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List of features removed in Windows XP

List of features removed in Windows XP is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of features removed in Windows XP rather than just read about it. In short: As the next version of Windows NT after Windows 2000, as well as the successor to Windows Me, Windows XP introduced many new features but it also removed some others. Shell The dialog box that warns the users when removing external flash storage devices without safe unmounting has been removed.

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Reference excerpt

As the next version of Windows NT after Windows 2000, as well as the successor to Windows Me, Windows XP introduced many new features but it also removed some others.

Shell The dialog box that warns the users when removing external flash storage devices without safe unmounting has been removed. The Line Up Icons command on the desktop was removed and replaced by the Align to Grid option. Due to this being a toggle, simply aligning desktop icons once without further constraining their placement requires an extra click. The Minimize all windows command on the taskbar was removed. The purported replacement, Show the desktop, co-existed with this feature on Windows 2000 and in any case only hides windows temporarily instead of actually minimizing them. It is still accessible through the ⊞ Win+M keyboard shortcut but it is not available through the mouse. The Show icons using all possible colors (which was previously introduced in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0) option in Display Properties has been removed. Icons are always shown using all possible colors. Microsoft states that this is by design. The VGA screen resolution and 8-bit color depth options have been removed from the Settings tab of Display Properties. It is still possible to select these options using the Advanced button available under this tab, however Microsoft states that this workaround is unsupported. In the Command Prompt, QuickEdit mode and Insert mode are disabled by default. Links to Phone Dialer and NetMeeting were removed from the Start menu. The View my Active Desktop as a web page option in the Web tab was removed.

Boot All references to Windows 2000 on the boot loader were changed to simply say "Windows". The "Starting Windows..." message and its associated text before the boot screen (which was present in Windows 2000) has been removed. The "Resuming Windows..." message and its associated text when the computer is turned on after hibernation remains, but with "Windows 2000" being replaced with "Windows" (see above). The layout of the boot screen was changed. Aside from the logo itself, the background is now black instead of white, the progress bar was changed from a determinate progress bar seen in Windows 2000 to an indeterminate one, the animated gradient bar as shown on the boot screens of Windows 95, 98, Me and Windows 2000 was removed, and the "Starting up…" and "Built on NT Technology" texts from Windows 2000's boot screen was removed. For the same reason, the layout of the AUTOCHK-style boot screen (which can be accessed via the /SOS switch in boot.ini) was also changed. In particular, the color scheme was changed, and the progress bar and the animated gradient bar seen on the boot screen was removed. The "Built on NT Technology" text on the classic login screen (as present in Windows 2000) was removed.

Personalization With the Desktop Themes utility in 2000 becoming the Themes tab in Display Properties in XP, the Rotate theme monthly option in Desktop Themes, which was introduced in Microsoft Plus! 98 and later included in Windows 2000 and Me, and both the options to select what parts of a theme to apply and the previews for parts of a theme were removed. As well, the previous desktop themes introduced with Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 and included with Windows 98 and Windows Me such as the Baseball, Dangerous Creatures, Inside your Computer, Jungle, Leonardo da Vinci, More Windows, Mystery, Nature, Science, Space, Sports, The 60's USA, The Golden Era, Travel, Underwater, and Windows 98 (Windows Millennium) themes were removed, while Windows Default is replaced by Windows XP and Windows Classic. The previous wallpapers and tiles from Windows 95–98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 including the Plus! wallpaper were removed. The Channel Screen Saver and Plus!-themed screensavers were removed. The Utopia sound scheme, first included in Windows 95 and included up to Windows Me, was removed, however the files for the sound scheme remained intact on the Windows XP CD-ROM in the i386 folder and could be manually installed on Windows XP from the CD-ROM; they would be removed from the installation media in the lead-up to Service Pack 3 of Windows XP. The Windows Logon Sound and Windows Logoff Sound sounds introduced in Windows 2000 (which served as the startup and shutdown sounds for the OS respectively) were replaced with the ones used by Windows XP (under the names Windows XP Startup and Windows XP Shutdown respectively) while The Microsoft Sound was removed entirely. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties. The option to select a Pattern under the Background (9x/NT)/Desktop (XP) tab of Display Properties was removed. Users can only set a pattern by editing the registry. The 3D FlowerBox, 3D Flying Objects, 3D Pipes and 3D Text screensavers were updated to use Direct3D instead of OpenGL. Because of this, several changes were made: The 3D Flying Objects screensaver was updated to use the new logo introduced with Windows XP while introducing a new default bitmap for the "Textured Flag" option, featuring a graphic with the word "experience". The 3D Pipes teapot easter egg was removed. The 3D Text "volcano" easter egg was removed. The 3D Maze and Flying Windows screensavers were removed entirely, likely due to the fact that they were never updated to accommodate the change to the logo introduced with Windows XP.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of features removed in Windows XP

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of features removed in Windows XP claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of features removed in Windows XP before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of features removed in Windows XP ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

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In the classroom: List of features removed in Windows XP is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Computing-related lists, Microsoft lists, Software features, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

What is List of features removed in Windows XP in simple terms?

As the next version of Windows NT after Windows 2000, as well as the successor to Windows Me, Windows XP introduced many new features but it also removed some others. Shell The dialog box that warns the users when removing external flash storage devices without safe unmounting has been removed.

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