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"Jonathan Benedicto" <invalid@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> Dennis Jones wrote:
> > Windows NT was introduced several years (1993) before Windows 95,
> > so when you say "Windows NT," you're referring to very old operating
> > system.  There is a very definite difference between Windows NT and
> > Windows XP (which wasn't introduced until 2001), so do not make the
> > assumption that NT and XP they are one and the same -- they are not
> > (they're not even close).
>
> Wikipedia says this:
> Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are the latest versions of Windows NT,
> though they are not branded as such for marketing purposes. AFAIK, XP is
> Windows NT 5.1

I understand that, but the fact is when people refer to Windows NT, it is
generally understood that they are referring to the "old" Windows NT, that
is, before they changed the name to Windows 2000 and eventually Windows XP.
I don't know about you, but I've never heard anyone refer to XP as "Windows
NT 5.1" -- they just call it "XP."

So, my point remains.  Windows NT (pre-2000) does NOT have the same
functionality that Windows 2000 and XP do.  So if you are going to say that
Windows NT has the CreateToolhelp32Snapshot function, you had better
indicate which version of the operating system you are talking about, either
by giving the name (NT, 2K, XP, etc) or by using the version number (which,
of course, nobody does because the mnemonic is much easier to remember),
because otherwise you're going to run into misunderstandings like this one!

- Dennis