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  1. MINUMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
    1. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx
    2. CPU: Pentium 233MHz
    3. RAM: 64MB (may limit preformance and some features)
    4. HARD DRIVE SPACE: 1536MB
  2. Planned future merge of Windows 98, Millennium and NT(2000) into One OS, code-name "Whistler".
  3. Also merged: "Asteroid", "Fusion"?
  4. Windows "Whistler" beta 1 begins October 31 2000.
  5. Windows "Whistler" renamed Windows XP February 5 2001.
  6. Windows XP Personal and Professionl versions announced February 13 2001.
  7. Windows XP Preview March 26 2001.
  8. Windows XP beta 2 begins March 2001.
  9. Windows XP release candidate (RC) 1 (build 2505) released July 2 2001.
  10. Windows XP release candidate (RC) 2 (build 2526) released July 28 2001.
  11. Windows XP release to manufacturing (RTM) (build 2600) released August 2001.
  12. Released XP Home and Professional, October 25 2001.
  13. Windows XP service pack (SP) 1 released September 9 2002.
  14. Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) released October 29 2002.
  15. Integration of "Luna" user interface.
  16. First version of Windows for home and business both from same source code base.
  17. Server version released in 2002.
  18. Windows XP service pack (SP) 1a released February 3 2003.
  19. Windows XP service pack (SP) 2 released August 25 2004.
  20. code-name "Blackcomb" to be successor to WinXP?
  21. New Windows XP command-line tools
    1. BOOTCFG Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.
    2. DEFRAG Locates and consolidates fragmented boot files, data files, and folders on local volumes.
    3. DISKPART Manages disks, partitions, or volumes.
    4. DRIVERQUERY Queries for a list of drivers and driver properties.
    5. DSADD Adds a computer, contact, group, organization unit, or user to a directory.
    6. DSGET Displays selected attributes of a computer, contact, group, organizational unit, server or user in a directory.
    7. DSMOD Modifies an existing user, computer, contact, group or organizational units in a directory.
    8. DSMOVE Moves any object from its current location in the directory to a new location, as long as the move can be accomodated within a single domain controller, and renames an object without moving it in the directory tree
    9. DSQUERY Queries and finds a list of computers, groups, organizational units, servers or users in the directory using specified search criterion.
    10. DSRM Deletes an object of a specific type or any general object from the directory.
    11. EVENTCREATE Enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log.
    12. EVENTQUERY Lists the events and event properties from one or more event logs.
    13. EVENTTRIGGERS Displays and configures event triggers on local or remote machines.
    14. FSUTIL Manages reparse points, managing sparse files, dismounting a volume, or extending a volume.
    15. GETMAC Obtains the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols.
    16. GPRESULT Displays Group Policy settings and Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) for a user or a computer.
    17. HELPCTR Starts Help and Support Center.
    18. IISAPP
    19. IISBACK Creates and manages backup copies of the Internet Information Services (IIS) configuration (metabase and schema) of a remote or local computer.
    20. IISCNFG Imports and exports all or selected parts of the configuration of Internet Information Services (IIS) on a local or remote computer.
    21. IISFTP Creates, deletes, and lists FTP sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Also, starts, stops, pauses, and continues FTP sites.
    22. IISFTPDR Creates and deletes virtual directories of FTP sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later.
    23. IISVDIR Creates and deletes virtual directories of Web sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later.
    24. IISWEB Creates, deletes, and lists Web sites on servers that are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Also, starts, stops, pauses, and continues the Web sites.
    25. LOGMAN Manages and schedules performance counter and event trace log collections on local and remote systems.
    26. NLB Replaces wlbs.exe for managing and controlling network load balancing operations.
    27. OPENFILES Queries, displays, or disconnects open files.
    28. PAGEFILECONFIG Displays and configures the paging file Virtual Memory settings of a system.
    29. PERFMON Enables you to open a Performance console configured with settings files from Windows NT 4.0 version of Performance Monitor.
    30. PRNCNFG Configures or displays configuration information about a printer.
    31. PRNDRVR Adds, deletes, and lists printer drivers from local or remote print servers.
    32. PRNJOBS Pauses, resumes, cancels, and lists print jobs.
    33. PRNMNGR Adds, deletes, and lists printers or printer connections, in addition to setting and displaying the default printer.
    34. PRNPORT Creates, deletes, and lists standard TCP/IP printer ports, in addition to displaying and changing port configuration.
    35. PRNQCTL Prints a test page, pauses or resumes a printer, and clears a printer queue.
    36. RELOG Extracts performance counters from performance counter logs into other formats, such as text-TSV (for tab-delimited text), text-CSV (for comma-delimited text), binary-BIN, or SQL.
    37. RSS Enables Remote Storage, which is used for extending server disk space.
    38. SC Retrieves and sets information about services. Tests and debugs service programs.
    39. SCHTASKS Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time. Adds and removes tasks from the schedule, starts and stops tasks on demand, and displays and changes scheduled tasks.
    40. SHUTDOWN Shuts down or restarts a local or remote computer.
    41. SYSTEMINFO Queries the system for basic system configuration information.
    42. TASKKILL Ends one or more tasks or processes.
    43. TASKLIST Displays a list of applications, services, and the Process ID (PID) currently running on either a local or a remote computer.
    44. TRACERPT Processes event trace logs or real-time data from instrumented event trace providers and allows you to generate trace analysis reports and CSV (comma-delimited) files for the events generated.
    45. TSECIMP Imports assignment information from an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file into the TAPI server security file (tsec.ini).
    46. TYPEPERF Writes performance counter data to the command window or to a supported log file format.
    47. WMIC Eases the use of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and systems managed through WMI.
  22. Changes to MS-DOS Commands
    1. CHCP Changes code pages for all Command Prompt windows.
    2. DISKCOMP Command-line options /1 and /8 are not supported.
    3. DISKPERF No longer needed to act upon a server computer. You can still use diskperf for remote administration.
    4. DISKCOPY Command-line option /1 is not supported.
    5. DOSKEY Available for all character-based programs that accept buffered input. Doskey has been improved by a series of enhancements.
    6. FORMAT Supports 1.44 MB floppy drive only. 20.8 MB floptical (magneto-optical) drive is no longer supported. Command-line options /B, /S, /U, /1, /4, and /8 are no longer supported.
    7. LABEL The caret (^) and ampersand (&) symbols can be used in a volume label.
    8. MODE The mode lptn[:][cols=c][lines=n] and mode lptn[:][c][,[n]] syntaxes are no longer supported.
    9. PRINT Command-line options /B:size, /C, /M:ticks2, /P, /Q:qsize, /S:ticks3, /T, and /U:ticks1 are not supported.
    10. PROMPT New character combinations enable you to add ampersands ($a), parentheses ($c and $f), and spaces ($s) to your prompt.
    11. RECOVER Recovers files only.
    12. RMDIR New /S command-line option deletes directories containing files and subdirectories.
    13. SORT Does not require %TEMP% environment variable. File size is unlimited.
    14. XCOPY New /G command-line option creates decrypted destination files.
  23. Unavailable MS-DOS Commands
    1. ASSIGN Not currently supported.
    2. BACKUP Not currently supported.
    3. CHOICE Not currently supported.
    4. CTTY Not currently supported.
    5. DBLSPACE Not currently supported.
    6. DELTREE The RMDIR /S command deletes directories containing files and subdirectories.
    7. DOSSHELL Function is now inherent.
    8. DRVSPACE Not currently supported.
    9. EMM386 Function is now inherent.
    10. FASTHELP Not currently supported. Use the HELP command at the command prompt. See Command-line reference A-Z
    11. FDISK Not currently supported. Use the DISKPART command, which enables you to manage disks, partitions, or volumes.
    12. INCLUDE Multiple configurations of the MS-DOS subsystem are not supported.
    13. INTERLNK Not currently supported.
    14. INTERSVR Not currently supported.
    15. JOIN Increased partition size and an improved file system eliminate the need to join drives.
    16. MEMMAKER MS-DOS subsystem memory usage is automatically optimized.
    17. MENUCOLOR Multiple configurations of the MS-DOS subsystem are not supported.
    18. MENUDEFAULT Multiple configurations of the MS-DOS subsystem are not supported.
    19. MENUITEM Multiple configurations of the MS-DOS subsystem are not supported.
    20. MIRROR Not currently supported.
    21. MSAV Not currently supported.
    22. MSBACKUP Use the NTBACKUP command for computers with tape drives, or the XCOPY command for computers without tape drives.
    23. MSCDEX It is unnecessary to configure the MS-DOS subsystem to use CD-ROM drives. Windows XP provides access to CD-ROM drives for the MS-DOS subsystem.
    24. MSD Use the System Information snap-in. To start System Information, click Start, click Run, and then type msinfo32.
    25. NUMLOCK Not currently supported.
    26. POWER Not currently supported.
    27. RESTORE Not currently supported.
    28. SCANDISK Not currently supported. Use the CHKDSK command, which enables you to create and display a status report for a disk based on the file system. CHKDSK also lists and corrects errors on the disk.
    29. SMARTDRV Caching for the MS-DOS subsystem is automatic.
    30. SUBMENU Multiple configurations of the MS-DOS subsystem are not supported.
    31. SYS Windows XP will not fit on a standard 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB floppy disk.
    32. UNDELETE Not currently supported.
    33. UNFORMAT Not currently supported.
    34. VSAFE Not currently supported.
  24. MS-DOS commands no longer available on Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
    1. APPEND Enables programs to open data files in specified folders as if these files were in the current folder.
    2. DEBUG Starts Debug.exe, a program that you can use to test and debug MS-DOS executable files.
    3. EDIT Starts MS-DOS Editor, which creates and changes ASCII text files.
    4. EDLIN Starts Edlin.exe, a line-oriented text editor with which you can create and change ASCII files.
    5. EXE2BIN Converts .exe (executable files) to binary format.
    6. EXPAND Expands one or more compressed files.
    7. FASTOPEN Windows XP does not use this command. It is accepted only for compatibility with MS-DOS files.
    8. FORCEDOS Starts the specified program in the MS-DOS subsystem. This command is necessary only for those MS-DOS programs that are not recognized as MS-DOS programs by Windows XP.
    9. GRAPHICS Loads a program into memory that allows you to print on a printer the displayed contents of the screen when you are using a color or graphics adapter.
    10. LOADFIX Ensures that a program is loaded above the first 64KB of conventional memory, and then runs the program.
    11. LOADHIGH (LH) Loads a program into the upper memory area (UMA). Loading a program into the UMA leaves more room in conventional memory for other programs.
    12. MEM Displays information about allocated memory areas, free memory areas, and programs that are currently loaded into memory in the MS-DOS subsystem.
    13. NLSFUNC Loads information specific to country/region. Windows XP does not use this command. It is accepted only for compatibility with MS-DOS files.
    14. SETVER Sets the MS-DOS version number that the MS-DOS subsystem reports to a program.
    15. SHARE Windows XP does not use this command. It is accepted only for compatibility with MS-DOS files.
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Last Updated: 2006/12/01
Direct corrections or suggestions to: Rick Lively