As such, Windows XP was the first consumer edition of Windows not to be based on MS-DOS. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also originally planned for the business market however, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed 'Whistler', which would serve as a single OS platform for both consumer and business markets. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and broadly released for retail sale on October 25, 2001.ĭevelopment of Windows XP began in the late 1990s as 'Neptune', an operating system (OS) built on the Windows NT kernel which was intended specifically for mainstream consumer use. Windows XP is a personal computeroperating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.

Exceptions exist see § Support lifecycle for details.

Extended support ended on April 8, 2014.

Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009.

Other versions that are available on the net, are illegal, and will not be discussed here. NO linux, vista or 7 related operating systems will do.ĪnonygooseD hi. please give me steps on how to make images (out of installation files) so they can be booted live from usb or cd (no explanation needed just steps, and in a dummie kind of way.). if you think there's another edition that is better for this purpose tell me about it too (should be as small as possible, keep in mind what i said earlier). SO: -if you know any builds/editions/versions of xp embedded that are very small in size with minimum features and NOT like the normal >1GB version, tell me about them. i thought that windows ce won't do the job because it doesn't have high compatibility, also, there must be a file explorer and 'plug and play' feature so my usb keyboard and mouse work WHY: i wanted a VERY small windows almost without any services/programs/features to boot it from a usb stick, because i don't need these stuff and i want the system to use minimum memory because i will then run programs from windows 9x/2k/xp on this windows so much of the memory will be dedicated to them to run rapidly and efficiently. I read that it's possible to boot windows xp and use it from a usb stick/drive or a cd-r by using installation files and BartPE, so is it possible to do the same for xp embedded? NOTICE: if you think this post belongs somewhere else just move it and don't delete/close it please. How-To Geek Forums / Windows XP Booting Windows XP embedded from a USB stick/drive or CD and using it live? (2 posts)

Windows 2000 Professional supprot ended March 31, 2004. Customers must have a license for Windows 10 Enterprise to exercise any of these upgrade paths. This topic describes the supported installation paths for upgrading Windows Embedded devices. Upgrade Windows Embedded devices to Windows 10.

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