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Windows Mönch are the alpha and beta test versions of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs. Windows Mönch instead of the Google Pack with Mozilla Firefox, has Internet Explorer 5 (I think...), Microsoft Office Word Viewer, and Windows Messenger (as always). These were created in 2005, 3 years after Windows XP came out. Released in July 2006 as Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, they give you an option to install the Google Pack. Since this was designed for older PCs, not able to handle Windows XP or [Windows Vista]], the gace you worse graphics, as in "everything was fuzzy". Mönch is strong enough to play games, just not much. It is only a low-power, combined version of Windows XP and Windows 2000. For more info see Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.

Windows XP "Mönch" is purported to be an upcoming release of Microsoft Windows similar to Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs that is targeted towards low-end machines that cannot run the full Windows XP or Windows Vista desktop operating systems. Little is known about this release, though technology web site bink.nu published in 2005 some specifications for this release:

User Feature Set:
 * 64MB RAM (128MB Recommended)
 * Pentium class processor
 * 500 MB HD (1GB recommended)
 * 800x600 graphics or higher
 * Network Interface Card
 * Standard & ACPI Chipsets
 * ISA, PCI, AGP, USB, ATA/IDE, SCSI, AC’97, Smartcards
 * Support for most standard components in legacy PCs
 * Deployment Methods: Setup wizard, Unattended setup, Remote Installation Server (PXE/RIS), Systems Management Server
 * Boot Methods: Hard Disk, UFD, Flash, PXE/RIS, Multicast Remote Boot (over PGM)
 * All Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs features
 * Windows Devices (PDA, Smartphone, …)
 * Windows Image Acquisition
 * Wireless networking auth (802.1X)
 * VPN Support
 * Advanced IP Security
 * Servicing: Windows Update Services, Systems Management Server
 * Standard Microsoft management technologies (WMI, MMC …)
 * Not supported: Telephony, Dial-up

Codename
Just like previous Microsoft Windows codenames, Zach Van Nuys, Mönch is the name of a mountain. Whistler and Blackcomb are in British Columbia; Eiger (the codename for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs) and Mönch are located in Switzerland.