However, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed "Whistler", which would serve as a single platform for both consumer and business markets. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also initially planned for the business market. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users, and is available for any devices running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me that meet the new Windows XP system requirements.ĭevelopment of Windows XP began in the late 1990s under the codename " Neptune", built on the Windows NT kernel and explicitly intended for mainstream consumer use. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. POSReady is not designed to be used as an end-user computing OS - It is for special systems with limited functions, and depending how you put the system together, you'll likely find it missing components you may want or need, and many common software programs that might be required for your daily needs might not work on it also, much new software such as Adobe products are not going to be compatible with the XP or Embedded OSes.Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. You'll have to check the license terms under the program from which Microsoft gave you a "permanent" key your usage is likely technically in a legal gray area or possibly a technical violation of the license terms that MS is not likely to enforce against you providing the system came with an OEM windows license and your usage is covered by a valid user or device license on upgrade to Windows 10 - If you have no proper Windows license, then for sure it is illegal to just run POSReady for general computing - as your "permanent" key is likely intended for development purposes, unless you're an OEM with shipping hardware and the special licensing for distributing solutions with POSReady embedded. Why not just stick with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC if you're willing to use a crippled OS to avoid the constant upgrade badness?
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