Original: Released on 17 February 2000 , Gates Ushers in Next Generation of PC Computing With Launch of Windows 2000 it was the successor to Windows NT 4.0 , and is the final release of Microsoft Windows to display the '' Windows NT '' designation .
Simplified: All versions of Windows 2000 have things in common , including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console ( MMC ) and standard system management applications such as a disk defragmentation utility .