With the passage of time advances are being made in the fields of science, engineering and computers in order to keep up with the pace of the developing world we have to keep ourselves updated regarding the latest technology. Being updated with the latest technology helps you get an edge over other people for getting jobs and if already employed you will get better opportunities for sure. For better job status you have to continuously strive hard and keep on updating your technological knowledge. There was a time when computer was the latest technology but now information technology, an entirely new field that is completely different exists. The field of Information technology is being developed on a day-to-day basis.

Window XP is also one of the greatest inventions of 21st century. Windows XP is a type of operating system that is produced by an American multinational computer technology corporation Microsoft. Microsoft Windows operating system is also one of the best selling products of Microsoft. Microsoft Windows XP is designed for use on personal computers. Windows XP is also commonly used for business purposes as well as for entertainment. You may have seen Windows XP on personal computers as well as laptops, notebooks and media centers. Microsoft windows XP is the successor to both Windows ME and Windows 2000 Professional, the term XP stands for eXPerience. It is the first Microsoft’s consumer oriented operating system that is built on the Windows NT Kernel and architecture.

The most popular and common editions of Microsoft Windows XP are Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home edition. Windows XP Home Edition was designed for the use of home users and Window XP Professional contains few additional features such as support for Windows Server domains and two physical processors and it is designed for offices and enterprise clients. Another popular edition of Microsoft Windows XP that is commonly known as Windows XP Media Center Edition has some additional multimedia features that offers the ability to record and watch Movies and TV shows, Play DVD, games and listen to Music.

Another edition of Windows XP is Window XP Tablet PC edition that is designed in such a way that it can run ink aware applications that are built with the help of Tablet PC platform. Microsoft also releases service packs for Windows XP in order to facilitate their customers and users by fixing problems and adding more features. Microsoft has released three service packs for Windows XP, each service pack is a set of all the previous patches and service packs, so you just have to install the latest service pack.

Microsoft Windows XP service pack 1 was released on 9th September 2002. Service Pack 1 contains a number of useful features such as compatible updates, NET Framework support, Windows Messenger version 4.7. Among all the features the most extraordinary feature was USB 2.0 support. Microsoft Service pack 2 was released on 6th of august 2007. Some special features of Microsoft service pack 2 are enhance firewall, pop up ad blocker for Internet Explorer 6, Improved Wi-Fi support such as WPA. Microsoft service pack 3 was released to the public on 6th may 2008. Service Pack 3 can also be installed from the internet via Internet Explorer version 6 or 7. Microsoft service pack 3 offers total one thousand one hundred and seventy four fixes. For more information on service packs or Windows XP you can log on to the official website of Microsoft.

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