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'''Windows XP''' is the penultimate significant release of the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system, and was made available on October 25, 2001. "XP" stands for ''eXPerience''.

'''Windows XP''' was a release of the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system, and was made available on October 25, 2001. "XP" stands for ''eXPerience''.

Windows XP has been criticized for poor performance, significant security vulnerabilities, and poor [[DOS]] backwards compatibility, among others. Interestingly, when [[Windows Vista]] debuted, many organizations chose to retain XP in favor of the newer system, as it was perceived of as being of higher quality, though this was because Windows Vista had poor hardware driver support for computer technology at the time of its release and suffered poor memory optimization, which was eventually fixed with the first service pack update. To this day, the majority of professional networks run Windows XP, and many still run ''Windows 2000 Professional'', including high security institutions like banks, hospitals, and government agencies. Institutions' hesitance to upgrade to newer operating systems is nothing new; many organizations continued to use DOS long after Windows became popular.

Windows XP has been both criticized (for poor performance, significant security vulnerabilities, poor [[DOS]] backwards compatibility, and other issues) and praised as one of the best, cleanest operating systems from Microsoft. Interestingly, when [[Windows Vista]] debuted, many organizations chose to retain XP in favor of the newer system. Vista was perceived seen as being of lower quality by many, at least in part because Windows Vista had poor hardware driver support for computer technology at the time of its release and suffered poor memory optimization (which was eventually fixed with the first service pack update). Windows XP was held onto by many individuals, organizations, and government agencies as long as was possible. However, on April 8, 2014, Microsoft declared the end-of-lie for Windows XP, and stopped public support of the system.  Without security patches, new hardware support, and other maintenance, it was soon abandoned by most. In the end, Windows XP was burdened by three service packs, and hundreds of other updates and patches.

==Development==

==Development==

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Windows Vista]]

* [[Windows Vista]]

* [[Windows 7]]

* [[Windows 7]]

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==External links==

==External links==

* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25129 Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 Update - Microsoft (Offical)]

* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25129 Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 Update - Microsoft (Offical)]

* [http://tech.archnet.us/windows/Windows%20XP%20Professional.iso Download Windows XP ISO - ARCHNET]

* [http://tech.archnet.us/windows/Windows%20XP%20Professional.iso Download Windows XP ISO - ARCHNET]