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The Operating System

Windows XP is a popular operating system developed by Microsoft and released in 2001. It was the successor to Windows 2000 and was the first operating system to be marketed to both consumers and businesses. Windows XP brought many new features and improvements to the Windows operating system, such as a redesigned user interface, enhanced multimedia capabilities, and improved performance and stability. It was also the first Windows operating system to include built-in support for Wi-Fi networking and introduced the Remote Desktop feature, which allowed users to remotely access their computer over a network. Windows XP was one of the most widely used operating systems in history, and its popularity was due to its ease of use, stability, and compatibility with a wide range of hardware and software. Although it has since been replaced by newer versions of Windows, Windows XP remains an iconic and beloved operating system that many people still use and remember fondly.

The Web Browser

K-Meleon 0.5 was a web browser released in 2001 and was built on the latest Mozilla 0.9.4 milestone codebase. K-Meleon 0.5 featured a user interface similar to that of Mozilla-based browsers but was notable for its reduced memory usage and faster performance. Additionally, it offered users the ability to customize various aspects of the browser, such as toolbars and keyboard shortcuts. K-Meleon 0.5 was notable for it’s introduction of support for Java, shockwave, and other plugin support, better download handling, and support for SSL.

Browser User Agent

When contacting webservers ‘Windows XP Home x86 with K-Meleon 0.5’ will identify itself as ‘Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010913’.

Run Period

For ‘Windows XP Home x86 with K-Meleon 0.5’ Period Sites in Period Browsers is currently searching for pages archived between 2001-09-27 and 2002-03-27.

Emulation Platform

Hardware emulation for this platform is currently provided by the QEMU Project.

Windows XP can be found at Archive.org. K-Meleon 0.5 can be found at the K-Meleon Sourceforge Archive

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Windows XP Home x86 with K-Meleon 0.5

Examples of Windows XP Home x86 with K-Meleon 0.5

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