Windows 2000 is an older operating system still used in some small and large offices , Windows 2000 professional is the operating system edition used on the client machines , It uses the NTFS standard for its file system , NTFS allows the users to share the folders and set the permissions on the machine .
Advantages of Windows 2000 OS
NTFS file system helps the users to set permissions on the files , so , The users could only read some documents without changing the content , If the users want to block other users from seeing the file , Windows 2000 Professional allows them to password-protect the folder .
Windows 2000 is more stable , It requires far fewer reboots than Windows 98 , it also shuts down quickly , And it’s better than its predecessors at supplying big chunks of memory quickly to applications such as Adobe Photoshop .
Although the operating system has been replaced by several newer Windows versions , It still has some advantages and disadvantages for client machines and networks , Windows 2000 Professional is known as Windows 2000 .
The users can also set the profiles for each person who accesses the machine , Each user has a different profile that contains custom settings , so , The backgrounds , fonts and startup programs are specific for the person logging in .
Windows 2000 operating system has been on the market for several years , Because it has been a part of Windows operating system for so long , Several patches and security hot-fixes are available , This makes it incredibly stable compared to the newer Windows operating systems .
The amount of time the operating system has been on the market has allowed Microsoft to fix any issues that arise for the newer Windows versions which is why some users choose to keep the older Windows 2000 version .
Microsoft Corporation is betting that its new Windows 2000 for business and soon to be released Windows Millennium for consumers will meet those needs with flying colors .