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  1. Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users.

  2. Windows XP desktop. On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler"). The merging of the Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/Me lines was finally achieved with Windows XP. Windows XP uses the Windows NT 5.1 kernel, marking the entrance of the Windows NT core to the consumer market, to replace the aging Windows 9x branch.

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  4. Oct 28, 2023 · 22 years ago, Windows XP was released: the history of the most popular operating system of the 2000s. An operating system so old that it could buy beer in the United States. Chema Carvajal Sarabia. October 28, 2023. Updated: March 7, 2024 2:06 PM.

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  5. Windows XP (codenamed Whistler) is a personal computer operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001.

  6. Feb 5, 2024 · On February 5, 2001, Microsoft officially announced that the next Windows OS after Windows Me would be Windows XP. It would finally bring the more advanced Windows NT kernel to the consumer...

  7. Oct 25, 2023 · Windows XP turns 22 years old today. The operating system became one of the most popular ever, getting support all the way until 2014.

  8. Oct 25, 2023 · Microsoft releases the operating system Windows XP, the successor to both Windows 2000 and Windows ME. Designed to unify the Windows NT line and Windows 95 line of operating systems, Windows XP was not replaced by Microsoft until January 2007 with Windows Vista.

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