Windows XP Professional is built on the core software code used in Windows 2000 and Windows NT Workstation. This code, known as the NT kernel, makes Windows XP more powerful, secure, and stable than Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95. If you’ve used those systems in the past, you’ll notice a dramatic advantage: even if a program crashes, in most cases your computer will keep running.
With the dependable new Windows architecture you get:
- Superior operating system technology, including preemptive multitasking, fault tolerance, and system memory protection, which all work to prevent and resolve problems, and to keep your system running smoothly.
- The ability to recover your work in many cases, if your program crashes before you can save your work.
- System memory protection to help prevent poorly written software from making your computer unstable.
- In addition, when you install new software, you usually won’t need to reboot Windows XP, as was often required with earlier versions of Windows.