Features Not Supported in Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

A number of features in Windows XP Professional are not included with Windows XP 64 Bit Edition. The following is a list of these features.

Digital Media

The following digital media features are not included with Windows XP 64 Bit Edition:

• Digital video disc (DVD) video playback

• CD Recording

• Kodak Imaging Accessory

• Windows Media Player

• A subset of Windows Media Technologies

  • DirectMusic

  • Microsoft TV Technologies for Windows

  • Video mixing renderer (VMR)

• NetMeeting

• IEEE 1394 audio

• Fax

Subsystems and Protocols

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition does not provide support for a number of older subsystems and transport protocols, including the following:

• Microsoft MS DOS subsystem

• OS/2 subsystems

• 16-bit subsystems

• Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) subsystem

• Legacy transport protocols

  • Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX) LAN and WAN

  • AppleTalk Protocol LAN

  • Services for Macintosh

  • Data Link Control (DLC) LAN

  • NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface (NetBEUI) LAN

  • Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) Agent for Server

  • Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) router

  • Infrared Data Association (IrDA)

  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

  • Network BIOS (NetBIOS) gateway

Mobile Computing

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition does not provide support for features aimed primarily at users of portable computers. The following features are not included:

• Hot docking/undocking

• PC Card

• IrDA

• Terminal Services client for Handheld PC

• Power Management

System Restore

The System Restore feature is not supported in Windows XP 64 Bit Edition.

Networking and Communications

The following networking and communications features are not included in Windows XP 64 Bit Edition:

• Internet Locator Service (ILS)

• MSN Internet Access client

• Message Queuing (MSMQ) Level 8 Listener

• Windows Messenger Service

• SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft

Database

The 64-bit versions of these database engines and features are not included in Windows XP 64 Bit Edition; 32-bit versions of Microsoft Database Engine (MSDE) and Jet RED are included.

• Microsoft Database Engine (MSDE) 64-Bit

• Jet RED 64-Bit

• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Oracle provider

• MDAC Oracle driver

• MDAC Data Access Objects (DAOs)

• MDAC Visual FoxPro Driver

• Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Share

System Administration

These system administration and management features are not supported in Windows XP 64 Bit Edition:

• Winrep (Windows Report Tool)

• Security Dynamics Access Control Entry (ACE) Agent

• Windows Installer

• Fast User Switching

• Remote Assistance

• File and Settings Transfer Wizard

• Windows Product Activation (WPA)

• Installation of Recovery Console on the hard disk; Recovery Console can be run from the operating system CD

• Search Companion

• Speech recognition