Inde, ndikungoyang'ana pang'ono m'mbiri, koma Windows XP yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ambiri aife kwa zaka zambiri, kotero phokosoli limabweretsa kukumbukira zambiri. Kupatula apo, inali dongosolo la Microsoft lomwe linatsagana ndi m'badwo wonse wa ogwiritsa ntchito PC. Wina aliyense, makamaka achichepere, amatha kumvera mawu amodzi odziwika bwino m'mitundu yake yambiri.
Ndizo ndendende zomwe kusakaniza uku kumakhudza. Choyambirira choyambirira chimatsatiridwa ndi kusintha kwake kosiyanasiyana, komwe nthawi zambiri kumakhala koseketsa. Pali okwana 23 mwa iwo mu kanema. Windows XP (yodziwika bwino kuti "xpéčka") ndi makina ogwiritsira ntchito kuchokera mndandanda Windows NT kuchokera ku Microsoft, yomwe idatulutsidwa mchaka cha 2001. idapangidwa kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito panyumba kapena pabizinesi apakompyuta, ma laputopu kapena malo owonera. Chidule cha "XP" chikuyimira eXPerience. Dongosolo limagawana magawo ofunikira ndi dongosolo Windows Seva 2003.
Inali njira yoyendetsera ntchito kwazaka zopitilira khumi ndipo pofika nthawi yomwe Microsoft idayamba kuyisintha ndi dongosolo Windows Vista (November 2006) adagwiritsa ntchito dongosololi Windows XP pafupifupi 87% ya ogwiritsa. Inali yogwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mpaka pakati pa 2012, pamene idaposa Windows 7, koma idagwiritsidwabe ntchito zaka zisanu kutha kwa malonda Windows XP pafupifupi 30% ya makompyuta.
