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Windows Neptune is a version of Windows that should have been the successor to ]. But this project was cancelled and was merged with Oddysey to form Whistler we now know as ]. In April ], ] was formally announced as the final product in the ] family, and Neptune was slated for release after that, in 2001 or 2002, as the first NT-based consumer Windows offering. One Neptune build did make it to testers, 5111. This build showed off some early work on the new logon screen ("Welcome" in Windows XP") and an activity center-based User Accounts control panel. But Neptune was never meant to be: Clashes over previously promised features and a desire to do something new with the product eventually doomed this project. '''Windows Neptune''' is a version of ] that was planned to be the home consumer edition of ]. But this project was cancelled and was merged with Oddysey to form Whistler - which we now know as ]. In April 1999, ] was formally announced as the final product in the ] family, and Neptune was slated for release after that, in 2001 or 2002, as the first NT-based consumer Windows offering. One Neptune build did make it to testers and showed off some early work on the new logon screen ("Welcome" in Windows XP) and an activity center-based User Accounts control panel. But Neptune was never meant to be: Clashes over previously promised features and a desire to do something new with the product eventually doomed this project.


==Features==


⚫ Windows Neptune was suppose to feature an ]-based user interface code-named Forms+, Universal Plug and Play (]) connectivity, ]'s ] vision, and the NT ] used in Windows 2000 (since renamed as the Windows Engine).


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⚫ Windows Neptune was suppose to feature an ]-based user interface code-named Forms+, Universal Plug and Play (]) connectivity, ]'s ] vision, and the NT ] used in Windows 2000 (since renamed as the Windows Engine).

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Windows Neptune is a version of Microsoft Windows that was planned to be the home consumer edition of Windows 2000. But this project was cancelled and was merged with Oddysey to form Whistler - which we now know as Windows XP. In April 1999, Windows ME was formally announced as the final product in the 9x family, and Neptune was slated for release after that, in 2001 or 2002, as the first NT-based consumer Windows offering. One Neptune build did make it to testers and showed off some early work on the new logon screen ("Welcome" in Windows XP) and an activity center-based User Accounts control panel. But Neptune was never meant to be: Clashes over previously promised features and a desire to do something new with the product eventually doomed this project.

Features

Windows Neptune was suppose to feature an HTML-based user interface code-named Forms+, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) connectivity, Bill Gates's WinTone vision, and the NT kernel used in Windows 2000 (since renamed as the Windows Engine).

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