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XP Reloaded Activity Center
Experience More with Windows XP!
Windows XP Reloaded is the code name for a marketing campaign designed to rejuvenate consumer excitement about Windows XP, a product that has evolved dramatically since its initial release in October 2001. Set to run from September to December 2004, XP Reloaded will concentrate on new XP versions such as XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE) 2005 and XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, as well as various XP product updates, including XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and add-on products such as Portable Media Centers and Windows Media Center Extenders.
Most of these products became available throughout late 2004.
Featured article: Windows XP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story
 SuperSite readers will remember Todd Wanke as the guy who ran Microsoft's War Room for Windows Server 2003 (chronicled in
"Windows Server 2003: The Road To Gold Part Two: Developing Windows"). Todd, you may recall, had pledged to never again run a War Room after the grueling Windows Server 2003 development process. "No way," he said, laughing, when I had asked him then if he would do it again. "No way." But in mid-2003, Microsoft needed Todd again, this time for what would ultimately prove to be the most secure client product that the company would ship to date: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Recognizing how strategically important it was that Microsoft get this release right, he threw caution to the wind and signed on for what he initially envisioned as a three-month project. Over a year later, Todd and a virtual team of Microsofties that worked outside of the usually strict hierarchical system at Microsoft delivered Windows XP SP2 to an eager audience. The SP2 product they shipped bore little resemblance to Microsoft's original plans for the release, but was instead a far more secure and stable product that, ultimately, made XP a better operating system. In early December, I sat down with Todd, Ryan Burkhardt, and Jon Murchinson to discuss XP SP2 and the virtual team that made it happen. Here is their story. Read more!
XP Reloaded technology showcases
Windows XP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story
Windows XP Professional x64 Preview
Guide to the Windows XP Service Pack 2 CD-ROM
Windows XP SP2 Slipstream Guide
Microsoft "Media2Go" Preview
Just the Facts: XP Reloaded FAQs
Windows XP Reloaded is the code name for a marketing campaign that will run throughout Fall 2004, aimed at renewing consumer excitement in Windows XP. Find out more in the first-ever Windows XP Reloaded FAQ! Also available is my Windows XP SP2 FAQ.
XP Reloaded in WinInfo
XP Reloaded Phase 3: Windows Marketing Campaign on Tap NEW!
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Microsoft Announces Plus! SuperPack for Windows XP
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XP Reloaded: Microsoft Offers Media Center's Energy Blue Theme to Tablet PC Users
XP Reloaded: Microsoft Launches Windows XP Media Center 2005
XP Reloaded, Phase 2: XP MCE 2005, Media Center Extenders, and More
WinInfo Short Takes: XP Reloaded, Take 2: MS to Launch New Media Center Products
XP Reloaded: The Best is Yet to Come
XP Reloaded: Microsoft Unleashes Windows Media Player 10
XP Reloaded: Microsoft Previews MSN Music
XP Reloaded: Windows Mobile Portable Media Centers Take Off
Microsoft Reloads XP: Microsoft Preps US Launch of MSN Music, WMP 10, PMCs
WinInfo Short Takes: Microsoft Verifies, Updates XP Reloaded Plans
Microsoft Preps 2004 Ad Blitz for Windows XP
WinInfo Short Takes: XP Reloaded Won't Be an Interim Release; Details Still Sketchyx
More Microsoft Roadmap Changes
WinInfo Short Takes: Some Questions Answered About Windows XP Reloaded
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