Windows XP Tour (Professional) Walkthrough V2
35Once again, here is a walkthrough of the Professional version of the Windows XP Tour software. It was designed primarily for first-time users of both computers and Windows XP, especially when Windows XP first came out in late 2001. Windows XP was the only operating system to have a Flash-animated tour presentation. The sections are very interesting and the music, composed by Bill Brown (he has all of it available on his Soundcloud account), is fantastic, enjoyable and very relaxing.
This time, this version of this video is in 60 FPS (in honor of Windows XP's 20th anniversary) as it was captured by using the ClonerAlliance HDML-Cloner Box Pro standalone capture card and the audio was recorded by using an EzCap audio capture device since I used real hardware as opposed to the Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine of Windows XP Professional I used for the previous version of this video back in 2012, so there are no popping noises here. The popping happened in the previous version because the sound volume of the Windows XP Professional virtual machine wasn't set to its maximum setting. In retrospect, this method could have been a better option in the first place.
Now it's time for the section-by-section comments:
Windows XP Basics: This section has been my all-time favorite since I first ran the Home Edition counterpart of this software on an HP Pavilion tower desktop PC with Windows XP Home Edition in 2002. It covers various things about it, like the Windows desktop, icons, windows, the Control Panel, etc. While all eight tour clips would automatically play about ten seconds after each one ends, I decided to manually select some of them in chronological order again.
Best for Business: This section is only available in the Professional version of this tour software program. There are several things about methods business and advanced activities on Windows XP Professional shown and talked about here.
Safe and Easy Personal Computing: During my childhood, this section happened to be very fascinating. It shows how fast it could be at that time, better help and support for Windows XP, and more.
Unlock the World of Digital Media: This section is, by far, one of the most amazing parts! It shows a variety of media activities, such as how you can use Windows Media Player for playing music and video content. If you're familiar with a lot of classic video games, I will mention that at one point, the official website for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Edition (rated "E for Everyone" by the ESRB in North America) is shown (sadly shut down as of November 2013 due to the game's support being discontinued several years earlier, though it was still available when I recorded my other version of this walkthrough video by using Camtasia Studio 7 on an HP Pavilion p6230f PC with Windows 7 Home Premium). Also, I realized that the second PC game shown in the autorun is called Dungeon Siege II (rated "T for Teen by the ESRB in North America, so it's rather ironic to see something like that in a family-friendly operating system tour presentation; on the bright side, though, its music was composed by Jeremy Soule, well known for creating other video game soundtracks like the one for the 1997 Humongous Entertainment kids' PC game, Putt-Putt Travels Through Time). There is also a brief mention of the possibility of Windows XP being optimal for playing DVDs in Windows Media Player, although previous Windows operating systems such as Windows 98 and Windows 2000 were capable of playing DVDs as well.
The Connected Home and Office: This is the only section to have four clips instead of three, unlike most of the other sections. It is about how it is possible for multiple users to use a single computer with Windows XP on it easily, leaving certain tasks to wizards, and more.
This updated version of this walkthrough mostly went well. A nice way to finally start uploading walkthroughs of software programs and video games in the 2020s decade, isn't it? Enjoy!