Windows Neptune

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Windows Neptune
Windows Neptune Logo.png
Microsoft Windows codename Neptune
Codename
Preliminary name
Neptune, NepTune
Kernel version x86 NT Kernel, NT 5.50
Release date Unreleased
Support end None
Preceded by 2000
Succeeded by XP


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Windows Neptune CD

Windows Neptune was planned to become the successor of the 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 Odyssey to give way for Whistler, which would be named Windows XP.XP included the new login screen, help center and user accounts panel originally envisioned for Neptune. However, Activity Centers were eventually dropped.

Planned features

Login screen

User Accounts Panel

Help Center

Activity Centers

Builds

Timeline

  • Early December 1999: "Neptune" ideas sent to testers
  • December 10, 1999: Neptune build 5111 is complited
  • December 27, 1999: Neptune build 5111 sent to testers
  • January 21, 2000: Paul Thurrott reveals that both Neptune and Odyssey are cancelled and will be replaced by Whister.
  • March 20, 2000: Windows Whistler build 2211 leaks, it looks like Windows Neptune but it isn't.

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