Windows XP editions Wikipedia. Windows XP has been released in several editions since its original release in 2. Windows XP is available in many languages. 1 In addition, add ons translating the user interface are also available for certain languages. 2Home and ProfessionaleditThe first two editions released by Microsoft are Windows XP Home Edition, designed for home users, and Windows XP Professional, designed for business and power users. Windows XP Professional offers a number of features unavailable in the Home Edition, including 3The ability to become part of a Windows Server domain, a group of computers that are remotely managed by one or more central servers. An access control scheme that allows specific permissions on files to be granted to specific users under normal circumstances. However, users can use tools other than Windows Explorer like cacls or File Manager, or restart to Safe Mode to modify access control lists. Remote Desktop server, which allows a PC to be operated by another Windows XP user over a local area network or the Internet. Offline Files and Folders, which allow the PC to automatically store a copy of files from another networked computer and work with them while disconnected from the network. Encrypting File System, which encrypts files stored on the computers hard drive so they cannot be read by another user, even with physical access to the storage medium. Download Windows XP SP2 Tablet PC Edition 20042005 Today If you have ants in your pants, like to gamble and want to start enjoying the benefits of the updated. Centralized administration features, including Group Policies, Automatic Software Installation and Maintenance, Roaming User Profiles, and Remote Installation Services RIS. Internet Information Services IIS, Microsofts HTTP and FTP Server. Support for two physical central processing units CPU. Because the number of CPU cores and hyper threading capabilities on modern CPUs are considered to be part of a single physical processor, multicore CPUs are supported using XP Home Edition. 45Windows Management Instrumentation Console WMIC WMIC is a command line tool designed to ease WMI information retrieval about a system by using simple keywords aliases. Windows Xp Tablet PcService Pack 2 for Windows XP includes Tablet PC Edition 2005 and is a free upgrade. This version brought improved handwriting recognition and improved the Input. The Tablet PC is a personal computer powered by Microsoft Windows XP that is geared for inkenabled, penenabled, and speechenabled applications. The ability to switch hard disk storage type from Basic to Dynamic and vice versa. Edition NeditIn March 2. European Commission fined Microsoft 4. US7. 84 million and ordered the company to provide a version of Windows without Windows Media Player. The Commission concluded that Microsoft broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems onto the markets for work group server operating systems and for media players. After unsuccessful appeals in 2. Microsoft reached an agreement with the Commission where it would release a court compliant version, Windows XP Edition N. This version does not include the companys Windows Media Player but instead encourages users to pick and download their own media player. Microsoft wanted to call this version Reduced Media Edition, but EU regulators objected and suggested the Edition N name, with the N signifying not with Media Player6 for both Home and Professional editions of Windows XP. Because it is sold at the same price as the version with Windows Media Player included, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens have chosen not to stock the product. However, Dell did offer the operating system for a short time. Consumer interest has been low, with roughly 1,5. OEMs, and no reported sales to consumers. 7dead link891. The N editions of Windows XP also do not include Windows Movie Maker, but Microsoft has made this available as a separate download. 1. In December 2. 00. Korean Fair Trade Commission ordered Microsoft to make available editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2. Windows Media Player or Windows Messenger. 1. Like the European Commission decision, this decision was based on the grounds that Microsoft had abused its dominant position in the market to push other products onto consumers. Unlike that decision, however, Microsoft was also forced to withdraw the non compliant versions of Windows from the South Korean market. The K and KN editions of Windows XP Home Edition and Professional Edition were released in August 2. English and Korean. Both editions contain links to third party instant messenger and media player software. 1. Home Edition ULCPCeditThis edition of Windows XP Home is intended for sale with certain low cost netbooks and will appear labeled as Windows XP Home Edition ULCPC with ULCPC standing for ultra low cost personal computer. 1. Professional Blade PC EditioneditThis version comes preinstalled on OEM solutions providing desktops on Blade PC hardware. In addition to a copy of Windows XP Professional, it includes a Remote Desktop License. 1. Starter EditioneditWindows XP Starter Edition is a lower cost version of Windows XP available in Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay, Malaysia, and Venezuela. It is similar to Windows XP Home, but is limited to low end hardware, can only run 3 programs at a time, and has some other features either removed or disabled by default. According to a Microsoft press release, Windows XP Starter Edition is a low cost introduction to the Microsoft Windows XP operating system designed for first time desktop PC users in developing countries. SpecializationeditThe Starter Edition includes some special features for certain markets where consumers may not be computer literate. Not found in the Home Edition, these include localised help features for those who may not speak English, a country specific computer wallpaper1. Windows XP installations. The Malaysian version, for example, contains a desktop background of the Kuala Lumpur skyline. In addition, the Starter Edition also has some unique limitations to prevent it from displacing more expensive versions of Windows XP. 1. Only three applications can be run at once on the Starter Edition, and each application may open a maximum of three windows. The maximum screen resolution is 1. In addition, the Starter Edition is licensed only for low end processors like Intels Celeron or AMDs Duron and Sempron. There is also a 5. MB limit on main memory and a 1. GB disk size limit. 1. Microsoft has not made it clear, however, if this is for total disk space, per partition, or per disk. There are also fewer options for customizing the themes, desktop, and taskbar. Market adoptioneditOn October 9, 2. Microsoft announced1. Windows XP Starter Edition sold. In the mass market, however, the Starter Edition has not had much success. In many markets where it is available, pirated versions of higher end versions of Windows are more popular than their legal counterparts. In these markets, non genuine copies of XP Professional can be obtained at a mall. These stores typically charge only for the amount of the CDsDVDs taken up by the files, not the original retail value. Unlicensed copies of Windows XP Professional typically cost US0. CD compared to around US3. XP Starter. 2. 0Media Center EditioneditThis edition, which was code named Freestyle during its development, was first released in September 2. The initial release was available solely in conjunction with computers that included media center capabilities, and could not be purchased separately. The first major update was released in 2. Tier 1 OEMs who had previously sold Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, and then updated again in 2.