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New Features in Windows XP

At first blush, Windows XP looks very different from its predecessors--the new Luna interface can be a startling change, with its simplified desktop and Start menu. Windows is still under there, though--and, as we'll show in Chapter 11, you can switch the Windows desktop back to a more familiar style. But the Luna interface isn't the most important new feature. Here is a list of other new features:

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Figure IN-1: User accounts are easy to set up, and provide password-protect folders for each user's files.

Windows XP also removed a few programs that came with some earlier Windows versions. Windows XP doesn't come with FrontPage Express (an HTML editor for creating Web pages), Microsoft Chat (an Internet Relay Chat program for chatting over the Internet), or Active Movie (which has been replaced by Movie Maker and Windows Media Player 8).

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