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{{blockquote|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#Release to manufacturing (RTM)|RTM]] version of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, which was released on July 8, 2006, was built from the [[Windows XP#Service Pack 2|Windows XPEmbedded Service Pack 2]] codebase.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-17 |title=Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs |url=http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sa/benefits/fundamentals.mspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917052108/http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sa/benefits/fundamentals.mspx |archive-date=17 September 2006 |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=microsoft.com}}</ref> The release was announced to the press on July 12, 2006.<ref name="RTM">{{Cite web |date=2006-07-12 |title=Microsoft extends lifeline for older PCs - CNET News |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/microsoft-extends-lifeline-for-older-pcs/ |access-date=2014-01-06 |publisher=News.cnet.com}}</ref> Because Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs comes from a codebase of 32-bit Windows XP Embedded, its service packs are also developed separately.<ref name="sp3" /> For the same reason, Service Pack 3 for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, released on October 7, 2008, is the same as Service Pack 3 for 32-bit (x86) editions of Windows XP.<ref name="sp3" /> In fact, due to the earlier release date of the 32-bit version, many of the key features introduced by Service Pack 2 for 32-bit (x86) editions of Windows XP were already present in the RTM version of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.<ref name="RTM" /> Service Pack 3 is the last released service pack for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.

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