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... Remember your first impressions of Windows XP? I remember my own - “finally they made a normal Windu!” The old XP appeared 12 years ago, right after the buggy Windows ME, we used large, noisy and blunt machines at that time. Today, I type this text on a tablet, which is three times more powerful than any of the PCs of that time, and Android gradually takes the place of the desktop OS. Interestingly, XP is Microsoft’s longest-running system: Windows 95 and ME lasted six years each, Windows 98 a maximum of eight. Today, in the last days of Windows XP, I suggest you remember its best features. Then MS really pleased us with innovations, before the era of useless tiles was still far away. Here is my hit parade, please share in your comments.

# 5 Burn CD
Oh, how cool it was to finally get rid of Nero! I dragged the files onto the CD-ROM icon, “next - next - next” and my disk is ready!
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# 4 Restore previous driver version
I could cancel any updates and return to the previous "stable" version. My colleagues still consider this feature as the most important.

# 3 Windows Firewall
In the official Microsoft documentation, this feature was described as “a security system that is a protective screen between the network and the outside world.” Well, the Windows of that time coped well with packet filtering. Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), virtual private networks, and dull dial-up were supported.

# 2 Remote Desktop
One of the coolest features of the time. I then worked as an admin and this feature rescued me more than once, saving dozens of hours of work and freeing evenings for more enjoyable activities. One of the reasons for migrating to Windows XP in my former organization ;-)

# 1 Remote Assistance
This feature worked to complement the previous one and help support services cope with daily duties. The user had to fill in a simple form, select the appropriate time for it and set a password. The form was sent to the support service, engineers could connect remotely, diagnose and fix the problem.

These were my favorite features of Windows XP, and now I’ll ask you to share yours. What did you like (or didn't like) in this system? Welcome to the comments!

The author of the text is our colleague, a Netwrix employee, Jeff Melnick. We are all together a little sad for the good old XP.
His post in English can be read here.