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Windows 2000 is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on September 17, 2006.

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Date	Process	Result
May 24, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
June 2, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 22, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted

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64-bit: Which Windows was first?

This article claims that the first Windows to actually be released with 64-bit support were two shortly released OEM Limited Editions of Windows .NET Server (later known as Windows 2003 Server), released in 2002, citing this source[1] which officially gives July, 2002 as the release date (however, this source[2] linked in this talkpage's archive claims the release date for that version was even December, 2001).

However, 64-bit computing#64-bit operating system timeline claims that the first 64-bit version of Windows was XP back in 2001. Using this[3] as a source, Windows XP editions#Windows XP 64-Bit Edition names Windows XP (Home) 64-Bit Edition for Itanium systems (based on the genuine XP code) as the first, which was originally released in October, 2001. --46.93.158.170 (talk) 18:36, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]