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Think Windows 11 is annoying? These 4 Windows XP "nightmares" were way worse

Today, we look back on Windows XP with rose-tinted glasses and a half-wish that Windows 11 could be that great. But we've forgotten that Windows XP didn't launch in its final state. Far from ...
ExtremeTech

Windows XP finally put to sleep by Microsoft - but it will still haunt us for years to come

Fair citizens of the interwebs, I bring sad tidings: Windows XP is officially dead. As of this morning, April 8, Microsoft has officially end-of-lifed (EOL) Windows XP. If you're still running Windows ...
TechSpot

Someone rebuilt Windows XP in the browser for pure nostalgia

GUI matters: Microsoft released the original edition of Windows XP in 2001 and kept the operating system alive for more than 17 years. The once massively popular platform remains fondly remembered, ...
ExtremeTech

A Windows XP User Is Running Windows 11 in a Virtual Machine

A Reddit user figured out how to run Windows 11 on a Windows XP computer using a virtual machine. The experiment was conducted on a Windows XP x64 system, utilizing VirtualBox 5.2.44 with Certificate ...
Windows Central

Millions of Windows XP disks secretly included Microsoft's failed search assistant to keep pirates at bay — "Bob was actually more useful dead than alive"

Developer Raymond Chen says Windows XP shipped with an encrypted version of Microsoft Bob to pad out 30MB of free space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...