Using Windows XP in 2024 Can You Still Use It?

Hope you guys enjoyed me taking a look back at Windows XP.

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[shrumpus]

3d pinball space cadet will forever be the best pinball game

[Gljin]

XP will ALWAYS be my favorite version of Windows

[edwardmerriam]

To my recollection, Internet Explorer was only fully discontinued in August 2022 because it was so widely used back in the 2000s that many websites, online applications, databases, etc. relied on it. In some countries like China, it was more problematic because said countries switched off from IE6 later and hence apps were even more reliant on it, so Microsoft had to provide support for Internet Explorer 6 (released in 2001) until August 2016. Microsoft Edge has an "Internet Explorer mode" to accommodate legacy pages.

[reggiebenes]

I use Windows XP and Vista every day on different computers. Neither are online. The Vista machine runs several editing programs that I need that won't run on modern OS, and even if they did, I would never want to worry about having them update during use. The XP computer I run games from the early 2000s that I love to play. People seem to forget that until xp, most computers weren't online anyway. They're useful for way more than as a web browser.

[ggvq]

My current physical computer is weaker than your VM setup

[robd]

I still have my old PC running XP pro, it had a 775 Pentium 4 HT originally, the mainboard now runs a core2 duo at 1066 fsb instead of its 1333 speed. I know XP inside out and it runs so fast on it and so nice to use and play my old 2002-2008 games

[Miltiadis_Vouzounaras]

Mypal browser is a firefox based browser still maintained for Windows XP.
The BEST Windows XP iso if someone really needs this OS, is the Integral Edition, service pack 3, with all the updates and patches preinstalled!

[kreitzen]

My aunt and uncle have a PC that runs XP. They use it to play music and handle their e-Load business. Their net cafe, back when it was still active, ran Windows 7 machines where kids would just go on the internet, play Dota 2 or League or (at least for one kid I saw way back then) emulate PSP games.

Shame they never really maintained the net cafe, but they still have the store at least. That XP PC still has me amazed to this day.

[moocatmeow]

honestly, Windows XP is the only operating system I’ve used on a desktop that hasn’t died on me, and so I’ve just got three of them laying around as basically my daily drivers

[SolarFarle]

Windows XP was my biggest jam back then. Playing Rayman, Jumpstart, Math Blaster, and Lego Island, Loco, and Racers will forever have a place in my heart.

[dhananjays]

Windows XP is very user friendly os.Thats why people used to it and Microsoft decided to stop supporting XP..✔💯

[ashryver]

I really.. really miss this time. Id love to be able to go back and experience 1 year of being a kid again and getting to grow up with windows 98/ME and XP, and the advent of the internet and all of that again... I truly miss the internet space of the 2000s... everything was just so.. marvelous. Awe inspiring. Magical.

And the tech reflected it. With boot sounds and themes, eveeything invoked this sense of mysticism and magic.

[spineshivers]

The company I work for did a massive inventory unload of old computers and other stuff that have been sitting in storage for a long time. I saved from the bin a tower made in 2003, looked up every part and it was top of the line back then, dedicated video and everything. Something like $6000 in '03 money. Took it apart, cleaned it thoroughly, change the cpu paste, maximized the ram for that motherboard with 4 gb, it had 2. The only other modern upgrade is a 120 gb ssd, cause hard disks suck, especially 20 yo disks. Installed a 64 bit copy of Xp to use all ram and I've been gaming like a boss with old games since. Old games are a bitch to start on modern hardware and virtual machines don't offer the same experience. I even use an old 4:3 monitor, also saved from the bin with the tower. Had the option of taking a crt too, but 4:3 led is enough, same aspect ratio, a lot less space. ps: Forgot. Also changed for a new power supply. The original one died a long time ago.

[radoslavdimitrov]

Ahh so much nostalgia. Windows XP was the first OS I used my desktop computer with and I will always remember it the second to that being Windows 7

[iplyrunescape]

It's more fun to run it on real hardware, which I have done. Granted, it is a bit more work to find drivers, but it feels so worth it after you get them all. I did it on a Dell Latitude D520, it is so good. Playing CS and Halo CE on it is great.

[djdejo]

I'm still using windows XP in 2024, and with internet(online), with supermium browser, and with no antivirus, and it works everything normal.
XP the best forever.

[thedallastexan]

XP was an awesome upgrade. I remember attending a free MS event here in Dallas for the launch. Yes, MS had free events back in the day. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[GarrettYarbrough]

Im still using Windows XP home edition on a 2001 dell 8200 desktop.😊

[dschoene]

The trouble with old browers on XP is that XP didn't support SSH2, which most webservers use today, so be prepared for some frustration. Other than that, you can still use it these days sort of, but you either need old hardware to run it (for lack of modern drivers) or a VM, which is nice if you want to run some legacy software that won't start on Windows 10/11, like many late 90s computer games.

[thatonewolfie]

Windows XP has quite a community around it now. There are various projects that allow newer software on XP. I would recommend checking out One Core API. It’s a super neat project that allows you to run more modern software. With OCA, you can run a newer chromium fork called Supermium, which is made for Vista and 7. You can also use modern Firefox and even modern versions of chrome and edge as well. The OCA also allows you to use more than 4GB of RAM on the 32 bit version, which is super neat.