Windows 2000: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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Encyclopedia: Windows 2000

Windows 2000 was made available in four editions: Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server. Additionally, Microsoft offered Windows 2000 Advanced Server Limited Edition and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Limited Edition, which were released in 2001 and runs on 64-bit Intel Itanium microprocessors. All editions of Windows 2000 have common functionality, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console and standard system management applications such as a disk defragmentation utility. Support for people with disabilities was improved with a number of new assistive technologies, and Microsoft included increased support for different languages and locale information. All versions of the operating system support the Windows NT filesystem, NTFS 5, the Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family has additional functionality, including the ability to provide Active Directory services (a hierarchical framework of resources), Distributed File System (a file system that supports sharing of files) and fault-redundant storage volumes. Windows 2000 can be installed and deployed to corporate desktops through either an attended or unattended installation. Unattended installations rely on the use of answer files to fill in installation information, and can be performed through a bootable CD using Microsoft Systems Management Server, by the System Preparation Tool.

At the time of its release, Microsoft had marketed Windows 2000 as "the most secure Windows we've ever shipped",^[3] however it became the target of a number of high-profile virus attacks such as Code Red and Nimda, and more than seven years after its release, continues to receive patches for security vulnerabilities on a near-monthly basis.

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How to say "Windows 2000" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	Windows 2000
	(Japanese)	Microsoft Windows 2000
	(German)	Microsoft Windows 2000
	(Spanish)	Windows 2000
	(French)	Microsoft Windows 2000
	(Italian)	Windows 2000