Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft and released on August 24, 2001. It was succeeded by Windows Vista, which was released to volume license customers on November 8, 2006, and worldwide to the general public on January 30, 2007.

The most common editions of the operating system are Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional

Other versions of Windows XP available:

• Windows XP Media Center Edition - additional multimedia features.
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - designed to run stylus applications
• Windows XP 64-bit Edition - for IA-64 processors
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - for x86-64
• Windows XP Embedded - a component version of the Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Starter Edition

External links

• Windows XP at the Microsoft Wiki
• Windows XP at Wikipedia

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