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Nearly two and a half decades later, enthusiasts are still keeping Windows XP alive and well on modern hardware

Are we still running Windows XP on modern hardware in 2025? Indeed. A group of hobbyists and enthusiasts is keeping the legacy OS alive by running it on modern hardware. This isn’t just installing it ...
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I tried running Windows XP on a modern laptop using a virtual machine, and it went great

Like many avid Windows OS users, I was also a big fan of Windows XP. There's no exaggeration in saying that it's one of the major reasons Microsoft is a household name among PC users. Feeling ...
Ars Technica

Getting my WINDOWS XP CD to BOOT (so I can install)

My DELL Inspiron 710m Laptop's hard drive died. So I replaced it and now need to install Windows XP on it--here's the problem: The DVD drive is broken (can't just replace the drive either because the ...
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Reinstalling Windows XP; hangs on "Installing Devices"

I'm reinstalling Windows XP on a Dell desktop. I get to the point where it says it's installing devices; then, it hangs at 37 minutes. The blurbs to the right rotates through its usual pages.
Hackaday

The Latest Windows 11 Release Might Not Work On Your Oldest Machines

Everybody knows you can’t install Windows XP on a 386, or Windows 95 on an original IBM PC. But for Windows 11, the goalposts seem to be changing with newer releases of the existing OS. As covered by ...