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=== Deprecations and removals === | === Deprecations and removals === | ||
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 | 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|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. | ||
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No Windows XP build has made use of or even included the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG1Tz1lopKg widespread startup and shutdown sounds]. These originate from a Whistler theme from ThemeWorld, which includes an entire sound scheme of sounds from various sources such as [[Microsoft Plus!#Microsoft Plus! for Windows 98|Plus! 98]], although these are not as widespread. The first fake startup sound using Windows 98 Plus!'s World Traveler, Cityscape startup sound, and PhotoDisc startup sound, and the second version using [[Windows 98]]'s shutdown sound reversed, [[Windows 2000 build 1983.1]] to build [[Windows 2000 build 2000.3|2000.3]]'s startup sound reversed, and the Next Level sound from a game titled Spring Weekend included in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack slowed down, while the shutdown sound is from BeOS, albeit down sampled. | No Windows XP build has made use of or even included the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG1Tz1lopKg widespread startup and shutdown sounds]. These originate from a Whistler theme from ThemeWorld, which includes an entire sound scheme of sounds from various sources such as [[Microsoft Plus!#Microsoft Plus! for Windows 98|Plus! 98]], although these are not as widespread. The first fake startup sound using Windows 98 Plus!'s World Traveler, Cityscape startup sound, and PhotoDisc startup sound, and the second version using [[Windows 98]]'s shutdown sound reversed, [[Windows 2000 build 1983.1]] to build [[Windows 2000 build 2000.3|2000.3]]'s startup sound reversed, and the Next Level sound from a game titled Spring Weekend included in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack slowed down, while the shutdown sound is from BeOS, albeit down sampled. | ||
In actuality, all builds up until [[Windows XP build | In actuality, all builds up until [[Windows XP build 2485|2485]] use the same sounds as Windows 2000 and Me. Build [[Windows XP build 2481 (main)|2481]] introduced the sounds used in the final release (albeit in stereo and 44.1 kHz), but they were not used by default at this point. | ||
== System requirements == | == System requirements == | ||