Windows Xp Iso
Windows XP is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to both Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users, and it was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, with retail sales beginning on October 25, 2001.
Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s as "Neptune", an operating system (OS) built on the Windows NT kernel which was intended specifically for mainstream consumer use. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also originally planned for the business market; however, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed "Whistler", which would serve as a single OS platform for both consumer and business markets. As such, Windows XP was the first consumer edition of Windows not to be based on the Windows 95 kernel and MS-DOS.[5]
Upon its release, Windows XP received critical acclaim, with critics noting increased performance and stability (especially in comparison to Windows Me), a more intuitive user interface, improved hardware support, and expanded multimedia capabilities. However, some industry reviewers were concerned by the new licensing model and product activation system.[6] Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are succeeded by Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 released in January 2007 and February 2008, respectively.
Mainstream support for Windows XP ended on April 14, 2009, and extended support ended on April 8, 2014,[4] after which the operating system ceased receiving further support or security updates. Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, based on Windows XP Professional, received security updates until April 2019. Unofficial methods were made available to apply the updates to other editions of Windows XP. Microsoft officially discouraged this practice, citing incompatibility issues.
As of July 2021, 0.58% of Windows PCs[8] run Windows XP (on all continents the share is below 1%), and 0.18% of all devices across all platforms run Windows XP. Windows XP is still very prevalent in many countries, such as Armenia where over 50% of computers use it.
Minimum Requiments
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
- At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device
- Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600)or higher resolution
- Sound card
- Speakers or headphones
- The minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP Professional include:
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
- At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device
- Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution
- Sound card
- Speakers or headphones
Steps for Installing Windows XP ISO
These are the steps that have to be followed in order to install Windows XP ISO:
- The user should proceed to the required page for the download and select the download button. They should then wait till the executable file is downloaded. It should not be installed immediately after.
- The user should then right-click on the executable file and then select the option “7-Zip”. They should then select the option “Open Archive” followed by “cab”.
- After these steps have been completed, 3 files will be shown to the user. On clicking the file “sources”, another 3 files will be found. On selecting the xpm file, the Windows XP mode virtual hard drive folder will be opened.
- The user will have to extract the files present in the folder by selecting the “Extract” option in the toolbar. A new folder should then be created to which all the extracted files should be sent. After this is done, the user should select “OK” in order to begin the extraction process.
- The user should proceed to the location to which the extracted files have been transferred. There, they should select the “VirtualXPVHD” file and rename the same by inserting a “.” between the letters P and V so that the file is now entitled “VIRTUALXP.VHD”. Completing this step will convert the file into a virtual hard disk.
- The user must now download a virtualization program so that they can run their new virtual copy of Windows XP on it. VirtualBox is suggested to be downloaded for this purpose.
- Once the user has downloaded VIrtualBox successfully, they should then open it and select “New”. The Expert Mode should be chosen and the virtual machine should be named.
- A certain amount of RAM memory has to be allocated to the new virtual machine(any value between 512 MB and 2048 MB). The user should do this keeping in mind that their computer also needs RAM for other components as well.
- The user should fetch the virtual hard disk that was created earlier and allocate it to the virtual machine.
- Select the “Create” option after the previous step has been completed.
- Before proceeding further with the virtual machine, certain settings have to be changed. In order to do this, the user should choose the “System” option and then the “Boot Order” option(“Hard Disc” should be selected).
- The user should select “Display” and then the “Video Memory” option should be adjusted to 128 MB.
- Going back to VirtualBox, the user should select the network settings and confirm if all of the settings have been properly applied to the virtual machine.
- The user should boot the newly installed OS and then restart the virtual machine when they arrive at black screen. After ignoring all the installation prompts that come their way, the user should go to “Devices”.
- Under “Devices”, the “Install Guest Additions CD image” option should be selected and the default installation location should be chosen by the user.
- After this is done, the system should be rebooted again. The user can now experience the joy of Windows XP for themselves.
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