Windows 2000
As far as the SuperSite is concerned, this is where it all began, with Windows NT 5.0, or what Microsoft later renamed to Windows 2000. While I had previously maintained a section of the Internet Nexus called "The Future of Windows," the SuperSite got its start during an August 1998 reviewer workshop, where I became inspired by Microsoft's decision (later delayed to Windows XP) to merge the Windows 9x and NT codebases into a single OS.
more The Windows 8 Start screen is just the latest in a long line of Windows user interfaces, some evolutionary, some revolutionary. But understood in retrospect, this new UI makes plenty of sense, and it certainly has precedent in Windows UIs past.
more Windows 2000 Datacenter Server extends the 32-bit family of Windows operating systems into the high-end, scalable territory once dominated by UNIX. As a superset of Win2K Advanced Server (AS), Datacenter offers all of the capabilities of its lower-end siblings while incorporating all of the bug fixes in Service Pack 1 (SP1). But it also includes a number of enhancements and unique features designed to meet massive scalability needs.
more In July, Microsoft will release Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), its first comprehensive collection of bug fixes for the 32-bit versions of Professional, Server, and Advanced Server editions of this OS. Given the attention given to SP1, and the number of customers waiting for the first service pack, it's likely that the release of this update will initiate a new round of Windows 2000 corporate adoptions.
more As promised, SP1 can be easily integrated into a Windows 2000 install share using this slipstreaming feature and, best of all, it is completely automated. Here's how to make it work.
more In Windows 2000, Microsoft finally embraces the Internet at every level of the product, including standardization on TCP/IP--the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol or, more simply, the Internet Protocol--that is used by Internet hosts of all kinds.
more In Windows 2000, there are two general networking schemes that were basically carried over from Windows NT 4.0. In the simplest scheme, called peer-to-peer networking, each computer in the network is an equal. In the more complicated client-server, or domain-based, network, one or more powerful computers, called servers, provide services for user machines, called clients. Let's take a quick look at each of these models.
more Windows 2000 is the easiest Windows yet. And though the interface is largely similar to Windows 98 and NT 4.0, Microsoft has tweaked the user experience in subtle ways that makes it simpler yet more powerful, enabling beginners and power users alike to get their work done efficiently.
more Windows 2000 is the most exciting and important product that Microsoft has ever created, a family of operating systems aimed at the corporate server and desktop markets that combines the latest technology with ease-of-use and simplicity features. As the first major upgrade to Windows NT since version 4.0 shipped in July 1996, Windows 2000 represents the next generation of the reliable, scalable, and secure operating system we've all come to know and respect.
more A timeline of Windows and NT.
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