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Joely Brice        M&A 2        10th March 2008

Microsoft Windows XP

About Windows XP

Released in October 2001, Windows XP designed by Microsoft as a follow up to the previously designed Microsoft operating systems. Windows XP is the restructured version of Windows 2000 Professional and is currently the most stable and efficient operating system over the numerous other previous Windows operating systems.

Windows XP was designed for use on a home/business desktop, basically intended for computers that have a general purpose such as creating Word documents, internet browsing, databases, spreadsheets etc.

 XP has many editions available today.

Editions of Window XP

Two most popular editions are Windows XP Home Edition, intended for home users, and Windows XP Professional, intended for business purposes. The release of these editions was made accessible by shops that specialize in software; they were also pre-installed on computers sold by major computer manufacturers. Both editions are still currently available to purchase on the market. Another edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition was launch in 2002 and has been restructured every year until 2006 to integrate new digital media, broadcast television and  capabilities. Windows XP Media Center was never made available for retail purchase like the other two, and was either sold through  channels (Original equipment manufacturer), or was pre-installed on computers that were typically marketed as media center computers

Task Management for XP

Windows XP has many numerous features including task management; Windows Task Manager is an application within the Microsoft NT family of  created by Microsoft that provides detailed information about the computer performance and allows you to see all running applications, as well as the processes and  usage, also memory information, network activity and statistics, logged-in users, and . The Task Manager can also be used to set process priorities, forcibly stop processes, and shut down, restart, stand by or log off from Windows.

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The task manager is commonly used when terminating an application that has encountered some problems whilst in the process of operation, making it difficult for the user to end the task.

Memory Management for XP

Memory management in Windows XP provides system services that allocate and free memory, regain information about a variety of virtual pages, alter the protection of virtual pages, and lock the virtual pages into memory.

Windows XP memory management also provides a number of services, such as allocating and de-allocating physical memory. It also includes enhanced memory management for better ...

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