Related Links
This section contains a list of Web sites that are found in other sections of this white paper.
(Note: This topic describes not just Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, but also Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3.)
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Links to Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Resource Kits
Links to Information About Security, Management, and Deployment
Links to Information About Components in Windows XP Professional SP2
Links to Information About Licensing, Product Activation, and Registration
Links to Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations
Links to Information About Group Policy
Links to Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Resource Kits
The following sites provide information about Windows XP and other Microsoft products. The list includes sites containing product documentation as well as other basic sites that provide information about Microsoft operating systems and other Microsoft products:
Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/
Product documentation for Windows Server 2003:
Microsoft product support:
Microsoft TechNet:
Microsoft Developer Network:
Prescriptive Architecture Guides:
Windows Deployment and Resource Kits (includes links to the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit and the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference):
Microsoft Resource Kits:
Internet Explorer Administration Kit:
NetMeeting 3 Resource Kit (the NetMeeting section in this white paper provides links to specific chapters in this kit):
Links to Information About Security, Management, and Deployment
The following sites provide information about security, management, and deployment topics:
Managing mobile code:
The Windows XP Professional Resource Kit documentation:
Automating and Customizing Installations in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit:
Using scripts:
Security:
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=29168
https://www.microsoft.com/windows/security/
Links to Information About Components in Windows XP Professional SP2
The following sites provide information about some of the components in Windows XP Professional SP2:
Add Network Place Wizard (specifically, related protocols called the Web Extender Client protocol and the Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol):
Certificates, certificate status, certificate revocation, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI):
For more information, also see “Links to Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations,” later in this section.
Dynamic Update:
File association Web service (specifically, the related process of using Group Policy to remotely install software):
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=29166
For more information about the file association Web service, also see “Language codes” in this list.
Help and Support Center Headlines (for an explanation of how Headlines and the Newsver.xml file work, see "Help and Support Center: The Headlines and Online Search features," earlier in this white paper):
HyperTerminal (on the Hilgraeve Web site):
Internet Explorer:
For more information about Internet Explorer, also see the following:
“Microsoft Resource Kits” and "Internet Explorer Administration Kit" in "Links to Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Resource Kits," earlier in this section.
“Language codes” in this list.
“Set Program Access and Defaults” in this list.
Internet games:
Internet Information Services in Windows XP SP2:
Internet printing:
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6):
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=29519
For more information about IPv6, also see “Links to Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations,” later in this section.
Language codes (used in Internet Explorer and the file association Web service when a language is being specified):
Microsoft Update:
MSN Explorer (specifically, the privacy statement for the MSN.com Web site):
NetMeeting:
For more information about NetMeeting, also see the following:
“Links to Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations,” later in this section.
"NetMeeting 3 Resource Kit" in "Links to Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Resource Kits," earlier in this section.
Online Print Ordering Wizard:
Outlook Express 6 (specifically, Sysocmgr.exe, a tool that helps you control whether entry points are visible for Outlook Express):
For more information about Outlook Express, also see “Internet Explorer” and “Set Program Access and Defaults” in this list.
Program Compatibility Wizard (specifically, the Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit, which can be used with the Program Compatibility Wizard):
Remote Assistance:
Search Companion:
Set Program Access and Defaults (affects Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, and Windows Messenger):
Web Publishing Wizard:
Windows Error Reporting:
Windows Media Player:
For more information about Windows Media Player, also see “Set Program Access and Defaults” in this list.
Windows Messenger:
For more information about Windows Messenger, also see “Set Program Access and Defaults” in this list.
Windows Movie Maker:
Links to Information About Licensing, Product Activation, and Registration
The following sites provide information about licensing, product activation, and registration:
Links to Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations
The following sites are maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force:
The following site is maintained by the International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium:
The following site is maintained by the International Telecommunication Union:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=29510
(Web addresses can change, so you might be unable to connect to the Web sites mentioned here.)
Links to Information About Group Policy
The following sites provide information about topics related to Group Policy:
The Group Policy Technology Center Web site at:
The Group Policy page on the TechNet Web site at:
Designing a Managed Environment in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit at:
Information about the Group Policy Management Console at the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web site at:
The Group Policy Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference at:
Article 816662, "Recommendations for Managing Group Policy Administrative Template (.adm) Files" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
The Group Policy Settings Reference on the Microsoft Web site at: