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Did you know...

...that as early as 2003, Microsoft already explained that Windows Longhorn was based not on Windows XP but on Windows Server 2003 code?
...that according to then-Windows NT chief architect and project manager Dave Cutler, the internal name of NT 4.0 was Tukwila or Windows NT 3.99?
...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 anywhere on any Windows version?
...that there could be a planned Personal edition of Windows 2000, because Windows Server 2003 build 2462 included login banners for the edition?
...that photos can be stacked by camera models in Windows Vista to view all photos that were taken with a specific camera?

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-* ...that Bill Gates wanted '''[[Windows]]''' to be called Interface Manager?
+* ...that as early as 2003, Microsoft already explained that [[Windows Longhorn#Codebase|'''Windows Longhorn''' was based]] not on [[Windows XP]] but on [[Windows Server 2003]] code?
-* ...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. anywhere on any Windows computer?
+* ...that according to then-Windows NT chief architect and project manager [[wikipedia:Dave Cutler|Dave Cutler]], the internal name of '''[[Windows NT 4.0|NT 4.0]]''' was ''Tukwila'' or ''Windows NT 3.99''?
-* ...that the team that created '''[[Windows NT]]''' was first called the "Portable Systems" team?
+* ...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 anywhere on any Windows version?
-* ...that in '''[[Windows Longhorn/6.0.4042.main.030905-1800]]''' folders exist with names from both the XP-style 'My' name and the Vista-style name which dropped the 'My'?
+* ...that there could be a planned Personal edition of [[Windows 2000]], because '''[[Windows Server 2003/5.1.2462.main.010315-1739|Windows Server 2003 build 2462]]''' included login banners for the edition?
-* ...that Microsoft's first Press Kit contained a Squeegee (Window washer) and a wash cloth to announce Windows 1.0?
+* ...that photos can be stacked by camera models in [[Windows Vista]] to view all photos that were taken with a specific camera?
+: ''For previous items, visit the [[Main Page/Did you know/Archive|archive]].''
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