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| release_version = 5.1.2600.5512 Service Pack 3 (SP3)

| release_date = {{start date and age|2008|10|07}}<ref name="sp3"/>

| discontinued = yes

| support_status = Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009.<ref name="lifecycleWinFLP" /><br />Extended support ended on April 8, 2014.<ref name="lifecycleWinFLP">{{Cite web |title=Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs - Microsoft Lifecycle |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-fundamentals-for-legacy-pcs |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=Microsoft Learn |publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref>

| succeeded_by = [[Windows Thin PC]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackie |first=Kurt |title=Windows Thin PC Trial Software Now Available -- Redmondmag.com |url=https://redmondmag.com/articles/2011/03/29/windows-thin-pc-trial-software-now-available.aspx |access-date=November 23, 2023 |website=Redmondmag |language=en-US}}</ref>

| date = January 2009

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{{Windows XP}}

'''Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs''' ("'''WinFLP'''") is a [[thin client]] release of the [[Windows NT]] [[operating system]] developed by [[Microsoft]]<ref name="ms-web-sa-fundamentals">{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Software Assurance Benefits - Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs |url=http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/fundamentals.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329083828/http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/fundamentals.aspx |archive-date=March 29, 2010 |access-date=July 25, 2009 |website=Microsoft Volume Licensing |quote=Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is based on the Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 (SP2) operating system}}</ref> and optimized for older, less powerful [[Computer hardware|hardware]]. It was released on July 8, 2006, nearly two years after its [[Windows XP#Service Pack 2|Windows XP SP2]] counterpart was released in August 2004, and is not marketed as a full-fledged general purpose operating system, although it is functionally able to perform most of the tasks generally associated with one. It includes only certain functionality for local workloads such as security, management, document viewing related tasks and the .NET Framework. It is designed to work as a [[client–server]] solution with [[Remote Desktop Protocol|RDP]] clients or other third party clients such as [[Citrix Systems|Citrix]] [[Independent Computing Architecture|ICA]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs reached [[Windows XP#End of support|end of support]] on April 8, 2014 along with most other [[Windows XP editions]].

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===Hardware requirements===

{{Infobox

| title = System requirements

| bodystyle = width:308px

| label1 = CPU

| data1 = [[Pentium compatible processor|Pentium]] 233 MHz (300 MHz recommended)

| label2 = Memory

| data2 = 64 MB (128 MB recommended)

| label3 = Graphics hardware

| data3 = 800×600 [[computer monitor]]

| label4 = Hard disk space

| data4 = 610 MB minimum (1GB recommended)

| label5 = Network hardware

| data5 = Optional

}}

Despite being optimized for older PCs, hardware requirements for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs are [[Windows XP#System requirements|similar to Windows XP]], although it is faster running on slower clock speeds than Windows XP.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}