ALSO CALLED: XP DEFINITION: Windows XP is the latest version of the Windows desktopoperating system for the PC. Microsoft and trade publication writers view Windows XP as the most important version of Windows since Windows 95. Windows XP is built on the Windows 2000kernel Definition continues below.
PODCAST: Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Premiered: 20 Feb 2008, 09:00 EST (14:00 GMT)
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Listen to this 20-minute podcast, where best-selling author Mark Minasi takes a look back at the old days of desktop migration, then breaks down how the deployment process has changed with Windows Vista.
WINDOWS XP DEFINITION (continued): but brings a new, more personalized look to the desktop that will also make it easier for users to scan or import images and to acquire music files on the Web and transfer them to portable devices. The new Windows allows different family members to use their own desktop and personal sets of files. In addition to the "My Computer" and "My Documents" views provided in Windows 2000, Windows XP users see "My Music" and "My Pictures." The Start Menu has been redesigned to make the most-used programs Windows XP definition sponsored by SearchWinIT.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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