Windows XP

Hello All! "Platform 2002": Windows XP Print version Author: Alexey Perevertailov 14.11.2001 18:47:00 Introduction Microsoft Corporation held the Platform Conference on November 12-13 this year. 2002", and your humble servant, invited to it, recorded some of his observations and information, which, however, may be useful to some specialists seem not so new and particularly interesting. To all the rest of ours readers who decide to learn a little more about Windows XP, and is dedicated to the essay below. So, on the second day of the Microsoft conference, Dmitry Khalin was the first to speak, showing us the Russian version of Windows XP. As strong arguments in the benefit of the significant difference between Windows XP and Windows 2000 (on a modified kernel which built Windows XP), it was mentioned that the creation of Windows XP employed about six thousand people for six hundred days. Facts, facts: The Windows XP driver database supports about 12,000 various devices. A ZIP archiver is integrated into the Windows XP shell, which is built on the basis the famous WinZip. As the speaker noted, "everything that WinZip can do, can archiver integrated into Windows XP and vice versa" :). Interface. Perhaps one of the advantages of Windows XP, which isincreased accent of Microsoft representatives. Depending on the power of your computer, you can choose the appropriate interface according to the principle “beautiful, but slowly," or "simple, but fast." It is possible to set the standard Windows 2000 interface, or “adjusting” all parameters to suit yourself. You can also choose one of presented standard sets of interface settings depending on performance of your system. Screen fonts can now be customized using ClearType technology to optimize display text information on LCD monitors. Two interesting figures were given on the demonstration slides (about methods the receipt of which I personally can only assume, but nevertheless): 1. Windows XP boots 27% faster than Windows 98 2. The stability of Windows XP is 13 times higher than the stability of Windows 98 As I said above, the method for obtaining these figures is not known to me, and, of course, However, the results should differ on different system configurations. When showing the Blue Screen of Death slide, appears during critical Windows errors), the audience applauded joyfully, deciding that the speaker's car was stuck. However, this trick has already happened demonstrated on October 25 at the presentation of Windows XP, and the subsequentthe inscription “This will not happen again” put everything in its place, although it was It is noted that errors, of course, will occur, but their number is significant decreased. Windows XP integrates Windows Messenger, a messaging client for real-time mode, alternatives to which include ICQ, Odigo and other products. The thing is not bad, with many useful functions, but it is very irritates competitors (the same corporation America Online, owner of ICQ and AOL), since removing Windows Messenger is not that difficult, but it integration into Windows XP will undoubtedly bring additional users MSN (Microsoft Network). Windows XP has a so-called compatibility mode, which ensures work with applications created, for example, for Windows platforms 9x or others from the Windows line. A clear example was demonstrated when a program (electronic library) created for Windows 95 did not work under Windows XP, but after setting the compatibility mode to Windows 95 functioned perfectly. The speaker said that according to Microsoft calculations, from total number of programs created for Windows 9x/ME platforms and not running under Windows 2000, about 50% should work under Windows XP when placing corresponding compatibility mode. I liked the remote access capabilities of Windows XP when, leavingWith your work computer turned on, you can freely work with various documents on it via your home computer. Simultaneous operation is also implemented local and remote user on the same machine (as an example it was joint editing of a picture in MS Paint is shown). These by themselves the possibilities have long been known and implemented, but we are primarily interested in them appearance in Windows XP. Switching between user profiles on the same machine with installed Windows XP also runs quite simply and quite quickly, and it’s implemented "hot" switching without loss of programs running at a particular moment and their content (MS PowerPoint was demonstrated at the time of log on - log off, and the open file saved in it after changing the user and returning back). A program for quickly viewing graphic files appeared in Windows XP, which, undoubtedly very convenient and again will frustrate the authors of similar applications (for example, ACD Systems with its ACDSee). Also introduced in Windows XP the MovieMaker component will allow you to create amateur videos, and in it provides several types of special effects and simple editing tools video. When working with an Audio CD in Windows XP, you can digitize its contents to hard drive and then listen to songs without the desired musicCD. It is very commendable that you can digitize not only in the WMA format, but also into the more common and dear MP3 :). The most painless migration is the transition from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. However, since the kernels of these operating systems are related, then This fact is not particularly surprising. Key dates Russian version of Windows XP, the final version of which was sent though in circulation on October 23rd, will appear on shelves only on December 1st of this year. Delays are explained by the labor-intensive process of preparing large quantities copies and transporting them to different parts of our country. One of the most interesting questions for us is the release date of the first service package of updates and additions to the described new operating system system from Microsoft. So, I managed to find out that Windows XP Service Pack 1 will not appear until next spring. Windows .NET Server, the upcoming successor to the Windows 2000 Server line, will appear in first half of 2002, but not earlier than spring. There will be changes in it significant, but not revolutionary, so there are no special problems with compatibility not expected yet. Windows .NET Beta 3 is expected to be released soon time (this month). Best regards, George