* overview.sgml (brief-history): Mention native AMD64 support.
+2013-04-23 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+ * Throughout, eliminate Windows 2000 from the documentation.
+ * overview.sgml (brief-history): Mention native AMD64 support.
+
2013-04-23 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Makefile.in (SGMLDIRS): Accommodate dropping utils_source and
<para>
Unfortunately, no standard set of tools included with all versions of
-Windows exists. If you are unfamiliar with the tools available
-on your system, here is a general guide. Windows 2000 has only a basic
-set of tools, which later versions of Windows expanded. Microsoft also
-provides free downloads for Windows 2000 (the Resource Kit Tools), and XP
-(the Windows Support Tools). Generally, the younger the Windows version,
-the more complete are the on-board tools. Additionally, many independent
+Windows exists. Generally, the younger the Windows version, the more
+complete are the on-board tools. Microsoft also provides free downloads
+for Windows XP (the Windows Support Tools). Additionally, many independent
sites such as
<ulink url="http://download.com">download.com</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://simtel.net">simtel.net</ulink>,
may be interested in <command>rasdial.exe</command> for automating dialup
connections.
Users who frequently change their network
-configuration can script these changes with <command>netsh.exe</command>
-(Windows 2000 and later). For proxy users, the open source
+configuration can script these changes with <command>netsh.exe</command>.
+For proxy users, the open source
<ulink url="http://apserver.sourceforge.net">
NTLM Authorization Proxy Server</ulink> or the no-charge
<ulink url="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html">
error message. Note, however, that the IPv6 stack on these systems
don't fully support all features of IPv6.</para>
-<para>There's also a very experimental IPv6 stack for Windows 2000, and
-Cygwin will try its best to support it, but it's not recommended to install
-it.</para>
-
<para>For more information about IPv6 on Windows and how to install the
IPv6 stack, see the <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx">Microsoft TechNet IPv6 FAQ article</ulink>
</para></answer></qandaentry>
</screen>
<para>Again: This works on all existing versions of Windows NT, at the
-time of writing from at least Windows 2000 up to Server 2008 R2. Only
+time of writing from at least Windows XP up to Server 2012. Only
the GUIs aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order.</para>
</sect2>
<para>Since Windows XP, Windows users have been accustomed to the
"Switch User" feature, which switches the entire desktop to another user
while leaving the original user's desktop "suspended". Another Windows
-feature (since Windows 2000) is the "Run as..." context menu entry,
-which allows you to start an application using another user account when
-right-clicking on applications and shortcuts.</para>
+feature is the "Run as..." context menu entry, which allows you to start
+an application using another user account when right-clicking on applications
+and shortcuts.</para>
<para>On POSIX systems, this operation can be performed by processes
running under the privileged user accounts (usually the "root" user
providing substantial <ulink url="http://www.pasc.org/#POSIX">POSIX</ulink>
(Portable Operating System Interface) system call functionality, and a
collection of tools, which provide a Linux look and feel. The Cygwin DLL
-works with all x86 and AMD64 versions of Windows NT since Windows 2000.
+works with all x86 and AMD64 versions of Windows NT since Windows XP SP3.
The API follows the
<ulink url="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/nfindex.html">Single
Unix Specification</ulink> as much as possible, and then Linux practice.
</para>
<para>
-The latest major improvement in this development is the 1.7 release in
+The biggest major improvement in this development is the 1.7 release in
2009, which dropped Windows 95/98/Me support in favor of using Windows
NT features more extensively. It adds a lot of new features like
case-sensitive filenames, NFS interoperability, IPv6 support and much
more.</para>
+<para>The latest big improvement is the 64 bit Cygwin DLL which
+allows to run natively on AMD64 Windows machines. The first release
+available in a 64 bit version is 1.7.19.</para>
+
</sect1>
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\obcaseinsensitive
</screen>
-<para>to 0 and reboot the machine. For least surprise, Cygwin expects
-this registry value also on Windows 2000, which usually doesn't know this
-registry key. If you want case-sensitivity on Windows 2000, just create
-that registry value and set it to 0. <emphasis role='bold'>Only</emphasis>
-on Windows 2000 you don't have to reboot to bring it into effect, rather
-stopping all Cygwin processes and then restarting them is sufficient.</para>
+<para>to 0 and reboot the machine.</para>
<note>
<para>
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