All editions exceptWindows XP Embedded,Windows XP 64-bit,Windows Embedded of Point of Service,Windows Embedded Standard 2009 andWindows Embedded POSReady 2009:
Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009. Extended support ended on April 8, 2014.
Windows XP 64-bit:Unsupported since June 30, 2005.
Windows XP Embedded:Mainstream support ended on January 11, 2011; Extended support ended on January 12, 2016.
Windows Embedded of Point of Service:Mainstream support ended on April 12, 2011; Extended support ended on April 12, 2016.
Windows Embedded Standard 2009:Mainstream support ended on January 14, 2014, Extended support ended on January 8, 2019.
Windows Embedded POSReady 2009:
Mainstream support ended on April 8, 2014; Extended support ended on April 9, 2019.
Windows XP (stylized asWindowsxp) is a version of theMicrosoft Windowsoperating system forpersonal computers. The letters "XP" stand for "eXPerience". Microsoft released Windows XP on October 25, 2001. Windows XP replacedWindows 2000 andWindows ME, which helped bring theNT and9x versions of Windows together. It was replaced byWindows Vista in 2006.[4] Windows XP was the second most used computeroperating system in theworld as late as April 2012.[5] Following the release of Windows XP, many computer makers including (but not limited to)Dell,Hewlett Packard,Acer,IBM,Compaq, andToshiba changed their computers (mostly laptops) to Windows XP from Windows 2000. A person can tell a laptop from that time was initially sold with Windows 2000 if the Windows (WIN) key on the keyboard has the previousWindows logo.
Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP on April 8, 2014 (except some security updates e.g. in 2019, to addressransomware threats, and to address majormalware threats, such as BlueKeep) and Microsoft and authorities warn users against using Windows XP. However, Windows XP remained a popular operating system around the world for a long time. On July 31, 2019, Microsoft Internet Games Services on Windows XP andWindows ME stopped working, and on January 22, 2020 Microsoft Internet Games Services stopped working onWindows 7, forWindows 8 andWindows 8.1 – on April 5, 2021. By August 2019, Microsoft (and others) had ended support for games on Windows XP. As of June 2021, 0.6% of Windows PCs run Windows XP. Windows XP became the most popular operating system from 2001 to 2007, the operating system, individually and pre-installed, selling over 500 million copies.
Windows XP's RTM-SP3 build number is: 2600 or Build 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435 aka Service Pack 3.
Home Edition is an edition that was made for home users.
Professional was made for business users, as well as power users. It had advanced management features like backup recovery, Group Policy and could support twoCentral processing units.
Media Center Edition was for people who liked to use their computer as a television box. It has in basics the same features as Windows XP Professional but included Windows Media Center, a program which could manage TV shows and play music, and even Netflix.
Tablet PC Edition was for users with pen-based laptops and earlytablet PCs.
64-bit Edition was for computers that ran on Intel's 64-bitItanium platform. This should not be confused withWindows XP x64 Edition, as x64 and Itanium are completely different architectures. Unlike Windows XP x64 Edition, 64-bit Edition has fewer features than Windows XP Professional. Some of these features includedNTVDM andWindows on Windows, which means that 16-bitMS-DOS applications will not be able to run. It also was missingWindows Media Player features, but Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003, released in March 2003, added back these media features. Unlike other editions of Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit edition was discontinued and unsupported on June 30, 2005.
Professional x64 Edition was for users with64-bit x86-based computers. It has the same features as Windows XP Professional except forNTVDM, and introduced Windows on Windows 64, which lets 32-bit applications run on a 64-bit operating system and processor.
Starter Edition was sold mostly in developing countries. The price was low because Microsoft wanted to fight the highsoftware piracy rate in those countries. It could only be bought with a new computer.
