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Windows XP drops the ability to upgrade from both [[Windows NT 3.51]] and [[Windows 95]], requiring at least [[Windows 98]] or [[Windows NT 4.0]]. Subsequent service packs would later gradually drop the ability to upgrade from the [[Windows 9x]] family and Windows NT 4.0, requiring [[Windows 2000]] at minimum. Support for the [[w:SGI Visual Workstation|SGI Visual Workstation]] 320 and 540 computers was dropped during development. | Windows XP drops the ability to upgrade from both [[Windows NT 3.51]] and [[Windows 95]], requiring at least [[Windows 98]] or [[Windows NT 4.0]]. Subsequent service packs would later gradually drop the ability to upgrade from the [[Windows 9x]] family and Windows NT 4.0, requiring [[Windows 2000]] at minimum. Support for the [[w:SGI Visual Workstation|SGI Visual Workstation]] 320 and 540 computers was dropped during development. | ||
Varying networking protocols such as [[w:AppleTalk|AppleTalk]], [[w:NetDDE|NetDDE]], [[w:NetBIOS#NetBEUI|NetBEUI]] and [[w:Data Link Control|Data Link Control]] have been deprecated or otherwise removed from the operating system. Several communications applications such as the [[Phone Dialer]] and [[Windows NetMeeting]] have been deprecated, although they remain accessible in the operating system. Support for running OS/2- and POSIX-based applications was dropped from Windows, with [[w:Windows Services for UNIX]] acting as a replacement, whereas the DriveSpace compression utility was removed in favor of native NTFS compression support. | Varying networking protocols such as [[w:AppleTalk|AppleTalk]], [[w:NetDDE|NetDDE]], [[w:NetBIOS#NetBEUI|NetBEUI]] and [[w:Data Link Control|Data Link Control]] have been deprecated or otherwise removed from the operating system. Several communications applications such as the [[Phone Dialer]] and [[Windows NetMeeting]] have been deprecated, although they remain accessible in the operating system. Support for running OS/2- and POSIX-based applications was dropped from Windows, with [[w:Windows Services for UNIX|Windows Services for UNIX]] acting as a replacement, whereas the DriveSpace compression utility was removed in favor of native NTFS compression support. | ||
The reworked [[Windows Media Player 8|Windows Media Player]] application also brought with it the removal of the Deluxe CD Player and DVD Player applications due to the former's improved support with DVD and audio CD playback. Later versions of the Media Player would also remove [[Windows Media Player 6.4|version 6.4]] from the operating system due to a lack of use throughout the operating system's lifespan. | The reworked [[Windows Media Player 8|Windows Media Player]] application also brought with it the removal of the Deluxe CD Player and DVD Player applications due to the former's improved support with DVD and audio CD playback. Later versions of the Media Player would also remove [[Windows Media Player 6.4|version 6.4]] from the operating system due to a lack of use throughout the operating system's lifespan. | ||