Windows 2000 R2: Personal Edition

Windows 2000 R2: Personal Edition (AKA Windows 2000 PE, Codenamed "Persona") was released to manufacturing on November 4, 2000 as a version of windows 2000 for the average home, and not for business, and also to replace the failed windows millennium edition operating system. Throughout its development, it had 2 codenames, first Kuperino as an early codename when it was still being decided what it would be called, and Persona when it was closer to being finished. It brings many improvements to what the original windows 2000 had, and was developed in only around 6-7 months. Since release, it has had 6 service packs, the first being SP1, released on March 29, 2001 and the last being SP5a, released on July 4, 2004 as a minor update to SP5.

History
On May 3, 2000, about 3 months after the release of Windows 2000, and with Windows ME nearing completion, the next version of windows started being developed. It was codenamed Windows Kuperino, and was based on the Windows 2000 code but would have many improvements. The first known build was compiled on June 6, 2000, although earlier builds probably existed. After the release and failure of Windows ME, it was decided to turn Windows Kuperino into an operating system that would replace ME as a home operating system when it was released. The codename was changed to Windows Persona, and the first known build to use the new codename was compiled around July 17, 2000. For the next 4 months, many improvements were made, like to the start bar/menu, and the login screen. Beta 1 was released to testers on August 18, 2000 and Beta 2 was released on September 25, 2000. A Release Candidate came out October 14, 2000 and a public launch announcement was made on October 29, followed by release on November 4, 2000. 6 Service Packs were released from 2001-2004 for the operating system

Editions
Windows 2000 R2 Personal Edition (RTM)

Windows 2000 R2 Personal Edition Plus!

Windows 2000 R2 PE 64-Bit Edition

Windows 2000 R2 PE Professional

Windows 2000 R2 PE Workstation

Service Packs
Service Pack 1 - March 29, 2001

Service Pack 2 - September 12, 2001

Service Pack 3 - May 9, 2002

Service Pack 4 - June 24, 2003

Service Pack 5 - January 1, 2004

Service Pack 5a - July 4, 2004

Trivia

 * On The Boot Screen, it says "Built From NT Technology", similar to Windows 2000's "Built On NT Technology" text, but a little different