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Is Windows Xp a Genuine Step Forward or Just a Pretty Face?

Windows XP comes in two versions: Home If you switch off all the annoying
and Professional. Both versions use the special effects - XP chugs along at a
same system code, and Professional adds reasonable speed. For everyday tasks it
features such as better power management isn't faster than either 2000 or
for mobile users and file encryption, for Millennium, but demanding tasks such as
protecting confidential data. audio or video rendering are quicker.
After installation, you have to use the To address any problems, Microsoft has
controversial Product Activation system. included three new features, two of which
This requires you to register online or will be familiar to Windows Millennium
by phone to unlock Windows. Activation is users: System Restore, System File
a breeze but rather annoying. Protection and Device Driver Rollback.
XP boots more quickly than previous System Restore enables you to take a
versions of Windows, but takes longer to snapshot of your hard disk - if things go
shut down. It's much easier on the eye wrong, you can simply restore your system
than previous versions of Windows. XP can from the snapshot.
be skinned. ClearType technology uses File Protection prevents the accidental
anti-aliasing to smooth the appearance of deletion of important system files, and
fonts if you're using a LCD monitor, and Device Driver Rollback is designed to
you can customize almost anything. It's a help you deal with device driver problems
big improvement over previous versions. by giving you the option to return to an
The overall look is much friendlier than older driver if an updated one causes
before. problems. However, XP also includes a
Many of the enhancements are designed to feature called Driver Blocking that may
make Windows easier to use. When you prevent you from using older software
click on a file in My Computer, a panel such as firewalls or anti-virus software
in the left of the window gives you that isn't designed for XP.
options such as printing the file, Because both XP Home and Professional use
copying it to CD and so on. The CD the same system code, the same hardware
copying uses technology from Roxio and drivers will work on both systems. The
enables you to use CD-R and CD-RW discs included Internet Explorer 6.0 is
as if they were giant floppy disks. The prettier than on non-XP systems and can
system also supports DVD-RAM drives. be upgraded to Version 7 when installing
Windows XP also includes a new version of updates. An integrated Media Bar enables
Media Player, which will play DVD movies you to use Windows Media Player without
if you buy the additional Decoder Pack, leaving the browser windows.
and the useless Windows Movie Maker XP includes a firewall that can protect
returns with a slightly better interface. your computer from online threats and two
Performance and Stability new features - Remote Assistance and
Every time Microsoft updates Windows it Remote Desktop - make it easier for tech
promises better performance, but with support to access your machine over a
Windows XP they are actually telling the network. Multiple computers can share an
truth. The system is based on the Internet connection.
rock-solid code of Windows 2000 rather Other changes are more subtle, and beyond
than the unreliable Windows 9x, crashes the scope of this article. Windows XP is
are rare - and if one program does pack the best Windows yet and out performs its
up, it won't take your entire system down successor, Windows Vista.
with it.




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