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'''Windows XP''' (codenamed ''Whistler'') is an operating system developed by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]]. It was released to manufacturing on 24 August 2001 and later made generally available on 25 October 2001.<ref>Microsoft. [https://web.archive.org/web/20011202150640/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Oct01/10-25XPOverallPR.asp Windows XP Is Here!], Microsoft PressPass. 25 October 2001. Archived from [https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Oct01/10-25XPOverallPR.asp the original] on 2 December 2001.</ref> It is the first consumer version based on the [[Windows NT]] codebase, succeeding both the NT-based [[Windows 2000|Windows 2000 Professional]] and the [[Windows 9x|9x-based]] [[Windows Me]]. It was ultimately succeeded by [[Windows Vista]] in 2006 after several delays in its development, although many users opted to stay with Windows XP due to | '''Windows XP''' (codenamed ''Whistler'') is an operating system developed by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]]. It was released to manufacturing on 24 August 2001 and later made generally available on 25 October 2001.<ref>Microsoft. [https://web.archive.org/web/20011202150640/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Oct01/10-25XPOverallPR.asp Windows XP Is Here!], Microsoft PressPass. 25 October 2001. Archived from [https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Oct01/10-25XPOverallPR.asp the original] on 2 December 2001.</ref> It is the first consumer version based on the [[Windows NT]] codebase, succeeding both the NT-based [[Windows 2000|Windows 2000 Professional]] and the [[Windows 9x|9x-based]] [[Windows Me]]. It was ultimately succeeded by [[Windows Vista]] in 2006 after several delays in its development, although many users opted to stay with Windows XP due to Vista’s higher system requirements and initial instability. | ||
It is one of Microsoft's longest-lasting operating systems, with almost 13 years of support (both mainstream and extended) and still runs on 0.64% of computers worldwide as of December 2023.<ref>[https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202306-202306-bar Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide], ''StatCounter''.</ref> Mainstream and extended support ended on 14 April 2009 and 8 April 2014 respectively. However, due to its moderate popularity even after support was dropped, Microsoft ultimately released three emergency updates in order to patch major security vulnerabilities in 2014, 2017 and 2019, respectively. On 9 April 2019, support ended for [[Windows Embedded POSReady 2009]], the last Windows XP derivative product to be still officially supported. | It is one of Microsoft's longest-lasting operating systems, with almost 13 years of support (both mainstream and extended) and still runs on 0.64% of computers worldwide as of December 2023.<ref>[https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202306-202306-bar Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide], ''StatCounter''.</ref> Mainstream and extended support ended on 14 April 2009 and 8 April 2014 respectively. However, due to its moderate popularity even after support was dropped, Microsoft ultimately released three emergency updates in order to patch major security vulnerabilities in 2014, 2017 and 2019, respectively. On 9 April 2019, support ended for [[Windows Embedded POSReady 2009]], the last Windows XP derivative product to be still officially supported. | ||