

Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, based on Windows XP Professional, received security updates until April 2019. However, some industry reviewers were concerned by the new licensing model and product activation system. 29.It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and broadly released for retail sale on October 25, 2001.An updated version of Windows 2000 was also originally planned for the business market however, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed Whistler, which would serve as a single OS platform for both consumer and business markets.Īs such, Windows XP was the first consumer edition of Windows not to be based on MS-DOS. 28 Improvements were also made to IntelliMirror features such as Offline Files, Roaming user profiles and Folder redirection. 27 Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop were also added, which allow users to connect to a computer running Windows XP from across a network or the Internet and access their applications, files, printers, and devices or request help.

New networking features were also added, including Internet Connection Firewall, Internet Connection Sharing integration with UPnP, NAT traversal APIs, Quality of Service features, IPv6 and Teredo tunneling, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, extended fax features, network bridging, peer to peer networking, support for most DSL modems, IEEE 802.11 ( Wi-Fi ) connections with auto configuration and roaming, TAPI 3.1, and networking over FireWire.
