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Some games that have appeared in Microsoft Entertainment Pack and Microsoft Plus! have been included in subsequent versions of Windows as well. Microsoft Solitaire has been included in every version of Windows since Windows 3.0, except Windows 8 and 8.1. The latest version of Windows, Windows 11, includes Microsoft Solitaire Collection and Surf.
Slipstream was an unreleased conversion of Slipstream 5000 which in 1996 was being prepared for the Sony PlayStation platform's Japanese market (it was supposed to be later completely reshaped for its European release).
Autostreamer is a free slipstreaming tool for Windows XP, [20] which can integrate a service pack into a Windows XP installation CD-ROM image. The main interface of Autostreamer is a wizard which guides the user through the slipstreaming process.
Unlike the search feature in Windows XP, Windows Search does not display information about the location being searched in the status bar of Windows Explorer. It is not possible to perform a case sensitive search using Windows Search. Unlike the search feature in Windows XP, Windows Search no longer searches an item's NTFS Alternate Data Stream.
CD-ROMs are the most common forms of media used, but other media, such as magnetic or paper tape drives, ZIP drives, and more recently USB flash drives can be used. The computer's BIOS must support booting from the device in question. One can make one's own boot disk (typically done to prepare for when the system won't start properly). [2]
The first, Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, was intended for IA-64 systems; as IA-64 usage declined on workstations in favor of AMD's x86-64 architecture, the Itanium edition was discontinued in January 2005. [57] A new 64-bit edition supporting the x86-64 architecture, called Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, was released in April 2005. [58]
A slipstream processor is an architecture designed to reduce the length of a running program by removing the non-essential instructions. It is a form of speculative computing . Non-essential instructions include such things as results that are not written to memory, or compare operations that will always return true.
A representative stated that the company had "[recognized] the importance of USB 2.0 as a newly emerging standard and is evaluating the best mechanism for making it available to Windows XP users after the initial release." USB 2.0 support was later added with Service Pack 1, and Bluetooth support was partially added with Service Pack 2.