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List Of Features Removed In Windows XP
As the next version of Windows NT after Windows 2000, as well as the successor to Windows Me, Windows XP introduced many new features but it also removed some others. The removed features are listed as follows (both original and releases from Service Pack 2 onwards). Shell * The dialog box that warns the users when removing external flash storage devices without safe unmounting has been removed. * The ''Line Up Icons'' command on the desktop was removed and replaced by the ''Align to Grid'' option. Due to this being a toggle, simply aligning desktop icons once without further constraining their placement requires an extra click. * The ''Minimize all windows'' command on the taskbar was removed. The purported replacement, ''Show the desktop'', co-existed with this feature on Windows 2000 and in any case only hides windows temporarily instead of actually minimizing them. It is still accessible through the keyboard shortcut but it is not available through the mouse. * The ''Show i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windows NT
Windows NT is a Proprietary software, proprietary Graphical user interface, graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, the first version of which, Windows NT 3.1, was released on July 27, 1993. Originally made for the workstation, office, and Server (computing), server markets, the Windows NT line was made available to consumers with the release of Windows XP in 2001. The underlying technology of Windows NT continues to exist to this day with incremental changes and improvements, with the latest version of Windows based on Windows NT being Windows Server 2025 announced in 2024. The name "Windows NT" originally denoted the major technological advancements that it had introduced to the Windows product line, including eliminating the 16-bit computing, 16-bit memory access limitations of earlier Windows releases such as Windows 3.1 and the Windows 9x series. Each Windows release built on this technology is considered to be based on, if not a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
