Windows 2000 is an operating system that configures your hardware for you. With its structure based upon Windows 98 and NT, they have also introduced revolutionary interface enhancements.

Power management for the latest desktop and notebook models.

That has one interface for browsing local files, Intranets, and the Internet.

The new Plug and Play will allow you to handle all your hardware chores from one central location without restarting your computer. And at the location you will also be able to inspect driver device settings, update drivers, or troubleshoot resource conflicts. I am sure that this will be extremely helpful to many people out in the computer world including myself. With this feature it will make looking for a program or installing one a breeze.

A new security system that will use smart cards and other physical keys to let you access the computer.

Which can handle all the tasks of managing users, groups, shared peripherals, and security, it also allows you to do all this over worldwide networks.

ets you control computers, peripherals, users, security settings, from any desktop.

The Active Directory is the central store of information about authorized users and groups, printers, fax servers, and other objects. Earlier Windows versions scatter this information across the network making it harder for people to find it but the A

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