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Windows XP

Any XP lovers, haters out there?

-----------------------   Fun XP info   -----------------------

XP was the top OS in the world for almost ten years.

Some XP 32-bit limitations - may not be 100% correct:

- 2 TB storage limit. Can be surpassed by using USB, IDE, GPT, special drivers.
- SSDs: No TRIM support. TRIM-like actions can be run manually by some SSD software
- 4 GB RAM limit. May be surpassed using modded kernels, etc.
- No DirectX 10 and later support. DX10 may be possible to some degree with hacks. https://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-inst … windows-xp
- No security updates since April 2014. The XP Embedded trick may be a proper substitute.

- No official chipset drivers for Haswell, Skylake, and some of the onboard devices. The drivers are available for at least Haswell though.
- GeForce 900 models only partially supported, and just in few driver versions. Radeon 300 series not supported.
- Creative soundcards dropped XP support around 2009 or so.

Some apps have reduced functionality, examples:

- Java 7 is last XP compatible version.
- Google Earth ; no street view blue lines.

XP forums:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ … ofessional
http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum-45.html
https://forums.techguy.org/forums/windows-xp.21
http://www.xpforums.com
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Fo … owsxpitpro
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/forumd … s-XP-Forum
http://www.cnet.com/forums/windows-legacy-os
http://windowsforum.com/forums/windows- … upport.258
http://www.computing.net/forum/windowsxp/1.html

http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-os-w … 807-201507

ATF_SurrenderMonkey

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Re: Windows XP

best windows os in my mind.  used it until a week ago when mobo got fried....mom still uses xp and everyone telling her to upgrade...I say why? she only uses it to upload pictures to facebook, read her mail, and buy a few things via paypal.....leave it be, its working!