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{{quote|The main purpose of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP) is to allow users running old PCs to be able to replace unsupported Windows NT Workstation v.4, Windows 95 and Windows 98 with a supported release of Windows XP (or, eventually, a version based on Windows Vista). [...] Because WinFLP will have the ability to run some applications locally — including Internet Explorer, media players, Instant-Messaging clients, Java Virtual Machines, terminal emulators and ICA or Remote Desktop Protocol clients, and Microsoft Office — WinFLP can be better described as a "lean client" than a "thin client."|source=Gartner<ref>Alvin R. Park, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140106162016/https://www.gartner.com/doc/491598 Determining the Value of Microsoft Software Assurance]", 25 April 2006, Gartner ID Number: G00130974, p. 9</ref>}}

The [[Software release life cycle#RTM or RTW|RTM]] version of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, which was released on July 8, 2006, was based on [[Windows XP#Service Pack 2|Windows XP with Service Pack 2]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}} The release was announced to the press on July 12, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-extends-lifeline-for-older-PCs/2100-1012_3-6093274.html |title=Microsoft extends lifeline for older PCs - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2006-07-12 |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref>

In May 2011, Microsoft announced [[Windows Thin PC]] as the successor product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-to-deliver-windows-thin-pc-to-customers-by-june-30/9331 |title=Microsoft to deliver Windows Thin PC to customers by June 30 |publisher=ZDNet |date=2011-05-02 |access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref>