| Windows 2000 (Win2k, W2k, NT5, Windows NT 5.0) An developed by for and , as the successor to .0. Early versions were referred to as "Windows NT 5.0". Windows 2000 was officially released on 2000-02-17. Windows 2000 is most commonly used on and processors, with a version rumoured. Unlike Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 is not available for or . Windows 2000's is very similar to or Windows NT 4.0 with integrated , or to . It is available in four flavours: - Professional: the version, meant for desktop , successor to Windows NT Workstation. - Server: "entry-level" server, designed for small deployments, and departmental file, print, or servers. - Advanced Server: high throughput, larger scale servers and applications, and small to medium scale . - Data Center Server: software for large-scale server (in development as of 2000-03-14). New features in Windows 2000 include: - . - Greatly improved built-in security mechanisms, including -based , support, an , and support. - Integrated - 5.0. - Integrated - 5.0 - Terminal services for displaying application interfaces on remote computers (similar to ). - File protection that prevents user programs from accidentally deleting or overwriting critical system files. - Improved hardware support, including , , (FireWire), , , , , . - Improved user interface, including a single point to control the entire system. - Improved management tools, including remote administration. Minimum system requirements, according to Microsoft, are -133 , 64 , 650 of space. These are for W2K Professional, others require more. Many compete with Windows 2000, including the , , , , , , , , . Novell's NDS also provides a service similar to Active Directory. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/)}. newsgroups: {(news:microsoft.public.windows2000)}, {(news:comp.os.ms-windows)}. (2000-03-14) |