* Windows 2000 or later, CE, Mobile

Then Windows 2000 Server edition, and revised to extend functionality and improve administration in Windows Server 2003.

Operating systems that supported Alpha included OpenVMS ( previously known as OpenVMS AXP ), Tru64 UNIX ( previously known as DEC OSF / 1 AXP and Digital UNIX ), Windows NT ( until 4. 0 SP6 and Windows 2000 RC1 ), GNU / Linux ( Debian GNU / Linux, Gentoo Linux and Red Hat Linux ), BSD UNIX ( NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD up to 6. x ), as well as the L4Ka :: Pistachio kernel.

A Microsoft Windows ( 2000 or newer ) port was made available starting with the 2. 2. 0 series.

In hindsight, Cairo was a much more difficult project than Microsoft had anticipated and, as a result, NT and Chicago would not be unified until Windows XP — albeit Windows 2000, oriented to business, had already unified most of the system ’ s bolts and gears, it was XP that was sold to home consumers like Windows 95 and came to be viewed as the final unified OS.

This problem plagued the NT line all the way through Windows 2000.

Microsoft released Windows 2000 in February 2000.

Windows 2000 is also the last NT-kernel Windows operating system to lack product activation.

While Windows 2000 upgrades were available for Windows 95 and Windows 98, it was not intended for home users.

Windows 2000 was available in six editions:

* Windows 2000 Professional

* Windows 2000 Server

* Windows 2000 Advanced Server

* Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

* Windows 2000 Advanced Server Limited Edition

* Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Limited Edition

In September 2000, Microsoft introduced Windows Me ( Millennium Edition ), which upgraded Windows 98 with enhanced multimedia and Internet features from Windows 2000.

* Automatic Updates, also known as Windows Update.

This disclaimer also appears before the opening of their Sega Genesis and Super NES game as well as their Windows game Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

GCL runs on Linux under eleven different architectures, and also under Windows, Solaris, and FreeBSD.

Windows paths can also be used directly from Cygwin programs, but many programs do not support them correctly, hence this is discouraged.

Toolsets like Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX ( SFU ), UWIN, MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers and Hamilton C shell also aim to provide a Unix-like user and development environment.

For instance, Microsoft Word files are normally created and modified by the Microsoft Word program in response to user commands, but the user can also move, rename, or delete these files directly by using a file manager program such as Windows Explorer ( on Windows computers ) or by command lines ( CLI ).

Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system also includes content-control software.

In Microsoft Office 2007 and later versions, Internet Explorer 7 and later versions and Windows Live Messenger, ClearType is also turned on by default, even if it is not enabled throughout the operating system.

ClearType is also an integrated component of the Windows Presentation Foundation text-rendering engine.

Those games can be played on all major browsers and they can also be ported to Widgets for Mac OS X and Gadgets for Windows Vista, which are based on DHTML code.

The perennial debates between users of competing operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, or the GNU / Linux operating system, users of Intel and AMD processors, and users of the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game systems, often escalate into seemingly unending " flamewars ", called also software wars.

Version 0. 7. 5 also shipped with a new version of the Windows installer.

Sega also made video games based on Garfield for the Genesis ( Garfield Caught in the Act ) and Windows 3. 1 computers, as well as other companies made games, such as A Tale of Two Kitties for the DS, published by Game Factory, Garfield's Nightmare for DS, Garfield's Funfest for DS, and Garfield Labyrinth for Game Boy.

Microsoft is also working to bring Windows NT onto ARM in the next release of Windows.

In addition to improved capabilities given to native applications, Windows also allowed users to better multitask older MS-DOS based software compared to Windows / 386, thanks to the introduction of virtual memory.

Version 2. 0 could also run DOS and Windows 3. 0 programs, since IBM had retained the right to use the DOS and Windows code as a result of the breakup.

Later Microsoft also released Windows 3. 11, a touch-up to Windows 3. 1 which included all of the patches and updates that followed the release of Windows 3. 1 in 1992.

A number of features from Windows 98 were incorporated also, such as an improved Device Manager, Windows Media Player, and a revised DirectX that made it possible for the first time for many modern games to work on the NT kernel.

Microsoft first introduced AGP support into Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 ( OSR2 version 1111 or 950B ) via the USB SUPPLEMENT to OSR2 patch.

The first Windows NT-based operating system to receive AGP support was Windows NT 4. 0 with service pack 3, introduced in 1997.

The eventual joint company effort, named Borland Office for Windows ( a combination of the WordPerfect word processor, Quattro Pro spreadsheet and Paradox database ) was introduced at the 1993 Comdex computer show.

ClearType was later introduced as an operating system feature in Windows XP, where it was kept turned off by default.

The Win32 API first introduced with Windows NT was adopted as the standard 32-bit programming interface, with Win16 compatibility being preserved through a technique known as " thunking ".

It included new hardware drivers and the FAT32 file system which supports disk partitions that are larger than 2 GB ( first introduced in Windows 95 OSR2 ).

The first version of Windows Movie Maker was introduced also.

Windows Server 2008 builds on the technological and security advances first introduced with Windows Vista, and is significantly more modular than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003.

In 2011, Microsoft introduced Windows Thin PC or WinTPC, which is a feature-and size-reduced locked-down version of Windows 7 expressly designed to turn older PCs into thin clients.

Netware dominated the personal computer LAN business from early after its introduction in 1983 until the mid 1990s when Microsoft introduced Windows NT Advanced Server and Windows for Workgroups.

* XPS, XML Paper Specification introduced in Windows Vista

Easel introduced Enfin at this time on Windows and OS / 2.

The Windows version CDs introduced an on-disc PDF manual which replaced the jewel case and its inserts.

PathPing is a utility introduced with Windows NT that combines ping and traceroute functionality.

Windows 2000 introduced many of the new features of Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE into the NT line, such as the Windows Desktop Update, Internet Explorer 5 ( Internet Explorer 6, which came in 2001, is also available for Windows 2000 ), Outlook Express, NetMeeting, FAT32 support, Windows Driver Model, Internet Connection Sharing, Windows Media Player, WebDAV support etc.