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| | '''Windows Neptune''' (Codename '''Memphis NT''') |
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| '''Windows Neptune''' was planned to become the successor of the [[Windows:2000|Windows 2000 family]] as well as the first consumer version of Windows under the NT code. It was under development in 1999, until it was canceled, along with [[Windows:Odyssey|Odyssey]] to give way for [[Windows:XP|Whistler]], which would be named [[Windows:XP|Windows XP]]. [[Windows:XP|Windows XP]] included the new login screen, help center and user accounts panel originally envisioned for Neptune. However, Activity Centers were eventually dropped. It was later replaced by [[Windows:ME|Windows ME]]. As stated in confidential Microsoft documents, it was to be released in Q4 of 2000. It was also planned to have 64-bit support. A planned successor called [[Windows:Triton|Windows codename Triton]] was also involved, not as a service pack, but as an operating system itself. It was also planned to be released with Internet Explorer 6 which was also in development at the time. Five service packs were planned for NepTune.
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| | * [[Windows:2000:1515|Windows NT 5.00 Build 1515]] |
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| [[File:Setup 29.PNG|200px|thumb|Right|Logon Screen]]
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| The login screen in Neptune is a HTML and javascript based UI . Installing Internet Explorer 6 (on build 5111) usually causes the login screen to stop functioning.
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| === Help Center ===
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| Ex-BetaArchive member, [[KenOath|KenOath]] was able to fix the Activity Center compeltely using different files and resources from unleaked Windows Millenium builds
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| == Builds ==
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| * [[Windows:Neptune:5000|Neptune Build 5000]]
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| * [[Windows:Neptune:5022.1|Neptune build 5022.1]]
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| * [[Windows:Neptune:5111.1|Neptune Build 5111.1]]
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| * [[Windows:Neptune:5117|Neptune Build 5117]]
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| == Timeline ==
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| * '''Early December 1999''': "Neptune" ideas sent to testers
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| * '''December 10, 1999''': Neptune build 5111 is compiled
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| * '''December 27, 1999''': Neptune build 5111 sent to testers
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| * '''January 21, 2000:''' Paul Thurrott reveals that both Neptune and Odyssey are cancelled and will be replaced by Whister.
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| * '''March 20, 2000:''' Windows [[Windows:XP|Whistler]] build 2211 leaks, it looks like Windows Neptune but it isn't.
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| == See Also ==
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| * [http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_gold3.asp Windows XP: Road to gold - Paul Thurrott, 24-08-2001]
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| * [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07297.pdf]
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| [[category:Cancelled Projects]] | | [[category:Cancelled Projects]] |
