

The Commission concluded that Microsoft "broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems onto the markets for work group server operating systems and for media players". In March 2004, the European Commission fined Microsoft €497 million ( £395 million or $784 million) and ordered the company to provide a version of Windows without Windows Media Player. The ability to switch hard disk storage type from Basic to Dynamic and vice versa.Windows Management Instrumentation Console (WMIC): WMIC is a command-line tool designed to ease WMI information retrieval about a system by using simple keywords (aliases).(Because the number of CPU cores and simultaneous multithreading capabilities on modern CPUs are considered to be part of a single physical processor, multi-core CPUs are supported using XP Home Edition.) Support for two physical central processing units (CPUs).Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's HTTP and FTP Server.Centralized administration features, including Group Policies, Automatic Software Installation and Maintenance, Roaming User Profiles, and Remote Installation Services (RIS).Encrypting File System, which encrypts files stored on the computer's hard drive so they cannot be read by another user, even with physical access to the storage medium.Offline Files and Folders, which allow the PC to automatically store a copy of files from another networked computer and work with them while disconnected from the network.

Remote Desktop server, which allows a PC to be operated by another Windows XP user over a local area network or the Internet.However, users can use tools other than Windows Explorer (like cacls or File Manager), or restart to Safe Mode to modify access control lists. An access control scheme that allows specific permissions on files to be granted to specific users under normal circumstances.

