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

Use of these features is apparent in Windows XP's user interface transparent desktop icon labels, drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop, shadows under menus, translucent blue selection rectangle in Windows Explorersliding task panes and taskbar buttonsand several of its applications such as Microsoft PaintWindows Picture and Fax ViewerPhoto Printing WizardMy Ссылка на подробности Slideshow screensaver, and their presence ftee the basic graphics adobe after effects cs4 crack file free greatly simplifies implementations pfofessional vector-graphics systems such as Flash or SVG.

The total number of GDI handles per session is also raised in Windows XP from 16, to 65, configurable through the registry. Windows XP shipped with DirectX 8. Direct3D introduced programmability in the form of vertex and pixel shadersenabling developers to windows xp professional 98 free code without worrying about superfluous hardware state, and fogbump mapping and texture mapping. Windows XP can be upgraded to DirectX 9. Windows XP includes ClearType subpixel renderingwhich makes onscreen fonts smoother and more readable on liquid crystal display LCD screens.

There are other parameters such as contrast that can be set via a ClearType Tuner powertoy that Microsoft makes available as ptofessional free download from its Typography website. На этой странице help the user access a wider range of common destinations more easily from a single location, the Start menu was expanded to two columns; the left column focuses ableton live 9 pro free the user's installed applications, while the right windows xp professional 98 free provides access to the user's documents, and system links which were previously located on the desktop.

Links to the My Documents, My Pictures and other special folders are brought to the fore. The My Computer and My Network Places Network Neighborhood in Windows 95 and 98 icons were also moved off the Desktop and into the Start menu, making it easier to access these icons while a number of applications are open and so that the desktop remains adobe illustrator cs6 vs cc 2014 free. Moreover, these links can be configured to expand as a cascading menu.

Frequently used programs are automatically displayed in the left column, newly installed programs are highlighted, and the user may opt to "pin" programs to the start menu so that they are always accessible without having to navigate through the Programs folders. The default internet browser and default email program are pinned to the Pfofessional menu. The Start menu is fully customizable, links can be added or removed; the number of frequently used programs to display can be set. The All Programs menu expands like the classic Start menu to utilize the entire profeesional but can be set to scroll programs.

The user's name and user's windows xp professional 98 free picture are also shown on the Start menu. The taskbar buttons for running windows xp professional 98 free and Quick Launch have also been updated for Fitt's law. Locking the taskbar not only prevents it from being accidentally resized or moved but elements such as Quick launch and other DeskBands are also locked from being accidentally moved.

The Taskbar grouping feature combines multiple buttons of the same application into a single button, which when clicked, pops up a menu listing all the grouped windows and their number. Advanced taskbar windows xp professional 98 free options can be configured from the registry. A button allows the user to reveal all the icons. The Taskbar, if set to a windows xp professional 98 free height also displays the prpfessional and date in the notification area.

There are significant changes made to Windows Explorer in Windows XP, both visually and functionally. Microsoft focused especially on making Windows Explorer more discoverable and task-based, as well as adding a number of features to reflect the growing use of a computer as a "digital hub". The task pane is displayed on the left side of the window instead of the traditional folder tree view when the navigation pane is turned off. It presents the user with a list of common actions and destinations that are relevant to the current directory or file s selected.

For instance, when in a directory containing mostly pictures, a set of "Picture tasks" is shown, offering the options to display these pictures as a slide show, to print them, or to go online to order prints.

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File windows xp professional 98 free that have identified themselves as being printable also have an option listed to print the file. Underneath "File and Folder Tasks" is "Other Places", which always lists the parent folder of the folder посмотреть больше viewed and includes additional links to other common locations such as "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "My Documents" or previously windows xp professional 98 free locations.

These change depending on what folder the user was in. Underneath "Other Places" is a "Details" area which gives additional information when a file or folder is selected — typically the file type, file size and date modified, but depending on the file type, author, image dimensions, attributes, or other details.

If the file type has a Thumbnail image handler installed, its preview also appears in the "Details" task pane.

For windoes files, it might show the artist, album title, and the length of the song. The same information is also shown horizontally on the status bar. The "Folders" button on the Windows Explorer toolbar toggles between the traditional navigation pane containing the tree view of folders, and the task pane. Users can also close the navigation pane by clicking the Close button in its right corner as well as professjonal off the task pane from Folder Options.

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The column by which items are professiomal is highlighted. Sorting files and folders can be in Ascending order or Descending order in all views, not just Details view. To reverse the order, the user simply can windows xp professional 98 free the windows xp professional 98 free by the same property again.

The sort order has also been made more intuitive compared to the one in Windows For file fgee containing numbers Windows Explorer now tries to sort based on numerical value rather than just comparing each number digit by digit for every character position in the file name.

The right pane of Windows Explorer has a "Show in Groups" feature which allows Explorer to separate its contents by headings based on any field which is used wondows sort the items.

Items can thus be grouped by any detail which is turned on. Microsoft introduced animated "Search Companions" in an attempt to make searching more engaging and friendly; the professiomal character is a puppy named Rover, with three other characters Merlin the magician, Earl the surfer, and Courtney also available.

These search companions powered by Microsoft Agent technology, bear a great deal of similarity to Microsoft Office 's Office Assistantseven incorporating "tricks" and sound effects. If the user wishes, they can also turn off the animated character entirely. The search capability itself is fairly similar to Windows Me and Windowswith some important additions. Search can also be instructed to profeasional only files that are categorically "Documents" or "Pictures, music and video" searching by perceived type ; this feature is noteworthy largely because of how Windows determines what types of files can be classified under these categories.

Using Tweak UIthe search user interface can be restored to the one used by Windows Windows XP improves image preview by offering a Filmstrip view which shows images in a single horizontal row and a large preview of the currently selected image above it. Filmstrip view like any other view can be turned on per folder.

This view will be available if the new "Common Tasks" folder view is selected, not with "Windows Classic" folder view. Aside from the Filmstrip view mode, there is a 'Thumbnails' view, which displays thumbnail -sized images in the folder and also displays images a subfolder may be containing 4 by default overlaid on a large folder icon.

A folder's thumbnail view can be customized from the Customize tab accessible from its Properties, where users can also change the folder's icon and specify a template type pictures, music, videos, documents for that folder and optionally all its subfolders.

The size and quality of thumbnails in "Thumbnails" view can be adjusted using Tweak UI or the registry. Windows XP optionally caches the thumbnails in a " Thumbs.

Thumbnails can be forced to regenerate by right-clicking the image in Thumbnail or Filmstrip views and selecting "Refresh thumbnail". AutoPlay examines newly discovered removable media and devices and, based on content such as pictures, music or video files, launches an appropriate application to play professiona, display the content.

AutoPlay can be enhanced by AutoPlay-compatible software and hardware. It can windows xp professional 98 free configured by the user to associate favourite applications with AutoPlay events and actions.

These actions are called AutoPlay Handlers and there are sets of Handlers associated with various types of content. New AutoPlay handlers can get added to the system when additional software is installed.

AutoPlay settings can be configured per-device in Windows XP from the device's properties. When a user inserts an optical disc into a drive or attaches a USB camera, Windows detects the arrival and starts a process of examining the device or searching the medium. It is looking for properties of the device or content on the medium so that AutoPlay can present a set of meaningful options to the user.

When the user makes a particular choice, they also have the option to make that selection automatic the ffee time Windows sees that content or device. It supersedes winodws of the functions of Imaging for Windows in previous versions of Windows.

The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is integrated with Windows Explorer for functions like slideshow, email, printing etc. It fere full file management from within the viewer itself, that is, right clicking the image shows the same context menu as the one shown when an image vree right clicked in Windows Explorer. Images can be set as the desktop wallpaper from the context menu. It supports successive viewing of all images in current folder and windows xp professional 98 free through images, [17] that is, after viewing the last image in a directory, it again shows the first image and vice versa.

By default, images smaller than the user's display resolution are shown at their actual size. If an image is larger than the display resolution, it is scaled to fit the screen Best Fit.

When this is done, scroll bars allow for viewing of all areas of the image. The wizard shows a preview of what the printed page will look like with windowws currently specified options. Using Tweak UIthe time between images during a slideshow can be adjusted. GIF files are shown with full animation, even when zoomed. Areas of the image can be selected and concealed. Windows Picture and Fax Viewer saves and remembers its window position and size and supports keyboard shortcuts for all of its operations.

Raw image formatswhich are the preferred formats in professional photography are not supported, however, Microsoft released a later update called RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP proffssional viewing certain raw image files. The Text Services Framework is designed to offer advanced language and word processing features to applications. It supports features such as multilingual support, keyboard drivers, handwriting recognitionspeech recognitionas well as spell checking and other text and natural language processing functions.

It is also downloadable for older Windows operating systems. The language bar enables text windows xp professional 98 free to add UI elements to the toolbar and enables these elements when an application has focus. From the Language Bar, users can select the input language, and control keyboard input, handwriting recognition and speech recognition.

The language bar also provides a direct means to switch between installed languages, even when a non-TSF-enabled application has focus. Although an upgrade of the Windows kernel, there are major scalability, stability windows xp professional 98 free performance improvements, albeit transparent to the end user. Windows XP includes simultaneous multithreading hyperthreading support. Simultaneous multithreading is a processor's ability to process more than one data thread at a time. Windows XP supports windows xp professional 98 free larger system virtual address space —— 1.

The Windows XP Memory Manager is redesigned to consume less paged pool, allowing for more caching and greater availability of paged pool for any component that needs it.