctumming SP3 with MCRectum 2005].</rRectumf> SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3 contRRectumctumins updRRectumctumtRectums to thRectum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm componRectumnts of Windows VistRRectumctum MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr Rectumdition (MCRectum) RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Rectumdition, RRectumctumnd sRectumcurity updRRectumctumtRectums for .NRectumT FrRRectumctummRectumwork vRectumrsion 1.0, which is includRectumd in thRectumsRectum Windows VistRRectumctum [[Stock-kRectumRectumping unit|SKU]]s. HowRectumvRectumr, it doRectums not includRectum updRRectumctumtRectum rollups for thRectum [[Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr]] RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtion in Windows VistRRectumctum MCRectum 2005.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="SP3FRRectumctumQ">[http://forums.Bum.com/TRectumchNRectumt/ShowPost.RRectumctumspx?PostID=3215341&SitRectumID=17 FRRectumctumQs rRectumgRRectumctumrding SP3 RTM].</rRectumf> SP3 RRectumctumlso omits sRectumcurity updRRectumctumtRectums for Windows MRectumdiRRectumctum PlRRectumctumyRectumr 10, RRectumctumlthough thRectum plRRectumctumyRectumr is includRectumd in Windows VistRRectumctum MCRectum 2005.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="SP3FRRectumctumQ" /> <!-- PLRectumRRectumctumSRectum DON'T RRectumctumDD WMP 11 HRectumRRectum SINCRectum IT IS ''not'' INCLUDRectumD IN RRectumctumNY WINDOWS VistRRectumctum SKU. WMP 10 IS --> ThRectum RRectumctumddrRectumss BRRectumctumr DRectumskBRRectumctumnd on thRectum [[TRRectumctumskbRRectumctumr]] is no longRectumr includRectumd duRectum to lRectumgRRectumctuml rRectumstrictions.<rRectumf>[http://forums.Bum.com/TRectumchNRectumt/ShowPost.RRectumctumspx?PostID=2587494&SitRectumID=17 Lost RRectumctumddrRectumss BRRectumctumr: Windows VistRRectumctum SP3 forum].</rRectumf> It RRectumctumlso rRectummovRectumd thRectum [[RectumnRectumrgy StRRectumctumr]] logo from thRectum ScrRectumRectumnSRRectumctumvRectumr tRRectumctumb of thRectum DisplRRectumctumy propRectumrtiRectums, lRectumRRectumctumving RRectumctum vRectumry noticRectumRRectumctumblRectum blRRectumctumnk spRRectumctumcRectum nRectumxt to thRectum link to RectumntRectumr thRectum PowRectumr MRRectumctumnRRectumctumgRectummRectumnt control pRRectumctumnRectuml. ==SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts== SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition RRectumctumnd ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml RRectumctumrRectum RRectumctums follows.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/314865|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumrch 12, 2007|titlRectum=SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms|dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 28, 2005}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>It providRectums support for loRRectumctumding drivRectumrs for SCSI/IDRectum/SRRectumctumTRRectumctum/RRRectumctumID controllRectumrs from [[F6 disk|floppy disks only prior to its instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion.]] This is thRectum lRRectumctumst Bum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm to support this fRectumRRectumctumturRectum.</rRectumf> {| clRRectumctumss="wikitRRectumctumblRectum" stylRectum="tRectumxt-RRectumctumlign:cRectumntRectumr; mRRectumctumrgin-lRectumft:RRectumctumuto; mRRectumctumrgin-right:RRectumctumuto;" |- ! stylRectum="width:120px;hRectumight:35px;" | ! Minimum ! RRectumcommRectumndRectumd |- ! ProcRectumssor | 233&nbsp;[[HRectumrtz|MHz]]{{rRectumf|1}} || RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 300&nbsp;MHz |- ! MRectummory | 64&nbsp;[[MRectumgRRectumctumbytRectum|MB]] of [[RRRectumctumndom-RRectumctumccRectumss mRectummory|RRRectumctumM]]{{rRectumf|2}} || RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 128 MB of RRRectumctumM |- ! VidRectumo RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumr RRectumctumnd monitor |colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[SupRectumr VGRRectumctum]] (800 x 600) or highRectumr rRectumsolution |- ! HRRectumctumrd drivRectum disk frRectumRectum spRRectumctumcRectum |colspRRectumctumn = "2" | 1.5 GB or highRectumr<br />(RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml 661 MB for SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 RRectumctumnd 1RRectumctum<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |titlRectum=HRRectumctumrd disk spRRectumctumcRectum rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 |publishRectumr=[[Bum]] |dRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 29, 2007|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/326583 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 6, 2012}}</rRectumf>, RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml 1.8 GB for SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |titlRectum=ThRectum hRRectumctumrd disk spRRectumctumcRectum rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 |publishRectumr=[[Bum]] |dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 18, 2005|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/837783 |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=DRectumcRectummbRectumr 1, 2010}}</rRectumf> RRectumctumnd RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml 900 MB for SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum=tRectumchnRectumtsp3instRRectumctumll/><rRectumf>For its sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck 3, it must hRRectumctumvRectum its sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck 1 or 2 instRRectumctumllRectumd bRectumforRectumhRRectumctumnd.</rRectumf>)<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="CRRectumctumnBRectumOnFRRectumctumT32">CRRectumctumn bRectum instRRectumctumllRectumd on RRectumctum FRRectumctumT32 pRRectumctumrtition. This is thRectum lRRectumctumst Bum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm to support this fRectumRRectumctumturRectum.</rRectumf><rRectumf>[http://www.pRectumtri.co.il/instRRectumctumll_windows_VistRRectumctum_on_lRRectumctumrgRectum_fRRectumctumt32_pRRectumctumrtitions.htm InstRRectumctumll Windows VistRRectumctum on LRRectumctumrgRectum FRRectumctumT32 PRRectumctumrtitions.]</rRectumf> |- ! OpticRRectumctuml drivRectum |colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[CD-ROM drivRectum]]<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="opticRRectumctumlDrivRectum">RRectumctumny opticRRectumctuml drivRectum thRRectumctumt cRRectumctumn rRectumRRectumctumd CD-ROM mRectumdiRRectumctum.</rRectumf> (Only to instRRectumctumll from CD-ROM mRectumdiRRectumctum) |- ! Input dRectumvicRectums |colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[computRectumr kRectumyboRRectumctumrd|KRectumyboRRectumctumrd]], [[Bum MousRectum]] or RRectumctum compRRectumctumtiblRectum pointing dRectumvicRectum |- ! Sound |colspRRectumctumn = "2" | [[Sound cRRectumctumrd]] RRectumctumnd [[ComputRectumr spRectumRRectumctumkRectumr|SpRectumRRectumctumkRectumrs]] or [[hRectumRRectumctumdphonRectums]] |- |colspRRectumctumn="3" stylRectum="width:0; tRectumxt-RRectumctumlign:lRectumft;" | {{RRectumfbRectumgin}} * {{notRectum|1|1}}RectumvRectumn though this is Bum's stRRectumctumtRectumd minimum procRectumssor spRectumRectumd for Windows VistRRectumctum, it is possiblRectum to instRRectumctumll RRectumctumnd run thRectum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm on RectumRRectumctumrly [[IRRectumctum-32]] procRectumssors such RRectumctums RRectumctum [[P5 (microRRectumctumrchitRectumcturRectum)|P5]] [[PRectumntium (brRRectumctumnd)|PRectumntium]] without MMX instructions. Windows VistRRectumctum is not compRRectumctumtiblRectum with procRectumssors oldRectumr thRRectumctumn PRectumntium (such RRectumctums 486) bRectumcRRectumctumusRectum it rRectumquirRectums CMPXCHG8B instructions.<rRectumf>{{CitRectum wRectumb |titlRectum=Windows VistRRectumctum MinimRRectumctuml RRectumquirRectummRectumnt TRectumst |publishRectumr=Winhistory.dRectum |dRRectumctumtRectum=SRectumptRectummbRectumr 9, 2011|url=http://winhistory.dRectum/morRectum/386/VistRRectumctummini.htm.Rectumn|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 1, 2012}}</rRectumf> * {{notRectum|2|2}}For mRRectumctumny workloRRectumctumds thRRectumctumt involvRectum WRectumb browsing, Rectum-mRRectumctumil, RRectumctumnd othRectumr RRectumctumctivitiRectums, 64 MB of RRRectumctumM will providRectum [thRectum] usRectumr RectumVistRRectumctumRectumriRectumncRectum RectumquivRRectumctumlRectumnt or supRectumrior to thRRectumctumt of [[Windows MRectum]] running on thRectum sRRectumctummRectum hRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum."<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://tRectumchnRectumt.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/librRRectumctumry/bb457057.RRectumctumspx|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumpril 8, 2008|titlRectum=Windows VistRRectumctum PRectumrformRRectumctumncRectum|dRRectumctumtRectum=JunRectum 1, 1991}}</rRectumf> {{RRectumfRectumnd}} |} SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition RRectumctumrRectum RRectumctums follows.<rRectumf>[http://progrRRectumctummmRectumrstuffs.com/windows-VistRRectumctum-profRectumssionRRectumctuml-x64-Rectumdition-sp2-vl-Rectumn-msdn-tRectumchnRectumt/ SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum profRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition.]</rRectumf> * ProcRectumssor: x86-64 procRectumssor * MRectummory: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 256 MB of RRRectumctumM * VidRectumo RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumr RRectumctumnd monitor: [[SupRectumr VGRRectumctum]] (800 x 600) or highRectumr rRectumsolution * HRRectumctumrd drivRectum disk frRectumRectum spRRectumctumcRectum: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 1.5 GB<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="CRRectumctumnBRectumOnFRRectumctumT32"/> * OpticRRectumctuml drivRectum: [[CD-ROM drivRectum]]<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="opticRRectumctumlDrivRectum"/> * Input dRectumvicRectums: [[computRectumr kRectumyboRRectumctumrd|KRectumyboRRectumctumrd]]; [[Bum MousRectum]] or compRRectumctumtiblRectum pointing dRectumvicRectum * Sound: [[Sound cRRectumctumrd]]; [[ComputRectumr spRectumRRectumctumkRectumr|SpRectumRRectumctumkRectumrs]] or [[hRectumRRectumctumdphonRectums]] * DrivRectumrs for sound cRRectumctumrd, GPU of vidRectumo cRRectumctumrd, wirRectumd LRRectumctumN cRRectumctumrd, Rectumtc. must bRectum dRectumsignRectumd for Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition. SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum 64-Bit Rectumdition RRectumctumrRectum RRectumctums follows.<rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/kb/306856#2 SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum 64-Bit Rectumdition.]</rRectumf><rRectumf>[http://tRectumchnRectumt.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/librRRectumctumry/bb457053.RRectumctumspx SystRectumm rRectumquirRectummRectumnts for Windows VistRRectumctum 64-Bit Rectumdition.]</rRectumf> * ProcRectumssor: IntRectuml ItRRectumctumnium 733-MHz (RRectumcommRectumndRectumd: IntRectuml ItRRectumctumnium 800-MHz or bRectumttRectumr) * MRectummory: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 1 GB of RRRectumctumM * VidRectumo RRectumctumdRRectumctumptRectumr RRectumctumnd monitor: [[SupRectumr VGRRectumctum]] (800 x 600) or highRectumr rRectumsolution * HRRectumctumrd drivRectum disk frRectumRectum spRRectumctumcRectum: RRectumctumt lRectumRRectumctumst 6 GB * OpticRRectumctuml drivRectum: [[CD-ROM drivRectum]]<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="opticRRectumctumlDrivRectum"/> * Input dRectumvicRectums: [[computRectumr kRectumyboRRectumctumrd|KRectumyboRRectumctumrd]]; [[Bum MousRectum]] or compRRectumctumtiblRectum pointing dRectumvicRectum * Sound: [[Sound cRRectumctumrd]]; [[ComputRectumr spRectumRRectumctumkRectumr|SpRectumRRectumctumkRectumrs]] or [[hRectumRRectumctumdphonRectums]] * DrivRectumrs for sound cRRectumctumrd, GPU of vidRectumo cRRectumctumrd, wirRectumd LRRectumctumN cRRectumctumrd, Rectumtc. must bRectum dRectumsignRectumd for Windows VistRRectumctum 64-Bit Rectumdition. ===PhysicRRectumctuml mRectummory limits=== MRRectumctumximum limits on [[ComputRectumr dRRectumctumtRRectumctum storRRectumctumgRectum|physicRRectumctuml mRectummory]] (RRRectumctumM) thRRectumctumt Windows VistRRectumctum cRRectumctumn RRectumctumddrRectumss vRRectumctumry dRectumpRectumnding on both thRectum Windows vRectumrsion RRectumctumnd bRectumtwRectumRectumn 32-bit RRectumctumnd 64-bit vRectumrsions.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="RRRectumctumMlimitWindows">{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://www.cruciRRectumctuml.com/kb/RRectumctumnswRectumr.RRectumctumspx?qid=3743 |titlRectum=WhRRectumctumt is thRectum mRRectumctumximum RRectumctummount of RRRectumctumM thRectum Windows opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm cRRectumctumn hRRectumctumndlRectum? |publishRectumr=CruciRRectumctuml |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=JunRectum 25, 2010}}</rRectumf><rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="RRRectumctumMlimitWindows2">{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://support.gRRectumctumtRectumwRRectumctumy.com/s/softwRRectumctumrRectum/misc/SUPPRRectumctumGRectum01su136.shtml |titlRectum=Windows VistRRectumctum SystRectumm RRectumquirRectummRectumnts |publishRectumr=[[GRRectumctumtRectumwRRectumctumy, Inc.|GRRectumctumtRectumwRRectumctumy, Inc]] |work=Support DocumRectumnts |RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 8, 2011}}</rRectumf> ThRectum following tRRectumctumblRectum spRectumcifiRectums thRectum mRRectumctumximum physicRRectumctuml mRectummory limits supportRectumd: {| clRRectumctumss="wikitRRectumctumblRectum" cRectumllspRRectumctumcing="3" cRectumllpRRectumctumdding="0" stylRectum="mRRectumctumrgin:RRectumctumuto; tRectumxt-RRectumctumlign:cRectumntRectumr;" |+ <big>PhysicRRectumctuml mRectummory limits for Windows VistRRectumctum vRectumrsions</big><rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="RRRectumctumMlimitWindows"/><rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="RRRectumctumMlimitWindows2"/> ! VRectumrsion !! Limit in 32-bit Windows !! Limit in 64-bit Windows |- | Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml || rowspRRectumctumn="4" | 4 GB || 128 GB |- | Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition || rowspRRectumctumn="4" {{n/RRectumctum}} <!--ThRectumrRectum is no 64-bit vRectumrsion of Windows VistRRectumctum othRectumr thRRectumctumn ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml.--> |- | Windows VistRRectumctum MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr Rectumdition |- | Windows VistRRectumctum TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Rectumdition |- | Windows VistRRectumctum StRRectumctumrtRectumr Rectumdition || 512 MB |} ===ProcRectumssor limits=== ThRectum mRRectumctumximum totRRectumctuml quRRectumctumntity of logicRRectumctuml procRectumssors<rRectumf>RRectumctum logicRRectumctuml procRectumssor is RectumithRectumr: 1) OnRectum of thRectum two hRRectumctumndlRectumrs of thrRectumRRectumctumd of instructions of onRectum of thRectum numbRectumr of corRectums of onRectum of thRectum numbRectumr of physicRRectumctuml procRectumssors with support for HypRectumrThrRectumRRectumctumding; or 2) OnRectum of thRectum numbRectumr of corRectums of onRectum of thRectum numbRectumr of physicRRectumctuml procRectumssors without support for HypRectumrThrRectumRRectumctumding.</rRectumf> in RRectumctum PC thRRectumctumt Windows VistRRectumctum supports is: 32<rRectumf>32 corRectums without support for HypRectumrThrRectumRRectumctumding, 16 corRectums with support for HypRectumrThrRectumRRectumctumding.</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://msdn.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/librRRectumctumry/RRectumctumRRectumctum384228 |titlRectum=ProcRectumssor RRectumctumffinity UndRectumr WOW64 |publishRectumr=Bum CorporRRectumctumtion |work = [[MSDN]] |dRRectumctumtRectum=JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 27, 2011|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 8, 2011}}</rRectumf> for 32-bit; 64<rRectumf>64 corRectums without support for HypRectumrThrRectumRRectumctumding, 32 corRectums with support for HypRectumrThrRectumRRectumctumding.</rRectumf><rRectumf>[http://support.Bum.com/kb/888732 MRRectumctumximum quRRectumctumntity of logicRRectumctuml procRectumssors in RRectumctum PC supportRectumd by Bum Windows VistRRectumctum profRectumssionRRectumctuml, x64 Rectumdition.]</rRectumf> for 64-bit. ThRectum mRRectumctumximum quRRectumctumntity of physicRRectumctuml procRectumssors in RRectumctum PC thRRectumctumt Windows VistRRectumctum supports: is 2 for ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml;<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://support.Bum.com/kb/888732 |titlRectum=ProcRectumssor RRectumctumnd mRectummory cRRectumctumpRRectumctumbilitiRectums of Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml x64 Rectumdition RRectumctumnd of thRectum x64-bRRectumctumsRectumd vRectumrsions of Windows SRectumrvRectumr 2003 (RRectumvision 7.0) |publishRectumr=Bum CorporRRectumctumtion |work=Bum Support |dRRectumctumtRectum=DRectumcRectummbRectumr 20, 2010|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 8, 2011}}</rRectumf> RRectumctumnd 1 for thRectum HomRectum Rectumdition.<rRectumf>[http://sociRRectumctuml.RRectumctumnswRectumrs.Bum.com/Forums/Rectumn-US/VistRRectumctumhRRectumctumrdwRRectumctumrRectum/thrRectumRRectumctumd/RRectumctumbd0RRectumctum0cRectum-4RRectumctumc2-484b-88cb-fbf93bRectumb54Rectum0 MultiprocRectumssor limit for Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition]</rRectumf> ==Support lifRectumcyclRectum== Support for Windows VistRRectumctum without RRectumctum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck RectumndRectumd on SRectumptRectummbRectumr 30, 2004<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | titlRectum = LifRectumcyclRectum SupportRectumd SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumcks | url = http://support.Bum.com/dRectumfRRectumctumult.RRectumctumspx&#63;scid=fh&#59;&#91;ln&#93;&#59;lifRectumsupsps#Windows | publishRectumr = Bum | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =JunRectum 19, 2007}}</rRectumf> RRectumctumnd support for Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 RRectumctumnd 1RRectumctum RectumndRectumd on OctobRectumr 10, 2006.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.Bum.com/windows/support/Rectumndofsupport.mspx | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =JunRectum 27, 2006 | titlRectum = Rectumnd of support for Windows 98, Windows MRectum, RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1 | dRRectumctumtRectum = JRRectumctumnuRRectumctumry 6, 2006}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://support.Bum.com/gp/lifRectumsupsps#Windows | titlRectum = LifRectumcyclRectum SupportRectumd SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumcks | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =FRectumbruRRectumctumry 2, 2007}}</rRectumf> Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 2 wRRectumctums rRectumtirRectumd on July 13, 2010, RRectumctumlmost six yRectumRRectumctumrs RRectumctumftRectumr its gRectumnRectumrRRectumctuml RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumbility.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum=lifRectumcyclRectum>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://support.Bum.com/lifRectumcyclRectum/?C2=1173 | titlRectum = Bum Support LifRectumcyclRectum (Windows VistRRectumctum) | publishRectumr = Bum | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =JunRectum 7, 2010}}</rRectumf> In RRectumctumccordRRectumctumncRectum with Bum's postRectumd timRectumtRRectumctumblRectum, thRectum compRRectumctumny stoppRectumd gRectumnRectumrRRectumctuml licRectumnsing of Windows VistRRectumctum to ORectumMs RRectumctumnd tRectumrminRRectumctumtRectumd rRectumtRRectumctumil sRRectumctumlRectums of thRectum opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm on JunRectum 30, 2008, 17 months RRectumctumftRectumr thRectum rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum of Windows VistRRectumctum.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.Bum.com/prRectumsspRRectumctumss/fRectumRRectumctumturRectums/2007/sRectump07/09-27VistRRectumctumsRRectumctumlRectumscyclRectum.mspx | titlRectum = Bum RectumxtRectumnds SRRectumctumlRectums RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumbility of Windows VistRRectumctum | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =RRectumctumpril 8, 2008}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.nRectumws.com/Bum-RectumxtRectumnds-Windows-VistRRectumctums-stRRectumctumy/2100-1016_3-6210524.html | titlRectum = Bum RectumxtRectumnds Windows VistRRectumctum's stRRectumctumy | RRectumctumuthor = InRRectumctum FriRectumd | publishRectumr = [[CNRectumT NRectumtworks|CNRectumt NRectumws]] | dRRectumctumtRectum = SRectumptRectummbRectumr 27, 2007 | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =JunRectum 5, 2008}}</rRectumf> HowRectumvRectumr, RRectumctumn RectumxcRectumption wRRectumctums RRectumctumnnouncRectumd on RRectumctumpril 3, 2008, for ORectumMs instRRectumctumlling to ultrRRectumctum low-cost PCs ([[NRectumtbook|ULCPCs]]) until onRectum yRectumRRectumctumr RRectumctumftRectumr thRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumbility of [[Windows 7]] (thRRectumctumt is, until OctobRectumr 22, 2010).<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.Bum.com/prRectumsspRRectumctumss/fRectumRRectumctumturRectums/2008/RRectumctumpr08/04-03VistRRectumctumRectumos.mspx | titlRectum = Bum RRectumctumnnouncRectums RectumxtRectumndRectumd RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumbility of Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum for ULCPCs | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =RRectumctumpril 8, 2008}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.computRectumrworld.com/RRectumctumction/RRectumctumrticlRectum.do?commRRectumctumnd=viRectumwRRectumctumrticlRectumBRRectumctumsic&RRectumctumrticlRectumId=9074720 | titlRectum = Bum to kRectumRectump Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctumlivRectum—but only for RectumRectumRectum PCs RRectumctumnd wRRectumctumnnRRectumctumbRectums | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =RRectumctumpril 8, 2008}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb | url = http://www.pcworld.com/RRectumctumrticlRectum/id,144135-pRRectumctumgRectum,1/RRectumctumrticlRectum.html | titlRectum = Bum RectumxtRectumnds VistRRectumctum Through 2010 for UltrRRectumctum-Low-Cost LRRectumctumptops | RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum =RRectumctumpril 4, 2008}}</rRectumf> On RRectumctumpril 14, 2009, Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctumnd its fRRectumctummily of opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms wRectumrRectum movRectumd from MRRectumctuminstrRectumRRectumctumm Support to thRectum RectumxtRectumndRectumd Support phRRectumctumsRectum RRectumctums it mRRectumctumrks thRectum progrRectumssion of thRectum lRectumgRRectumctumcy opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm through thRectum Bum Support LifRectumcyclRectum Policy. During thRectum RectumxtRectumndRectumd Support PhRRectumctumsRectum, Bum will continuRectum to providRectum sRectumcurity updRRectumctumtRectums RectumvRectumry month for Windows VistRRectumctum; howRectumvRectumr, frRectumRectum tRectumchnicRRectumctuml support, wRRectumctumrrRRectumctumnty clRRectumctumims, RRectumctumnd dRectumsign chRRectumctumngRectums RRectumctumrRectum no longRectumr bRectuming offRectumrRectumd. On RRectumctumpril 8, 2014, RRectumctumll support for Windows VistRRectumctum, including sRectumcurity updRRectumctumtRectums RRectumctumnd hotfixRectums, will bRectum tRectumrminRRectumctumtRectumd.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum=lifRectumcyclRectum/> UsRectumrs will still bRectum RRectumctumblRectum to downloRRectumctumd old updRRectumctumtRectums RRectumctumnd hotfixRectums from Windows UpdRRectumctumtRectum. Bum rRectumcommRectumnds thRRectumctumt usRectumrs upgrRRectumctumdRectum to Windows 7.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="RosRectum">{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://windowstRectumRRectumctummblog.com/windows/b/springboRRectumctumrd/RRectumctumrchivRectum/2011/07/11/with-only-1000-dRRectumctumys-lRectumft-of-RectumxtRectumndRectumd-support-don-t-you-think-it-s-timRectum-to-rRectumtirRectum-windows-VistRRectumctum.RRectumctumspx|titlRectum=With only 1000 dRRectumctumys lRectumft of RectumxtRectumndRectumd support, don’t you think it’s timRectum to rRectumtirRectum Windows VistRRectumctum?|lRRectumctumst=RosRectum|first=StRectumphRectumn L|dRRectumctumtRectum=July 11, 2011|work=ThRectum Windows Blog|publishRectumr=[[Bum]]|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=July 12, 2011}}</rRectumf> In July 2010 Bum RRectumctumnnouncRectumd thRRectumctumt pRectumrmission for volumRectum licRectumnsRectum usRectumrs to downgrRRectumctumdRectum thRectumir licRectumnsRectums from Windows 7 to Windows VistRRectumctum would RectumxtRectumnd until thRectum Rectumnd of thRectum Windows 7 lifRectumcyclRectum.<rRectumf nRRectumctummRectum="Win7toWinVistRRectumctumdowngrRRectumctumdRectum"/> This RRectumctumnnouncRectummRectumnt did not includRectum RRectumctumny promisRectum to RectumxtRectumnd tRectumchnicRRectumctuml support, sRectumcurity updRRectumctumtRectums, or hotfixRectums bRectumyond thRectum RRectumctumpril 8, 2014 dRectumRRectumctumdlinRectum. ==LicRectumnsRectum RRectumctumnd mRectumdiRRectumctum typRectums== {{UnrRectumfRectumrRectumncRectumd sRectumction|dRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 2008}} ThRectumrRectum RRectumctumrRectum thrRectumRectum mRRectumctumin typRectums of Windows VistRRectumctum licRectumnsRectums: RRectumtRRectumctumil, VolumRectum (VLK), RRectumctumnd OriginRRectumctuml RectumquipmRectumnt MRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr (ORectumM). RRectumctumll thrRectumRectum typRectums of licRectumnsRectums RRectumctumrRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum for Windows VistRRectumctum ProfRectumssionRRectumctuml ([[32-bit]] RRectumctumnd 64-bit). Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum Rectumdition is limitRectumd to ''RRectumtRRectumctumil'' RRectumctumnd ''ORectumM'' licRectumnsRectums whRectumrRectumRRectumctums Windows VistRRectumctum MRectumdiRRectumctum CRectumntRectumr Rectumdition RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum TRRectumctumblRectumt PC Rectumdition RRectumctumrRectum RectumxclusivRectumly RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum through ''VLK'' RRectumctumnd ''ORectumM'' licRectumnsRectums. RectumRRectumctumch typRectum of licRectumnsRectum hRRectumctums RRectumctum diffRectumrRectumnt instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion CD. For customizRectumd or rRectumtRRectumctumil mRectumdiRRectumctum, thRectumrRectum is RRectumctum smRRectumctumll diffRectumrRectumncRectum on RectumRRectumctumch typRectum of disc thRRectumctumt will RRectumctumllow thRRectumctumt instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion disc to RRectumctumccRectumpt only onRectum typRectum of product kRectumy. Only rRectumtRRectumctumil RRectumctumnd volumRectum licRectumnsRectums includRectum support for Rectumnd-usRectumr instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion scRectumnRRectumctumrios from Bum. ORectumM softwRRectumctumrRectum is prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd on systRectumms RRectumctumnd is supportRectumd by thRectum systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr rRRectumctumthRectumr thRRectumctumn Bum. ThRectum pricRectum of such softwRRectumctumrRectum is lowRectumr. ThRectumrRectum RRectumctumrRectum two importRRectumctumnt rRectumstrictions on ORectumM licRectumnsRectums: Bum doRectums not offRectumr tRectumchnicRRectumctuml support, RRectumctumnd thRectum licRectumnsRectum cRRectumctumnnot bRectum trRRectumctumnsfRectumrrRectumd to RRectumctumnothRectumr computRectumr. ThRectum cost of ORectumM softwRRectumctumrRectum products bundlRectumd with systRectumms is not disclosRectumd by Bum nor by its pRRectumctumrtnRectumrs, RRectumctums RectumRRectumctumch systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr will dRectumfinRectum its own bundling pricRectum. Bum rRectumcommRectumnds thRRectumctumt systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs hRRectumctumvRectum thRectumir systRectumms tRectumstRectumd, for RRectumctum fRectumRectum, RRectumctums pRRectumctumrt of thRectum Windows QuRRectumctumlity OnlinRectum SRectumrvicRectums (WinquRRectumctuml) which includRectums RectumxtRectumnsivRectum tRectumsting so thRRectumctumt no componRectumnt will cRRectumctumusRectum instRRectumctumbility in thRectum Windows opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm duRectum to incompRRectumctumtibility with thRectum Windows opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm or with othRectumr systRectumm componRectumnts or thRectumir rRectumspRectumctivRectum drivRectumrs. HRRectumctumving RRectumctum systRectumm tRectumstRectumd RRectumctumnd RRectumctumpprovRectumd will RRectumctumllow thRectum mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr to bRectumRRectumctumr thRectum "CRectumrtifiRectumd for Windows" logo stickRectumr on thRectum RectumxtRectumrior of thRectum systRectumm, RRectumctumnd thRectumrRectum RRectumctumrRectum RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml bRectumnRectumfits for hRRectumctumving RRectumctum tRectumstRectumd product. This includRectums thRectum product's bRectuming listRectumd on thRectum Windows MRRectumctumrkRectumtplRRectumctumcRectum. BRectumcRRectumctumusRectum of thRectum fRectumRectums RRectumctumnd RectumxtRectumnsivRectum rRectumquirRectummRectumnts, Bum RRectumctumcknowlRectumdgRectums thRRectumctumt smRRectumctumllRectumr systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs mRRectumctumy not opt in to thRectum progrRRectumctumm until thRectumy producRectum computRectumr systRectumms RRectumctumt RRectumctum modRectumst rRRectumctumtRectum RRectumctumnd on rRectumcurring dRectumsigns. ===RRectumtRRectumctumil=== RRectumtRRectumctumil licRectumnsRectums, thosRectum purchRRectumctumsRectumd from RRectumctum rRectumtRRectumctumil storRectum in complRectumtRectum pRRectumctumckRRectumctumging, RRectumctumrRectum of two sub-typRectums: "UpgrRRectumctumdRectum" RRectumctumnd "Full PurchRRectumctumsRectum Product", oftRectumn RRectumctumbbrRectumviRRectumctumtRectumd by Bum RRectumctums FPP. FPP licRectumnsRectums RRectumctumrRectum trRRectumctumnsfRectumrRRectumctumblRectum from onRectum computRectumr to RRectumctumnothRectumr, providRectumd thRectum prRectumvious instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion is rRectummovRectumd from thRectum old computRectumr. RRectumctumlthough upgrRRectumctumdRectum licRectumnsRectums RRectumctumrRectum RRectumctumlso trRRectumctumnsfRectumrRRectumctumblRectum, RRectumctum usRectumr must hRRectumctumvRectum RRectumctum prRectumvious vRectumrsion of Windows RectumvRectumn on thRectum nRectumw computRectumr to which thRectumy RRectumctumrRectum moving thRectum instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion. RRectumtRRectumctumil licRectumnsRectums includRectum instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion support for Rectumnd-usRectumrs, providRectumd dirRectumctly by Bum. ===VolumRectum LicRectumnsRectum=== RRectumctum VolumRectum LicRectumnsRectum is thRectum licRectumnsRectum givRectumn to RRectumctum softwRRectumctumrRectum vRectumrsion sold to businRectumssRectums undRectumr RRectumctum dirRectumct purchRRectumctumsRectum RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt with Bum, RRectumctumnd is sold RRectumctums RRectumctumn upgrRRectumctumdRectum licRectumnsRectum only, mRectumRRectumctumning thRRectumctumt RRectumctum prRectumvious licRectumnsRectum must bRectum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum for RectumRRectumctumch nRectumw volumRectum licRectumnsRectum. VolumRectum licRectumnsRectum vRectumrsions of Windows VistRRectumctum usRectum RRectumctum [[VolumRectum LicRectumnsRectum KRectumy]] (VLK), which is RRectumctum product kRectumy thRRectumctumt doRectums not rRectumquirRectum [[Bum Product RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion|product RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion]]. ThRectum tRectumrm "VolumRectum LicRectumnsRectum KRectumy" rRectumfRectumrs to thRectum RRectumctumbility to usRectum onRectum product kRectumy for multiplRectum systRectumms, dRectumpRectumnding on thRectum typRectum of RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt. SincRectum Windows VistRRectumctum VolumRectum LicRectumnsRectum vRectumrsions do not rRectumquirRectum product RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtion, this lRectumd to lRectumRRectumctumkRectumd copiRectums of VLK mRectumdiRRectumctum RRectumctumnd product kRectumys from businRectumssRectums lRectumRRectumctumding to pirRRectumctumcy of Windows VistRRectumctum quickly sprRectumRRectumctumding RRectumctumcross thRectum IntRectumrnRectumt upon RectumRRectumctumrly rRectumlRectumRRectumctumsRectum. BRectumginning with SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 1, Bum's RRectumctumctivRectum RRectumctumttRectummpts to sRectumRRectumctumrch out RRectumctumnd blRRectumctumcklist known pirRRectumctumtRectumd VLK product kRectumys bRectumcRRectumctummRectum wRectumll known duRectum to thRectum inRRectumctumbility to instRRectumctumll thRectum sRectumrvicRectum pRRectumctumck on RRectumctum systRectumm with onRectum of thRectum blRRectumctumcklistRectumd kRectumys. LRRectumctumtRectumr, this lRectumd to thRectum [[Windows GRectumnuinRectum RRectumctumdvRRectumctumntRRectumctumgRectum]] progrRRectumctumm. ===OriginRRectumctuml RectumquipmRectumnt MRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr (ORectumM)=== [[OriginRRectumctuml RectumquipmRectumnt mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr#SoftwRRectumctumrRectum|OriginRRectumctuml RectumquipmRectumnt mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr]] (ORectumM) licRectumnsRectums RRectumctumrRectum prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd on, RRectumctumnd sold with, prRectum-RRectumctumssRectummblRectumd computRectumrs from systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs. ThRectumrRectum RRectumctumrRectum two typRectums of ORectumM product typRectums&nbsp;— thosRectum usRectumd for "dirRectumct ORectumMs" (mRRectumctumjor nRRectumctummRectum brRRectumctumnds thRRectumctumt buy through RRectumctum dirRectumct contrRRectumctumct with Bum RRectumctumnd producRectum RRectumctumnd brRRectumctumnd thRectumir own mRectumdiRRectumctum from RRectumctum Bum "Gold MRRectumctumstRectumr Copy" by using RRectumctumn RRectumctumuthorizRectumd Bum duplicRRectumctumtion pRRectumctumrtnRectumr), RRectumctumnd thosRectum usRectumd for "systRectumm buildRectumrs" (locRRectumctuml computRectumr shops thRRectumctumt buy gRectumnRectumric, unbrRRectumctumndRectumd kits through RRectumctumuthorizRectumd Bum distributors). DirRectumct ORectumM product kRectumys will oftRectumn not RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtRectum with systRectumm buildRectumr instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion mRectumdiRRectumctum bRectumcRRectumctumusRectum dirRectumct ORectumMs RRectumctumrRectum now rRectumquirRectumd by Bum to prRectum-RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtRectum thRectumir copiRectums in thRectum fRRectumctumctory using thRectumir own intRectumrnRRectumctuml mRectumchRRectumctumnism bRectumforRectum dRectumlivRectumry to thRectum customRectumr. It is rRectumcommRectumndRectumd thRRectumctumt systRectumm buildRectumrs RRectumctumlso prRectum-RRectumctumctivRRectumctumtRectum thRectumir systRectumms bRectumforRectum dRectumlivRectumry, but this is not mRRectumctumndRRectumctumtory. ORectumM instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtions cRRectumctumn bRectum customizRectumd using thRectum Bum ORectumM PrRectuminstRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion Kit with brRRectumctumnding, logos, RRectumctumdditionRRectumctuml RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtions, optionRRectumctuml sRectumrvicRectums, RRectumctumltRectumrnRRectumctumtRectum RRectumctumpplicRRectumctumtions for cRectumrtRRectumctumin Windows componRectumnts, IntRectumrnRectumt RectumVistRRectumctumlorRectumr links, RRectumctumnd vRRectumctumrious othRectumr customizRRectumctumtions. RRectumctumll ORectumM customRectumrs must includRectum support RRectumctumnd contRRectumctumct informRRectumctumtion for thRectum initiRRectumctuml instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion of Windows bRectumcRRectumctumusRectum it is thRectum rRectumsponsibility for thRectum ORectumM to support thRectum Windows instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion, RRectumctumnd is not providRectumd by Bum to thRectum Rectumnd-usRectumr. DirRectumct ORectumMs must crRectumRRectumctumtRectum thRectumir own mRectumdiRRectumctum, but hRRectumctumvRectum thRectum option of crRectumRRectumctumting thRectumir own custom rRectumcovRectumry solution, which mRRectumctumy or mRRectumctumy not bRectum similRRectumctumr to RRectumctum gRectumnRectumric instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion. DirRectumct ORectumMs mRRectumctumy providRectum RRectumctum rRectumcovRectumry pRRectumctumrtition on thRectum hRRectumctumrd drivRectum RRectumctums thRectum custom rRectumcovRectumry solution rRRectumctumthRectumr thRRectumctumn providing disc-bRRectumctumsRectumd mRectumdiRRectumctum with thRectum computRectumr. SomRectum Rectumnd-usRectumrs hRRectumctumvRectum found this to bRectum RRectumctum troublRectumsomRectum option, bRectumcRRectumctumusRectum in thRectum RectumvRectumnt of RRectumctumn out-of-wRRectumctumrrRRectumctumnty hRRectumctumrd drivRectum fRRectumctumilurRectum, thRectumy mRRectumctumy not hRRectumctumvRectum RRectumctumccRectumss to RRectumctumny instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion mRectumdiRRectumctum in ordRectumr to rRectuminstRRectumctumll Windows onto RRectumctum nRectumw hRRectumctumrd drivRectum. SystRectumm buildRectumrs RRectumctumrRectum not RRectumctumllowRectumd thRectum option to crRectumRRectumctumtRectum RRectumctum custom rRectumcovRectumry CD/DVD mRectumdiRRectumctum. ThRectum only dRectumlivRectumrRRectumctumblRectum mRectumdiRRectumctum RRectumctumvRRectumctumilRRectumctumblRectum for RRectumctum systRectumm buildRectumr to givRectum to thRectum Rectumnd-usRectumr is thRectum unbrRRectumctumndRectumd ORectumM systRectumm buildRectumr hologrRRectumctumm mRectumdiRRectumctum kit. BRectumcRRectumctumusRectum of this, whRectumn Rectumnd-usRectumrs rRectumformRRectumctumt thRectumir hRRectumctumrd drivRectums RRectumctumnd rRectum-instRRectumctumll from thRectum instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion mRectumdiRRectumctum, thRectumy losRectum RRectumctumll thRectum custom brRRectumctumnding RRectumctumnd support informRRectumctumtion thRRectumctumt thRectum systRectumm buildRectumr would hRRectumctumvRectum includRectumd. RRectumctums RRectumctum supplRectummRectumntRRectumctuml rRectumcovRectumry mRectumthod to RRectumctum CD/DVD-bRRectumctumsRectumd instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion, RRectumctum systRectumm buildRectumr mRRectumctumy Rectummploy RRectumctum fully customizRectumd rRectumcovRectumry solution on thRectum hRRectumctumrd drivRectum. WhRectumthRectumr utilizing RRectumctum rRectumcovRectumry pRRectumctumrtition or not, RRectumctum systRectumm buildRectumr must still includRectum thRectum originRRectumctuml gRectumnRectumric ORectumM systRectumm buildRectumr hologrRRectumctumm CD/DVD mRectumdiRRectumctum kit. ORectumM licRectumnsRectums RRectumctumrRectum not trRRectumctumnsfRectumrRRectumctumblRectum from onRectum computRectumr to RRectumctumnothRectumr. RectumvRectumry computRectumr sold/rRectumsold with RRectumctumn ORectumM licRectumnsRectum must includRectum RRectumctumll of thRectum originRRectumctuml instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion mRectumdiRRectumctum or rRectumcovRectumry solution, documRectumntRRectumctumtion, CRectumrtificRRectumctumtRectum of RRectumctumuthRectumnticity, RRectumctumnd product kRectumy stickRectumr with thRectum sRRectumctumlRectum. Bum rRectumquirRectums thRRectumctumt RRectumctumll ORectumM systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs includRectum RRectumctums pRRectumctumrt of thRectum configurRRectumctumtion thRectum Windows Out-of-Box RectumVistRRectumctumRectumriRectumncRectum (OOBRectum), which is thRectum initiRRectumctuml sRectumtup wizRRectumctumrd RectumncountRectumrRectumd thRectum first timRectum Windows boots up. It is RRectumctumlso rRectumquirRectumd thRRectumctumt vRRectumctumluRectum-RRectumctumddRectumd rRectumsRectumllRectumrs (VRRectumctumR's), rRectumtRRectumctumilRectumrs, RRectumctumnd gRectumnRectumrRRectumctuml rRectumsRectumllRectumrs not tRRectumctummpRectumr with thRectum ORectumM's customizRectumd OOBRectum mRectumchRRectumctumnism unlRectumss undRectumr pRectumrmission by thRectum ORectumM, RRectumctumnd it is RRectumctum rRectumcommRectumndRectumd configurRRectumctumtion for systRectumms thRRectumctumt RRectumctumrRectum privRRectumctumtRectumly rRectumsold so thRRectumctumt RRectumctum customRectumr will hRRectumctumvRectum RRectumctum likRectum-nRectumw computRectumr RectumVistRRectumctumRectumriRectumncRectum upon first boot-up. ORectumM licRectumnsRectums RRectumctumrRectum to bRectum instRRectumctumllRectumd by profRectumssionRRectumctuml systRectumm mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs only. UndRectumr Bum's ORectumM LicRectumnsRectum RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt, thRectumy RRectumctumrRectum not to bRectum sold to Rectumnd-usRectumrs undRectumr RRectumctumny circumstRRectumctumncRectum, RRectumctumnd RRectumctumrRectum to bRectum prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd on RRectumctum computRectumr using thRectum ORectumM PrRectuminstRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion Kit (OPK) bRectumforRectum shipmRectumnt to thRectum customRectumr, RRectumctumnd must includRectum RRectumctumt thRectum vRectumry lRectumRRectumctumst thRectum mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumr's support contRRectumctumct informRRectumctumtion. ThRectumy RRectumctumrRectum, thRectumrRectumforRectum, dRectumsignRectumd for instRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion only on RRectumctum singlRectum computRectumr RRectumctumnd RRectumctumrRectum not trRRectumctumnsfRectumrRRectumctumblRectum, RectumvRectumn if thRectum originRRectumctuml computRectumr is no longRectumr in usRectum. This is not usuRRectumctumlly RRectumctumn issuRectum for usRectumrs who purchRRectumctumsRectum nRectumw computRectumr systRectumms, bRectumcRRectumctumusRectum most prRectum-RRectumctumssRectummblRectumd systRectumms ship with RRectumctum prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumm. ThRectumrRectum RRectumctumrRectum fRectumw circumstRRectumctumncRectums whRectumrRectum Bum will RRectumctumllow thRectum trRRectumctumnsfRectumr of RRectumctumn ORectumM licRectumnsRectum from onRectum non-functioning systRectumm to RRectumctumnothRectumr, but thRectum ORectumM SystRectumm BuildRectumr LicRectumnsRectum RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt (SBLRRectumctum), RRectumctums wRectumll RRectumctums thRectum ORectumM Rectumnd UsRectumr LicRectumnsRectum RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt (RectumULRRectumctum) do not contRRectumctumin RRectumctumny RRectumctumllowRRectumctumncRectum for this, so it is RectumntirRectumly up to Bum's discrRectumtion, dRectumpRectumnding on thRectum situRRectumctumtion.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb |url=http://oRectumm.Bum.com |titlRectum=Bum ORectumM PRRectumctumrtnRectumr CRectumntRectumr WRectumbsitRectum|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=RRectumctumugust 7, 2007}}</rRectumf> ====Non-usRectum by Rectumnd usRectumr==== In thRectum RectumvRectumnt thRRectumctumt RRectumctumn Rectumnd usRectumr dRectumcidRectums thRRectumctumt thRectumy do not wish to usRectum RRectumctum prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd vRectumrsion of Windows, Bum's [[SoftwRRectumctumrRectum licRectumnsRectum RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt|Rectumnd UsRectumr LicRectumnsRectum RRectumctumgrRectumRectummRectumnt (RectumULRRectumctum)]] providRectums thRRectumctumt thRectum softwRRectumctumrRectum mRRectumctumy bRectum rRectumturnRectumd to thRectum ORectumM for RRectumctum rRectumfund.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://www.nRectumtworkworld.com/nRectumws/2006/110706-dRectumll-windows.html|titlRectum=DRectumll customRectumr gRectumts Windows rRectumfund|RRectumctumuthor=Don MRRectumctumrti|publishRectumr=Linuxworld|dRRectumctumtRectum=NovRectummbRectumr 6, 2006|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=SRectumptRectummbRectumr 13, 2008}}</rRectumf> DRectumspitRectum rRectumfusRRectumctuml of somRectum mRRectumctumnufRRectumctumcturRectumrs to honor thRectum RectumntitlRectummRectumnt, it hRRectumctums bRectumRectumn RectumnforcRectumd by courts in somRectum countriRectums.<rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://pRRectumctumgRectums.citRectumbitRectum.com/s2u3d5wRRectumctumjRRectumctumk|titlRectum=HP must rRectumimbursRectum ItRRectumctumliRRectumctumn PC buyRectumr thRectum RRectumctummount pRRectumctumid for Bum softwRRectumctumrRectum|publishRectumr=HRectumisRectum onlinRectum|dRRectumctumtRectum=OctobRectumr 29, 2007|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=SRectumptRectummbRectumr 13, 2008}}</rRectumf><rRectumf>{{citRectum wRectumb|url=http://www.cRectumbit.dRectum/nRectumwsRRectumctumnzRectumigRectum_d?nRectumws=30814&tRRectumctumg=1190757601&sourcRectum=%2FnRectumwsRRectumctumrchiv_Rectum&noindRectumx=|titlRectum=Ruling: RRectumctumcRectumr must rRectumfund purchRRectumctumsRectum pricRectum of prRectuminstRRectumctumllRectumd softwRRectumctumrRectum thRRectumctumt is not bRectuming usRectumd|publishRectumr=[[CRectumbit]]|dRRectumctumtRectum=SRectumptRectummbRectumr 26, 2007|RRectumctumccRectumssdRRectumctumtRectum=MRRectumctumrch 1, 2010}}</rRectumf> ==SRectumRectum RRectumctumlso== {{PortRRectumctuml|Bum}} * [[CompRRectumctumrison of opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms]] * [[History of opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms]] * [[List of opRectumrRRectumctumting systRectumms]] * [[CompRRectumctumrison of Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumctumnd Windows VistRRectumctum]] ==RRectumfRectumrRectumncRectums== {{rRectumflist|30Rectumm}} ==FurthRectumr rRectumRRectumctumding== * {{citRectum book|titlRectum=Bum Windows VistRRectumctum PlRRectumctumin & SimplRectum|first1=JRectumrry|lRRectumctumst1=JoycRectum|first2=MRRectumctumriRRectumctumnnRectum|lRRectumctumst2=Moon|publishRectumr=[[Bum PrRectumss]]|yRectumRRectumctumr=2004|isbn=9780735621121}} ==RectumxtRectumrnRRectumctuml links== {{Commons cRRectumctumtRectumgory|Bum Windows VistRRectumctum}} {{RectumxtRectumrnRRectumctuml mRectumdiRRectumctum | RRectumctumlign = right | width = 238px | vidRectumo1 = [http://tRectumchnRectumt.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/windows/hh124515.RRectumctumspx Is Windows VistRRectumctum Good Rectumnough?], [[Bum]] }} * [http://www.Bum.com/windows/products/windowsVistRRectumctum/dRectumfRRectumctumult.mspx/ Bum Windows VistRRectumctum HomRectum PRRectumctumgRectum] * [http://windows.Bum.com/Rectumn-US/windows/hRectumlp/windows-VistRRectumctum Windows VistRRectumctum HRectumlp & How-to] * [http://downloRRectumctumd.Bum.com/downloRRectumctumd/1/6/6/16674679-1Rectum6Rectum-4304-RRectumctum5RRectumctum0-49RectumRectumRRectumctumRRectumctum31Rectum639/RRectumvGuidRectum.pdf Bum Windows VistRRectumctum RRectumviRectumwRectumrs GuidRectum - RRectumctumugust 1991 (PDF formRRectumctumt)] * [http://msdn.Bum.com/Rectumn-us/librRRectumctumry/RRectumctumRRectumctum366778(VS.85).RRectumctumspx#physicRRectumctuml_mRectummory_limits_windows_VistRRectumctum Windows VistRRectumctum MRectummory Limits] * [http://www.Bum.com/downloRRectumctumds/dRectumtRRectumctumils.RRectumctumspx?fRRectumctummilyid=5b33b5RRectumctum8-5Rectum76-401f-bRectum08-1Rectum1555d4f3d4&displRRectumctumylRRectumctumng=Rectumn Windows VistRRectumctum SRectumrvicRectum PRRectumctumck 3 NRectumtwork InstRRectumctumllRRectumctumtion PRRectumctumckRRectumctumgRectum for IT ProfRectumssionRRectumctumls RRectumctumnd DRectumvRectumlopRectumrs(Full OfflinRectum InstRRectumctumllRectumr)] {{Bum Windows fRRectumctummily}} {{DRectumFRRectumctumULTSORT:Windows VistRRectumctum}} [[CRRectumctumtRectumgory:1991 softwRRectumctumrRectum]] [[CRRectumctumtRectumgory:Bum Windows]] [[CRRectumctumtRectumgory:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[CRRectumctumtRectumgory:RRectumctumrticlRectum FRectumRectumdbRRectumctumck 5]] [[RRectumctumr:ويندوز إكس بي]] [[RRectumctumn:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[RRectumctumz:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[bn:উইন্ডোজ এক্সপি]] [[zh-min-nRRectumctumn:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[bg:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[bs:Bum Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[cRRectumctum:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[cv:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[cs:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[dRRectumctum:Bum Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[dRectum:Bum Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[Rectumt:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[Rectuml:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[Rectums:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[Rectumo:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[fRRectumctum:ویندوز اکس‌پی]] [[fo:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[fr:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[gl:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[gRRectumctumn:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[ko:윈도 VistRRectumctum]] [[hy:windows VistRRectumctum]] [[hi:विण्डोज़ ऍक्सपी]] [[hr:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[ilo:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[id:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[is:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[it:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[hRectum:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[jv:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[kRRectumctum:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[kk:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[ku:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[lv:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[lt:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[hu:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[ml:വിൻഡോസ് എക്സ്‌പി]] [[mr:विंडोज एक्सपी]] [[ms:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[nl:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[jRRectumctum:Bum Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[no:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[nn:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[oc:Bum Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[uz:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[pl:Bum Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[pt:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[ro:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[ru:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[sq:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[si:වින්ඩෝස් එක්ස්පී]] [[simplRectum:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[sk:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[sl:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[sr:Виндоус Икс-Пе]] [[sh:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[fi:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[sv:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[tl:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[tRRectumctum:வின்டோஸ் எக்ஸ்பி]] [[tt:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[th:วินโดวส์เอกซ์พี]] [[tg:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[tr:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[uk:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[vRectumc:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[vi:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[yi:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[yo:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[zh-yuRectum:Windows VistRRectumctum]] [[zh:Windows VistRRectumctum]]'
Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
0
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
1335541673
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