What are the differences between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?

Answer 1

Windows XP has several features that distinguish it from Windows 2000.

1. The Luna interface.

2. Integrated zip functionality.

3. Remote Assistance.

4. Integrated CD burning.

5. Hyperthreading support

6. User-mode driver framework (created after XP was released, and never backported).

7. Windows Movie Maker

8. Fast User Switching

9. The option to run tasks as an "Administrator" while logged in as an unprivileged account (pity this isn't done more often).

Answer 2

Windows 98 was the polished, final, improved version of Windows 95.

It was easier to use, suffered a lot fewer crashes , freezes and other forms of torture familiar to Windows users than the 95 version did and had a higher support for USB.

Windows 95 and 98 are somewhat the same disregarding graphics. 95 was the big bang for Microsoft. After such a success and with the internet on the rise, 98 came out configured for a more optimal net configuration. But not that stable or reliable. Windows 2000 and Windows NT are pretty much the same thing just different release dates. NT based OS's are a lot more stable considering they run on NTFS(hince NT) whereas 98/95 run on FAT32 which is of course less stable. And well XP just plain over did it, XP just looks pretty. XP is way to big, takes way too much start up and RAM dedication. Make sure you have a solid Gig of RAM before going XP, and upgrading to Service Pack 3 is advised.

Windows 95 and 98 (and Windows 98SE and Windows Me) were designed and marketed to Home users. Windows 2000 is an expansion of Windows NT and both were marketed for Businesses. Windows XP is a hybrid of the two allowing for the selection of either file system at the time of installation and is much more stable. It's Microsoft attempt to wean users onto two flavors of the same OS, thus keeping their costs down and better compete with Unix.

If you're running Windows XP Home Edition, you can run rather successfully with 250mb of RAM (even 128mb if all you're doing is Word and email, although I don't recommend it). If you're running Windows XP Pro, then I would recommend that you run with 500mb of RAM, with 1gb only being necessary for high-end gamers, or graphic users such as CAD-CAM or movie.

It also depends upon if you're a work station or a stand-alone system. Tens of thousands of work stations run just fine using Windows XP Pro with just 250mb of RAM, whereas stand-alone systems need more.

Windows 98 is based on DOS which is an old operating system created years ago hence why it crashes a lot.

Windows XP (and Vista, 200, and NT) are completely rewritten from scratch. They are much more reliable and have replaced Windows 98.

First of all Windows 98 cannot work with most hardware. Windows XP can work with hardware that 98 can work with and more. Windows XP haves better themes than 98. XP can work with more software than 98, XP can also work with software that 95, 98, Me, and 2000 works with. XP haves better icons. 98 is slow. XP is fast. XP comes with more security features than 98.

Answer 3

Not much. Microsoft has added a host of new features to both versions of Windows XP, but nothing that appears to be absolutely compelling for business users. One of the new features called "Fast User Switching" allows to to run two separate logged in sessions at once. This allows a user to do everyday work such as e-mail using a non-privileged user account, and then run an Administrative session at the same time without rebooting or resorting to the "Run As" command. This also allows you to quickly log onto any users workstation and make administrative changes without logging them off. The remote assistance feature of XP can also help reduce support costs by allowing your Help Desk staff to interact with a user's PC over the network. XP's built in ZIP compression support can also save your company a lot of money in licensing fees if you are currently using a third party utility such as WinZIP.

Answer 4

Differences between Windows 98 and Windows XP are:

• Win98 has a FAT file system, XP supports NTFS as well.
• XP has a system restore feature
• Some Windows 98 machines do not have USB ports.
• XP has a Firewall provided.
• For XP, additional ZIP archiving software is not required.
• Win98 has security issues and Microsoft ended support for it in 2006. Support for XP was ended in 2014.
• Windows NT based architecture with multi-processor support. Security and performance increases by 25-50% with upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP. Of course you also need a computer with 10 times more RAM and a much faster CPU to support all of the processes utilized.

Answer 5

Windows 2003 is a server operating system, and usually it's not being used by regular users. It's adopted to handle big amounts of network traffic and has advanced security policies. When Windows Xp is meant to be a user friendly operating system made for multimedia applications and gaming (2003 is not that good for such purposes). Also it's easier to maintain Xp than 2003 especially for regular customers.

Answer 6

Nice