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'''Windows XP Starter Edition''' is an edition of [[Windows XP]], released on August 11, 2004. It is a stripped down version of Windows XP Home Edition that was released internationally for low-cost or low-end PCs in developing countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and some Latin American countries. | '''Windows XP Starter Edition''' is an edition of [[Windows XP]], released on August 11, 2004. It is a stripped down version of Windows XP Home Edition that was released internationally for low-cost or low-end PCs in developing countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and some Latin American countries. | ||
==Differences from other SKUs== | |||
*The [[Luna]] theme cannot be activated since the tab to change the theme is removed. However, the file is still available and can be used via registry modification. | |||
*The user cannot run more than three programs or three sessions of a program. Terminating <code>explorer.exe</code> may bypass this though. | |||
*This build will not boot on a faster CPU, as it will result in an "Unsupported state" error message that results in a system crash. Alongside, it will not recognize more than 512MB of RAM (256MB for most international releases). | |||
*A permanent watermark is added on the bottom right of the screen, which will still appear on top of everything as long as <code>explorer.exe</code> is active. | |||
*It uses large icons and mouse cursor by default. | |||
*There is only one wallpaper that is used by default. However, international releases have different backgrounds. | |||
*It contains a very different File Protection, if there is any user modification in the registry or a few system files, then an "Unsupported state" error message will appear and then <code>winlogon.exe</code> will get terminated, more than likely leading to a system crash. Disabling some protection services may prevent this, however it has a very harsh File Protection system which restores the files and the registry settings upon changing them. | |||
*Classic View in the Control Panel is missing, however it can be restored via logging in as a SYSTEM or NETWORKSERVICE account privilege. | |||
*Attempting to logon as ''NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'' works, however it doesn't provide much advantages over the regular "Administrator" account, and much of the protected system components are controlled by a higher level. | |||
*Being based of Windows XP Home Edition, many MMC extensions won't work, even when being logged on as ''NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM''. | |||
*Terminating critical system processes such as <code>winlogon.exe</code> or <code>lsass.exe</code> is not possible by regular means, and the <code>tskill</code> command line utility is extremely limited. | |||
*Even if all system processes are force stopped, the system does not trigger a BSOD, the only exception to that stopping the RPC service which leads to an issued "shutdown" by the system. | |||
Apparently, there is also a 1024x768 screen resolution limitation, but it is not implemented. | |||
== Builds == | == Builds == | ||