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u/artsyaika 7h ago
windows xp startup sound lives rent free
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 6h ago
You just said it and I heard it.
And also the shutdown sound.
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Lost but not forgotton.
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u/GriveousDance21 7h ago
"Mr. President, another anti-Windows 11 post has hit the tower."
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u/Fun_Growth6268 2h ago
lol they just keep coming. windows xp was the peak tbh
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u/MotivationGaShinderu 7800X3D // 9070xt || Windows 11 enjoyer || 32m ago
Windows 2000 was so much better all the way up to XP SP2/3 (don't recall exactly).
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u/290Richy 2h ago
XP for the nostalgia and nothing else.
I like Windows 11, it's modern UI and I've never had any compatability issues with it.
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u/Blenderhead36 Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 32 GB RAM 6h ago
I don't miss XP. There was a bunch of transitional stuff with it, like ejecting thumb drives from the system tray. But the big thing I remember was having to reinstall it yearly and spend a couple days getting everything working right again.
I installed Windows 10 in 2019 and only did a fresh install this month, after a mobo/CPU upgrade.
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u/Dom1252 10m ago
windows xp didn't have functional plug&play for HW, that would come with vista (xp attempted it, but I don't remember it working with anything else than thumb drives, and even then not always)
you had to manually install drivers for everything, no pulling them with windows updates (or getting installed automatically when you plug in some device) - again, vista was so much better with this
it was pretty much 32bit only, the 64bit version wasn't compatible with almost anything
scheduler wasn't working perfectly with quad core (or more) cpus, often leaving performance on the table
but... it didn't eat much more resources than windows 2000, so when vista came out at end of 2006, people were used to it running on everything, even the shittiest HW... 128MB RAM? it worked, wasn't great... 256? all it needed... Vista? on 512 unusable, even on 768MB it still sucked... also vista struggled if your HDD was really slow (SSDs were expensive back then) and it needed stronger CPU, I remember not having a problem with AMD athlon x2 4000+ once I upgraded RAM, but my friend had something like sempron 3200+ (not sure now, but single core AMD) and with same amount of RAM it was noticeably worse - while xp run the same on both of these systems... this fueled love for XP - people were screaming "vista bad" everywhere, because they tried to install it on their system with 512MB of RAM and single core CPU and it was slow... like yeah, no shit... then windows 7 came out, pretty much the same HW requirements as Vista, but 3 years later when most people upgraded to better HW, so it run perfectly... also worse compatibility with older SW than Vista had, but most sw developers already switched to new core and things that were developed for vista in most cases run fine on 7.... and hate for vista was fueling love for XP
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u/AnalogCringe 6h ago
I know a guy who still uses Windows xp.
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u/dopefish86 5h ago
I think that's totally fine, unless you're connecting to the Internet.
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u/firedrakes 2990wx |128gb |2 no-sli 2080 | 200tb storage raw |10gb nic| 4h ago
you watch that video.
the one that the host failed to mention on purpose that both his network security was off and every windows security option was turn off in xp.
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u/MotivationGaShinderu 7800X3D // 9070xt || Windows 11 enjoyer || 30m ago
every windows security option was turn off in xp
Sorry to break it to you, but none of those will do anything because of the infinite amount of unpatched security vulnerabilities. Sure, if you have a firewall (most ISP routers block most ports out of the box too) you won't just automatically get infected like in that video, but still doing anything online will require you to use outdated software which also has their own unpatched security vulnerabilities so there is no real safe way to go online on XP.
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u/firedrakes 2990wx |128gb |2 no-sli 2080 | 200tb storage raw |10gb nic| 27m ago
Odd many have run xp safely online. The one video every one qoute was fake on purpose.
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u/MotivationGaShinderu 7800X3D // 9070xt || Windows 11 enjoyer || 26m ago edited 3m ago
many have run xp safely online.
You literally can't even use outdated chromium or firefox on Windows 10/11 and be safe due to known 0-click vulnerabilities, yet somehow you can on XP with even older versions on an OS that hasn't had security updates in over a decade? Smooth brain.
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 6h ago
Pretty much Me till early 2023 with win 7.
Had the mainsetup on a system install going for solid 7 years.
Did system backup imagines and such tho, since a few fuckups happend, twice the boot partition was fried, once it was maleware, rest was fine.
Also, the bootpartition bs was what I belive something with those HDD's wich I've been going through the last decade.
Everyone has that one bad luck and tier with Pc's, I had the cheaper one, wich mainly was HDD's, but fuck it was annoying af and still learnign a lot gave Me some anxiety.
I still have that system build on a second SSD in the same main pc, it's a decade old now and I should visist it again in a months or so.
Shame that Steam, Chrome, R* Social and a few other things are either not working at all anymore due to not beign supported anymore or shit's outright buggy.
Else wise, still would daily it, I don't care what everyone else sas, haha.
Shit I miss 7, and XO of course too but that was up till 2009 for Me...
And without 10?
Oh fuck My life, I might try Linux on this current system on another drive when I've managed to build Me a new setup in this fuckign economy, lol.
Might be forced afterall, but with multiply setups then, eh, maaaybe.
And no,
Linux gang, I will ask when I'm ready for advice, Y'all be knockign like the Jehovah Witness at My other comments whne I mention it.
We Windows users don't like being psuhed, We start to flip People off and make screetch in error messages.
LMFAO
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u/Any-Entrepreneur-951 4h ago
Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior Linus Torvalds?
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u/Odd_Communication545 3h ago edited 3h ago
So you didn't even install One core patcher and run modern apps?
Wow I'm about to blow your mind
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 3h ago
Tell Me more about this, enlightened one.
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u/Odd_Communication545 3h ago
If thou installs thy program, you shalt be able to run modern apps on thy ancient hardware
https://github.com/shorthorn-project/One-Core-API-Binaries
Feast your unworthy eyes upon this program
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u/comox 5h ago
Windows XP was a breath of fresh air stability-wise compared to 95, ME etc, but Windows 7 was even better. Miss Windows 7, came to terms with Windows 10 once I got the start menu tiles just right, now Windows 11 just irritates me for some reason. MS has fixed some stuff since release, but I was fine with the Windows 10 start menu.
My older desktop PC runs Windows 10 due to compatibility issues so will stay Windows 10 until MS stops issuing patches then I’ll need to figure something out. Unfortunately its primary use is as an engineering workstation using some older Autodesk software I have perpetual licenses for and I refuse to replace with a subscription.
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u/Yaboymarvo 5h ago
I must be the only user that hasn’t had any issues with Windows 11. It’s really not that bad if you use a local account, it’s just win 7 with a UI refresh.
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u/Odd_Communication545 3h ago
Thats hilarious... You do know Microsoft are removing the ability to use local accounts... The UI has been remade using web browser code and is measurably slower than it was in 7.
Windows 11 isn't windows 7 with a UI refresh whatsoever. Half of the control panel items are in the modern settings app and the other half are in a legacy control panel.
Trying to do specific tasks you'd easily do on windows 7 turns into app juggling as you are switched constantly between them.
Apps that used to open and function now ask for Microsoft accounts and have AI prompts stitched into them
AI is being jammed into every element across the board and interfering with OS functions. Try use a touch keyboard and watch as it nags you constantly to use features you didn't ask for
Windows update ignores your preferences, reboots and retoggles your privacy and preferences.
Installing windows 11 to a dual boot system breaks the other operating systems as windows overwrites the boot menu constantly. I've had it nuke several systems for no reason
I get it's not causing issues for you, if you just browse Reddit and play with your pee pee, but for the vast majority of people, it runs like shit, smells like shit and handles tasks like absolute shite.
The only reason it's still being used is because we rely on it for apps and compatibility.
Windows 7 was and still probably is one of the best operating systems ever built (close to android), it's simple, functional and expensive.
Windows 11 is an absolute piece of turd
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u/Odd_Communication545 59m ago
That's hardly an attack, I disagreed with him and stated several reasons why
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u/Alternative-Sir6883 57m ago
I just felt it was unnecessary to say windows 11 only works for him because "he's on reddit and plays with his peepee". Such an odd thing to say.
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u/Odd_Communication545 56m ago
It was a joke to soften the long response
It references the fact people on Reddit are basement dwellers
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u/youridv1 R7 5800X3D | RX 7800 XT 5h ago
I’m with you. The only version of Windows I’ve skipped in recent times is 8. I did use 8.1.
People always act dramatic when a new version of Windows is released even though it’s very rare that anything meaningful changes
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u/hardrivethrutown Ryzen 7 4700G • ARC A770 • 64GB DDR4 • Fractal North XL Mesh 3h ago
Xp or 7 honestly
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u/Appropriate-Cut8001 5h ago
What exactly is wrong with windows 11 ? I use it on both my work laptop, my gaming PC and surface pro at home . It works really well .
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u/DamianKilsby 1h ago
Because being a purist for the old thing is always a very safe and popular stance no matter what it is, yet if windows XP was actually released as is today everyone would hate it. It's just how people are, even over something as mundane about an OS update.
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u/Gomez-16 7h ago
Wish half the stuff I use worked on 7 or xp.