Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition were introduced with the release of Windows Server 2003 SP1, all sharing a common codebase. It is this common codebase that allows SP2 to provide updates to all versions of Windows Server 2003 and the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. In August 2004, Windows XP Service Pack 2 was released for the x86 editions of Windows XP.

Yes, both Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional have the built-in Internet Connection Firewall. The steps to turn on the firewall are identical. You might not be logged on as an administrator. You must be logged on as an administrator to turn on Internet Connection Firewall. When you first set up your Windows XP computer, the procedure guides you through the process of establishing an administrator account and password.

Windows XP Home is designed as an upgrade for Windows 9x/Me and therefore ships with the same type of consumer features found in Windows Me. The biggest difference is processor support: Windows XP Home will support only one processor, while Professional supports two. I have a full and detailed list available regarding the differences between the two editions available, however: Use this showcase to determine which version is for you.

Microsoft recommends Windows XP Professional for the education environment. Windows XP Home Edition is a limited subset of Windows XP Professional and does not take advantage of the extended capabilities around desktop management, mobility and multi-processor support. Windows XP Professional includes ALL of the benefits of Home Edition plus: Greater security, including the ability to encrypt your files and folders, to protect your sensitive data.

Windows XP x64 edition can use GPT disks for data only. Only Windows for Itanium-based systems can boot from GPT partitions.

Please make sure you have updated to the latest patch, using the game update button when inserting the CD. If you can't start the game, please install this Redistributable package. When the game physics is acting strange, please right click in the taskmanager (to open it press: ctrl alt del, when the game is active) on the game's process and set the affinity to 1 cpu, this is not a problem in the full vesion using the latest patch.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, available preinstalled on Media Center PCs, allows you to pause and rewind live TV or radio, digitally record an entire TV series or program category, watch DVDs and videos, organize and play your music collection, and showcase digital photos. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 makes it easier to access digital entertainment wherever you are. Here are some of the top features:

Yes! You can upgrade to Windows XP Professional from Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows XP Home Edition.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is the first PC operating system to support playback, pause, and recording of free, over-the-air high-definition television (HDTV) right out of the box. Just connect the Media Center PC that has HDTV support to an antenna that can receive a high-definition TV signal, and get up to six times the image quality of standard TV. Media Center PCs with HDTV support are available through various manufacturers and retailers.

Despite the displayed name, the IPv6 protocol for Windows XP with SP1 is a production-capable and supported protocol in the same way as the IPv6 protocol for Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft developers were unable to change the name of the protocol in Windows XP SP1 due to the impact of the change for localized versions of Windows XP. In Windows XP with SP2, the name of the IPv6 protocol has been changed to "Microsoft TCP/IP version 6."

Yes. .NET 2.0 applications are isolated from the platform and thus will run on either x32 o x64 versions of Windows

Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 with SP1 run well on 64-bit capable CPUs today. Customers today will see performance benefits running 32-bit Windows Small Business Server 2003 on 64-bit chips. To build a 64-bit version of Small Business Server, we need all the Small Business Server components, such as Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server, to be 64-bit.

The windows hotfix KB892489 corrects a memory leak that can occur in Windows XP SP2. The symptoms caused by this issue are explained further at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892489/en-us When viewing Help, About within OfficeScan Main, pattern file number is missing, and version may report as 6.0 instead of 7.3. All symptoms disappear after rebooting. If you notice these symptoms, install the Hotfix KB892489 and reboot.

No, Microsoft desktop operating systems (including Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional) do not have a built-in Terminal Services CAL. For Windows 2000 Terminal Servers, the license server issues machines running Windows 2000/Windows XP Professional a "free" Terminal Services CAL from its built-in pool (and its use is permitted under the Windows 2000 Server EULA).

MBSA does not flag local user accounts with blank passwords for computers running Windows XP using simple file sharing (includes computers running Windows XP Home Edition and computers running Windows XP Professional that are not joined to a domain and that have simple file sharing enabled). By default, these computers do not allow accounts with blank passwords to log on to the computer remotely over the network or for any other logon activity except at the main console logon screen.

Localized versions are now available for Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Windows CE .NET professional edition is an operating system available to developers and device manufacturers to create customized embedded devices. Windows Mobile 2003 builds on Windows CE .NET 4.2 by adding new functionality, user interface, and applications such as Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer and Pocket Outlook. MobileMapper CE is embedded with Windows CE .

GB (10%) for each TIF (default) Pure installation is around 2GB. The cycle of usage will need 8 GB in total, but in my personal knowledge, 3GB would be sufficient. The Recycle Bin, TIF sizes are too over stressed.

Yes, Windows XP will have a "newer" look to it but will still have the basics of Windows we have grown accustomed to. The one that is debuted at the EMP is the "Luna" theme.

This problem is solved in recent Cygwin/X releases. Use cygwin setup to upgrade the xorg-x11-xwin package. The older X11 releases on the various commercial unices define the AltGr key as ModeSwitch, MetaR, AltR or similar. Cygwin/X expects it to be ISO_Level3_Switch. For reasons unknown to us this is reset when loggin into the remote host. As far as we don't have access to such a machine we are unable to track this down and find a reason.

Staff can obtain the ISO or ZIP image of Windows XP Professional from the network distribution site. Upon download, staff will receive a welcome email that contains the product key for installation.

No, Windows XP SP1 is already included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Note that doing any of the below will erase all data in your hard disk! You can boot from a Windows 9x boot disk, reformat the XP partition and install a previous version of Windows. If XP is installed using NTFS file system, you'll first have to use FDISK to delete the partition, type FDISK at the prompt. Once you are at the menu, select "Delete Non-dos Partition.

Use the Unlocker utility. This file will unlock all file handles on the file/folder and even offer to delete it for you before the program locks it again!

Microsoft is aiming to combine the features of Windows Me for the consumer, and reliability of Windows 2000 for businesses and power users into one new operating system. This operating system in its' different flavors will have new features for gaming, multimedia applications, audio, etc. in addition to features for networking, development, etc. for businesses and power users.

Windows XP comes in Professional and Home versions. Servers will also come out, but they are still in beta testing.