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'''''Windows XP''''' is the 5th major release of Microsoft's Windows operating system. The OS went through three major service packs. According to W3C, it was the most popular OS used on the Internet from 2003 to 2011.
 
'''''Windows XP''''' is the 5th major release of Microsoft's Windows operating system. The OS went through three major service packs. According to W3C, it was the most popular OS used on the Internet from 2003 to 2011.
  
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It is the most successful OS in the Windows series. It's support was stopped only in 5th of April 2014, more then 12 years after the start. Even now this is the must usable sytem in the world after Windows 7.
  
 
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Revision as of 05:03, 15 December 2014

Windows XP
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Platform: Windows
Year: 2001
Developer: Microsoft Corporation
Buy: Amazon
For the Windows platform page see, Windows.

Windows XP is the 5th major release of Microsoft's Windows operating system. The OS went through three major service packs. According to W3C, it was the most popular OS used on the Internet from 2003 to 2011.

It is the most successful OS in the Windows series. It's support was stopped only in 5th of April 2014, more then 12 years after the start. Even now this is the must usable sytem in the world after Windows 7.

Screenshots

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The Windows XP boot up screen.

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The default Windows XP desktop.

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Using Media Player 9 to play the packaged music.


Music

Microsoft ditched the long staple MIDI tune, Trip Through the Grand Canyon, for Windows XP and supplied three new songs with the operating system. Why they chose to stick with the MIDI format when digital music was becoming standard around 2001 is unknown.


Recording

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Title

Composer

Length

Listen

Download

01 Flourish Nathan Grigg 1:27 Download
02 One Stop David Yackley 4:07 Download
03 Town Nathan Grigg 1:19 Download


Credits

(Source: MIDI meta tags.)


Game Rip

Format

Download

Size

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Download 4 KB

The type-1 MIDI files are located in the C:\Windows\Media folder. This rip also includes the various WAV sound effect files from the various default Windows XP programs. The songs were recorded with Winamp's MIDI plugin v3.53 using the DirectMusic Microsoft Synthesizer.


Releases

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Title: Windows XP
Platform: Windows
Released: 2001-08-24
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation


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