Eight Years of Service
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Experiences with Windows XP? 11-24-2017, 05:51 AM
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I recently had to install WinXP(32bit) on a laptop I bought for $7. Haven't used XP in a very long time.
It plain out looks old. It has the look and feel of "Legacy."
And unless you download your graphics driver and get the max resolution possible, it's out right unusable and horrible. (Personal experience)
But beyond that, it's kinda nice.. I like it, in a way.
What are your guy's personal experience with Windows XP? Good? Bad?
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Fourteen Years of Service
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RE: Experiences with Windows XP? 11-24-2017, 06:11 AM
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For It's time, It was an excellent OS- pertaining to both It's overall stability and functionality.
I really enjoyed customizing It (Inclusive of an unattended setup) by removing features, components etc that were not to my liking. I also Implemented a WPI (Windows Post Install) by adding software that users can opt to Install during the format process.
If you want the 64 bit architecture of Windows XP Pro SP2, let me know and I shall provide you with a direct link (product key Included).
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Thirteen Years of Service
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RE: Experiences with Windows XP? 11-24-2017, 01:02 PM
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I can barely remember using XP the short periods of time I did (I was rather young back then). When it came out, it was good for what it was. Nowadays, ofc, we have far better. I also really miss windows 7, but conformed to win10 on my main machine too xD
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Eight Years of Service
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RE: Experiences with Windows XP? 11-24-2017, 01:44 PM
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Got three laptops. My first and only laptop I've built, is running XP SP3 x86,and still running strong. Getting harder to keep the old thing alive, but my wife loves the damn thing until the LAN PCCARD won't pick up fU(***# wifi. Then she goes for MY Windows 10 x64 laptop (Preloaded,no CD-ROM drive). And then there's the bastard child laptop running 7 SP1 x86 THAT WILL NOT TAKE ANY KIND OF G.D. UPDATE. It constantly crashes to blue screen. Constantly in safe mode w/networking to trouble shoot the dang thing. I Still HaveNoF#*(ingClue!!!
Eight Years of Service
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RE: Experiences with Windows XP? 11-24-2017, 03:22 PM
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I mainly haven't done that yet for 2 reasons. First I like figuring out stuff like that on my own. Second, junkard memorydumps before W.indows boot logo appears.
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