windows xp

The two most common types of windows are either the clear panes of glass you can look  through in a building or vehicle, or the series of popular operating systems published by Microsoft.

Expanding on the latter, Windows was developed as a graphical user interface for their previously popular MS-DOS operating system.  DOS required users to have a good deal of technical savvy and memorization of text-based commands, whose parameters could become very complicated to do relatively simple things, like moving files or sorting them by different criteria.

The Windows solution for that was to simply give the user menus they could easily navigate and basic commands to click on that generated the same complicated input in the background, but with an interface easy enough that anyone could work with it.

Windows 3.1 was the first notable step in the series, and Windows 95 expanded significantly on that formula, opening the doors to faster 32-bit computing that would be developed further in later iterations of the OS, including Windows 98, ME, XP, Mobile, Vista, and network-focused versions like Windows Server and Windows NT.

Windows' main competition comes from Apple's Mac OS and the various open-source Linux operating systems.  Despite user complaints about bugs and shoddy performance in virtually every version of Windows, it remains the most popular OS in the world.

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• Would Windows XP run on a machine with these specs?

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 170
  On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:34:04 -0300, "Palula Brasil" wrote: >Hi everybody! > >I have a machine at work running Windows 98, and would like to know if it´s >architecture could withstand Windows XP (because I would only have to buy >the OS). Here is some information that could be retrieved with CPUID ...
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• Prefectceh?? Was it microsoft who phoned me?

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 170
  Hi, I just had a call from someone claiming to be microsoft getting me to type alot of stuff into my computer. They told me that there is a problem with xp and if i didnt fix it my computer would crash and i would loose everything. Once it crashes there is no way for them to fix it. They told me to go to run and type ...
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• Dell Inspiron mini 10 – Black, Intel Atom Processor Z530 1.6GHz , 1 GB DDR2 , 160GB Sata Hard Drive, 10.1 inch WideScreen Anti Glare Laptop Screen , Integrated Webcam, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500, Wireless 802.11g Mini Card, Genuine Windows XP Ho

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 174
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• Properties

  
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  "Smirnoff" wrote in message news:el3pKjugKHA.5792@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "JayB56" wrote in message > news:9FC120B4-9751-4AFB-8070-D34E64FDDFA2@microsoft.com... >> In the properties menu (when you right click the desktop) under the >> appearance tab, there is an option for how you want ...
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• EKing S515 Windows XP MID gets pictured

  
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• How to disable to load msn after window startup?

  
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• The Pain of Installing Ubuntu Linux on my Desktop Computer

  
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• Elago Mobile Nano II Card Reader Black

  
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• Fast Dell GX620 SFF Desktop Computer Tower Pentium 4 HT 3.0Ghz 2gb 160gb DVD/CDRW Keyboard/Mouse/Dell Recovery CD included

  
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• Buying a New PC with Win 7 Home Version. How about Pro?

  
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• How can I connect a Windows Vista machine to a Windows XP machine?

  
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• How come my computer with Windows XP shuts itself down?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
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• XP style Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7

  
  meraTechPort — Authority: 461
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• AVG Free Anti-Virus (8.5.430) Official Grisoft Fixes & Improvements List From AVG Free Forum

  
  Computer Savvy's Weblog — Authority: 132
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• AVG Free Anti-Virus (8.5.430) Available Via Automatic/Manual Update

  
  Computer Savvy's Weblog — Authority: 132
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• Troubles Of Movie Maker In Windows 7 !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 141
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• Device Doctor 1.0.0.1: Are your drivers to the latest?

  
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• Best Buy ASUS EeePC Giveaway!

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 764
  The good folks at Best Buy hit us up and since it’s the holiday season and all, BGR is giving away an ASUS Eee PC netbook. That’s right, all you have to do to win is enter below, we’ll randomly select a winner, and the BGR team will ship it right out to you. You can even choose what color you’d like. Here are ...
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• Windows encountered a problem and needs to close when opening pict

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 170
  I have Windows XP Home and Im having problems opening folders that contain pictures (jpegs, etc.). It takes a long time to "seach" when I click on a folder and once it does open the picture file icons slowly refresh to the Photoshop icon and then I get the "Windows has encountered an error and needs to close" message. ...
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