Seriously, #Linux #distros should really have a sort-of #Tour program like #WindowsXP:
#WindowsXp
Fun times testing out for a future Retro LAN. Went fairly smoothly, so looking forward to when a bunch of friends get together to relive some Windows XP memories...
Think Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament 99, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake and more...
Can't wait!
The NC10 was dead. BIOS beeps, no POST, nothing.
I tried Debian. I tried 7. I gave up.
Then I didn’t.
I stuck the motherboard in the oven.
And somehow, it booted.
What followed was two full days of ISO failures, update errors, driver hell, and one buried ISO that saved everything.
XP is back. On the original hardware.
New post is up:
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/dead-os-walking-30-days-on-windows-xp-in-2025-day-5-what-happens-now/
#DeadOSWalking #windowsxp #retrocomputing
Microsoft dejó de vender Windows XP el 30 de junio de 2008. La decisión se tomó porque XP era más popular que su sucesor, Vista, y los usuarios los seguían prefiriendo. Sin embargo, Microsoft continuó ofreciendo soporte técnico para Windows XP hasta el 8 de abril de 2014
#retrocomputingmx #Microsoft #windowsXP #computerhistory
In your opinion, what is the "correct" version of MS Visual Studio to run on #WindowsXP?
🧟♂️ Conectaron un PC con Windows XP sin firewall ni NAT a Internet en 2025…
Duró 10 minutos antes de infectarse con troyanos, malware y un servidor FTP pirata.
¿Conclusión? XP hoy es básicamente una piñata para hackers.
📉 No lo hagas en casa.
#WindowsXP / Server 2003 is still very well-supported on #QEMU in 2025. Here are a few random tips:
* The latest versions of the virtio-win packages have removed the WinXP drivers, but you can still use an older version. The last release to mention XP in the changelog was 0.1.132, so that's a good bet.
* In the root of the virtio-win CD, you'll find two .vfd files. Those are floppy images which can be used during the OS installation. Copy the
* Use VirtIO for your hard drive and network, QXL for video, and AC'97 for sound.
* When you boot the install CD, hit F6 and choose to load the VirtIO storage driver from the floppy image mentioned above.
* Once the OS is installed, download and install the SPICE Guest Tools.
* Once that's all done, use @kirb@hachyderm.io 's Legacy Update to install updates, runtimes, and addons like PowerShell.
If you're using virt-manager or some other libvirt-based frontend, this XML file should give you a good workable VM setup. Remember to make a virtual drive image called
#RetroComputing
* The latest versions of the virtio-win packages have removed the WinXP drivers, but you can still use an older version. The last release to mention XP in the changelog was 0.1.132, so that's a good bet.
* In the root of the virtio-win CD, you'll find two .vfd files. Those are floppy images which can be used during the OS installation. Copy the
virtio-win-0.1.132_x86.vfd file somewhere handy and attach it to your VM.* Use VirtIO for your hard drive and network, QXL for video, and AC'97 for sound.
* When you boot the install CD, hit F6 and choose to load the VirtIO storage driver from the floppy image mentioned above.
* Once the OS is installed, download and install the SPICE Guest Tools.
* Once that's all done, use @kirb@hachyderm.io 's Legacy Update to install updates, runtimes, and addons like PowerShell.
If you're using virt-manager or some other libvirt-based frontend, this XML file should give you a good workable VM setup. Remember to make a virtual drive image called
winxp.qcow2 before trying to run it!#RetroComputing
Retrocomputing adventure of the day: installed Windows XP alongside Windows 98 on my retro machine. On a whole different disk to prevent it from overwriting the MBR on the disk Windows 98 is on. Well guess what? It did it anyway. #retrocomputing #windows98 #windowsxp
Day 4 is up. And XP might be dead.
I thought I had the system stable. It booted. It ran. I was ready to start bridging Discord to IRC.
Then it paused. No crash. Just silence.
Then it rebooted.
Then it beeped. Loud. Continuous.
Then five beeps and a pause. Over and over.
That’s not a software failure. That’s a BIOS screaming about hardware.
I tried XP one last time.
It made it to the Windows screen.
Then black.
Then the Samsung logo.
Then Windows.
Then black again.
Looping. No recovery.
I broke the USB rule and booted into Debian. It worked—barely.
Espeakup is stuttering.
The install is dragging itself forward like a dying animal.
This is not normal.
I'm writing this from my Surface Pro while the netbook stumbles through what might be its last job.
If there’s a Day 5, it’ll be a miracle.
If there isn’t... you already know the title.
Read the post:
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/dead-os-walking-30-days-on-windows-xp-in-2025-day-4-the-challenge-might-be-over/
#WindowsXP #BlindComputing #RetroComputing #OldHardware #DeadOSWalking
Day 3 of running Windows XP in 2025 is up.
I opened Enafore to check my Mastodon replies. It worked—for a few seconds. Then the notifications started. And they didn’t stop. Ping. Ping. Ping. I couldn’t reply. I could barely move the cursor. I watched the system buckle in real time.
So I tore XP apart.
I disabled over thirty services, deleted Windows File Protection, nuked the prefetch cache, rewrote shutdown behavior, and killed every background process that wasn’t strictly mine. If it touched the network, tried to log something, or ran without permission, it’s dead.
And you know what? Enafore runs fine now. JAWS doesn’t read new posts live, but I don’t care. I can read. I can reply. XP obeys.
Discord, though? Wouldn’t even load in the browser. Just a blank page. So tomorrow, I’m pulling in what channels I can through IRC. It’s not over.
Read the full post:
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/dead-os-walking-30-days-on-windows-xp-in-2025-day-3-i-dont-patch-i-burn/
#WindowsXP #Retrocomputing #BlindComputing #Accessibility #IRC #Mastodon #DeadOSWalking
Does anyone have an #accessible #irc #client for #WindowsXP? Discord, as you can imagine, is proving rather difficult to use, so I'd like to use IRC instead for the communities I'm a part of that have both. Thanks in advance!
People keep telling me I don’t know how good I have it. That modern systems are easy, and that accessibility has come so far I should be grateful. So I decided to test that claim the hard way.
I’m running Windows XP for a month. Not in a VM. Not themed. Real XP. Real hardware. A 2009 Samsung NC10, with 2GB of RAM, an SSD, and the original drivers I had to dig up from the depths of the internet.
No speech at install. I used OCR to get through it.
Display drivers broke four times.
Serpent is the only browser I could get working.
I installed Office 2003.
Got JAWS 15 running after a registry hack.
NVDA still works fine.
I even played some old audio games I never got to try growing up.
I haven’t found a decent ad blocker or antivirus yet. I’m not expecting this to go smoothly. I don’t even really believe I’ll make it the full 30 days. But I’m doing it anyway.
Day 1 is up. Written and published from Windows XP.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/dead-os-walking-30-days-on-windows-xp-in-2025/
#WindowsXP #Accessibility #BlindComputing #RetroTech
#NVDA #JAWS #audiogames
#30DaysOfXP
Installed Windows XP on my Q6600 box, Mirai installed and working. 960GTX and here I go. So funny to see 2k resolution on an XP box. #mirai #windowsxp
He aquí trabajando en el 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗕𝗼𝘅 de 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 y reviviendo viejas glorias...
En esta ocasión, traté de emular el 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗫𝗣 (𝟯𝟮-𝗕𝗶𝘁𝘀) en mi laptop con 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝟭𝟬 todo a partir de un simple archivo .iso y lo logré. Una de las maravillas que se pueden hacer con este programa.
Si lo desean descargar, aquí dejó su página web oficial:
https://www.virtualbox.org/
#Informática #Computación #Curiosidades #Emulación #MáquinaVirtual #VirtualBox #VM #Windows #Windows10 #WindowsXP
@cleverboi @FandaSin @BrodieOnLinux @neal to answer your question stuff like @rasteri 's #Wee86 * & #WeeCee ** are quite common in #embedded & #industrial setups because as much superior the #Atom Z520 and E3815 are, these have been discontinued unlike the #Vortex86 SoCs!
- Plus there is no good #ISA support with modern SoC's (Pretty shure not even on AMD's SoC's & #VIA has axed their #ix86)...
Yes, I hate #Microsoft & dislike the fact that people.use #MSDOS despite it being deprecated longer than #WindowsXP exists but someone's gotta have to do #DataRecovery or at least #backup & #restore said systems' drives...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114738983433662865
mspaint doodle i made just now :blossy_run:
#zoomap #paraartist #parapride #pridemonth #mspaint #windowsxp
El 19 de junio de 2000, #Microsoft anunció que llevó a manufactura la versión final revisada de #windowsme, sucesor de #windows98 y tan mal le fue que al año se anunció #windowsXP, uno de los sistemas más populares de Microsoft. #retrocomputingmx #computerhistory
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