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Why Isn't Windows XP Open Source Yet?

Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had arrived when I first tried ...
Windows Central

Windows 95, Vista, XP, and more can now get updates, but not from Microsoft

You can now access updates to classic Windows versions via the Windows Update Restore website. The website isn't affiliated with Microsoft. The team behind the ...
Windows Central

Bored? Party like it's 2001 with this Windows XP ghosting error web simulator.

This website is full of wormy error goodness. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I'm not sure ...
PC Magazine

Windows XP Activation Algorithm Cracked for Offline Use

While Windows XP has been cracked with tweaks and unofficial patches since its launch in 2001, but this crack allows people to activate XP offline without altering the OS. The Windows XP activation ...
Ars Technica

Windows XP on a 350MHz Pentium II (oh my!)

My coworkers wanted to install Windows XP on her Dell Pentium II 350MHz, 8GB, 64MB PC100, ATI Ragle 8MB Int. Video, Int. Audio.<BR><BR>She installed XP and Norton Anti-Virus on it and it crawled to a ...
PC Gamer

A magical Windows XP activation tool has been hiding in plain sight on Reddit for the last year

This mysterious method for bypassing Windows XP's activation process is making headlines now, but may actually be years old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Network World

If you haven’t retired Windows XP and haven’t been fired yet, get busy

CIOs who haven’t moved their companies from Windows XP by now ought to be fired, some people think, but those who haven’t and are still on the job have options for saving their bacon. “Start,” is the ...