Why settle for just looking like XP?

How to Run Windows XP on Your Computer

Published on November 17, 2022 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

You can make your W11 or W10 look like XP with Windowblinds and Start10 or Start11...or, you can actually run good old Windows XP on your W11 or W10 computer using a virtual machine.

Take a peek at MakeUseOf's article on how to here: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-windows-xp-for-free-and-legally-straight-from-microsoft-si/?utm_source=MUO-NL-RP&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=MUO-NL-CP

And by the way, it's perfectly legal.

This post is dedicated to my old friend Steve (WebGizmos) who loves Windows XP.

Comments

Victechnical

on Nov 17, 2022

quoting post

You can make your W11 or W10 look like XP with Windowblinds...or, you can actually run good old Windows XP on your W11 or W10 computer using a virtual machine.

Being a tech-head I know that running OSs in virtual machines can be fun sometimes, but is there some practical benefit to running XP at this point?

DrJBHL

on Nov 17, 2022

Victechnical

reply 1

is there some practical benefit to running XP at this point?

None apart from the experience...nostalgia and fun. But, don't forget that XP is running on millions of old computers all around the world as we speak.

From the article,

"Windows XP is old, and Microsoft no longer provides official support for the venerable operating system. But despite the lack of support, Windows XP is still running on millions of computers worldwide. So why are people still using Windows XP? Mostly due to work, research, or entertainment."

RedneckDude

on Nov 18, 2022

Victechnical

reply 1

Being a tech-head I know that running OSs in virtual machines can be fun sometimes, but is there some practical benefit to running XP at this point?

Every now and then, I like to crank up XP in a VM and play with Stardock's old apps.

IconX is one. Right Click. Control Center. Logon Studio. And others.

c242

on Nov 18, 2022

RedneckDude

reply 3

Quoting Victechnical,

reply 1

Being a tech-head I know that running OSs in virtual machines can be fun sometimes, but is there some practical benefit to running XP at this point?

Every now and then, I like to crank up XP in a VM and play with Stardock's old apps.

IconX is one. Right Click. Control Center. Logon Studio. And others.

Me too. Still have one for DesktopX.

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