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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 Vista’s higher system requirements and initial instability. | '''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. | ||
==Main changes== | ==Main changes== | ||
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==Support== | |||
[[File:Windows-XP-Retirement.png|thumb|200px|"Retiring Windows XP" page - Microsoft Windows' official page]] | |||
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. | |||
==List of known builds== | ==List of known builds== | ||