Windows Wanderer

= Windows Wanderer =
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== Windows Wanderer ==
=== Release date ===
November 17, 1999 (Planned)
May 23, 2000 (Actual)
=== Created by ===
Microsoft
=== OS family ===
Microsoft Windows
=== Source model ===
Closed Source
=== Update method ===
Windows Update
=== Kernel type ===
Hybrid (9x - NT 5.0)
=== Latest version ===
5.0.325 (SP5)
(April 17, 2006)
=== State ===
Unsupported
=== Support ends ===
January 15, 2011
=== Codename ===
Redwood
=== Final name ===
Windows Wanderer
=== Preceded by ===
NT - Windows 2000 (2000)
9x - Windows 98 (1998)
=== Succeeded by ===
NT - Windows XP (2001)
9x - Windows ME (2000)
Windows Wanderer (Codename Redwood) is a hybrid Windows system by Microsoft, that was released on May 23rd, 2000. It was originally planned to release on November 17th, 1999, but it was delayed due to production issues that required extra work. Production on the major part of it started on January 9th, 1998. It was similar to Windows ME and Windows 2000, but with less issues, and was received relatively better; It was mostly a beta version of Windows ME. It also had some similarities to the future Windows XP which came out on October 25th, 2001.
By 2003, a lot of bugs were found in Windows Wanderer, but they were were fixed on December 7th, 2003, when the Service Pack 2 was released. After more traction was being directed towards Windows XP. It was announced on October 19, 2003, that the support ended on January 15th, 2011. It was originally supposed to end sometime in 2012.
== Contents ==
* 1Production
* 2Other Information
* 3Known Versions
* 4Production Images
== Production ==
Production on its cancelled predecessor, Windows Explorer, began on December 9th, 1996. It was also a hybrid version and based on Windows NT 4.0 which was released the same year. It had a few major bugs that caused multiple concerns and conflicts in the Microsoft corporation. It was cancelled and turned into Windows Redwood sometime in October 1997, which eventually evolved Windows Wanderer on January 29th, 1998.
== Other Information ==
* Windows Wanderer used Windows 2000 build 1983-2000 sounds instead of sounds from the final version.
* Since Windows Wanderer came out before Windows ME, it features some beta features that were removed the final release of Windows ME.
* Windows Wanderer had a limit for how many bytes could be in a folder, being 4GB.
* The system requirements are a Pentium processor (or equivalent) of 133 MHz or greater, at least 32 MB of RAM, 675 MB of hard drive space, and a CD-ROM drive (recommended: Pentium II, 128 MB of RAM, 2 GB of hard drive space, and CD-ROM drive).
* Some computers running Windows Wanderer had support until September 14, 2012 for an unexplained reason, this was most likely caused by some leftover code from the beta.
== Known Versions ==
Windows Wanderer Known Versions
Name 	Image	Description 	Date
5.0.86 Alpha	 	Similar to Windows 98 	January 29, 1998
5.0.95 Alpha	 	Similar to Windows 98 with more features 	February 8-November 16, 1998
5.0.105 Beta	 	Similar to beta versions of Windows 2000 	December 18, 1998-February 16, 1999
5.0.122
Beta	 	Enhanced security and Faster Running 	June 28-August 2, 1999
5.0.136
Beta	 	Beta features from Windows Me. 	August 19-September 27, 1999
5.0.151 RTM 	 	Similar to final versions of Windows 2000.	October 6, 1999
== Production Images ==
Windows Explorer’s original logo, being made on February 26, 1997.
Windows Codename Redwood logo, made on October 28, 1997.
Logo of Windows Wanderer, designed in November 1997.
Boot screen for Codename Redwood in December 1997.