* Throughout, eliminate Windows 2000 from the documentation.

* overview.sgml (brief-history): Mention native AMD64 support.
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2013-04-23 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Throughout, eliminate Windows 2000 from the documentation.
* overview.sgml (brief-history): Mention native AMD64 support.
2013-04-23 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* Makefile.in (SGMLDIRS): Accommodate dropping utils_source and

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<para>
Unfortunately, no standard set of tools included with all versions of
Windows exists. If you are unfamiliar with the tools available
on your system, here is a general guide. Windows 2000 has only a basic
set of tools, which later versions of Windows expanded. Microsoft also
provides free downloads for Windows 2000 (the Resource Kit Tools), and XP
(the Windows Support Tools). Generally, the younger the Windows version,
the more complete are the on-board tools. Additionally, many independent
Windows exists. Generally, the younger the Windows version, the more
complete are the on-board tools. Microsoft also provides free downloads
for Windows XP (the Windows Support Tools). Additionally, many independent
sites such as
<ulink url="http://download.com">download.com</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://simtel.net">simtel.net</ulink>,
@ -85,8 +82,8 @@ If your system does not have an always-on network connection, you
may be interested in <command>rasdial.exe</command> for automating dialup
connections.
Users who frequently change their network
configuration can script these changes with <command>netsh.exe</command>
(Windows 2000 and later). For proxy users, the open source
configuration can script these changes with <command>netsh.exe</command>.
For proxy users, the open source
<ulink url="http://apserver.sourceforge.net">
NTLM Authorization Proxy Server</ulink> or the no-charge
<ulink url="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html">

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@ -1101,10 +1101,6 @@ IPv6-capable and that's why you see the "Address family not supported"
error message. Note, however, that the IPv6 stack on these systems
don't fully support all features of IPv6.</para>
<para>There's also a very experimental IPv6 stack for Windows 2000, and
Cygwin will try its best to support it, but it's not recommended to install
it.</para>
<para>For more information about IPv6 on Windows and how to install the
IPv6 stack, see the <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx">Microsoft TechNet IPv6 FAQ article</ulink>
</para></answer></qandaentry>

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</screen>
<para>Again: This works on all existing versions of Windows NT, at the
time of writing from at least Windows 2000 up to Server 2008 R2. Only
time of writing from at least Windows XP up to Server 2012. Only
the GUIs aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order.</para>
</sect2>
@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ the GUIs aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order.</para>
<para>Since Windows XP, Windows users have been accustomed to the
"Switch User" feature, which switches the entire desktop to another user
while leaving the original user's desktop "suspended". Another Windows
feature (since Windows 2000) is the "Run as..." context menu entry,
which allows you to start an application using another user account when
right-clicking on applications and shortcuts.</para>
feature is the "Run as..." context menu entry, which allows you to start
an application using another user account when right-clicking on applications
and shortcuts.</para>
<para>On POSIX systems, this operation can be performed by processes
running under the privileged user accounts (usually the "root" user

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL
providing substantial <ulink url="http://www.pasc.org/#POSIX">POSIX</ulink>
(Portable Operating System Interface) system call functionality, and a
collection of tools, which provide a Linux look and feel. The Cygwin DLL
works with all x86 and AMD64 versions of Windows NT since Windows 2000.
works with all x86 and AMD64 versions of Windows NT since Windows XP SP3.
The API follows the
<ulink url="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/nfindex.html">Single
Unix Specification</ulink> as much as possible, and then Linux practice.
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</para>
<para>
The latest major improvement in this development is the 1.7 release in
The biggest major improvement in this development is the 1.7 release in
2009, which dropped Windows 95/98/Me support in favor of using Windows
NT features more extensively. It adds a lot of new features like
case-sensitive filenames, NFS interoperability, IPv6 support and much
more.</para>
<para>The latest big improvement is the 64 bit Cygwin DLL which
allows to run natively on AMD64 Windows machines. The first release
available in a 64 bit version is 1.7.19.</para>
</sect1>
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\obcaseinsensitive
</screen>
<para>to 0 and reboot the machine. For least surprise, Cygwin expects
this registry value also on Windows 2000, which usually doesn't know this
registry key. If you want case-sensitivity on Windows 2000, just create
that registry value and set it to 0. <emphasis role='bold'>Only</emphasis>
on Windows 2000 you don't have to reboot to bring it into effect, rather
stopping all Cygwin processes and then restarting them is sufficient.</para>
<para>to 0 and reboot the machine.</para>
<note>
<para>